page_title: Theo Hutchcraft
section_title: Hurts (2009–present)
hierarchical_section_title: Theo Hutchcraft / Career / Hurts (2009–present)
caption_attribution_description: English: English band "Hurts" while performing at "Magazzini Generali" in Milano, Italy Italiano: Il gruppo inglese "Hurts", mentre si esibiscono ai "magazzini Generali" a Milano
context_page_description: Theo David Hutchcraft is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of the synthpop duo Hurts.
context_section_description: Now called Hurts, Hutchcraft and Anderson recorded an amateur music video for a song called "Wonderful Life" with a female dancer who had responded to an advert in a shop window. After they uploaded the video to their YouTube channel in April 2009, it quickly went viral. They were signed to RCA imprint Major Label in July. The video has since had over 21 million views on YouTube, putting it in the top 200 most watched videos on the website.
  Hurts finished fourth on the BBC's Sound of 2010 poll, and Zane Lowe premiered new song "Blood, Tears & Gold" as his "Hottest Record in the World" soon after. Hurts performed their first gig on 22 January at the Michalsky Stylenite in Berlin, followed by a gig on 22 February at St Phillips Church in Salford, where they performed eight songs. This was quickly followed by gigs at Wiltons Music Hall, London, and in Berlin and Cologne in Germany.
  Following massive success on Greek radio, Hurts were invited to perform at the MAD Video Music Awards ceremony in Athens in front of 11,000 people on 15 June.  Also in June, it was announced that Kylie Minogue was recording with the band.  She recorded a verse and backing vocals for the song "Devotion", which was to be included on the band's album.  Hurts recorded a performance of Kylie's 1994 hit "Confide In Me" for newspaper The Sun's website, and has since been a regular inclusion on their gig setlists.  Kylie later returned the compliment by recording a performance of "Wonderful Life" in Radio 1's Live Lounge.
  Hurts' debut album Happiness was released in September 2010, reaching the Top 10 in 12 European countries and selling over 1 million copies worldwide. Hurts have also sold more than 1 million singles worldwide. Happiness debuted at number four in the UK Albums Chart, selling 25,000 copies in its first week on sale and making it the fastest selling debut album by a band in 2010.
caption: Hurts performing in Milan, October 2010
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