Scott Wellington

Scott Jay Edward Wellington is an Australian singer--songwriter who is a member of the boy band Weekend. He was born on 1st October 1991 in Leeton, Australia and moved to the UK, aged 7. As a member of Weekend he has acheived a top 2 hit single; Everything About You two number one singles; Smile About It and Lock It Up, another top 5 single Fired Up and a number one album of the same name; Fired Up. The group have became one of the biggest selling pop acts of the century despite being together for only a matter of months.
==Early Life==
Scott was born on1st October 1991 in Leeton, Australia. He is the eldest of three siblings; [Scott (20), Arianna (19) and Sophie (17)]. Scott's father Jack Wellington is a heart surgeon and his mother, Christine is a primary school teacher.
Growing up in Australia, he took part in numerous physical activities and was a member of his school's basketball team. However, this did not last as his family relocated to the UK when Scott was 7 as his father was offered a job transfer.
In 1998 his family moved to London where he currently resides today. Instead of resuming his sporting activites, he join the school drama club and went on to acheive the highest drama exam grades in his year. Scott also acheived the second highest English grade in his school.
==2011 - Present: Weekend==
After leaving school in 2009, Scott took on a part time job at a music store whilst also attending University where he was training to become a drama teacher however, after he become aware of auditions for a new boy band he quickly signed himself up.
Scott became the 4th member to make the band after successfully auditioning for Lyrica Ocha. He sang 'Unchained Melody' and was praised for his emotional vocals.
After the line up was finalised, they went on to record their debut album and are currently in the final stages of completing it. They released their debut single Everything About You on 22nd January 2012.
'Smile About It' was released as the second single in March 2012. The song is a mid tempo ballad which was written solely by Dustyn. It entered at No.11 in it's first week of charting but then rose to No.1 the following week, giving them their first No.1 single. The video has so far received over 106 million views on YouTube.
Weekend's debut album 'Fired Up' was released on March 17th 2012. The tracklisting for the album was revealed through their official website in Febraury 2012. Fired Up debuted at No.1 in its first week, giving the boys the number one single and album simultaneously.
The third single to be lifted from the album was Fired Up. The video was shot in early April and will premiere sometime in June. Scott stated on Twitter that the video will have full on choreography. The video was directed by Emil Nava. The song received critical praise with many calling it 'the best song on the album'. It was written by Stefani Vola.
In July 2012, Weekend embarked on their first ever world tour. It is simply titled 'Weekend World Tour' or just, 'WWT'. The tour was sold out in a matter of minutes and the demand for tickets caused many online ticket offices to actually crash. WWT has received glowing reviews from critics for the boys outstanding live vocals and the choreography in each show. They were supported by Jacob Estrada, The Zone, Mercedes Payne and Serenity Scott. Whilst touring, they recording a number of songs during their days off of the tour. Weekend decided to put together a re-release of their debut album so that fans have something to listen to whilst they take a break from recording after the tour. The first single from this re-release was Lock It Up. The single entered the charts at No.4, continue their string of top 5 singles, the next week it rose to No.1 giving them their second number one single. It has became their fastest selling single to date and has already outsold their previous single, 'Fired Up', within just a week of release.
==Voice Type==
Scott admits that he has the weakest voice in the group but has been praised for his vocal tone. He sings the least on their debut album Fired Up
Weekend (edit)
Dustyn Blue Scott Wellington Oscar Ward Riley Hamilton Billy Khan	
Singles: Everything About You | Smile About It | Fired Up | Lock It Up	
Studio Albums: Fired Up 	
Other Albums: Fired Up: Reloaded 	
Category:Australian artists
Category:Artists
Category:Pop
Category:Pop-Rock
Category:R&B