caption website years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
gardner in hollywood in 2011 . -lsb- http://www.alexgardnermusic.com/ official website -rsb- 2010 -- present edinburgh , scotland a -rrb- & m , polydor -lrb- 2010 -- 2012 a-l-x -lrb- alex gardner -rrb- solo_singer 23 july 1991 pop , electropop , dance a-l-x
 alex gardner singer-songwriter
a-l-x

alex gardner , now known professionally as a-l-x -lrb- born 23 july 1991 , edinburgh , scotland -rrb- is a scottish pop singer .
he released two singles in 2010 as alex gardner , `` i 'm not mad '' and `` feeling fine '' , before changing his stage name to a-l-x and releasing his third single , `` beautiful criminal '' , in 2014 . .
