Conor Maynard

I think of Conor Maynard as a real early-YouTube success story. Brighton-born and signed to Warner in 2011, he won MTV's Brand New for 2012 and dropped Contrast that summer, with "Can't Say No" putting him on the map. What strikes me is how he kept reinventing himself when the chart hits cooled off: leaning into covers and viral clips kept his audience warm long after the major-label spotlight moved on. I see him as someone who treats the platform itself as the instrument. Calling him a poet and writer too suggests he's never been content to be boxed in as just a pop voice.

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Name (English)

Conor Maynard

Name (Japanese)

コナー・メイナード

Reading

こなー・めいなーど

Born

November 21, 1992 (age 33)

Origin

Brighton, United Kingdom

Occupation

singer-songwriter / poet / writer / YouTuber / television producer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

• Official sitehttps://conor-maynard.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/conormaynard/
• Xhttps://x.com/conormaynard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor%20Maynard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55337

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• poet
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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