Jonathan Antoine

Jonathan Antoine (born 13 January 1995) is an English classically trained tenor. He rose to fame after appearing on the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2012 as half of the classical duo Jonathan and Charlotte. He subsequently went solo and his debut album, Tenore, was released in the UK on 13 October 2014. His follow-up album, Believe, was released on 19 August 2016, and on 5 June 2020 he then released his third album Going the Distance. Jonathan co-authored two children’s books, Jonathan the Porcupine and Jonathan and the Magical Cape.

In 2023, Antoine revealed that he is Autistic.

Early life Antoine was born to John, a police inspector, and Tracy, a housewife, in Hainault, Essex. After Antoine's voice broke around the age of 13, Ewington selected "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables for him to perform at the 2010 Stratford and East London Music Festival, where he was named the Young Musician of The Year. He sang "Ave Maria" at the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the Rotary Youth Makes Music event in 2011.

Career 2012–2014: Jonathan and Charlotte Along with Charlotte Jaconelli, Antoine sang "The Prayer" at Ginette Brown's wedding in 2011.

On 13 May 2012, the day after the Britain's Got Talent final, it was confirmed that Simon Cowell was in negotiations to offer the duo a £1 million recording contract with his record label, Syco. They accepted and released their debut album, Together, on 24 September 2012 in the UK and 30 October 2012 in the US. After moving from SyCo/Columbia Records to Sony Classical, their second album, Perhaps Love, was released on 14 October 2013. It was described as an album of covers that also contained classical songs and interpretations of modern songs.

2014–present: Solo career In February 2014, the duo split up after both were offered solo record deals. In a statement on their website, they said: We have had the most exciting journey together ever since meeting at West Hatch High School in 2006 and are so happy for each other. To come second on BGT and sell over quarter of a million albums was beyond our wildest dreams. To now be offered our own solo record deals by Sony Classical is the most exciting thing ever and we are thrilled to be going back into the recording studio so soon. For those that voted for us, bought our CDs and saw us in concert – thank you. We hope to see you soon at our own shows. Love Jonathan and Charlotte. Antoine performed in an album pre-release tour of the UK, followed by an appearance at the closing concert of iTunes Festival 2014 at the invitation of Plácido Domingo. He started a solo career in the United States and performed at the 2014 Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night in Arizona, California and Florida.

Antoine's debut solo album, Tenore (Italian for Tenor), was released in the UK on 13 October 2014. It contains a selection of classic songs as well as arias. The album was produced by Anna Barry, who has worked with Andrea Bocelli, José Carreras, the Kirov Opera and Andrew Lloyd Webber. One reviewer said, "Here is a new star on the vocal scene and his first solo album attests to his miraculous talent." Antoine added two previously unreleased tracks to his list on Tenore available for international download through Amazon and iTunes in time for Mother's Day 2016 in the UK.

On 19 August 2016, Antoine released his second album, Believe. It contains classical arias by Puccini, as well as a version of the classic Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" and new music by British classical composer Chris Broom, with whom Antoine collaborated (co-wrote) the song "A New Tomorrow". The album received positive reviews on its release. Robert Cummings said, "His voice is very versatile, sufficiently powerful and has a velvety, creamy sound that is quite unique".

On 15 September 2018, Antoine performed his first solo concert in the United States in the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, California. In June 2019, he performed at the Winter Garden Theatre in Canada in a three-part concert entitled Beyond the Curtain, where he sang Disney songs, American Songbook classics and opera arias, including singing "Nessun Dorma" publicly for the first time.

In May 2021 he revealed he was releasing a version of Diane Warren's 2021 song "Io sì (Seen)".

In November 2022 he launched a recording project with ArtistShare for an album he was working with alongside Diane Warren called By Request – The Diane Warren Songbook Vol. 1.

His eighth studio album, Speaking to You, was released in March, 2026.

Discography

Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK UKClass. IRE SCO USClass. USHeat. Together Released: 24 September 2012 Label: Syco Music Format: CD, digital download 5 — 32 7 7 5 BPI: Gold Perhaps Love Released: 14 October 2013 Label: Sony Classical (UK), Sony Masterworks (US) Format: CD, digital download 5 — — 8 9 — BPI: Silver Tenore Released: 13 October 2014 Label: Sony Classical (UK), Sony Masterworks (US) Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 13 1 — — 7 14 Believe Released: 19 August 2016 Label: Cavendish Format: CD, digital download, vinyl 79 1 — — 10 — Going the Distance Released: 3 April 2020 Label: Antoine Multimedia, Sony Music Format: CD, digital download, streaming — — — — — — Christmasland Released: October 2, 2020 Label: Loki Records, MTX Music Format: CD, digital download, streaming — — — — — — By Request - The Diane Warren Songbook, Vol. 1 Released: 8 November, 2024 Label: ArtistShare Project (independent) Format: CD, digital download, streaming — — — — — — Speaking to You Released: March 27, 2026 Label: Antoine Multimedia Format: CD, album, digital download, streaming — — — — — —