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| Birth name | Michael David Rosenberg |
| Born | 17 May 1984 Brighton, England, United Kingdom |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Formerly of | Passenger |
| Website | passengermusic |
Michael David Rosenberg (born 17 May 1984), better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English indie folk singer, songwriter and musician. From 2003 to 2009, Rosenberg fronted a band by the same name; he opted to keep the Passenger moniker for his solo work after the band dissolved. Rosenberg is best known for the 2012 song "Let Her Go", which topped the charts in 16 countries and accumulated more than 3.6 billion views on YouTube. Because Rosenberg was based in Australia at the time of release (and the clip itself was filmed at the Factory Theatre in Marrickville), it is the most-viewed Australian YouTube video ever.[2][3] In 2014, the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.[4]
A prolific singer-songwriter, Rosenberg has released 14 studio albums to date: one with the band Passenger, and 13 as a solo artist. The most recent of these, Birds That Flew and Ships That Sailed, was released in April of 2022.
- ^ "Artists - Passenger". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
The folk-tinged indie pop project of singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg.
- ^ "Passenger's Mike Rosenberg tackles dark subjects with a light touch". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ Passenger | Let Her Go (Official Video), retrieved 29 May 2022
- ^ Pakinkis, Mike (22 May 2014). "Ivor Novello Awards 2014: All the winners". Music Week. London, England: Intent Media. Retrieved 24 June 2014.