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Olly Murs

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Olly Murs is a Pop act. Their sound grew out of Alex James, Rooster, Giorgia, Rizzle Kicks and The Ordinary Boys. Those roots explain a lot about how Olly Murs arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gary Barlow, JLS, Take That, Will Young and The Wanted, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Taio Cruz and The Chaos Chapter: Freeze, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 52 connections around Olly Murs, reaching back through Alex James and forward to Taio Cruz. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Olly MursAlex JamesRoosterGiorgiaRizzle KicksThe Ordinary BoysLouisa JohnsonTravie McCoyAlizéeTaio CruzThe Chaos Chapter: F…Gary BarlowJLSTake ThatWill YoungThe WantedGeorge EzraMKTOAlexandra Burke

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Olly Murs connections

Olly Murs grew out of Alex James, Rooster, Giorgia and Rizzle Kicks, shares an orbit with Gary Barlow, JLS, Take That and Will Young, went on to shape Taio Cruz and The Chaos Chapter: Freeze. 52 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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