MATTHEW BELLAMY [MUSE] – WPAP BY TONI AGUSTIAN

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WPAP TITLE: MATTHEW BELLAMY
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CREATED DATE: 2010-10-13
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Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and main songwriter of the alternative rock band Muse.

Bellamy was ranked #19 on Gigwise's list of The 50 Greatest Guitarists Ever. Total Guitar readers voted Bellamy #29 on a list of the Top 100 Guitarists of All Time. Bellamy's riff from "Plug In Baby" was #13 in Total Guitar's poll of the Top 100 Riffs of All Time.
In April 2005, Kerrang! magazine ranked him #28 in their 50 Sexiest People In Rock poll but following an influx of letters to Kerrang!, the magazine changed their decision and ranked him #1 in their unofficial 2008 poll. Cosmopolitan also chose him as the sexiest rocker of 2003 and 2004. NME Magazine voted him the 14th Greatest Rock 'n' roll Hero of all time, ahead of John Lennon and Bob Dylan. Bellamy also won the Sexiest Male Award at the 2007 NME Awards, He won again in 2009 and 2010. Bellamy, however, declared himself "too short to be sexy" (he is 5'7"), and said the award should have gone to Dom Howard, Muse's drummer.
On 26 September 2008, the University of Plymouth awarded the members of Muse an honorary doctorate degree in arts for their work in the field of music.
In the January 2010 edition of Total Guitar, Bellamy was named Guitarist of the Decade and was proclaimed to be "the Hendrix of his generation". In the Guinness Book of World Records 2010, Bellamy is credited as holding the world record for most guitars smashed on a tour. His record, 140, was set during the Absolution Tour. In April 2010, Bellamy was named the eighth best front man of all time by the readers of Q.

Bellamy's singing voice is that of a Low Tenor, his chest voice spans from A2 to B♭4. He is known for his extensive use of falsetto and can hit B♭5 in this upper register. The highest note that he has recorded with Muse occurs in the songs "Showbiz" from its eponymous album and "Micro Cuts" from Origin of Symmetry, where he reaches G#5/A♭5. In some live performances of Showbiz, Bellamy has reached B♭5. The lowest recorded note of Bellamy occurs in the "Plug In Baby" B-side "Spiral Static", where he reaches A2. He is also known for his extensive use of vibrato in singing sustained notes.

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