Charlie Winston

Winston worked across singer-songwriter, recording artist, composer, musician and Liedermacher. The registers place that work in pop rock and indie folk. This article rests on 47 catalogued compositions and 34 issued recordings drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Charlie Winston • Birth Name — Charlie Winston Gleave • Birthplace — Cornwall, United Kingdom • Origin — Bungay, England, United Kingdom • Genre — Folk, indie folk, indie pop • Label — AFishant Records • Website — www.charliewinston.com

Winston played bass guitar for his brother Tom Baxter, appearing on Baxter's Feather and Stone album. As well as touring with Tom, much of Winston's early career saw him composing music for, and performing in, London-based contemporary theatre productions.

Winston's first ever unreleased and rarest record was Mischifus, a mix between beatbox, guitar, and piano, which appeared as a theatre/dance production that he had performed on stage in 2007, recorded under the Real World label.

Winston's unreleased debut album, Make Way, was recorded at Real World Studios in 2006. Described as "inspired and seductive". Winston supported Peter Gabriel on his 2007 European tour. Tracks from Make Way would eventually find their way on to his first officially released album.

Winston's second and the first officially released album, Hobo, entered the French charts at No. 3 on 31 January 2009, and peaked at No. 1 in its 25th charting week where it stayed for 4 weeks and, As of 2011 7, spent 30 weeks in the Top 10. His debut album has also been certified as being platinum. The first single, "Like a Hobo", also topped the French SNEP charts for one week on 11 April 2009. In 2010, Winston won a European Border Breakers Award for 'Best UK artist in Europe'.

Winston's third album Running Still was released in France on 21 November 2011. In 2012, Winston contributed the track "This Wheel's on Fire" to the compilation CD set for Amnesty International titled "Chimes of Freedom – The Songs of Bob Dylan".

"Lately", the first single from Winston's fourth album Curio City debuted on French radio station Virgin Radio on 13 October 2014. The album was released on 26 January 2015. In 2016, Winston released an EP with studio versions of songs he covered live during his concerts, called Under Cover.

The first single from Winston's fifth album was released on 8 June 2018. It's called "The Weekend". The album, entitled Square 1, was released on 28 September 2018.

Winston's 6th album Love Isn't Easy was released on 10 October 2025.

On 17 September 2010, Winston headlined a global telecast for the international day of peace Peace One Day with Jude Law and Sharon Stone. On 10 November 2011, the track "She Went Quietly" was used over the ending of the mid-season finale of Grey's Anatomy (Season 8, Episode 9 "Dark Was The Night").

In 2008, his cover of The Spencer Davis Group song "I'm a Man" appeared on a television advertisement for Volkswagen Polo. The ad featured a dog miming the words to the track, and received over 750 complaints from the RSPCA and TV viewers. The ad was not banned, despite the complaints.

Winston was born to parents Jeff and Julie Gleave. At an early age he moved to Bungay, Suffolk where his parents owned the King's Head Hotel. His elder brother, Tom Baxter, and younger sister, Vashti Anna, are also musicians and all use their middle name as a stage surname. Winston currently lives in the South of France on the French Riviera.

• Year — Album — Peak chart positions • FRA — FRA (DD) 1 — BEL (WA) — SWI — GER — AUT — GRE — UK — US • 2007 — Make Way • 2009 — Hobo • 2011 — Running Still • 2015 — Curio City • 2018 — Square 1 • 2022 — As I Am • 2025 — Love Isn't Easy

• Year — Single — Peak chart positions • FRA — FRA (DD) 1 — BEL (FL) — BEL (WA) — SWI — GER — AUT — UK — US • 2009 — "Like a Hobo" • "In Your Hands" • "Kick the Bucket" — 16* (Ultratip) • 2010 — "I Love Your Smile" • "Tongue Tied" • 2011 — "Secret Girl" • "Hello Alone" • 2012 — "Where Can I Buy Happiness" — 22* (Ultratip) • "Speak to Me" • 2014 — "Lately" — 30* (Ultratip) — 5* (Ultratip) • "Wilderness" • 2015 — "Truth" — 99* (Ultratip) — 10* (Ultratip) • 2015 — "Say Something" • 2016 — "Too Long" • 2018 — "Losing Touch" • 2018 — "The Weekend" • 2019 — "Rendez-Vous (feat. Camélia Jordana)" • 2022 — "Algorithm" • 2022 — "Exile" • 2023 — "I Am II" 1 Digital Downloads • Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. Featured in • Year — Single — Peak chart positions — Album • FRA — FRA (DD) — BEL (WA) • 2013 — "Dusty Men" (Saule featuring Charlie Winston) — Saule album Géant • 2017 — "It's Not Impossible" (Stefano Lentini featuring Charlie Winston) — Stefano Lentini album La Porta Rossa (The Red Door)

Charlie Winston was born on 14 September 1978. Winston held the nationality of United Kingdom. Winston was educated at Brunel University London. Recorded sibling: Tom Baxter and Vashti Anna. Winston worked as singer-songwriter, recording artist, composer and musician, and the authority record catalogues a further 1 occupations under the same name, among them Liedermacher. Winston was active from 2008. The fields Winston worked in include pop rock and indie folk. Winston played the guitar. Winston worked in English.