In January 2003 Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee formed Modest! Management. The artists currently being managed by Modest! include;

 

Leona Lewis (Syco), 2006's X factor Winner, released her debut album 'Spirit' in November 2007, which has sold over 6 million copies to date. She had the biggest selling UK album in 2007 and the biggest selling UK single in 2006 & 2007. In 2008 Leona became the first UK female artist to debut at #1 in the US on the Billboard album chart. Her single 'Bleeding Love' has become the highest played record in American Top 40 radio history.  'Run' became her 3rd UK no. 1 in December 2008. She was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 2009. Her second album 'Echo' was released in November 2009, including the hit 'Happy'. Echo reached number 1 in the UK and amassed over 2 million sales. Leona has just completed her first UK Headline Tour which saw her play a run of 4 nights at the O2 arena in London.  

 

Alison Moyet (Universal), winner of three BRIT awards, has amassed sales of more than 20 million recordings. Her latest orginal album 'The Turn' was released in the UK in October 2007 and in the US in July 2008. She recently reformed Yazoo with Vince Clarke - touring throughout Europe and the United States during the summer of 2008. October '08 saw Alison performing her first solo shows in the US in 14 years, and she toured the UK in February 2009 as a special guest with Michel Legrand. Sony Music released 'The Best of Alison Moyet' in October 2009 including a deluxe version of the album containing 11 brand new interpretations of songs from her back catalogue, recorded with her live band. Alison is currently writing for her next album and is also performing some shows as special guest with Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.

 

Alexandra Burke (Syco) 2008's X Factor winner smashed sales records within 24 hours of releasing her first single 'Hallelujah' and has since been nominated for her first Brit Award. She is the current European record holder for the fastest selling single over a period of twenty- four hours and has the best selling hit by a female artists in UK history. Alexandra's debut single, 'Bad Boys' was released on October 12th and once again achieved record sales over twenty-four hours, going straight in at #1. Alexandra's second single 'Broken Heels' has sold over 200,000 copies. The third single from the Album 'All Night Long' was released on 10th May 2010.

  

Paul Potts Winner of the inaugural 'Britain's Got Talent', whose debut album has sold over 4 million copies and has been Number 1 in fifteen countries. Last year, Paul completed a global tour covering 87 countries and has recently released his follow-up album 'Passione' around the world. Paul is currently completing another worldwide tour taking in the US, Canada, South America, Europe and the UK.

 

JLS (Epic) It has been a rapid rise for JLS since they entered X-Factor in 2008. Aston, Marvin, JB and Oritse's self-titled debut album has now sold 1.2 million copies in the UK and reached the top of the charts. Singles 'Beat Again' and 'Everybody In Love' both crashed in to the #1 spot too. JLS also won two Brits at the 2010 ceremony - British Breakthrough and British Single (for 'Beat Again'), to add to their 2 Mobo awards. 2010 is already set to be another sucessful year. The have already announced a massive arena tour in December/January 2010/2011 that will see them play over 35 venues throughout the UK and Ireland. Before then, JLS will be appearing at a host of shows over the summer including 'Capital FM's Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium and T4 'On the Beach' at Weston Super Mare. The enormous club track, 'The Club is Alive',  released on July 5th went straight in as Number 1. Giving JLS their 3rd number 1 hit. 'The Club is Alive' is the first single from the as-yet untitled second album which will be released on November 22nd.

 

Lemar (Epic), rose to fame after finishing in third place on the first series of British Talent show Fame Academy. Selling over 2 million albums, Lemar who has won two Brit awards and three MOBO's over successive years. As well as awards and acclaim, he has also topped the charts with six top 10 singles including "If There's Any Justice". "Dance (With U)", "50/50" and "Time To Grow", proving that British soul music had the power to go pop! "The Hits", is Lemar's current 5th Album since 2003 "The Way Love Goes", and special track "What About Love" featuring JLS.

  

Diana Vickers (RCA) after being voted out towards the very end of X Factor 2008, signed a record deal with RCA records and after writing and recording her debut album with Guy Sigsworth and Chris Braide Diana went on to star as 'LV' in the West End production of 'The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'. The show opened on October 8th 2009 and ran until January 31st 2010. Diana released her debut single 'Once' on 18th April 2010 and it reached Number 1. Diana's debut Album released on 3rd may 2010 'Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree' went straight in at Number 1. Diana's second single 'The Boy Who Murdered Love' was released on 18th July 2010.  Diana will be emarking on her third tour this year in November. She will be doing 6 dates in the UK and Ireland, starting on November 8th 2010.

 

Ray Quinn came second in The X Factor 2006 and his debut album 'Doing It My Way' reached Number 1 in March 2007 and was followed by a sold out national tour of the UK. In 2008 he starred as Doody in 'Grease' the musical in the West End. In early 2009 Ray was a highly acclaimed contestant on ITV's 'Dancing on Ice', which he went on to win and completed a UK arena tour with his fellow contestants. May 2009 saw Ray return to 'Grease' at the Piccadilly Theatre playing the lead role Danny Zuko and he is now performing in the West End production of 'Dirty Dancing' playing Billy Kostecki (Johnny Castle's cousin) for a limited season.

 

Joe McElderry (Syco) since winning X Factor in 2009 Joe has had a number one single with 'The Climb' which sold nearly 800,000 copies. He also headlined the X Factor tour which took in 57 shows across the UK & Ireland, performed live at Radio 1's Big Weekend festival and has started recording his debut album in the states. Joe is set to release his first single and album in the Autumn and is one of the most anticipated new artists of 2010.

 

Olly Murs (Epic & Syco) since coming second in the X Factor 2009, Olly has gone on to sign a joint record deal with Simon Cowell and Epic Records. Since the show and subsequent X factor tour he has performed over 100 of his own gigs up and down the country. His hotly tipped debut single that he co-wrote, titled 'Please Dont Let Me Go' , will be released on 29th August, followed by an album scheduled for November.