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〕 | associated_acts = | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 2014–present | label = Sony | website = }} Dean Pritchard,〔〔 better known by his stage name Dean Ray, is an Australian singer and songwriter. In 2014, he was the runner-up on the sixth season of ''The X Factor Australia''. Ray subsequently received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia and released his debut single "Coming Back", which debuted at number five on the ARIA Singles Chart. This was followed by the release of his self-titled debut album in November 2014, which debuted at number five on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association. ==Early life== Dean Ray (born Dean Pritchard) is originally from Narromine, New South Wales. At the age of six, Ray and his family moved to Meandarra, Queensland. Ray comes from a musical family; his parents Chris and Angie had their own country band called Itchy Feet. Ray grew up travelling around Australia with his parents, and he would often sleep in guitar cases backstage at venues when his parents were on stage performing.〔〔 Ray learnt how to play the drums when he was nine years old.〔 At the age of 13, he learnt how to play the guitar and started writing his own songs.〔 Ray and his brother, who played piano, were then recruited into their parents' band.〔 Ray was a student at Chinchilla State High School in Chinchilla, Queensland.〔 He left school at the age of 16 to pursue a music career.〔 During this time, Ray also moved out of his family home and went travelling.〔〔 He later moved to Kensington, Victoria〔 and worked as a busker around the streets of Melbourne.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean Ray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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