BIOGRAPHY
Pete’s music career started in 2007, when the mega phenomenon of BEARFORCE1 catapulted Pete and the rest of the popbear musicgroup into the spotlight. After Perez Hilton discovered the group and called it “the most amazing thing ever“ the group toured cities across Europe and North America, also becoming a youtube sensation with over two millions hits in just a couple of weeks. The band developed cult status performing at shows and on television.
One year later Pete left the group in order to work on his solo-career. He took some time to develop his own style, being inspired by artists he admired, such as the Pet Shop Boys and Band of Bears (one of its members, Patrice Faure, wrote one of Pete's best known songs “This is my life“).  In 2011 Pete started sharing his creative career with several talented artists: such as Dutch producer/composer Erik Spanjers and Ray Grant; BiTbear from Hungary. His album UPLIFTED was released in 2012UPLIFTED: a sparkling, vibrant album with a lot of electro-pop, featuring feel good dance songs with uplifting energy and beautiful ballads. In January 2013 Pete released his song You are my love in cooperation with BiTbear.
Pete’s videoclip, FOR A LIFETIME, was released in January 2018 and was directed by Martijn van Veen, who also filmed one of Pete’s previous songs “The things you do.”
Performing in Melbourne, February 2019   with VicBears and crew from JOY fm radiostation, Melbourne Febr. 2019
In November 2019 Pete met musician Brent Heinze from Probe 7. .jpg)  The second track will be a remake of Gordon Lightfoot’s IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND.
 Pete Statham & BiTbear - Life (Pular Reconstruction)  Pete's album DISCOVER has been released in March 2022.  The album was produced by BiTbear X Pular, it's out on Spotify, on Apple Music (i-Tunes) and on youtube you can see videoclips from JUST a Teaze (directed by Charles el Dib and RUNNING UP THAT HILL. You can also follow Pete on Instagram Pete s second cover-album UNDERCOVER was released in July 2023 Pete and BiTbear xPular have reased COVER UP in June 2024 Now their cover-trilogy is completed In Dec 2023 Pete's first DUTCH single, written and composed by himself and with a touching arrangement and production by BiTbear, entitled DROOM IK DE WERKELIJKHEID, was released in both Spotify and youtube. More songs in his motherlanguage, het " Nederlands" (Dutch) will follow Pete is working on his first Dutch EP "Luchtfietser". Releasedate: August/September 2024. This new track BITTERZOET will be one of its 7 tracks. Pete thanks Bram B, Gábor Holik, Erik Spanjers, Hans Kramers, Ahmed Celik and Chris Jans, Nel Hordijk for their ongoing support and last but not least, a big THANK YOU to all my fans and friends! Pete is convinced that life should be celebrated every day. Pete believes that one of the greatest gifts on his music career is the ability to express himself. One of the other highlights is the support of the fans and friends he has met along the way and the artists who share his passion for art and music. Love, loss, hope and desire and our mutual connection are the essence of Pete's inspiration. Pete has been performing his music around Europe, North America and Australia. Many versions songs are being played at dance clubs around the globe.
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His new album UPLIFTED-REMIXED was released in March 2014 (available on iTunes and Spotify (click 
His album FEARLESS has been released in November 2014.
Again, Pete has been working with Erik Spanjers, Ray Grant, BiTbear and Aafke Romeijn, but also with several other artists, like Doug Strahm.
Pete's album RELEASE was released in December 2016 (Zyx-music) and contains the hits "In the name of love", "The price of loneliness", "Is it a dream" (all three tracks are also to be seen as videoclips); "For a lifetime"and "Share my life". Share my life is produced by the talented Van Edelsteyn, from Russia.
His album LIFE (released in december 2018) was a new chapter in Pete´s musical career. Two tracks of the album are already released, both as videoclips: I will move mountains (2018) and Starlight. Both clips have been directed by Eev Schurink.
