Rupert Blackman is an English singer and songwriter currently residing in the Netherlands.
Rupert achieved success as the lead singer of Causes, a band that released a series of hit singles in the Netherlands, including the platinum-selling ‘Teach Me How to Dance With You’ and the gold-certified singles ‘Walk on Water’ and ‘Where Does Love Go’. After Causes disbanded, Rupert returned to the UK and started writing for other artists. He co-wrote MK’s summer hit ‘2AM’ and collaborated with artists such as Callum Scott, Martin Garrix, JC Stewart, Upsahl, Bülow, Mae Muller, and Sam Tompkins.
In addition to his new artist project “Ruxley” [PIAS UK], he continues to write for other artists and co-wrote the Dutch summer hit ‘Shatterproof’ with and for Nick Schilder, which reached the Top 5 in the Dutch airplay charts. Rupert continues to collaborate with top level Dutch artists such as Martin Garrix, Duncan Laurence, Armin van Buuren, Lucas & Steve, Maan, Wulf, Douwe Bob, RONDÉ, Miss Montreal, Hardwell, Nicky Romero, Oliver Heldens, Dotan, Ilse de Lange, and Dubvision.