Brian Risberg Clausen, better known as Bryan Rice (born 29 May 1978 in Roskilde, Denmark), is a Danish pop singer and songwriter.
His debut single "No Promises" was a huge hit in Denmark in the fall of 2005/spring of 2006. The song was covered and released by British X Factor winner Shayne Ward reaching #2 in the official U.K. charts.
In 2006 he released "Homeless Heart", a cover of the Amanda Stott song, which was the second single from his debut album, Confessional. The song was used as the opening theme to the Danish reality television program Paradise Hotel. Two more singles followed, "Can't Say I'm Sorry" and "Where Do You Go?". "Can't Say I'm Sorry" was later released by Erik Segerstedt, runner-up of the Swedish Idol, and peaked at #1 in Sweden. "Can't Say I'm Sorry" was also released by Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams on his debut album Give It All Away.
His second studio album, Good News, was released in 2007.
Bryan received his first Gold record for the sale of 20,000 copies in Denmark, and Platinum for more than 13,000 downloads of "No Promises". Furthermore Bryan was nominated Best Danish Male Singer at the 2006 Zulu Awards.
In 2009 Bryan Rice co-wrote the song "Underneath My Skin", with Mads Haugaard, sung by Norwegian singer Christina Undhjem, which participated in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.
Having been offered a wildcard as a performer, Bryan Rice once again competed in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2010. His entry was the song "Breathing", which was written by Peter Bjørnskov. The song made it to the final round of voting, finishing 2nd in a field of 10 songs.
On 25 October 2010 Bryan Rice released his third studio album, Another Piece of Me. The album features duets with Danish singer Julie Berthelsen and Swedish Emilia. It was preceded by the release of the third single, "There for You", on 28 June 2010. This song was such a success that it appeared in The Sims 3 latest add-on called 'Late Night' in Simlish version.
Bryan Rice has also been successful in South Africa.
In 2011 Bryan signed a deal for a release in Holland and for Belgium and Luxembourg. The first single for Holland will be 'Second Last Chance' and in Belgium it will be "Curtain Call".
Famous quotes containing the words bryan and/or rice:
“I think we will live through his term, Archie, and I’ll tell you something, old man, if they don’t stop hammering me, first Bryan for not enforcing the Anti-Trust Law and Wall Street for enforcing it, they may succeed in electing me to another term whether I want it or not.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“... there has been a very special man in my life for the past year. All I’ll say about him is that he’s kind, warm, mature, someone I can trust—and he’s not a politician.”
—Donna Rice (b. c. 1962)