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"Conor Maynard has rejected claims that he is the British version of Justin Bieber. The &amp;#039;Vegas Girl&amp;#039; singer, who shot to fame with single &amp;#039;Can&amp;#039;t Say No&amp;#039; earlier this year, told the Daily Telegraph that he is frustrated by comparisons to the Canadian star.   Maynard told the paper: &amp;quot;A lot of people had it in their minds that I was the next Justin Bieber. But I didn&amp;#039;t want to follow anyone. &amp;quot;I had to find out what kind of an artist I was, because I had never been in a studio, I hadn&amp;#039;t even written a song. I had this motto - &amp;#039;It&amp;#039;s better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; The singer also said that it was his &amp;quot;unique stamp&amp;quot; on music that helped raise his profile on YouTube. &amp;quot;I took covers and switched them up and did it my own way, and people became a fan of me rather than a fan of the songs,&amp;quot; he explained. Maynard&amp;#039;s debut album Contrast is released on July 30. Watch the video for &amp;#039;Vegas Girl&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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