This page is for soul artist Britten, not the composer Benjamin Britten. Britten is a U.S. singer and songwriter. At the age of seven he received his first guitar, and when hw was thirteen his grandmother made the investment to upgrade it. He gave his first live performance at a local venue when he was sixteen. He moved to Boston to attend Berklee at the age of seventeen, and at twenty, he returned to Music City to pursue his musical career.