Vince Harder (born c.1982) is a New Zealand R&B/pop recording artist and producer. His most notable song to date is Everything, which reached number one in New Zealand on the New Zealand Singles Chart in 2008. In May 2010 he released the single "Say This With Me" which peaked at number 39 on the singles chart. Vince was born and raised in West Auckland, New Zealand. He has also played the lead role as 'Simba' in the Australian stage production of The Lion King. In 2005, he came 3rd in the Australian TV version of The X Factor, Simon Cowell's new music talent show, beating over 100,000 people who originally auditioned for a place in the finals. In 2009 he performed live gigs to more than 100,000 people including the main support slot on Teddy Riley's Blackstreet arena tour of Australia & New Zealand, and a show-stealing, headline performance on TV3's Coca Cola Christmas in the Park concerts in Christchurch and Auckland. Harder is managed by legendary music industry veteran Richard Beck.