In 2014, Richard joined the singing group Collabro and after a month of rehearsing they decided to audition for Britain's Got Talent which they won by singing Stars from Les Miserables which they also auditioned with. They went on to release their debut album, Stars, which reached number 1 in the charts. In 2015, they headlined their first UK tour and released a second album which reached number 2 in the charts. In 2016 they had another sell out UK tour. They have also toured Japan and Hong Kong. In June 2016, Collabro announced that Richard would leave the group. Richard now has his own project following his love of Swing music with a series of YouTube videos called 'Swingfield'.