James Bay (singer)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Chaos and the Calm   DE 3  gold 04/03/2015 (44 weeks)   AT 2  gold 04/03/2015 (11 weeks)   CH 1  gold 03/29/2015 (46 weeks)   UK 1  × 2 Double platinum 04/04/2015 (99 weeks)   US 15th  gold 04/11/2015 (86 weeks) Electric Light   DE 14th 05/25/2018 (4 weeks)   AT 20th 06/01/2018 (1 week)   CH 6th May 27, 2018 (5 weeks)   UK 2  silver May 31, 2018 (7 weeks)   US 21st 02.06.2018 (1 week)

EPs

Let it go   CH 38 11/01/2015 (6 weeks)

Singles

Let it go   DE 22nd  gold 09/11/2015 (18 weeks)   AT 45 October 02, 2015 (8 weeks)   CH 94 11/27/2016 (1 week)   UK 10  × 3 Triple platinum 09/27/2014 (78 weeks)   US 16  × 2 Double platinum 09/01/2016 (34 weeks) Hold back the river   DE 4th  gold 01/30/2015 (36 weeks)   AT 4th  gold 02/13/2015 (25 weeks)   CH 4th  gold 11/01/2015 (30 weeks)   UK 2  × 3 Triple platinum December 06, 2014 (74 weeks) Scars   UK 48  silver 01/17/2015 (9 weeks) If You Ever Want to Be in Love   UK 96  silver 04/04/2015 (1 week) Best fake smile   UK 54  silver March 24, 2016 (3 weeks) Running   UK 60 March 31, 2016 (1 week) Wild love   UK 39  silver 02/22/2018 (10 weeks) Peer Pressure (feat. Julia Michaels )   CH 88 03.03.2019 (1 week)   UK 85 07.03.2019 (2 weeks)

James Bay (born September 4, 1990 in Hitchin , Hertfordshire ) is an English singer-songwriter .

biography

James Bay began as a musician in his home in Hertfordshire solo and in various bands. He was booked as a support musician and played in the opening act for concerts by Tom Odell , John Newman and Kodaline . That is how the label Republic Records became aware of him and signed him in 2012.

His first five-song EP was released a year later in Great Britain under the title The Dark of the Morning . Bay then played at the Glastonbury Festival and in Hyde Park in the opening act of a Rolling Stones concert. He also accompanied Taylor Swift on the European portion of their 1989 World Tour.

At the beginning of 2014 the EP was also released in the USA, where it was placed in the Billboard Heatseeker Charts. The second EP Let It Go followed in the summer . Again it came in the US Heatseeker charts, in addition, the title song rose in the British charts . At the end of the year, James Bay was a candidate for the breakthrough in several 2015 predictions. It received the Critics' Choice Award from the BRIT Awards and was ranked second on the BBC's Sound of 2015 . He was also nominated for MTV Brand New for 2015. His third EP, Hold Back the River, was released at the end of the year . The theme song entered the top 20 of the UK charts and then fell back. In the tenth week he returned to the top 20 and finally reached number 2. In many other countries he was also able to place, in Australia and the German-speaking countries the song reached the top 10. On March 20, 2015, his first studio album was released called Chaos and the Calm and debuted at number 1 on the UK charts.

Discography

Albums

• 2015: Chaos and the Calm
• 2018: Electric Light

EPs

• 2013: The Dark of the Morning
• 2014: Let It Go
• 2014: Hold Back the River
• 2015: Other Sides
• 2018: Spotify Singles
• 2019: Oh My Messy Mind

Singles

• 2014: Let It Go
• 2014: Hold Back the River (US:gold)
• 2015: Scars
• 2015: If You Ever Want to Be in Love
• 2016: Best Fake Smile
• 2016: Running
• 2018: Wild Love
• 2018: Pink Lemonade
• 2018: Us (Solo Version or with Alicia Keys )
• 2018: Just for Tonight
• 2019: Peer Pressure (feat.Julia Michaels )
• 2019: bathroom
• 2020: Chew on My Heart

Awards for music sales

Silver record  United Kingdom 2017: for the author participation Raging ( Kygo ) Golden record  Australia 2015: for the album Chaos and the Calm  Belgium 2016: for the single Let It Go  Denmark 2017: for the author participation Raging (Kygo)  Italy 2019: for the single If You Ever Want to Be in Love  Canada 2016: for the album Chaos and the Calm 2017: for the author participation Raging (Kygo) 2019: for the single Pink Lemonade 2019: for the single Peer Pressure  Mexico 2017: for the author participation Raging (Kygo) 2018: for the album Chaos and the Calm  New Zealand 2016: for the album Chaos and the Calm  Norway 2016: for the album Chaos and the Calm  Sweden 2015: for the album Chaos and the Calm

Platinum record  Denmark 2015: for the single Hold Back the River  Italy 2018: for the author participation Raging (Kygo)  New Zealand 2015: for the single Hold Back the River 2015: for the single Let It Go  Netherlands 2015: for the single Let It Go  Norway 2016: for the single Let It Go 2 × platinum record  Denmark 2019: for the single Let It Go 2020: for the album Chaos and the Calm  Canada 2019: for the single Hold Back the River  Netherlands 2015: for the single Hold Back the River  Norway 2016: for the single Hold Back the River  Sweden 2016: for the single Let It Go 3 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single Hold Back the River 2016: for the single Let It Go  Italy 2018: for the single Hold Back the River  Sweden 2015: for the single Hold Back the River 5 × platinum record  Canada 2019: for the single Let It Go

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	455,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	5 × platinum5	325,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	225,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	7 × platinum7th	720,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	2 × gold2	-	60,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	37,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	90,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	45,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	22,500	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	5 × platinum5	220,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	25,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	3,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	-	8 × platinum8th	5,260,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	22 × gold22nd	45 × platinum45

Awards

• BRIT Awards
  • 2015: "Critics' Choice"
  • 2016: "British Male Solo Artist"
• ECHO Pop
  • 2016: "Newcomer International"

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
2. ↑ Album of the Week: James Bay - Chaos and the Calm ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , XFM104.9, March 16, 2015  
3. ^ Hitchin singer James Bay hits the big time , Casey Goodman, The Comet, August 28, 2014
4. ↑ BBC Music Sound Of 2015 longlist revealed , BBC, December 1, 2014
5. ↑ Krept & Konan Crowned MTV Brand New For 2015 Winners! , MTV, February 2, 2015
6. ↑ Who Are the Brit Awards 2015 Critics' Choice Award Nominees? , Sugarscape, November 28, 2014
7. ↑ Spotify Singles. Spotify, accessed April 17, 2019 . 

Web links

• Official Homepage (English)
• Official Soundcloud page
• James Bay at Allmusic (English)