Jon Bellion

Jon Bellion during his Glory Sound Prep Tour on Long Island

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The human condition   US 5  gold 07/02/2016 (51 weeks) Glory Sound Prep   US 15th 11/24/2018 (1 week)

Singles

Beautiful Now (with Zedd )   US 64  platinum 06/06/2015 (14 weeks) All time low   DE 22nd  gold 01/20/2017 (23 weeks)   AT 18th 01/27/2017 (21 weeks)   CH 41 01/22/2017 (17 weeks)   UK 86  silver 03/23/2017 (1 week)   US 16  × 3 Triple platinum October 29, 2016 (22 weeks)

Jonathan David Bellion (born December 26, 1990 in Long Island , NY ), called Jon Bellion , is an American pop musician and songwriter .

Career

Jon Bellion was also a passable basketball player in his youth. During his high school days, he discovered his musical talent and began to compose songs on his brother's keyboard. After school, he went to the local Five Towns College , where he took music classes and graduated. He also performed on Long Island during college.

In 2011 he began to publish mixtapes and immediately attracted so much attention with the first Scattered Thoughts Vol. 1 that he got a contract as a songwriter a year later. In the same year he wrote with Jason Derulo his hit Trumpets , which reached number 1 in Australia and the top 10 in many other countries. He was also involved in the song The Monster , which became a number one hit for Eminem and Rihanna in many countries and earned them a Grammy Award . With this and through his internet publications, Bellion gained enough attention to start a career as a musician. He also went extensively on tour. For the first time, even in the charts in 2015 he came as a guest singer on the single Beautiful Now by Zedd , resulting in the Billboard Hot 100 was able to place.

For 2016 Bellion finished his debut album and released the song All Time Low in advance . With the album The Human Condition he entered the US album charts at number 5 in June . A little later, All Time Low also climbed into the top 20 of the single charts and reached platinum status . At the beginning of 2017, the song was also released in Europe and was able to place in the charts in German-speaking countries, among others.

Discography

Albums

• The Human Condition (2016)
• Glory Sound Prep (2018)

Mix tapes

• Scattered Thoughts Vol. 1 (2011)
• Translations Through Speakers (2013)
• The Separation (2013)
• The Definition (2014)

Singles

• Woke The F * ck Up (2015, US:gold)
• Guillotine (featuring Travis Mendes, 2016)
• 80's Films (2016)
• Maybe IDK (2016)
• All Time Low (2016)
• Overwhelming (2017, US:gold)
• Conversations with My Wife (2018)
• JT (2018)
• Stupid Deep (2018)
• Crop Circles (2019)

Guest Posts

• Beautiful Now ( Zedd feat. Jon Bellion, 2015)
• Rat Race ( Andy Mineo feat. Jon Bellion, 2015)
• Dead Presidents (Travis Mendes feat. Jon Bellion, 2016)
• Obsession ( Vice feat. Jon Bellion, 2017)
• Good Things Fall Apart ( Illenium feat. Jon Bellion, 2019, US:platinum)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2020: for the album The Human Condition  Italy 2016: for the single Beautiful Now 2017: for the single All Time Low  Canada 2017: for the album The Human Condition  Sweden 2017: for the single All Time Low

Platinum record  Denmark 2020: for the single All Time Low  Poland 2016: for the single Beautiful Now 2 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the single All Time Low  Canada 2017: for the single All Time Low

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)	-	-	2 × platinum2	140,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	100,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	200,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	platinum1	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	5 × platinum5	6,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	9 × gold9	11 × platinum11

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ Jon Bellion, 'Simple and Sweet': Exclusive Video Premiere , Erika Ramirez, Billboard, Aug. 12, 2014

Web links

• official homepage
• Songinfo by Jon Bellion (hitparade.ch)
• Jon Bellion at Allmusic (English)