Leon Bridges

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Leon Bridges (2015)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Coming home
  DE 89 06/26/2015 (1 week)
  CH 35 06/28/2015 (3 weeks)
  UK 8th 
silver
silver
04/07/2015 (9 weeks)
  US 6th 
gold
gold
07/11/2015 (36 weeks)
Good thing
  DE 93 05/11/2018 (1 week)
  CH 40 05/13/2018 (1 week)
  UK 20th 05/17/2018 (4 weeks)
  US 3 May 19, 2018 (8 weeks)
EPs
Texas Sun (with Khruangbin )
  US 57 02/22/2020 (1 week)
Singles
July ( Noah Cyrus feat. Leon Bridges)
  CH 77 01/12/2020 (3 weeks)
  UK 66 
silver
silver
01/09/2020 (20 weeks)
  US 85 
platinum
platinum
11/01/2020 (16 weeks)

Leon Bridges (born July 13, 1989 in Atlanta , Georgia ; actually Todd Michael Bridges ) is an American retro soul singer from Fort Worth .

biography

Leon Bridges was born in Atlanta, but after his parents separated he spent most of his youth in Texas . Originally he wanted to be a dancer, it wasn't until college that he began to play guitar and compose. Initially called Lost Child , he played gospel and neo-soul in the style of Usher and Ginuwine before turning to the soul of the 1960s by Sam Cooke and Otis Redding . During one of his appearances, Austin Jenkins and Justin Block of White Denim spotted him and did a few screen tests with him. In October 2014 he published the song Coming Home on the Gorilla vs. Bear . The song received a lot of attention and was included in the program of the radio stations. Several labels competed for him and Columbia Records won the end of 2014.

Production of his debut album began, and in March 2015 he performed on South by Southwest and received praise from the press. He also appeared on television and went on tour with the band Lord Huron . The album named after the single Coming Home was released worldwide in June and took number 1 on the US R&B charts. In the official charts of the USA as well as in Canada, Great Britain and Australia it came into the top ten. It also made it into the charts in Germany and Switzerland. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. The successor Good Thing was nominated as an album for a Grammy; the resulting single Bet Ain't Worth The Hand won the award for the best traditional R&B performance.

In 2020, Leon Bridges was featured as a feature artist on several singles, including C-Side of Khruangbin , with whom he had recently released the EP Texas Sun , and Inside Friend with guitarist John Mayer . Deeply hit by the violent killing of the African American George Floyd , Bridges preferred to release the single Sweeter . The collaboration with Terrace Martin is about racist violence and was originally due to appear later that year.

Discography

Albums

  • 2015: Coming Home
  • 2018: Good Thing

EPs

  • 2016: Louisiana Sun
  • 2018: Spotify Singles (digital only, with the titles Beyond and Pony , a cover version of Ginuwine )
  • 2020: Texas Sun (with Khruangbin )

Singles

  • 2014: Coming Home
  • 2015: Smooth Sailin '
  • 2016: Better Man
  • 2018: Bet Ain't Worth the Hand
  • 2018: Bad Bad News
  • 2018: Beyond
  • 2018: Liberated (with Dej Loaf )
  • 2018: If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be)
  • 2019: That Was Yesterday
  • 2019: Texas Sun (with Khruangbin)

Guest Posts

  • 2016: Katchi ( Nick Waterhouse feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2016: On My Own ( Lecrae feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2016: Kevin ( Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2016: Present Without a Bow ( Kacey Musgraves feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2017: Across the Room ( Odesza feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2018: Gone Away ( Bun B & Gary Clark Jr. feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2019: Texas Sun (Khruangbin feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2019: July ( Noah Cyrus feat. Leon Bridges)
  • 2020: C-Side (Khruangbin feat. Leon Bridges)

swell

  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE CH UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US
  3. ^ Leon Bridges Is the Next Norah Jones , Peter Simek, D Magazine, June 2015 issue
  4. ^ Rookie of the Year , Andy Langer, Texas Monthly, May 2015 issue
  5. ^ Fort Worth's Leon Bridges is the music man of the moment , Star-Telegram, March 24, 2015
  6. ^ Variety Staff, Variety Staff: Grammy Awards Winners: The Complete List. In: Variety. February 10, 2019, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Spotify Singles. Spotify, accessed April 17, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Bridges, Leon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bridges, Todd Michael (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American retro soul singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia , USA