James Bay

A singer/songwriter having a penchant for crafting moving and evocative folk-pop, Wayne Bay comes from the North Hertfordshire marketplace city of Hitchin. Bay honed his abilities regionally, eventually getting high-exposure support slot machines with Tom Odell, John Newman, and Kodaline before inking an archive cope with Republic/Common in 2012. Bay quickly began recording materials, and charted the solitary “WHENEVER WE Were burning” in 2013. Twelve months later, he got a set of tracks in the English Top Ten; initial, “IGNORE IT” peaked at amount ten, and by the finish of 2014, “RESTRAIN the River” strike number 2 (and charted in ten various other countries). Bay’s first full-length, Chaos as well as the Quiet, made an appearance in March 2015, with time for him to try out a small number of American schedules, including showcases on the South by Southwest Music Meeting in Austin, Tx. The album strike number one in the uk and Ireland, and debuted within the very best 20 in the U.S. During 2016, Bay gained a Brit Prize for Best British isles Male Solo Musician, aswell as Grammy nominations for Greatest New Artist, Greatest Rock Record, and Best Rock and roll Melody for “RESTRAIN the River.”