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James Bay
English singer‐songwriter
Hitchin, United Kingdom • b. 1990-09-04
James Bay is credited on 76 releases across 28 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1999–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
76
Pressings credited
28
Albums
4
Decades active
51
In collections
Biography
James Michael Bay (born 4 September 1990) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. In 2014, he released his single "Hold Back the River", which was certified platinum, before releasing his debut studio album Chaos and the Calm (2015). The album went to number one in the UK and number 15 in the US. In February 2015, Bay received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award. At the 2016 Brit Awards he received the award for Best British Male Solo Artist. Bay also received three nominations at the 2016 Grammy Awards, for Best New Artist, Best Rock Album, and Best Rock Song. In May 2018, he released his second studio album, Electric Light.
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Credited work
76 releases · 28 albums · active 1999–2025
- Performance · 86
- Other credits · 4
- Production · 4
- Engineering · 1
Studios: The Hobby Shop · The Motherbrain · Sunset Sound · Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Myles Smith
- Montag
- KT Tunstall
- The Beat Bugs
- Buddy Guy
- Westlife
- Eric Clapton
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