UJames Bay ungumculi wesiNgisi, umbhali wezingoma, umbhali wamaculo kanye nelungu lelebula leRepublic Records. Inkampani yokuqopha lapho umculi akhipha izingoma zayo ibe nesandla ekuthuthukisweni nasekudumeni abaculi abaningi, okuhlanganisa i-Two Feet, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, nabanye.
James Bay ebuntwaneni
Umfana wazalwa ngo-September 4, 1990. Umndeni womdlali wesikhathi esizayo wawuhlala edolobheni elincane laseHitchen (eNgilandi). Idolobha lokuhweba laliwuhlobo lokuhlangana kwama-subcultures ahlukahlukene.
Uthando lomculo lomfana lwabonakala eneminyaka engu-11. Kungaleso sikhathi, ngokusho komculi uqobo, lapho ezwa khona iculo lika-Eric Clapton elithi Layla wabe esesithanda isiginci.
Ngaleso sikhathi, kwase kunezifundo zevidiyo zokudlala le nsimbi ku-intanethi, ngakho kancane kancane umfana waqala ukufunda isiginci ekamelweni lakhe.
Ukuba umculi
Ingoma yokuqala yale nsizwa yayineminyaka engu-16. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi akazange acule abantu angabazi, kodwa izingoma zakhe. Ebusuku, umfana wafika endaweni yokucima ukoma wendawo futhi wahlela ukudlala kwakhe. Kwakukhona abantu abambalwa ababedakiwe endaweni yokucima ukoma.
Ngokusho kwakhe lo mculi, bekubalulekile nje ukuthi akuqonde ukuthi uyakwazi ukuthulisa amadoda akhulumela phezulu ngomculo wakhe.
Kwenzeka lokhu nje, waphumelela futhi isikhathi esithile umfana owayedlala isiginci wadonsa amehlo ezivakashi zendawo.
Ngokushesha uJames wathuthela eBrighton eyofunda enyuvesi yendawo. Lapha waqhubeka "i-night hobby" yakhe encane.
Ukuze ithole imali futhi ithole ulwazi, le nsizwa yayidlala ebusuku ezindaweni zokudlela, ezindaweni zokucima ukoma nasemakilabhini amancane. Ngakho, kancane kancane wathuthukisa amakhono futhi wafuna nesitayela sakhe.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, uJames wanquma ukuyeka ukufunda ukuze afundele isiginci. Wabuyela ekhaya waqhubeka nokuzilolonga nokubhala izingoma ekamelweni lakhe.
Ividiyo ye-James Bay Random
Njengasendabeni yosaziwayo abaningi, isiphetho sikaJames sanqunywa ngengozi. Yake yaphinde yadlala le nsizwa kwenye yezindawo zokucima ukoma zikaBrighton.
Omunye wabalaleli, ojwayele ukuza ukuzobuka uJames ecula, waqopha ukudlala kwenye yezingoma ocingweni lwakhe wabe esefaka ividiyo ku-YouTube.
Impumelelo ayizange isheshe, kodwa ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa lo mculi wathola ucingo oluvela kulebula yeRepublic Records futhi wanikezwa inkontileka.
Ngemva kwesonto, inkontileka yasayinwa. Umsebenzi usuqalile. Izenzakalo ezichazwe senzeka ngo-2012, lapho umculi eneminyaka engu-22 ubudala. Abakhiqizi abaningi basebenza naye, kodwa abazange bafune ukushintsha isitayela somculi, kodwa bamsiza futhi bamqondisa kancane.
Umsebenzi wawuhamba kahle...
I-single yokuqala yakhululwa ngo-2013. Bekuyingoma ethi The Dark of the Morning. Ithrekhi yayingeyona i-hit ethandwa kakhulu, kodwa emibuthanweni ethile umculi waqaphela, abagxeki babesazisa isitayela namazwi ombhali. Bekuyisibani esiluhlaza ukuqala ukuqopha i-albhamu egcwele.
Iqiniso elithakazelisayo liwukuthi ngaphandle kokukhipha i-albhamu eyodwa, uJames wabamba iqhaza ezinkambweni ezimbalwa zaseYurophu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abangashadile nabo babeyivelakancane.
Ingoma yesibili esemthethweni yomculi ethi Let It Go ikhishwe ngoMeyi 2014 kuphela. Futhi yaphuma ngempumelelo kakhulu. Udlulele phambili kumashadi omculo waseBrithani futhi wahlala phezulu isikhathi eside.
I-UK ithanda i-rock. Ngakho-ke, kwakungekho phuzu ekwenzeni umsindo "udume", ukuxosha izitayela kanye nohlobo oluthile lwesitayela. UJames wenza akuthandayo. Umculi udale i-indie rock, ethambile kakhulu emsindweni futhi efana namabhaladi.
Ngonyaka nesigamu nje, uJames wakwazi ukubamba iqhaza ohambweni olubili olukhulu ngesikhathi esisodwa. Uhambo lokuqala lwenzeka ngo-2013 neqembu i-Kodaline, kanti okwesibili ngo-2014 noHozier. Lona bekuwumkhankaso omuhle wokulungiselela nokukhangisa we-albhamu yokuqala.
Ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu egcwele yokuqala
I-albhamu eyedwa yakhululwa entwasahlobo ka-2015. Yaqoshwa eNashville, okuyikhaya labaculi abaningi abadumile bezwe. I-CD ididiyelwe nguJakkir King. I-albhamu ithole isihloko esikhulu esithi Chaos kanye ne-Calm. Ukukhululwa kwenza le nsizwa yaba inkanyezi yangempela.
I-albhamu yephule amarekhodi okuthengisa futhi yanikezwa isitifiketi se-platinum ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva. Amahithi akwi-albhamu, ikakhulukazi iculo elithi Hold Back the River, awaholanga nje kuphela emashadini eziteshi zomsakazo we-rock, kodwa naseziteshini ezivamile ze-FM ezigxile emculweni odumile.
James Bay Awards
Ngenxa yokukhululwa kokuqala, le nsizwa ayizange ithole udumo kuphela, ukuthengisa okuphawulekayo, kodwa futhi nemiklomelo eminingi yomculo ehlonishwayo.
Ikakhulukazi, kuma-Brit Awards, uthole i-Critics' Choice Award, futhi ama-Grammy Music Awards aminyaka yonke amqoke emikhakheni eminingana ngesikhathi esisodwa: I-Best New Artist kanye ne-Best Rock Album. I-Hold Back the River iqokwe ku-"Best Rock Song" (2015).
Okwamanje, uJames useyilungu lelebula leRepublic Records, kodwa abalandeli abavamile ukujabula ngomsebenzi omusha. Ngezizathu ezingaziwa, akakaze akhiphe i-albhamu kusukela ngo-2015.
Awekho futhi ukukhishwa okukodwa noma ama-albhamu amancane okwamanje, ngaphandle kwempumelelo ye-albhamu yokuqala. Nokho, umculi akahleleli ukuyeka umculo futhi ngokushesha uthembisa izinto eziningi ezintsha.
