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James Bay

Data updated on 2024-12-05 08:08:30 UTC
James Bay is a musician’s musician: the UK singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer upholds traditions of timeless songcraft while confidently challenging himself and popular music in equal measure. He spikes a tried-and-true style with clever lyricism, honest confessions, and instrumental proficiency.

This year, he returns with his thrilling fourth album, Changes All The Time, due on September 20th via Mercury/Republic Records. The album includes collaborations with Noah Kahan and The Lumineers on lead single “Up All Night,” and features writing collaborations with The Killers’ Brandon Flowers (“Easy Distraction”) and Holly Humberstone (“Dogfight”).

On the heels of his platinum- certified 2015 debut Chaos And The Calm, Bay garnered GRAMMY® nods in the categories of “Best New Artist,” “Best Rock Album,”and “Best Rock Song” for the gold-selling single “Hold Back The River.” Meanwhile, “Let It Go” went triple-platinum. Nominated for dozens of awards, he took home two BRIT Awards, two Q Awards, and top honors at the Ivor Novello Awards and ECHO Awards.

Tallying nearly 9 billion streams to date, he has notably dueted with numerous musical icons including Alicia Keys on The Voice, was asked to join Mick Jagger while supporting The Rolling Stones at Twickenham Stadium in London, and joined Sheryl Crow on stage after performing his own set at Eric Clapton’s 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas, TX. He also notably opened for Bruce Springsteen at Hyde Park in 2023.

Total plays

5.2 billion
Updated on 2024-12-05

Country

United Kingdom

Monthly listeners

11,809,981

Followers

4,043,415

Top Cities

  1. United Kingdom
    233,670 listeners
  2. Australia
    222,791 listeners
  3. Australia
    176,954 listeners
  4. Australia
    146,583 listeners
  5. Ireland
    Dublin
    140,679 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Let It Go
Let It Go
1,248,932,023 4:21 2014-06-03
Hold Back The River
Hold Back The River
771,022,745 3:60 2014-11-17
Us
Us
371,415,795 3:01 2018-05-18
Peer Pressure
Peer Pressure
264,987,445 2:57 2019-05-10
If You Ever Wanna Be In Love - James Bay Spotify Session 2015
If You Ever Wanna Be In Love - James Bay Spotify Session 2015
204,145,993 3:57 2015-08-07
Need The Sun To Break
Need The Sun To Break
196,952,016 3:37 2013-01-01
Let It Go - James Bay Spotify Session 2015
Let It Go - James Bay Spotify Session 2015
152,264,175 4:46 2015-08-07
If I Ain’t Got You - James Bay Spotify Session 2015 "Alicia Keys Cover"
If I Ain’t Got You - James Bay Spotify Session 2015 "Alicia Keys Cover"
138,803,051 4:21 2015-08-07
If You Ever Want To Be In Love
If You Ever Want To Be In Love
123,936,723 3:59 2014-06-03
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay)
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay)
106,937,445 2:50 2021-08-20
Bad
Bad
103,738,544 3:46 2019-05-10
Wild Love - Acoustic
Wild Love - Acoustic
99,854,469 3:09 2018-02-23
Best Fake Smile
Best Fake Smile
87,033,955 3:25 2014-12-15
Wild Love
Wild Love
75,209,738 3:17 2018-03-23
Incomplete
Incomplete
71,203,670 3:44 2014-12-15
Scars
Scars
69,278,543 4:33 2014-12-15
Move Together
Move Together
66,981,827 4:35 2014-12-15
Chew On My Heart
Chew On My Heart
65,906,492 3:15 2020-07-09
Slide
Slide
54,329,723 3:24 2018-05-18
Us - Acoustic
Us - Acoustic
45,374,018 3:02 2018-04-27
Pink Lemonade
Pink Lemonade
45,265,758 4:13 2018-04-20
Us
Us
43,039,844 3:07 2018-05-22
Break My Heart Right
Break My Heart Right
38,933,286 3:24 2019-05-10
Stealing Cars
Stealing Cars
37,202,322 3:43 2013-01-01
Peer Pressure (Acoustic) [feat. Julia Michaels]
Peer Pressure (Acoustic) [feat. Julia Michaels]
33,332,137 2:57 2019-04-05
Craving
Craving
33,026,919 3:48 2014-12-15
Craving - Acoustic Version
Craving - Acoustic Version
32,473,927 3:46 2016-06-24
When We Were On Fire
When We Were On Fire
28,432,129 3:58 2014-12-15
When We Were On Fire
When We Were On Fire
27,610,292 3:60 2013-01-01
Up All Night (with The Lumineers & Noah Kahan)
Up All Night (with The Lumineers & Noah Kahan)
26,115,066 3:24 2024-10-04
Running
Running
24,686,185 3:38 2014-06-03
Give Me The Reason
Give Me The Reason
23,632,712 3:54 2022-03-24
Collide
Collide
23,233,973 3:24 2014-12-15
One Life
One Life
22,213,803 3:25 2022-05-13
Wait In Line
Wait In Line
22,144,660 4:00 2014-11-17
Clocks Go Forward
Clocks Go Forward
21,813,353 4:11 2013-01-01
Just For Tonight
Just For Tonight
19,063,134 3:36 2018-05-18
Get Out While You Can
Get Out While You Can
18,327,935 4:40 2014-12-15
Sparks
Sparks
15,803,421 3:07 2014-11-17
Wanderlust
Wanderlust
14,649,570 4:16 2018-05-18
Hear Your Heart
Hear Your Heart
14,619,464 3:02 2014-06-03
Scars - James Bay Spotify Session 2015
Scars - James Bay Spotify Session 2015
13,574,911 5:06 2015-08-07
The Best - Recorded at Metropolis Studios, London
The Best - Recorded at Metropolis Studios, London
12,632,097 4:22 2018-08-01
Rescue
Rescue
11,274,877 2:54 2019-05-10
Running - Live From Abbey Road Studios
Running - Live From Abbey Road Studios
11,005,387 3:41 2016-03-11
Funeral (feat. James Bay)
Funeral (feat. James Bay)
10,391,167 2:34 2021-05-04
Wasted On Each Other
Wasted On Each Other
10,085,839 3:58 2018-05-18
Kings Highway
Kings Highway
9,903,107 3:07 2017-06-16
Just For Tonight - Acoustic
Just For Tonight - Acoustic
9,890,323 3:26 2018-08-24
Move Together
Move Together
9,846,297 4:45 2013-01-01
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay) [Stripped]
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay) [Stripped]
9,379,482 2:45 2021-10-22
I Found You
I Found You
9,055,751 5:06 2018-05-18
In My Head
In My Head
8,826,750 3:07 2018-05-18
Fade Out
Fade Out
8,362,628 3:53 2018-05-18
Us - Recorded at Metropolis Studios, London
Us - Recorded at Metropolis Studios, London
8,289,617 3:03 2018-08-01
Save Your Love
Save Your Love
7,923,954 3:24 2022-07-08
Wild Love - Jonas Blue Remix
Wild Love - Jonas Blue Remix
7,804,088 3:26 2018-03-01
Hold Back The River - Live At The Hotel Cafe/2014
Hold Back The River - Live At The Hotel Cafe/2014
7,476,021 3:60 2014-11-17
Heavy Handed
Heavy Handed
7,099,400 3:30 2014-06-03
Everybody Needs Someone
Everybody Needs Someone
6,942,840 3:28 2022-06-24
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay) [VIP]
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay) [VIP]
6,874,852 2:49 2021-10-01
Stand Up
Stand Up
4,962,395 4:59 2018-05-18
Sugar Drunk High
Sugar Drunk High
4,761,789 3:40 2018-05-18
All My Broken Pieces
All My Broken Pieces
4,624,148 4:02 2023-10-19
Chew On My Heart - Piano & Voice
Chew On My Heart - Piano & Voice
4,602,669 3:41 2020-09-11
One Life - Acoustic
One Life - Acoustic
3,280,538 3:19 2022-06-10
Waste (feat. James Bay)
Waste (feat. James Bay)
3,181,798 3:31 2024-11-08
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
3,140,501 4:11 2023-08-11
Nowhere Left To Go
Nowhere Left To Go
3,050,623 3:25 2022-07-08
Blue No More (feat. James Bay)
Blue No More (feat. James Bay)
2,924,634 3:39 2018-05-30
Interlude
Interlude
2,860,963 1:02 2018-05-18
Silent Love
Silent Love
2,768,908 3:36 2022-07-08
Let It Go - Jack Steadman Remix
Let It Go - Jack Steadman Remix
2,723,043 5:15 2015-05-26
Let It Go - Live
Let It Go - Live
2,642,606 4:30 2016-09-23
Chew On My Heart - Acoustic
Chew On My Heart - Acoustic
2,529,189 3:17 2020-08-07
Intro
Intro
2,504,697 0:60 2018-05-18
Easy Distraction
Easy Distraction
2,387,803 3:50 2024-10-04
Pink Lemonade - Acoustic
Pink Lemonade - Acoustic
2,110,900 4:23 2018-04-20
Hope
Hope
2,084,716 4:39 2024-10-04
Endless Summer Nights
Endless Summer Nights
1,943,139 3:30 2022-07-08
Give Me The Reason - Stripped Acoustic
Give Me The Reason - Stripped Acoustic
1,721,111 3:52 2022-05-03
Chew On My Heart - Madism Remix
Chew On My Heart - Madism Remix
1,654,889 3:12 2020-08-21
Love Don't Hate Me
Love Don't Hate Me
1,524,556 3:27 2022-07-08
Brilliant Still
Brilliant Still
1,428,668 3:33 2022-07-08
Right Now
Right Now
1,389,029 4:12 2022-07-08
Gale Song (feat. James Bay) (Live from Wrigley Field)
Gale Song (feat. James Bay) (Live from Wrigley Field)
1,308,666 3:47 2024-08-14
Bad - Live At Round Chapel, London
Bad - Live At Round Chapel, London
1,287,376 3:55 2019-06-07
We Used To Shine
We Used To Shine
1,279,895 3:48 2022-07-08
Better
Better
1,160,226 4:02 2022-07-08
Two Way
Two Way
982,874 4:54 2016-09-09
Give Me The Reason - Solo Acoustic
Give Me The Reason - Solo Acoustic
956,907 3:57 2022-05-03
True Love
True Love
906,494 5:23 2013-06-25
Hold Back The River
Hold Back The River
841,771 3:43 2016-06-10
Wild Love - Kove Remix
Wild Love - Kove Remix
808,512 3:13 2018-03-01
Us - filous Remix
Us - filous Remix
751,838 3:12 2018-06-15
Everburn
Everburn
744,554 3:18 2024-10-04
Hey Bulldog
Hey Bulldog
651,953 3:16 2016-11-04
Glow
Glow
561,541 4:02 2010-05-10
Us - Jonas Rathsman Remix
Us - Jonas Rathsman Remix
544,016 7:30 2018-06-15
Speed Limit
Speed Limit
533,761 4:02 2024-10-04
Hold Back the River
Hold Back the River
511,839 4:31 2016-10-21
Talk
Talk
393,361 3:17 2024-10-04
Hopeless Heart
Hopeless Heart
392,516 3:22 2024-10-04
Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear
376,175 3:30 2024-10-04
Dogfight
Dogfight
348,085 5:47 2024-10-04
Forever - Live
Forever - Live
342,971 4:04 2020-04-10
Some People
Some People
339,599 2:41 2024-10-04
Go On
Go On
301,602 4:11 2024-10-04
Wild Love - Shadow Child Remix
Wild Love - Shadow Child Remix
287,688 4:19 2018-03-01
Let It Go
Let It Go
71,855 3:56 2018-04-13
Hold Back The River - BBC Maida Vale Session
Hold Back The River - BBC Maida Vale Session
53,824 3:56 2015-03-16
Let It Go - Acoustic Cover
Let It Go - Acoustic Cover
26,415 3:33 2019-02-11
Chew on My Heart (Arr. for Guitar)
Chew on My Heart (Arr. for Guitar)
5,321 3:30 2020-12-06
Let It Go - Acoustic Cover
Let It Go - Acoustic Cover
4,604 4:10 2019-06-18
Let It Go
Let It Go
< 1000 4:16 2015-09-04

New releases

Changes All The Time
Changes All The Time
2024-10-04
[Mercury Records]
Gale Song (feat. James Bay) (Live from Wrigley Field)
Gale Song (feat. James Bay) (Live from Wrigley Field)
2024-08-14
[Dualtone Music Group]
Songs for my Love
Songs for my Love
2023-11-17
[UME - Global Clearing House]
All My Broken Pieces
All My Broken Pieces
2023-10-19
[Mercury Records/Republic Records]
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
Goodbye Never Felt So Bad
2023-08-11
[Mercury Records/Republic Records]
Leap (Deluxe Edition)
Leap (Deluxe Edition)
2022-07-12
[Mercury Records/Republic Records]
Leap (Deluxe Edition)
Leap (Deluxe Edition)
2022-07-12
[Mercury Records/Republic Records]
Leap
Leap
2022-07-08
[Republic Records]
Leap
Leap
2022-07-08
[Republic Records]
Everybody Needs Someone
Everybody Needs Someone
2022-06-24
[Republic Records]
One Life (Acoustic)
One Life (Acoustic)
2022-06-10
[Republic Records]
One Life
One Life
2022-05-13
[Republic Records]
Give Me The Reason (Stripped Acoustic)
Give Me The Reason (Stripped Acoustic)
2022-05-03
[Republic Records]
Give Me The Reason
Give Me The Reason
2022-03-24
[Republic Records]
Chasing Stars (Stripped)
Chasing Stars (Stripped)
2021-10-22
[10:22 pm/Astralwerks]
Chasing Stars (VIP Mix)
Chasing Stars (VIP Mix)
2021-10-01
[10:22 pm/Astralwerks]
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay)
Chasing Stars (feat. James Bay)
2021-08-20
[10:22 pm/Astralwerks]
Funeral (feat. James Bay)
Funeral (feat. James Bay)
2021-05-04
[Atlantic Records UK]
Let There Be Love
Let There Be Love
2021-02-12
[UME - Global Clearing House]
All Up In My Feels
All Up In My Feels
2020-10-22
[UME - Global Clearing House]
Sing Up, Sing Out
Sing Up, Sing Out
2020-10-15
[UME - Global Clearing House]
Heartache Hotel
Heartache Hotel
2020-10-08
[UME - Global Clearing House]
Endless Summer
Endless Summer
2020-10-01
[UME - Global Clearing House]
Turn It Up
Turn It Up
2020-09-24
[UME - Global Clearing House]
Chew On My Heart (Piano & Voice)
Chew On My Heart (Piano & Voice)
2020-09-11
[Republic Records]
Chew On My Heart (Madism Remix)
Chew On My Heart (Madism Remix)
2020-08-21
[Republic Records]
Chew On My Heart (Acoustic)
Chew On My Heart (Acoustic)
2020-08-07
[Republic Records]
Chew On My Heart
Chew On My Heart
2020-07-09
[Republic Records]
Bad (Live At Round Chapel, London)
Bad (Live At Round Chapel, London)
2019-06-07
[Republic Records]
Oh My Messy Mind
Oh My Messy Mind
2019-05-10
[Republic Records]
Peer Pressure (Acoustic)
Peer Pressure (Acoustic)
2019-04-05
[Republic Records]
Just For Tonight (Acoustic)
Just For Tonight (Acoustic)
2018-08-24
[Republic Records]
Spotify Singles
Spotify Singles
2018-08-01
[Republic Records]
Us (Remixes)
Us (Remixes)
2018-06-15
[Republic Records]
Us
Us
2018-05-22
[Republic Records]
Electric Light
Electric Light
2018-05-18
[Universal Records]
Us (Acoustic)
Us (Acoustic)
2018-04-27
[Universal Records]
Pink Lemonade (Acoustic)
Pink Lemonade (Acoustic)
2018-04-20
[Universal Records]
Wild Love (Remixes)
Wild Love (Remixes)
2018-03-01
[Universal Records]
Wild Love (Acoustic)
Wild Love (Acoustic)
2018-02-23
[Universal Records]
Let It Go (Live)
Let It Go (Live)
2016-09-23
[Universal Records]
Craving (Acoustic)
Craving (Acoustic)
2016-06-24
[Universal Records]
Running
Running
2016-03-11
[James Bay/Charity- Comic Relief]
Running
Running
2016-03-11
[Universal Records]
Let It Go
Let It Go
2015-09-04
[Universal Records]
James Bay Spotify Session 2015
James Bay Spotify Session 2015
2015-08-07
[Universal Records]
Let It Go (Jack Steadman Remix)
Let It Go (Jack Steadman Remix)
2015-05-26
[Universal Records]
Chaos And The Calm
Chaos And The Calm
2015-03-25
[Universal Records]
Chaos And The Calm
Chaos And The Calm
2015-03-23
[Universal Records]
Chaos And The Calm
Chaos And The Calm
2015-03-23
[Universal Records]
Chaos And The Calm
Chaos And The Calm
2015-03-20
[Universal Records]
Other Sides
Other Sides
2015-01-13
[Universal Records]
Chaos And The Calm (Deluxe Edition)
Chaos And The Calm (Deluxe Edition)
2014-12-15
[Universal Records]
Hold Back The River
Hold Back The River
2014-11-17
[Universal Records]
Let It Go
Let It Go
2014-06-03
[Universal Records]
The Dark Of The Morning EP
The Dark Of The Morning EP
2013-01-01
[Universal Records]