James Bay ndi woyimba wachingelezi, wolemba nyimbo, wolemba nyimbo komanso membala wa Republic Records. Kampani yojambulira yomwe woyimbayo amatulutsira nyimboyo yathandizira kukulitsa ndi kutchuka kwa ojambula ambiri, kuphatikiza Mapazi Awiri, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Post Malone, ndi ena.
James Bay ubwana
Mwanayo anabadwa pa September 4, 1990. Banja la woimba tsogolo ankakhala m'tauni yaing'ono ya Hitchen (England). Mzinda wamalonda unali ngati mphambano yamitundu yosiyanasiyana.
Chikondi cha mnyamatayo pa nyimbo chinawonekera ali ndi zaka 11. Zinali ndiye, malinga ndi woimba mwiniyo, kuti anamva nyimbo ya Eric Clapton Layla ndipo anayamba kukonda gitala.
Pofika nthawi imeneyo, panali maphunziro a kanema pa kusewera chida ichi pa intaneti, kotero mwanayo pang'onopang'ono anayamba kuphunzira gitala m'chipinda chake.
Kukhala wojambula
Ntchito yoyamba ya mnyamatayo inali ndi zaka 16. Komanso, woimbayo ankaimba osati alendo, koma nyimbo zake. Usiku, mnyamatayo anabwera ku bar komweko ndipo anakonza zoti achite. Mumowamo munali anthu ochepa omwe anali zidakwa.
Malingana ndi woimbayo mwiniwakeyo, zinali zofunikira kuti amvetse kuti akhoza kuletsa amuna kulankhula mokweza ndi nyimbo zake.
Koma zinathekadi kuti anakwanitsa ndipo kwa nthawi ndithu mnyamata amene ankaimba gitalayo anakopa chidwi cha alendo a malowa.
Posakhalitsa James adasamukira ku Brighton kukaphunzira kuyunivesite yakumaloko. Apa anapitiliza "zokonda zausiku" zake zazing'ono.
Kuti apeze ndalama ndikupeza luso, mnyamatayo ankasewera usiku m'malesitilanti, mabala ndi makalabu ang'onoang'ono. Motero, pang’onopang’ono anayamba luso ndi kufunafuna kalembedwe kake.
Pofika zaka 18, James anaganiza zosiya kuphunzira n’cholinga choti aziphunzira kuimba gitala. Anabwerera kunyumba ndipo anapitiriza kuyeserera ndi kulemba nyimbo kuchipinda kwake.
Kanema wa James Bay Random
Monga momwe zilili ndi anthu ambiri otchuka, tsogolo la James linadziwika mwangozi. Kamodzi mnyamatayo adaseweranso mu imodzi mwa mipiringidzo ya Brighton.
Mmodzi mwa omvera, yemwe nthawi zambiri ankabwera kudzawonera James akusewera, adajambula nyimbo imodzi mwa nyimbo zake pafoni yake ndikuyika kanemayo pa YouTube.
Kupambana sikunali kofulumira, koma patatha masiku angapo woimbayo adalandira foni kuchokera ku Republic Records label ndipo adapatsidwa mgwirizano.
Patatha mlungu umodzi, mgwirizanowo unasainidwa. Ntchito yayamba. Zochitika zomwe zafotokozedwa zinachitika mu 2012, pamene woimbayo anali ndi zaka 22. Opanga ambiri adagwira naye ntchito, koma sanafune kusintha kalembedwe ka wojambulayo, koma adangomuthandiza ndikumuwongolera pang'ono.
Ntchito inali itayenda bwino...
Nyimbo yoyamba idatulutsidwa mu 2013. Inali nyimbo ya The Dark of the Morning. Nyimboyi sinali yotchuka kwambiri, koma m'magulu ena woimbayo adawonedwa, otsutsa amayamikira kalembedwe ndi mawu a wolemba. Kunali kuwala kobiriwira kuyamba kujambula chimbale chathunthu.
Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti popanda kutulutsa chimbale chimodzi, James adatenga nawo mbali mu maulendo angapo a ku Ulaya. Pa nthawi yomweyo, osakwatiwa analinso osowa.
Nyimbo yachiwiri yovomerezeka ya woyimba Let It Go idatulutsidwa mu Meyi 2014. Ndipo zinatuluka bwino kwambiri. Anakwera pamwamba pa ma chart akuluakulu a nyimbo za ku Britain ndipo anakhala pamwamba kwa nthawi yaitali.
UK amakonda rock. Choncho, panalibe chifukwa chopangitsa kuti phokoso likhale "lotchuka", kuthamangitsa machitidwe ndi mtundu wina wa kalembedwe. James adangopanga zomwe amakonda. Woimbayo adapanga mwala wa indie, womwe umakhala wofewa kwambiri komanso wofanana ndi ma ballads.
M’chaka chimodzi ndi theka zokha, James anakwanitsa kutenga nawo mbali pa maulendo aŵiri akuluakulu nthawi imodzi. Ulendo woyamba unachitika mu 2013 ndi gulu la Kodaline, ndipo wachiwiri mu 2014 ndi Hozier. Uku kunali kokonzekera bwino komanso kutsatsira chimbale choyambirira.
Kujambula koyambirira kwa album
Nyimboyi idatulutsidwa mchaka cha 2015. Zinalembedwa ku Nashville, nyumba ya akatswiri ambiri otchuka a m’dzikoli. CD idapangidwa ndi Jakkir King. Chimbalecho chinalandira mutu waukulu wakuti Chaos ndi Calm. Kumasulidwa kunapangitsa mnyamatayo kukhala nyenyezi yeniyeni.
Albumyo inaphwanya zolemba zamalonda ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake. Zomveka kuchokera mu Albumyi, makamaka nyimbo ya Hold Back the River, sizinatsogolere pa ma chart a wayilesi ya rock, komanso pamawayilesi anthawi zonse a FM omwe amadziwika ndi nyimbo zodziwika bwino.
James Bay Awards
Chifukwa cha kutulutsidwa koyamba, mnyamatayo adapeza osati kutchuka kokha, malonda ofunika, komanso mphoto zambiri za nyimbo.
Makamaka, pa Brit Awards, adalandira Mphotho Yosankha Otsutsa, ndipo Grammy Music Awards yapachaka idamusankha m'magulu angapo nthawi imodzi: Best New Artist ndi Best Rock Album. Hold Back the River adasankhidwa kukhala "Best Rock Song" (2015).
Pakadali pano, James akadali membala wa Republic Records label, koma mafani sakondwera ndi ntchito yatsopano. Pazifukwa zosadziwika, sanatulutse chimbale chilichonse kuyambira 2015.
Palibenso zotulutsa kamodzi kapena ma mini-album pano, ngakhale kuti chimbale choyambirira chapambana. Komabe, woimbayo sakukonzekera kusiya nyimbo ndipo posachedwa akulonjeza zinthu zambiri zatsopano.
