James Bay discography explained

Artist:	James Bay
Studio:	3
Ep:	3
Singles:	21
Music Videos:	22

English singer-songwriter James Bay has released three studio albums, three extended plays, nineteen singles and twenty two music videos.

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK ^[1]	AUS ^[2]	AUT ^[3]	BEL (FL) ^[4]	GER ^[5]	IRE ^[6]	NLD ^[7]	NZ ^[8]	SWI ^[9]	US ^[10]
Chaos and the Calm	Released: 23 March 2015 Label: Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP	1	3	2	10	3	1	5	6	1	15	BPI: 3× Platinum^[11] ARIA: Gold^[12] BVMI: Gold^[13] IFPI AUT: Gold^[14] IFPI SWI: Gold^[15] RMNZ: Gold^[16] RIAA: Platinum^[17]
Electric Light	Released: 18 May 2018 Label: Virgin EMI, Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP	2	14	20	24	14	12	13	21	6	21	BPI: Silver
Leap	Released: 8 July 2022^[18] Label: Mercury, Republic Formats: CD, DL, LP	4	64	—	—	36	—	—	—	9	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		CAN ^[19]	SWI	US Heat ^[20]
The Dark of the Morning	Released: 18 July 2013 Label: Universal Republic Formats: Digital download, 10"	—	—	24
Let It Go	Released: 3 May 2014 Label: Republic Format: CD, Digital download	—	35	—
Other Sides	Released: 13 January 2015 Label: Republic Format: Digital download	—	—	—
Oh My Messy Mind	Released: 10 May 2019^[21] Label: Republic Formats: Digital download, streaming	59	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK	AUS	AUT	BEL (FL)	GER	IRE	NLD ^[22]	NZ	SWI	US ^[23]
"Let It Go"	2014	10	8	45	—	22	21	18	10	94	16	BPI: 4× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum^[24] BEA: Gold^[25] BVMI: Platinum MC: 5× Platinum NVPI: Platinum^[26] RMNZ: Platinum^[27] RIAA: 6× Platinum	Chaos and the Calm
"Hold Back the River"		2	4	4	7	4	1	14	8	4	—	BPI: 4× Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum^[28] BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold NVPI: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum^[29] RIAA: Platinum
"Scars"	2015	48	40	—	—	—	71	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver
"If You Ever Want to Be in Love"		96	—	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	—	BPI: Platinum
"Best Fake Smile"	2016	54	—	—	—	—	87	33	—	—	—	BPI: Gold
"Running"		60	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Wild Love"	2018	39	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver	Electric Light
"Pink Lemonade"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Us"		—	—	—	—	—	99	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold RIAA: Platinum
"Just for Tonight"^[30]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Peer Pressure"	2019	85	68	—	—	—	62	—	—	88	—	BPI: Silver	Oh My Messy Mind
"Bad"^[31]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Chew on My Heart"^[32]	2020	—	—	—	36	—	—	31	—	—	—		Leap
"Give Me the Reason"^[33]	2022	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"One Life"^[34]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Everybody Needs Someone"^[35]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Save Your Love"^[36]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Goodbye Never Felt So Bad"^[37]	2023	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		rowspan="3"
"All My Broken Pieces"^[38]		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Up All Night"^[39]	2024	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Album
		BEL (FL)	CAN AC ^[40]	IRE	NED Tip ^[41]	NZ Hot ^[42]	SWE ^[43]	US Dance ^[44]	US Pop ^[45]
"Funeral"	2021	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Trying Season 2 (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
"Chasing Stars" ^[46]		40	44	93	29	15	74	10	30
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted and certified songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Certifications	Album
		UK	BEL (FL) Tip	BEL (WA) Tip ^[47]	SCO ^[48]	US Rock ^[49]
"Craving"	2015	121	—	—	—	—		Chaos and the Calm
"Move Together"		171	—	—	—	—
"Incomplete"		179	—	—	—	—
"When We Were on Fire"		181	10	29	—	—
"Need the Sun to Break"		—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold
"Clocks Go Forward"		153	—	—	67	—
"Slide"	2018	—	—	—	—	48		Electric Light
"Rescue"	2019	—	—	—	—	43		Oh My Messy Mind
"—" denotes a song that did not chart.

Songwriting and other appearances

Song	Year	Artist(s)	Album	Contribution
"Raging"	2016		Cloud Nine
"Two Way"	2016	KT Tunstall	Kin
"Kings Highway"	2017	Tom Petty	Cars 3
"Blue No More"	2018		The Blues Is Alive and Well
"Minute to Myself"	2019		Inspired by True Events
"Repair"	2019	Westlife	Spectrum
"Without You"	2019	Westlife	Spectrum	Co-writer
"In a Rocket"	2020	Beoga	"Carousel"	Co-writer
"Funeral"	2021	Maisie Peters	Trying (Apple TV, Series 2)
"Biblical"	2021	Calum Scott	Bridges	Co-writer

Music videos

Title	Year	Director(s)
"Move Together"^[50]	2013	Hobby Holmes
"When We Were on Fire"^[51]		Alex Shahmiri
"Need the Sun to Break"^[52]
"Clocks Go Forward"^[53]
"Stealing Cars"^[54]
"Hold Back the River"^[55]	2014	Mathy & Fran
"Let It Go"^[56]	2015	Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen
"Scars"^[57]		Nils d'Aulaire, Benno Nelson
"If You Ever Want to Be in Love"^[58]		Sophie Muller
"Best Fake Smile"^[59]	2016	Emil Nava
"Wild Love"^[60]	2018	Marc Klasfeld
"Pink Lemonade"^[61]		Philip Andelman
"Us"^[62]		Bryan Schlam
"Just for Tonight"^[63]		Jackson Ducasse
"Peer Pressure" )^[64]	2019	Martin Langreve, Magnus Jonsson
"Bad"^[65]		Martin Langreve
"Chew on My Heart"^[66]	2020	Philip Andelman
"Chasing Stars" ^[67]	2021	Jake Jelicich
"Chasing Stars" (Stripped)^[68]
"Give Me the Reason"^[69]	2022
"One Life"^[70]		Ozzie Pullin
"Save Your Love"^[71]		Alexa Cha

Notes and References

1. • For all except where noted: Web site: James Bay > UK Charts. Official Charts Company. 2 March 2019.
   • For "Clocks Go Forward": Web site: New Chart Entries > 07.03.2015. zobbel.de. 22 July 2024.
   • For "Running": Web site: New Chart Entries > 28.03.2015. zobbel.de. 31 March 2015.
   • For "Best Fake Smile", "Craving", "Incomplete", "Move Together" and "When We Were on Fire": Web site: New Chart Entries > 04.04.2015. zobbel.de. 4 April 2015.
2. Web site: Discography James Bay. Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
   • "Scars": Web site: ARIA Singles: 'What Do You Mean?' Justin Bieber Is No 1. Noise11. Ryan. Gavin. 5 September 2015. 5 September 2015.
   • "Peer Pressure": Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #514. auspOp. 2 March 2019. 2 March 2019.
   • Leap: The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 18 July 2022. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association. 1689. 6. 18 July 2022.
3. Web site: Discographie James Bay. Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
4. Web site: Discografie James Bay. Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
5. Web site: Discographie von James Bay. GfK Entertainment Charts. 13 July 2022.
6. Web site: Discography James Bay. Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
7. Web site: Discografie James Bay. Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
8. Web site: Discography James Bay. New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
9. Web site: Discographie James Bay. Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien. select "Charts" tab. German.
10. Web site: James Bay Chart History: Billboard 200. Billboard. 21 July 2021.
11. United Kingdom. James Bay. 16 August 2024.
12. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2015 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 November 2017.
13. Web site: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (James Bay). 24 November 2017.
14. Web site: IFPI Austria – Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft. ifpi.at. 12 January 2018.
15. Web site: The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community. Swiss Charts. 24 November 2017.
16. New Zealand. Adele. 21. album. 4207. 7 February 2016.
17. Web site: The Recording Industry Association of America – Searchable Database: James Bay. . 30 November 2015.
18. Web site: Leap (Deluxe Edition) by James Bay. Apple Music. 13 May 2022.
19. Web site: James Bay Chart History: Canadian Albums. Billboard. 21 July 2021.
20. James Bay Chart History: Heatseekers Albums . . 22 July 2024.
21. Web site: Oh My Messy Mind – EP by James Bay. Apple Music. 9 May 2019.
22. Web site: Dutch Top 40 > James Bay. Dutch. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. 22 July 2024.
23. Web site: James Bay Chart History: Hot 100 . . 21 July 2021.
24. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2016 Singles. Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 November 2017.
25. Belgium. 2016. single. 24 November 2017.
26. Web site: Goud/Platina – NVPI Audio. To access, enter the search parameter "James Bay" and select "Search". 6 September 2018. NVPI. Dutch.
27. New Zealand. single. James Bay. Let It Go. 2113. 21 August 2015.
28. Web site: ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2015 Singles. Australian Recording Industry Association. 24 November 2017.
29. New Zealand. single. James Bay. Hold Back the River. 3987. 17 April 2015.
30. Web site: BBC Radio 1 playlist. 10 August 2018.
31. Web site: I'm sooooo excited to let you all know that Bad will be coming out THIS Friday! Can't wait for you to hear it x. Twitter. 8 May 2019. 9 May 2019.
32. JamesBayMusic. 1280124720164360202. Really excited to tell you my new single Chew On My Heart is coming out this Thursday, 9th July. Pre-save it for a preview! ❤ http://JamesBay.lnk.to/ChewPresave. 6 July 2020. 8 July 2020.
33. Web site: Give Me The Reason - Single on Apple Music. 25 March 2022. 25 March 2022.
34. JamesBayMusic. 1523665317221724160. Very excited to share that the next single from the new album is One Life and it's out this Friday!.... 9 May 2022. 10 May 2022.
35. Web site: James Bay Releases New Single "Everybody Needs Someone". U Music. 24 June 2022. 9 July 2022.
36. Web site: James Bay Finds Light Even In The Darkest Moments On Third Studio Album ‘Leap’. U Discover Music. 8 July 2022. 20 February 2023.
37. Web site: James Bay shares first new material since ‘Leap’ with anthemic ‘Goodbye Never Felt So Bad’ . NME. 11 August 2023 . 13 August 2023.
38. Web site: James Bay Shares Nostalgic New Single ‘All My Broken Pieces’ . U Discover Music. 20 October 2023 . 20 October 2023.
39. Web site: Noah Kahan announces new collab with James Bay, the Lumineers. Levin. Eva. Boston.com. 15 July 2024. 18 July 2024.
40. James Bay Chart History: Canada Hot AC. Billboard. 22 July 2024.
41. Web site: Dutch Single Tip 28/08/2021. dutchcharts.nl. nl. 22 July 2024.
42. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. August 30, 2021. 22 July 2024.
43. Web site: Discography James Bay . Hung Medien . swedishcharts.com . 22 July 2024.
44. James Bay Chart History: Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. Billboard. 22 July 2024.
45. James Bay Chart History: Pop Airplay. Billboard. 22 July 2024.
46. Web site: Alesso & Marshmello team up with James Bay on new single, 'Chasing Stars'. Your EDM. 20 August 2021. 21 August 2021.
47. Web site: Discografie James Bay. Belgium (Wallonie) Charts Portal. Hung Medien . 22 July 2024.
48. Web site: Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart . Official Charts Company . 22 July 2024.
49. James Bay Chart History: Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. Billboard. 22 July 2024.
50. Web site: James Bay: Move Together (Video 2013). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
51. Web site: James Bay: When We Were on Fire (Video 2013). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
52. Web site: James Bay: Need the Sun to Break (Video 2013). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
53. Web site: James Bay: Clocks Go Forward (Video 2013). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
54. Web site: James Bay: Stealing Cars (Video 2013). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
55. Web site: James Bay: Hold Back the River (Video 2013). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
56. Web site: James Bay: Let It Go (Video 2015). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
57. Web site: James Bay: Scars (Video 2015). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
58. Web site: James Bay: If You Ever Want to Be in Love (Video 2015). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
59. Web site: James Bay: Best Fake Smile (Video 2016). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
60. Web site: James Bay - Wild Love (Official Music Video) . YouTube . 14 May 2019.
61. Web site: James Bay: Pink Lemonade (Video 2018). IMDb. 14 May 2019.
62. Web site: James Bay - Us . YouTube . 14 May 2019.
63. Web site: James Bay - Just For Tonight . YouTube . 14 May 2019.
64. Web site: James Bay - Peer Pressure ft. Julia Michaels . YouTube . 14 May 2019.
65. Web site: James Bay - Bad . YouTube . 27 June 2019.
66. Web site: James Bay - Chew On My Heart . YouTube . 3 August 2020.
67. Web site: Alesso & Marshmello - Chasing Stars ft. James Bay (Official Video) . YouTube . 21 August 2021. 20 February 2023.
68. Web site: Alesso, Marshmello - Chasing Stars (Stripped) ft. James Bay. YouTube . 22 October 2021. 20 February 2023.
69. Web site: James Bay - Give Me The Reason(Official Music Video). YouTube . 25 March 2022. 20 February 2023.
70. Web site: James Bay - One Life (Official Music Video). YouTube . 20 May 2022. 20 February 2023.
71. Web site: James Bay - Save Your Love (Official Music Video). YouTube . 13 July 2022. 20 February 2023.