James Newman (singer) explained
James Richard Newman (born 19 October 1985) is an English singer and songwriter. During the 2014 Brit Awards, he won the Brit Award for British Single of the Year as a co-writer of "Waiting All Night", a song by English band Rudimental.[2] Newman was selected to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song, "My Last Breath" before its cancellation. He instead represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Embers”, which came in last place with nul points.[3]
Career
2013–2019: Career beginnings with songwriting
As a child, Newman became interested in music, and he wrote and produced songs with his younger brother John Newman. In his 20s, he established himself as a songwriter in London, and in 2013 he co-wrote Rudimental and Ella Eyre's hit "Waiting All Night".[2] The song topped the UK Singles Chart. Newman won the "Brit Award for British Single of the Year" during the 2014 Brit Awards for co-writing "Waiting All Night" with Jonny Harris.[2]
Later, James co-wrote with his brother John Newman and with Calvin Harris the latter's song "Blame", featuring vocals by John. The song, an international hit, topped the UK singles chart, in addition to peaking in Scotland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Mexico. It reached number 19 on Billboard Hot 100 and topped the US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Newman was also a co-composer of a number of songs including "Let 'Em Talk" on Kesha's 2017 album Rainbow, and "Coping" for Toni Braxton on her 2018 album Sex & Cigarettes.
Newman was a featured vocalist on several songs including the 2018 hit "Therapy" by Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren. The song charted in the Netherlands, Belgium and on the US Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. The same year he was featured on the song "Lights Go Down", a song by the Norwegian music producer and DJ Matoma in his album One in a Million. In 2019, he was featured on the Armin van Buuren song "High on Your Love".
2020–2021: Eurovision Song Contest and The Things We Do
On 27 February 2020, the BBC announced that Newman would represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He was set to participate with the song "My Last Breath", which Newman co-wrote with Adam Argyle, Ed Drewett and Iain James.[4] However, the 2020 event was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. On 17 July 2020, Newman released his debut EP called The Things We Do, which includes the singles "My Last Breath", "Enough" and "Better Man".[5]
On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Newman was reselected to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. As one of the Big Five countries in the competition, the UK directly qualified for the final on 22 May. In an interview on Newsbeat, Newman stated: "I feel like everyone wants a party and to have some fun so when I was writing, that's what I had in my head. I wanted something people can dance to, even if it's just in their kitchen".[6] The song "Embers" was released on 11 March 2021.[7] However, the song got "nul points" in the Eurovision final from both juries and televotes and came last.[8] [9]
Personal life
James Newman was born in Settle in the Yorkshire Dales. When Newman was eleven years old, his father left the family, leaving his mother Jackie to take care of James and his younger brother John all by herself, working as a receptionist.[10] John later became a well-known singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Songwriting credits
indicated a background vocals contribution. indicates a featured artist contribution.
| Year | Artist | Album | Song | Co-written with |
|---|
| 2013 | | Home | "Waiting All Night"
| Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, Johnny Harris |
| 2014 | | Motion | "Blame"
| Adam Wiles, John Newman |
| Sirens | "Try Me Out"
| Kye Gibbon, Matthew Robson-Scott, Jonny Coffer, Anne-Marie Nicholson |
| You Got It All - The Album | "Get It Right" | George Shelley, Timothy Powell, Mary Leay |
| 2015 | | | "Coming Home"
| Vadim Constantin, Katherine Syren-Russell, Johnny Harris |
| I Cry When I Laugh | "It Ain't Right" | Jessica Glynne, Finlay Dow-Smith |
| "No Rights, No Wrongs" | Jessica Glynne, Janee Bennett, Andrew Knox Brown, Jonny Coffer, Finlay Dow-Smith |
| Get Weird | "Love Me Like You" | Camille Purcell, Steve McCutcheon, Iain Farquarson |
| We the Generation | "Lay It All on Me"
| Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, Leon Rolle, Johnny Harris, Adam Eaglefield, Jacob Manson, Edward Sheeran, Gavin Slater, Lasse Peterson, Maxwell McElligott, James Luke Wood |
"Too Cool"
| Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, Leon Rolle, Ella McMahon, Johnny Harris |
"All That Love"
| Amir Izadkhah, Piers Aggett, Kesi Dryden, Leon Rolle, Johnny Harris, Wayne Hector, Julie Frost, Nicholas Gale |
| All I Need | "Amazing" | Louisa Rose Allen, Martin Brammer, Jonny Lattimer |
| 2016 | | | "I'll Be There" | Raoul Chen, Eyelar Mirzazadeh |
| III | "High Alert"
| Boris Daenan, Johnny Harris, Daniel Watts |
| Hakuna Matoma /
One in a Million | "False Alarm"
| Thomas Lagergren, Rebecca Hill, Kara DioGuardi, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Mich Hansen |
| | "Like Lightning"
| Angelique Meunier, Kesha Sebert, Stuart Crichton, Dawin Polanco |
| Stay Together | "Why Do You Do It to Me?" | Charles Wilson, Andrew White, Simon Rix, Nicholas Baines, Vijay Mistry, Brian Higgins, Toby Scott, Nicholas Coler |
| 24 Hrs | "Read My Mind" | Oliver Murs, Steve Robson, Edward Drewett |
| 2017 | | rowspan="2" | "Digital Love"
| Nicholas Gale, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Peter Wallevik, Mich Hansen, Daniel Stein, Willem van Hanegem, Ward van der Harst |
| "Dying to Try"[17] | Jörgen Elofsson |
| Rainbow | "Let Em Talk" | Kesha Sebert, Stuart Crichton |
| | "New" | Grace Tandon, Brett McLaughlin, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Nolan Lambroza |
| Glasshouse | "First Time" | Jessica Ware, Finlay Dow-Smith |
| Conscious | "Keep Me Coming Back" | Guy Sebastian, Emma Walker, Lionel Towers |
| Alexandru | | "Sellotape" | Jack Walton, Fiona Bevan, Maegan Cottone |
| 2018 | | Future | "Head Up"
| Don Schipper, Richard Boardman, Pablo Bowman |
| | "Fire in Me" | John Newman, Philip Plested, David "Dehiro" Mørup |
| Sex & Cigarettes | "Coping" | Toni Braxton, David Gibson, Stuart Crichton |
| Accidentally on Purpose | "Stay the Night" | Edward Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, John Newman |
| Balance | "Therapy"
| |
| | "Trouble"
| Daniel Caplen, Sophie Cooke, Frederik Eichen |
| Always in Between | "All I Am" | Jessica Glynne, Janee Bennett, Sophie Cooke, Bastian Langebaek, Sandy Rivera, Jay "Sinister" Sealee |
| One in a Million | "Lights Go Down"
| Thomas Lagergren, Matthew Simons, Tushar Apte, Hanni Ibrahim, Patrick Patrikios |
| Brighter Days | "All for Love"
| Bruce Fielder, Steven Garrigan, Moon Willis |
| Always in Between | "1, 2, 3" | Jessica Glynne, Janee Bennett, Jordan Thomas, Jonathan Mensah |
| You Know I Know | "Footsteps" | Oliver Murs, Thomas Barnes, Peter Kelleher, Benjamin Kohn |
| Icarus Falls | "Talk to Me" | Zayn Malik, Alexander Oriet, David Phelan, Fredrick Wexler |
| 2019 | | Paper Crowns EP | "Don't Kill My High"
| Nicholas Schanholz, Robert Abisi, John Ryan II, Ruth-Anne Cunningham, Ian Franzino, Andrew Haas, Sabrina Bernstein, Ilsey Juber, Alexander Izquerdio, Marcus Lomax, Cameron Thomaz, Michael Foster, Charles Anderson |
| DNA | "Chateau" | Cole Citrenbaum, Stephen Wrabel, Stuart Crichton, Michael Pollack |
| "OK" | Stuart Crichton, Jason Dean, Joseph Kirland |
| | "Half Gone" | Stephen Puth, Ian Franzino, Andrew Haas |
| Walls | "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" | Louis Tomlinson, Stuart Crichton, Cole Citrenbaum, Wrabel | |
Notes and References
- Web site: James Newman (4). Discogs. 27 February 2020. 17 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917050731/https://www.discogs.com/artist/3270397-James-Newman-4. live.
- Web site: LA trip for surprise Brit Award winner James Newman . Craven Herald . 27 February 2014 . 12 June 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143636/http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/localnews/11038017.LA_trip_for_surprise_Brit_Award_winner_James_Newman/ . live .
- Web site: 2021-05-21. Italy wins Eurovision Song Contest, UK comes last. 2021-05-23. BBC News. en-GB. 22 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522234353/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57198762. live.
- Web site: James Newman to represent United Kingdom in Eurovision 2020. BBC News. 27 February 2020. 27 February 2020. 29 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200229144712/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-51634461. live.
- Web site: Percy . Lucy . 2021-03-19 . James Newman: 10 facts about the United Kingdom's Eurovision 2021 singer . 2024-03-28 . wiwibloggs . en-US . 15 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240715195947/https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/03/19/james-newman-10-facts-about-the-united-kingdoms-eurovision-2021-singer/263416/ . live .
- News: 2021-02-19. Eurovision Song Contest 2021: James Newman reselected as UK's entry. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-02-19. 19 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210219075629/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-55711341. live.
- Web site: 2021-02-19. Eurovision 2021: James Newman will return to represent the UK. 2021-02-19. Attitude.co.uk. en. 13 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210613225550/https://www.attitude.co.uk/article/eurovision-2021-james-newman-will-return-to-represent-the-uk/24530/. dead.
- News: Eurovision 2021 final: Italy wins as UK gets nul points – and 8 other big moments from the night. The Telegraph. Kat. Brown. 23 May 2021. 23 May 2021. 23 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210523001611/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/05/22/eurovision-2021-final-song-contest-finalists-results-winner/. live.
- Web site: Eurovision 2021: Italy wins contest as UK fails to score a single point. Sky News. 23 May 2021. 22 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522231553/https://news.sky.com/story/eurovision-2021-italy-wins-contest-as-uk-fails-to-score-a-single-point-12313708. live.
- Web site: John Newman interview: 'There are too many celebrities and not enough artists'. 20 January 2014. The Guardian. 23 May 2021. 15 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240715195948/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/20/john-newman-interview-uk-tour. live.
- Web site: James Newman full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 29 May 2021. 25 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210525062136/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/57193/james-newman/. live.
- Web site: Discografie James Newman. dutchcharts.nl. 29 May 2021. 14 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514162112/https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=James+Newman. live.
- Web site: Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart. Official Charts Company. 22 May 2020. 7 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200607092142/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20200522/41/. live.
- Web site: Discography James Newman. swedishcharts.com. 29 May 2021. 5 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210905162822/https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=James+Newman. live.
- Web site: Discographie James Newman. ultratop.be/fr. 19 February 2021. 14 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210514162112/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=James+Newman. live.
- Web site: James Newman Top 40-artiesten. top40.nl. 19 February 2021. 25 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225190913/https://www.top40.nl/top40-artiesten/james-newman. live.
- News: RTÉ hopes to hit right Eurovision note with 'Dying To Try' . The Irish Times . 12 June 2018 . 11 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220611042304/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/rt%C3%A9-hopes-to-hit-right-eurovision-note-with-dying-to-try-1.3005866 . live .
