David James | |
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Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [1] |
Genres | Country pop [2] |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2013–present |
Labels | MDM |
Website | davidjamesmusic |
David James is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. James was nominated for the 2014 Canadian Country Music Association Discovery Award and 2017 Rising Star Award. [3]
In August 2014, he signed to MDM Recordings Inc. [4] His first single for the label, "What We Weren't Looking For", was released in February 2015. [5] A music video for the song debuted on CMT in March. [5] The song peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Canada Country chart in June. [6] James' second single for MDM, "Some Hearts", was released in September. [7] His third single for the label, "Lonely Girl", was released on March 8, 2016. [8] All three songs are included on an extended play, Songs About a Girl, released on March 11. [8] In 2020, James released the extended play If I Were You , which included the singles "Cars, Girls, And The Radio", [9] "All the Time", [10] and the title track whose co-writers include Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line and Hardy. [11] [12] [13]
Title | Details |
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This Must Be It |
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Songs About a Girl |
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Downtown Kids |
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If I Were You |
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Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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CAN Country [6] | |||
2014 | "Letting Love Get Reckless" | — | Non-album single |
2015 | "What We Weren't Looking For" | 27 | Songs About a Girl |
"Some Hearts" | — | ||
2016 | "Lonely Girl" | 39 | |
"Starts with a Girl" | — | ||
2017 | "What If I Don't" | 40 | Downtown Kids |
2017 | "Sun Set On It" | 12 | |
2017 | "Downtown Kids" | 13 | |
2018 | "Cars, Girls and the Radio" | 37 | If I Were You |
2019 | "All the Time" | 24 | |
2020 | "If I Were You" | 40 | |
"Then There's You" (featuring Genevieve Fisher) | 35 | ||
2021 | "Don't Mind If I Do" | 29 | Non-album singles |
"That's the Life" | 42 | ||
2022 | "Wreck My Weekend" | — | |
"Let Her Go" | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Year | Video | Director |
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2013 | "Letting Love Get Reckless" | David James |
2015 | "What We Weren't Looking For" | Amit Dabrai |
"Some Hearts" | David James | |
2016 | "Starts with a Girl" | Ben Knechtel |
2017 | "What If I Don't" | |
"Later" | Travis Laidlaw | |
"Sun Set On It" | David James | |
2018 | "Downtown Kids" | Stephano Barberis |
2019 | "All the Time" | |
2022 | "That's the Life" | Travis Didluck |
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