JC Stewart

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JC Stewart
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Stewart in 2020
Background information
Birth nameJohn Callum Stewart
Also known asCallum Stewart [1]
Born (1997-02-08) 8 February 1997 (age 26)
Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2018–present
Labels Warner
Website http://iamjcstewart.com

John Callum Stewart [2] (born 8 February 1997), [3] known professionally as JC Stewart or Callum Stewart, [4] is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter. In 2020, he went viral after Jennifer Aniston reposted his parody of the theme song from Friends . [5] He released his EP When the Lights Hits the Room later that year.

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Early life

Stewart grew up on a farm in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He has two younger sisters and is the fourth generation of JC Stewarts, with his family running a grocery business of the same name. [2]

Despite not coming from a particularly musical family, Stewart sang in school and was encouraged by his mum to attend a local theatre where he learnt to make music and fell in love with songwriting aged 14. [2] [6] He notes that his dad's record collection inspired him to listen to the Who and the Band. [7]

Once he had finished school Stewart took a gap year and then moved to Brighton to study International Relations at Sussex University but dropped out of university and moved to London to pursue music instead. [2] [6]

Career

In 2014, Stewart independently released his debut single "Gold". [8]

He signed to Warner Records in 2018 and released two singles, "Medicine" and "Like I Did". [9] Stewart co-wrote the track "Hollywood" which featured on Lewis Capaldi's 2019 debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent . [10] Stewart released four further tracks of his own that year:"Have You Had Enough Wine?", [11] "Bones", [12] "Pick Up Your Phone" [13] and "The Wrong Ones". [14] Stewart held a four-night residency at the Islington in September 2019, which sold out within a few hours. [15] He also toured with the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Lauv and Anne-Marie. [16] [17]

In 2020, Stewart released two singles "Lying That You Love Me" and "I Need You to Hate Me". [18] [19] He uploaded a parody of the Friends theme song, "I'll Be There for You", to TikTok which caught the attention of Jennifer Aniston and subsequently led to his first appearances on U.S. television. [20] His collaboration on a track with 220 Kid, "Too Many Nights", which peaked at number 72 on the UK Singles Chart. [21] Stewart also released his debut EP When the Light Hits the Room in November 2020. He co-wrote the EP in two weeks with Tom Odell, whom he has cited as one of his biggest musical heroes. [22]

In January 2021, Stewart released his single "Break My Heart", which was co-written with Niall Horan and Plested. [23] He was also named MTV's Push Artist of the Month. [24]

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
When the Light Hits the Room
  • Released: 6 November 2020
  • Label: Warner
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Apple Music Home Session: JC Stewart
  • Released: 12 February 2021 [25]
  • Label: Sunshine Boy, Warner
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[26] 		BEL (FL)
[27] 		BEL (WA)
[28] 		CZE
[29] 		GER
[30] 		IRE
[31] 		MEX
[32] 		NLD
[33] 		POL
[34]
"Gold" [upper-alpha 1] 2014—————————Non-album singles
"Parachute" [upper-alpha 1] 2016—————————
"The Dam" [upper-alpha 1] [35] 2017—————————
"Medicine"2018—————————
"Like I Did"—————————
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"—————————
"Have You Had Enough Wine?"2019—————————
"Bones"—————————
"Pick Up Your Phone"—————————
"The Wrong Ones"—————————
"Lying That You Love Me"2020——— [upper-alpha 2] —————
"I Need You to Hate Me"—3617175—1285—
"Too Many Nights"
(with 220 Kid)		74
[36] 		————56———
"Rest Of My Life"—————————When The Lights Hit The Room
"Break My Heart"2021962533——————Non-album singles
"Loud" [38] —————————
"Don't Say You Love Me"—————————
"Didn't Know Shit"
(with LOVA and Kina)		—————————
"On My Mind"
(with Jonasu)		—————————
"24/7"
(with Billen Ted)		2022—————————
"Love Like That"————————49
"Come Around Again"
(with Armin van Buuren and Billen Ted)		———49———752Feel Again, Pt. 1
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Released under the name Callum Stewart.
  2. ↑ "Lying That You Love Me" did not chart on the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 45 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.

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