JC Stewart | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | John Callum Stewart |
Also known as | Callum Stewart [1] |
Born | Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | 8 February 1997
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Years active | 2018–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.
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]
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]
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When the Light Hits the Room |
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Apple Music Home Session: JC Stewart |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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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" | — | 36 | 17 | 1 | 75 | — | 12 | 85 | — | ||||
"Too Many Nights" (with 220 Kid) | 74 [36] | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | ||||
"Rest Of My Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | When The Lights Hit The Room | |||
"Break My Heart" | 2021 | 96 | 25 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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 | — | — | — | 75 | 2 | Feel Again, Pt. 1 | |||
"Scars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
"Hey Babe, I’m A Mess, I’m Sorry" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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