Landon Sears (born January 30, 1997) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, and producer raised in Danville, Kentucky, and based out of Nashville, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] He is most recognized for his work on Bren Joy's "Sweet" in 2019, which has accumulated over 20 million streams on Spotify, as of Dec 1, 2024. [4] [5] [6] Sears has additionally gained recognition through his work as a songwriter and composer for South Korean acts such as NCT 127, Kang Daniel, CIX, NCT Dream and NCT DoJaeJung. [7] [8] NCT DoJaeJung's "Perfume", co-written by Sears, peaked at number 4 on the South Korean single charts. [9] Sears's credits on Kang Daniel's EP, Yellow earned him his first platinum record, with NCT Dream's EP, Candy, delivering his second, reaching number 1 on Circle Chart and amassing sales of 1,395,187 copies by December 2022. [10] [9] His work on NCT 127's "Walk" secured Sears a second number 1 in South Korea, with the lead single's eponymous album going 3× Platinum. His work with notable contemporary American artists includes Young Buck, Jason Derulo, Bubba Sparkxxx, Leven Kali, Innanet James, Felly, Rexx Life Raj, and Connor Stankevich (better known as Conswank) of 99 Neighbors. [11] He specializes in the genres of hip-hop and R&B, with his style being self-described as "harmony rap". [12]
Initially a violinist, he became fascinated with hip-hop at a young age, attributing his time spent navigating iTunes & YouTube to developing his taste in music. He would overdub recordings of him playing violin onto instrumentals of well-known songs, burn them to CDs and sell them at school. [13] At the age of 13, he began learning to rap and produce using GarageBand, attempting to copy other artists he found on DatPiff, then moving onto Logic Pro once he began attending high school. [12] He eventually moved from his hometown of Danville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Belmont University and find a more fitting music scene. He began posting to online music platforms such as SoundCloud and Bandcamp before releasing his first single, "Bonnie & Clyde", to music streaming services via DistroKid on December 5, 2016.
Landon Sears has released three independent albums, Autumn Icarus which was released on 19 December 2017, 88.1, released on 30 January 2021, and Call Collect X, released on 28 October 2022.
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Autumn Icarus [14] |
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88.1 [15] |
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Call Collect X [16] |
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All Men Lie [17] |
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To Hide What's Real [18] |
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Call Collect, Vol.1 [19] |
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Call Collect, Vol.2 [20] |
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Call Collect, Vol.3 [21] |
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Call Collect, Vol.4 [22] |
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Call Collect, Vol.5 [23] |
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Call Collect 6 [24] |
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Call Collect 7 [25] |
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Call Collect 8 [26] |
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Call Collect 9 [27] |
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Title | Year | Album / EP |
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"Bonnie & Clyde" [28] | 2016 | Non-album singles |
"Backwoods & Lipstick" [29] | 2017 | |
"Cuba Libre" [30] | ||
"Blueberry Cadillac" [31] | ||
"Moet on the Balcony" [32] | ||
"She Wants Those Eyes" [33] | ||
"Wake Up" [34] | ||
"Nobody Awake" [35] | Autumn Icarus | |
"Show My Work" [36] | 2018 | Call Collect, Vol.3 |
"Sabrina Claudio" [37] | Call Collect, Vol.4 | |
"Oxygen" [38] | 2019 | Non-album singles |
"Broadcast" | ||
"Half an Hour" [40] | ||
"Kick It / Eucalyptus" [41] | ||
"Slide" [42] | ||
"Watch" [43] | 2020 | |
"TI-83" [44] | ||
"Sunday" [45] | ||
"Gwen Stacy" [46] | ||
"Walking Distance" [47] | ||
"Amaretto" [48] | ||
"Next Time We're Flying" | 88.1 | |
"Money" | 2021 | Keep Coming Back! |
"Prada" (Danny Polo, Landon Sears, & CUBE) [52] | Non-album singles | |
"Against Me" (featuring Claire Maisto) [53] | 2022 | |
"Rotten Apple" [54] | ||
"Old School" (Valid Point. & Landon Sears) [55] | ||
"No Matter" (Chase Murphy & Landon Sears) [56] | ||
"Solid" [57] | ||
"Under My Skin" (Chris Scalco & Landon Sears) [58] | Boy Bands & Boom Bap | |
"Shut Me Up" [59] | 2022 | Call Collect X |
"Incentivized" (Landon Sears & Innanet James) [60] | 2023 | To Hide What's Real |
"Bat Ur Eyes" [61] | Non-album single | |
"Passport Luvr" [62] | To Hide What's Real | |
"Pool Day" (Landon Sears & DJ Grumble) [63] [64] | All Men Lie | |
"I Wanna" (Landon Sears, Alex Slay, Chase Williams) [65] | Non-album single | |
"When We Kiss" (Landon Sears & Alex Slay) [66] | 2024 | To Hide What's Real |
"Exfoliate" (Landon Sears, Rexx Life Raj, Chase Murphy) [67] | All Men Lie | |
"Chrome On The Wheels" (Landon Sears, Bubba Sparxxx, Young Buck) [68] | ||
"Lets Be Alone" (Chase Williams, Landon Sears, Cadillac Dale) | TBA |
Title | Year | Artist | Album |
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"Walk Around" [69] | 2017 | C-Trox | Non-album singles |
"Cabernet" [70] | Gretchen | ||
"Speed Up" [71] | 2018 | Pink Slip | Project Pink |
"Sweet" [72] | 2019 | Bren Joy | Non-album singles |
"Goin' Up (Remix)" [73] | 2020 | Owen Mack | |
"Skittles" [74] | Csztr | ||
"Higher" [75] | Kirk Tegtmeier | ||
"Reroute" [76] | 2022 | Chase Williams | Downtempo |
"Corner of My Eye" [77] | Dizzy Spins | False Permanence | |
"So Rich" [78] | Sara Sturm | Non-album singles | |
"Mid-October" [79] | Ryan Tucker | ||
"I've Been" [80] | 2023 | J. Seuss | If You Really Wanna Know |
"Miss U More" [81] | Curv Moon | Non-album single | |
"2 Artists" [82] | 2024 | Danny Polo | Kahlo |
"Corner of My Eye (Radio Edit)" [83] | Dizzy Spins | Non-album singles | |
"Intuition (Remix)" [84] | Arlana | ||
"The City" [85] | Soul Tapes | The Soul Tapes |
Title | Year | Artist | Album | credits |
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"Imagine" [86] | 2019 | CIX | Hello Chapter 1: Hello Stranger | Co-writer |
"Black Out" [87] | Hello Chapter 2: Hello, Strange Place | Co-writer | ||
"Revival" [88] | 2020 | Pinky Swear | Co-writer | |
"All Gone" (featuring The Hive) | 2020 | Lackhoney | Non-album single | Co-writer, co-producer [89] |
"How We Live" | 2022 | Kang Daniel | The Story | Co-writer |
"Tangerine Love (Favorite)" [91] | 2022 | NCT Dream | Candy | Co-writer |
"When Love Sucks" | 2023 | Jason Derluo | Nu King | Violinist, string arranger |
"Body Count" [93] | Co-writer | |||
"Atrocity's Building" [94] | 2024 | Dizzy Spins | Non-album single | Engineer |
"Walk" [95] | NCT 127 | Walk | Co-writer | |
"Thrill Of The Risk" [96] | Dizzy Spins | All Titles Temporary | Co-writer, spoken word |