Landon Sears

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Landon Sears (born January 30, 1997) is a multi-platinum 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 16,167,691 streams on Spotify, as of May 19, 2023. [4] [5] [6] Sears has additionally gained recognition through his work as a songwriter and composer for South Korean acts such as 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 Cirlce Chart and amassing sales of 1,395,187 copies by December 2022. [10] [11] His work with notable contemporary American artists includes Yung Buck, Jason Derulo, Bubba Sparkxxx, Leven Kali, Innanet James, and Connor Stankevich (better known as Conswank) of 99 Neighbors. [12] He specializes in the genres of hip-hop and R&B, with his style being self-described as "harmony rap". [13]

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Early life and career

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. [14] 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. [13] 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.

Discography

Landon Sears has released three studio 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.

Albums

List of Studio albums
TitleAlbum details
Autumn Icarus [15]
  • Released: December 19, 2017
  • Label: Landon Sears (self-released)
  • Format: Digital download
88.1 [16]
  • Released: January 30, 2021
  • Label: Engine House Records
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect X [17]
  • Released: October 28, 2022
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays

List of Extended plays
TitleExtended play details
Call Collect, Vol.1 [18]
  • Released: March 9, 2018
  • Label: Landon Sears
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.2 [19]
  • Released: April 27, 2018
  • Label: Landon Sears
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.3 [20]
  • Released: June 29, 2018
  • Label: Landon Sears
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.4 [21]
  • Released: September 14, 2018
  • Label: LAZYIRENE
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.5 [22]
  • Released: December 14, 2018
  • Label: LAZYIRENE
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 6 [23]
  • Released: April 23, 2021
  • Label: Engine House Records
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 7 [24]
  • Released: June 18, 2021
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 8 [25]
  • Released: September 3, 2021
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 9 [26]
  • Released: June 15, 2022
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist
TitleYearAlbum / EP
"Bonnie & Clyde" [27] 2016Non-album singles
"Backwoods & Lipstick" [28] 2017
"Cuba Libre" [29]
"Blueberry Cadillac" [30]
"Moet on the Balcony" [31]
"She Wants Those Eyes" [32]
"Wake Up" [33]
"Nobody Awake" [34] Autumn Icarus
"Show My Work" [35] 2018Call Collect, Vol.3
"Sabrina Claudio" [36] Call Collect, Vol.4
"Oxygen" [37] 2019Non-album singles
"Broadcast" [38]

(featuring Estef)

"Half an Hour" [39]
"Kick It / Eucalyptus" [40]
"Slide" [41]
"Watch" [42] 2020
"TI-83" [43]
"Sunday" [44]
"Gwen Stacy" [45]
"Walking Distance" [46]
"Amaretto" [47]
"Next Time We're Flying"

(featuring Bren Joy) [48]

88.1
"Money"

(Talia Stewart & Landon Sears) [49]

2021Non-album singles
"Prada"

(Danny Polo, Landon Sears, & CUBE) [50]

"Against Me"

(featuring Claire Maisto) [51]

2022
"Rotten Apple" [52]
"Old School"

(Valid Point. & Landon Sears) [53]

"No Matter"

(Chase Murphy & Landon Sears) [54]

"Solid" [55]
"Under My Skin"

(Chris Scalco & Landon Sears) [56]

Boy Bands & Boom Bap
"Shut Me Up" [57] 2022Call Collect X
"Incentivized"

(Landon Sears & Innanet James) [58]

2023Non-album single
"Bat Ur Eyes" [59] 2023All Men Lie
List of singles as a featured artist
TitleYearArtistAlbum
"Walk Around" [60] 2017C-TroxNon-album singles
"Cabernet" [61] Gretchen
"Speed Up" [62] 2018 Pink Slip Project Pink
"Sweet" [63] 2019 Bren Joy Non-album singles
"Goin' Up (Remix)" [64] 2020Owen Mack
"Skittles" [65] Csztr
"Higher" [66] Kirk Tegtmeier
"Reroute" [67] 2022Chase WilliamsDowntempo
"Corner of My Eye" [68] Dizzy SpinsNon-album singles
"So Rich" [69] Sara Sturm
"Mid-October" [70] Ryan Tucker

Production and songwriting credits

List of songs co-written and co-produced by Sears for other artists.
TitleYearArtistAlbumCredts
"Imagine"2019 CIX Hello Chapter 1: Hello Stranger Co-writer
"Black Out" Hello Chapter 2: Hello, Strange Place Co-writer
"Revival"2020Pinky SwearCo-writer
"All Gone"

(featuring The Hive)

2020LackhoneyNon-album singleCo-writer, co-producer [71]
"How We Live"

(featuring Sokodomo)

2022 Kang Daniel The Story Co-writer
"Tangerine Love (Favorite)"2022 NCT Dream Candy Co-writer
"When Love Sucks"

(featuring Dido)

2023 Jason Derluo Non-album singleViolinist, string arranger

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  15. ↑ Autumn Icarus by Landon Sears, 2017-12-19, retrieved 2023-05-06
  16. ↑ 88.1 by Landon Sears, 2021-01-30, retrieved 2023-05-06
  17. ↑ Call Collect X by Landon Sears, 2022-10-28, retrieved 2023-05-06
  18. ↑ Call Collect, Vol. 1 - EP by Landon Sears, 2018-03-09, retrieved 2023-05-06
  19. ↑ Call Collect, Vol. 2 - EP by Landon Sears, 2018-04-27, retrieved 2023-05-06
  20. ↑ Call Collect, Vol. 3 - EP by Landon Sears, 2018-06-29, retrieved 2023-05-06
  21. ↑ Call Collect, Vol. 4 - EP by Landon Sears, 2018-09-14, retrieved 2023-05-06
  22. ↑ Call Collect, Vol. 5 - EP by Landon Sears, 2018-12-14, retrieved 2023-05-06
  23. ↑ Call Collect 6 - EP by Landon Sears, 2021-04-23, retrieved 2023-05-06
  24. ↑ Call Collect 7 - EP by Landon Sears, 2021-06-18, retrieved 2023-05-06
  25. ↑ Call Collect 8 - EP by Landon Sears, 2021-09-03, retrieved 2023-05-06
  26. ↑ Call Collect 9 - EP by Landon Sears, 2022-06-15, retrieved 2023-05-06
  27. ↑ Bonnie & Clyde - Single by Landon Sears, 2016-12-05, retrieved 2023-05-06
  28. ↑ Backwoods & Lipstick - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-01-16, retrieved 2023-05-06
  29. ↑ Cuba Libre - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-03-10, retrieved 2023-05-06
  30. ↑ Blueberry Cadillac - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-03-18, retrieved 2023-05-06
  31. ↑ Moet on the Balcony - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-06-22, retrieved 2023-05-06
  32. ↑ She Wants Those Eyes - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-09-10, retrieved 2023-05-06
  33. ↑ Wake Up - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-10-05, retrieved 2023-05-06
  34. ↑ Nobody Awake - Single by Landon Sears, 2017-12-01, retrieved 2023-05-06
  35. ↑ Show My Work - Single by Landon Sears, 2018-06-01, retrieved 2023-05-06
  36. ↑ Sabrina Claudio - Single by Landon Sears, 2018-08-31, retrieved 2023-05-06
  37. ↑ Oxygen - Single by Landon Sears, 2019-06-28, retrieved 2023-05-06
  38. ↑ Broadcast (feat. Estef) - Single by Landon Sears, 2019-07-26, retrieved 2023-05-06
  39. ↑ Half an Hour - Single by Landon Sears, 2019-08-13, retrieved 2023-05-06
  40. ↑ Kick It / Eucalyptus - Single by Landon Sears, 2019-10-03, retrieved 2023-05-06
  41. ↑ Slide - Single by Landon Sears, 2019-12-06, retrieved 2023-05-06
  42. ↑ Watch - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-01-15, retrieved 2023-05-06
  43. ↑ Ti-83 - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-03-06, retrieved 2023-05-06
  44. ↑ Sunday - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-03-20, retrieved 2023-05-06
  45. ↑ Gwen Stacy - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2023-05-06
  46. ↑ Walking Distance - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-05-01, retrieved 2023-05-06
  47. ↑ Amaretto - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-06-26, retrieved 2023-05-06
  48. ↑ Next Time We're Flying (feat. Bren Joy) - Single by Landon Sears, 2020-12-11, retrieved 2023-05-06
  49. ↑ MONEY - Single by Talia Stewart & Landon Sears, 2021-08-20, retrieved 2023-05-06
  50. ↑ Prada - Single by Danny Polo, Landon Sears & CUBE, 2021-08-26, retrieved 2023-05-06
  51. ↑ Against Me (feat. Claire Maisto) - Single by Landon Sears, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2023-05-06
  52. ↑ Rotten Apple - Single by Landon Sears, 2022-02-18, retrieved 2023-05-06
  53. ↑ Old School - Single by Valid Point. & Landon Sears, 2022-03-18, retrieved 2023-05-06
  54. ↑ No Matter - Single by Chase Murphy & Landon Sears, 2022-04-12, retrieved 2023-05-06
  55. ↑ Solid - Single by Landon Sears, 2022-04-20, retrieved 2023-05-06
  56. ↑ Under My Skin - Single by Chris Scalco & Landon Sears, 2022-06-22, retrieved 2023-05-06
  57. ↑ Shut Me Up - Single by Landon Sears, 2022-10-14, retrieved 2023-05-06
  58. ↑ Incentivized - Single by Landon Sears & Innanet James, 2023-04-28, retrieved 2023-05-06
  59. ↑ Bat Ur Eyes, 2023-06-02, retrieved 2023-06-03
  60. ↑ Walk Around (feat. Landon Sears) - Single by C-Trox, 2017-02-14, retrieved 2023-05-06
  61. ↑ Cabernet (feat. Landon Sears) - Single by Gretchen, 2017-08-03, retrieved 2023-05-06
  62. ↑ Project Pink - EP by Pink Slip, 2018-06-30, retrieved 2023-05-10
  63. ↑ Twenties (Deluxe) by Bren Joy, 2021-03-25, retrieved 2023-05-06
  64. ↑ Goin' Up (feat. Landon Sears) [Remix] - Single by Landon Sears & Owen Mack, 2020-01-24, retrieved 2023-05-06
  65. ↑ Skittles (feat. Landon Sears) - Single by Csztr, 2020-07-17, retrieved 2023-05-06
  66. ↑ Higher (feat. R.E.N & Landon Sears) - Single by Kirk Tegtmeier, 2020-08-20, retrieved 2023-05-06
  67. ↑ reroute (feat. Landon Sears) - Single by Chase Williams, 2022-02-14, retrieved 2023-05-06
  68. ↑ Corner of My Eye (feat. Landon Sears) by Dizzy Spins, 2022-05-27, retrieved 2023-05-06
  69. ↑ So Rich (feat. Landon Sears) - Single by Sara Sturm, 2022-03-16, retrieved 2023-05-06
  70. ↑ Mid-October (feat. Landon Sears) - Single by Ryan Tucker, 2022-10-12, retrieved 2023-05-06
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