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ONR
Birth nameRobert David Shields
Origin Renfrewshire, Scotland
Genres
Labels Warner Records, Capitol Records (former)
Website Official website

Robert David Shields, known professionally as ONR, [1] is a Scottish singer and songwriter currently signed to Warner Records.

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Early life and career

ONR. is originally from Renfrewshire, but has spent most of his life living in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. As a teenager in 2005, he signed a publishing deal in Los Angeles, set up his own record label, and released an album. He would later form a band called Finding Albert, and composed music for various film and television projects including Sky Sports. In mid-2016, he began releasing music under the ONR. moniker through the Los Angeles indie label, Leftwing. Soon after, he signed a record deal with Capitol Records. [2]

Influences on ONR. include Echo & the Bunnymen, Arcade Fire, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Simple Minds and Interpol. [3] Early on, he received support from LA radio stations, KCRW and KCSN.[ citation needed ] He released his first major label single, "Jericho," in August 2017 and played the main stage at the Electric Fields Festival soon after. [1] [4]

He released his second single "5 Years Time" in November 2017. [5] [6] He followed that with the release of "American Gods" in February 2018. [7]

He signed to Warner Records in 2019. In August 2020, ONR released "Kill TV" on Warner Records which featured legendary guitarist and producer Nile Rodgers. The two struck up a friendship after meeting at Abbey Road Studios. Rodgers said of working with ONR "it was almost like Daft Punk, I played one song and after they were like, 'well, here's another one and here's another one'... after 'Kill TV' I said, 'Wow, this guy has really got something.'" [8]

ONR has toured across Europe with artists including Bastille, Jake Bugg, Lewis Capaldi and Mondo Cozmo.

Discography

EPs

ONR EPs
TitleDetails
Live in Scotland
  • Released: March 19, 2021 [9]
  • Label: Warner
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

List of singles showing chart positions, year released and album name
SingleYearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Alt.

[10]
US
Rock

[11]
"Jericho"2017Non-album singles
"5 Years Time"
"American Gods"2018
"Love in Suburbia"
"Sober"
(featuring Carina Jade)
2020
"Human Enough"
"Crash Landing"
"Kill TV"
(featuring Nile Rodgers)
"Must Stop (Falling in Love)"
(featuring Sarah Barthel)
2339
"Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy"
"It Gets to a Point"2021
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles showing year released and album name
SingleYearAlbum
"Temper Temper"
(with Sander van Doorn)
2020Non-album single

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