James Bay's Chaos And The Calm dominates charts across the globe!

JAMES BAY’s critically revered debut album, Chaos And The Calm was released to international acclaim last week. The album debuted at #1 on the official charts in Bay’s native UK and also hit #1 in Ireland and Switzerland. In Ireland Bay has hit #1 on both the Irish album and singles chart, knocking Hozier off the top spot. He joins a select club who've hit the double #1 in Ireland over the past five years, including Eminem, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, and Adele.

The album also reached #1 on iTunes in over 20 territories, including UK, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, and more. Stateside, the album has reached #1 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart and also reached the Top 10 on the overall album chart (including Flanders).

Bay’s undeniable single “Hold Back The River” has earned double-platinum status in Australia, platinum in Holland, gold in Italy, and gold in New Zealand in addition to going gold and achieving #1 National Airplay in the UK.

• “British singer-songwriter James Bay has hit on the formula that makes Grammy voters swoon and critics of a certain age take notice”—Newsday
• “...the variety of British singer-songwriters has grown to encompass soul crooners, folk howlers and modest whisperers. Somehow, James Bay is all of those things, and more.” – New York Times
• “(James Bay) has breakout singer- songwriter’s rising star status....this is pure music magic”- Nylon

2015 has already been a breakout year for the internationally acclaimed UK singer and songwriter. At the end of December, he hit the stage at Late Night with Seth Meyers for his first-ever stateside television performance and was recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the SXSW festival. BAY has been profiled by tastemakers such as Spotify, Buzzfeed, Entertainment Weekly, BlackBook, Mashable, The Guardian and Q Magazines as an “Artist to Watch” in 2015 and he recently received the high honor of the BRIT Critics Choice Award, joining the ranks of past winners Sam Smith, Adele, Florence the Machine, Jessie J, and more, and was also a finalist on BBC Sound of 2015.

BAY hails from the tiny town of Hitchin, but he cut his teeth performing at London’s iconic venues including opening for The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park, opening for two sold out tours with Kodaline, John Newman and Tom Odell. It was at one of these very performances that a fan filmed his set and shared the video on YouTube. The video quickly caught the attention of Republic Records who ended up flying BAY to New York and signing him on the spot. Last fall, he was selected to perform at the Burberry’s Prosum Spring/Summer Fashion Show and the iTunes Music Festival. BAY will soon be embarking on 3 sold out UK tours including 2 nights at London’s famous Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

TOUR DATES

• April: 15 SOLD OUT shows in the United Kingdom
• May: 13 SOLD OUT shows in the United States
• June 25th: ROCK WERCHTER in Belgium and start of the festival season
• September: 14 shows in the United Kingdom

Chaos And The Calm Tracklisting:

1. Craving
2. Hold Back The River
3. Let It Go
4. If You Ever Want To Be In Love
5. Best Fake Smile
6. When We Were On Fire
7. Move Together
8. Scars
9. Collide
10. Get Out While You Can
11. Need The Sun To Break
12. Incomplete