James Barker Band | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Woodville, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Country |
Years active | 2015–present |
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Website |
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The James Barker Band is a Canadian country group formed in Woodville, Ontario, in 2015. The band consists of James Barker, Taylor Abram, Connor Stephen, and Bobby Martin. [1] In Canada, they have four number one country singles with " Chills", " Keep It Simple", " Over All Over Again", and " New Old Trucks".
In 2015, they won the Emerging Artist Showcase at the Boots and Hearts Music Festival and the following year, they were signed to Universal Music Canada. [2] The band's debut extended play, Game On, was released April 21, 2017. [3] The band received two Juno Award nominations for Breakthrough Group of the Year and Country Album of the Year at the 2018 Juno Awards, [4] winning the second. [5] In 2018, the band's song " Chills", cowritten by Barker, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood and Donovan Woods, received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination [6] and won the award for Single of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards. [7] [8]
The band became the first artist to record a globally released Spotify Singles session in Canada in November 2018. [9] [10] Their second extended play, Singles Only, was released May 24, 2019. [11] They would follow that up with the standalone single " Summer Time" in June 2020, [12] and the extended play JBB-Sides in August 2020. [13]
In May 2021, they signed a record deal with Sony Music Nashville and Villa 40, and released the single " Over All Over Again", [14] [15] which became their third Canada Country number one. [16] In October 2021, they released the song " New Old Trucks", which features American country singer Dierks Bentley. [17] They followed that up with " Wastin' Whiskey" in 2022 on Starseed Records. [18] In the spring and summer of 2022, the band joined Dallas Smith as opening acts on his headlining "Some Things Never Change Tour" across Canada. [19] In January 2023, the band signed with Records Nashville, a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment and Barry Weiss, and released the single " Meet Your Mama". [20] They would follow that up with the single " On the Water" featuring American country artist Dalton Dover in May of 2023. [21] Both songs are included on their extended play Ahead of Our Time, which was released on October 20, 2023. [22]
Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications |
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CAN [23] | |||
Game On |
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29 | |
Singles Only |
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68 | |
JBB-Sides |
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Ahead of Our Time |
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Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |||
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CAN [25] |
CAN Country [16] |
US Country Airplay [26] | |||||
" Lawn Chair Lazy" | 2016 | — | 3 | — |
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Game On | |
" Just Sayin'" | — | 6 | — |
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" Chills" | 2017 | 91 | 1 | 46 |
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" It's Working" | — | 3 | — |
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" Good Together" | 2018 | — | 6 | — |
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Singles Only | |
" Keep It Simple" | 2019 | 87 | 1 | — |
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" There's a Drink for That" | — | 2 | — |
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"Slow Down Town" | 2020 | — | 21 | — | |||
" Summer Time" | — [A] | 15 | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
" Over All Over Again" | 2021 | 68 | 1 | — |
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New Old Trucks" (with Dierks Bentley) |
63 | 1 | — |
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" Wastin' Whiskey" | 2022 | 67 | 2 | — |
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" Meet Your Mama" | 2023 | 85 | 1 | — |
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Ahead of Our Time | |
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On the Water" (featuring Dalton Dover) |
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" Ahead of Our Time" | — | 9 | — | ||||
"Your Mama Would Hate Me" (with Dean Brody) |
2024 | — | 25 | — | TBA | ||
"—" denotes a recording that failed to chart or was not released to that territory |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Beer Me" [28] | 2022 | Non-album singles |
"Rain All Summer" [29] | ||
"Champagne" | 2023 | Ahead of Our Time |
Title | Year |
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"Lawn Chair Lazy" | 2016 |
"Just Sayin" | |
"Chills" | 2017 |
"It's Working" | |
"Keep It Simple" | 2019 |
"There’s a Drink for That" | |
"Slow Down Town" | 2020 |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee/work | Result | Ref |
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2017 | CMAO Awards | Fan's Choice | James Barker Band | Won | [30] [31] |
Group or Duo of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Single of the Year | "Lawn Chair Lazy" | Nominated | |||
Music Video of the Year | "Chills" | Nominated | |||
CCMA | Album of the Year | Game On | Nominated | [32] | |
Group or Duo of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Rising Star Award | Nominated | ||||
Single of the Year | "Lawn Chair Lazy" | Nominated | |||
Video of the Year | "Chills" | Nominated | |||
Canadian Radio Music Awards | Best New Group or Solo Artist: Country | "Lawn Chair Lazy" | Won | [33] | |
2018 | JUNO Awards | Breakthrough Group of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | [34] |
Country Album of the Year | Game On | Won | |||
CCMA | Fan's Choice Award | James Barker Band | Nominated | ||
Group or Duo of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Single of the Year | "Chills" | Won | |||
Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year | "Chills" | Won | |||
2019 | CCMA | Fan's Choice Award | James Barker Band | Nominated | [35] |
Group or Duo of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Interactive Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Single of the Year | "Good Together" | Nominated | |||
2020 | CCMA | Album Of The Year | Singles Only | Nominated | [36] |
Fans’ Choice Award | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Group Or Duo Of The Year | Nominated | ||||
Single Of The Year | "Keep It Simple" | Won | |||
CMAO Awards | Single of the Year | "Keep It Simple" | Won | [37] | |
Album of the Year | Singles Only | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Music Video of the Year | "Keep It Simple" | Won | |||
Fans' Choice | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
2021 | CMAO Awards | Fans' Choice | James Barker Band | Nominated | [38] |
2021 Canadian Country Music Awards | Interactive Artist or Group of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | [39] [40] | |
2022 | CMAO Awards | Fans' Choice | James Barker Band | Nominated | [41] [42] |
Canadian Country Music Association | Entertainer of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated |
[43] [44] | |
Fans' Choice | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Interactive Artist or Group of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Single of the Year | "Over All Over Again" | Nominated | |||
2023 | CMAO Awards | Fans' Choice | James Barker Band | Nominated |
[45] [46] |
Group or Duo of the Year | James Barker Band | Nominated | |||
Canadian Country Music Association | Fans' Choice | — | Won |
[47] [48] | |
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Won | |||
Single of the Year | "Wastin' Whiskey" | Nominated | |||
2024 | Juno Awards | Country Album of the Year | Ahead of Our Time | Won | [49] |
CMAO Awards | Album / EP of the Year | Ahead of Our Time | Nominated |
[50] [51] | |
Compass Award | — | Won | |||
Fans' Choice | — | Nominated | |||
Group or Duo of the Year | — | Won |