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David James
Person · male · Canada · Winnipeg · born 2013
Canadian country music singer-songwriter
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
2010s
Biography
English biography155 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1311734864
Biography
David James is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. James was nominated for the 2014 Canadian Country Music Association Discovery Award and 2017 Rising Star Award.
Career
In August 2014, he signed to MDM Recordings Inc. His first single for the label, "What We Weren't Looking For", was released in February 2015. A music video for the song debuted on CMT in March. The song peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Canada Country chart in June. James' second single for MDM, "Some Hearts", was released in September. His third single for the label, "Lonely Girl", was released on March 8, 2016. All three songs are included on an extended play, Songs About a Girl, released on March 11. In 2020, James released the extended play If I Were You, which included the singles "Cars, Girls, And The Radio", "All the Time", and the title track whose co-writers include Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line and Hardy.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25189319genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25189319seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_James_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_James_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of country music performers
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Wikidata: Q25189319 · MusicBrainz: 102998a3-b8e5-41f0-9d90-02a5496dea71
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