Quick Facts
Biography
David James (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) 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
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| This Must Be It |
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| Songs About a Girl |
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| Downtown Kids |
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| If I Were You |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANCountry | |||
| 2014 | "Letting Love Get Reckless" | — | Non-album single |
| 2015 | "What We Weren't Looking For" | 27 | Songs About a Girl |
| "Some Hearts" | — | ||
| 2016 | "Lonely Girl" | 39 | |
| "Starts with a Girl" | — | ||
| 2017 | "What If I Don't" | 40 | Downtown Kids |
| 2017 | "Sun Set On It" | 12 | |
| 2017 | "Downtown Kids" | 13 | |
| 2018 | "Cars, Girls and the Radio" | 37 | If I Were You |
| 2019 | "All the Time" | 24 | |
| 2020 | "If I Were You" | 40 | |
| "Then There's You" (featuring Genevieve Fisher) | 35 | ||
| 2021 | "Don't Mind If I Do" | 29 | Non-album singles |
| "That's the Life" | 42 | ||
| 2022 | "Wreck My Weekend" | — | |
| "Let Her Go" | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Letting Love Get Reckless" | David James |
| 2015 | "What We Weren't Looking For" | Amit Dabrai |
| "Some Hearts" | David James | |
| 2016 | "Starts with a Girl" | Ben Knechtel |
| 2017 | "What If I Don't" | |
| "Later" | Travis Laidlaw | |
| "Sun Set On It" | David James | |
| 2018 | "Downtown Kids" | Stephano Barberis |
| 2019 | "All the Time" | |
| 2022 | "That's the Life" | Travis Didluck |