1st Draft

Double page spread – music magazine article

The Young Gun ….

Over the next couple of weeks as the year rolls to an end James Wright will have come to the end of his first year with his new major record company Atlantic Records. Since being with Atlantic records he has scored a huge three number ones in the UK with his first and foremost debut single ‘love is not enough’.

James was born in a small country house not far from his local town of Abergavenny; his mum told us that she knew he was always going to go far even from the point where he would run around the house in his PJs singing ba-ba black sheep to himself.

Wrights non main stream career started way back in 2005 where he would record his own tracks in his small messy bedroom on some bashed up recording gear which his dad got him for his 16th birthday. By the end 2005 Wright had created his first EP ‘the lonely road’ which went on to lead to six others by July of 2006. He moved to London in 2009 aged nineteen to start playing local gigs sometimes only playing to just ten people, he played a total of 206 gigs over the one year playing three times in one day at some locations. But his big break came in the summer of 2010 where he was spotted and asked to go on tour with Just Jack; Wright commented ‘that was one of the highlights of my career and probably one of the best experiences I’ve ever had’. During the tour Wrights fan group was boosted massively all wanting to hear more of his music and so he signed his first record label with scyo music where he created his first official album ‘Spare Change’ this was very popular selling over 100,00 copies in England alone.

Over the next year James continued to make music and gigs for his fans where he was spotted by the major record company Atlantic Records who signed him up on the 14^th of December 2010. After his sinning James went straight to work on his first debut track ‘love is not enough’ which when released shot up the chart selling over 7000 copies in one week. After two weeks in the charts it was number one and stayed there for an astonishing three more weeks. Later that year wright collaborated with the Kings of Leon scouring another number one, James said ‘all my life I’ve dreamed of working with big artists and working with these guys has been a mind blowing experience.’ Since this calibration Wright has focused more on his new album working in both the studio In London and LA. His new album is set to be released the 4^th of January and he says he has chosen to cover some of his very first songs from when he was younger. Recently he has released his third single which has once again reached number one. Over the last year James Wright has stepped up and has put his stamp on the face of the music scene, he is currently planning on a tour towards the end of next year the dates have not been confirmed but we will know next year so keep up to date and we look forward to the new year and what it has to bring for James and other fellow artists.