Chris James

About The Artist

Chris James is your new best friend. His upbeat instrumentation, relatable lyrics, and overall warmth have captivated fans and industry alike. As a completely self-contained artist empowered by his own creative vision (Chris writes, produces, and mixes his own music), he has independently released 25 singles, 1 EP, and 4 albums in the last 3 years. He has amassed an audience of over 12 MM unique listeners and over 100MM plays on Spotify alone.

In 2020, Chris gained traction in Asia with his breakout hit “Not Angry” which currently has over 5 billion uses on Douyin. In August 2023, Chris had the opportunity to meet his fans in person on his headline tour through China which sold over 4500 tickets. That year he also received an award from KKBox recognizing him as one of the Top 100 Western Artists.

In addition to his career as an artist, Chris is a prolific songwriter. He broke records when he co-wrote the longest-running #1 in German history (“Komet” by Apache 207 x Udo Lindenberg) and he has worked on several globally successful K-Pop hits including “Life Goes On” by BTS, “Like Crazy” by Jimin, and "Devil By The Window" by TomorrowXTogether. Two of his K-Pop songs went #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and are RIAA-certified Platinum records (”Life Goes On” and “Like Crazy”) and one of them went #1 on the Billboard Global 200 (”Devil By the Window”). “Komet” is now a 7x Platinum in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In 2023, Chris was the biggest songwriter in Germany by stream count with a whopping 1.6B+ streams on Spotify for the year.

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