SG Lewis
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| Born | Samuel George Lewis 9 July 1994 Reading, Berkshire,England |
| Citizenship | British |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Website | www |
Samuel George Lewis(born 9 July 1994) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He is mostly known for collaborating with many artists fromTove Lo,Dua Lipa,Nelly Furtado,Mabel,Victoria Monét,Lucky Daye,Jessie Ware,JP Cooper,RayeandRay BLKtoBruno Major,Frances,ClairoandLANY.
Career
[edit]2014–2016: Career beginnings
[edit]A native ofReading,England, Lewis first became interested in music in his teens and played in several bands before he started experimenting with remixing tracks. Influenced by the introspective pop ofBon IverandJames Blake,as well as the club-ready hip-hop of artists likeCommon,Timbaland,andThe Neptunes,Lewis began posting his own evocative, moody tracks online. He quickly built a loyal following, and eventually secured a residency DJing at Liverpool's Chibuku Club.[2]He stated, "Being a resident DJ at Chibuku inLiverpoolwas fundamental. It allowed me to spend a lot of time behind the decks and see a different top DJ every week. Genre-wise, Chibuku has had everything:house,dubstep,techno,drum 'n' bass.The first night I went to,Ben Klockwas playing downstairs andAndy Cupstairs. There aren't many places in the world where you'd get those two on the same line-up. You have this new wave of electronic producers who are largely SoundCloud-based, making electronic music without any thought to the club. That's great. But there's so much to be learned from the old-school approach of resident DJing. "[3]
In 2014, Lewis signed his debut record deal withPMR Records,who gives a home to other artists such asJessie WareandDisclosure,describing it as an incredibly exciting moment for him. He said, "I spent every day of the summer in my bedroom writing a load of music. My friend Grant had started managing me, and he was meeting a load of people in London. My music got sent round by some A&R's, who passed it on to the PMR guys. PMR Records was one of my favourite labels at the time, so when they called us in for a meeting I was so excited. I had no idea they were interested in signing me, but after one meeting and playing everything I had, they decided to sign me straight away!"[4]After being signed, he grabbed the attention of Disclosure and they invited him to play at a 2,000-year-old castle inIbizawith them.[5]
In 2015, he released his debut extended play, entitledShivers,which features guest appearances from Louis Mattrs andJP Cooper.
In 2016, he released his second extended play, entitledYours,which features its lead single and title track, "Yours", featuring un-credited vocals from rising singer-songwriterRaye.He also collaborated on songs withHoward LawrenceandGallant.
2017–2019:Dusk,DarkandDawn
[edit]Throughout 2017, he began releasing more singles and got brought to the attention ofVirgin EMI Recordsto which he was signed to later on. In 2018, he announced that he was working on his debut album, which was set to be released in three parts or extended plays – later revealed to be namedDusk,DarkandDawn.The project's lead single and first song to be released fromDuskwas also revealed, entitled "Aura", featuring vocals from J Warner, which was done so on 18 January 2018. It was shortly succeeded by "Coming Up" released as its second single.Duskwas released on 6 April 2018.
Later on in the year, he went to work on music in Los Angeles, where he made and released two breakthrough collaborations – "Better", with American bedroom producerClairo,and "Hurting", featuring British dance music duoAlunaGeorge."Better" was described by Clairo as "one of the first big steps [she's] made into pop music" and also one of her first proper collaborations with another artist.[6]The song was also praised when it was namedClara Amfo’s "Track of the Week". As well as being played acrossRadio 1,1xtraandBeats1,the track reached the number one spot on theiTunesElectronic Chart.
Prior to the release ofDark,SG Lewis released two more songs called "A.A.T.", featuringDrew Love,and "Again", featuringTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs,.[7]Darkwas eventually released on 9 November 2018, featuring additional collaborations from affiliateBruno Majorand Dot Major.[8]
In 2019, he released the first single, entitled "Blue", from the third and supposedly last phase of his debut albumDawn.[9][non-primary source needed]The second single fromDawn,entitled "Throwaway", was released as the second collaborative track between Lewis and Clairo, after "Better". Lewis said about the song, "Clairo is one of my favourite artists to work with, and a good friend of mine" says SG: “Throwaway was written in LA one evening – we were both super tired and had some shit going on in our respective personal lives. We sat and talked for ages, and after that Throwaway flowed out in no time at all. Clairo is such a special artist and an incredible songwriter, and I’m super proud of this song."[10]
Later on in the year, he made his second appearance atCoachellain April, where he performed alongside AlunaGeorge and Col3trane, among others. He also teased an unreleased track with Australian singerRuel,which was announced to be the third track fromDawn.It was later revealed to be called "Flames"and was released on 10 May 2019. Lewis said about the song," I was put onto Ruel's music about 18th months ago, and watching his growth since then has been amazing. He's got such soul to his voice for someone of his age, it's crazy. "Flames" is the final preview ofDawnbefore the whole thing drops, and I can't wait to share the whole thing. "[11]He also announced that he was to perform inDreamland Margatein June of this year and also at Printworks in London on 1 February 2020, making it his biggest headline show to date.
2020-present:TimesandAudioLust & HigherLove
[edit]Lewis' debut album,Times,was released on 19 February 2021.[12]In fall of 2022, he embarked on a North American tour to promote his upcoming album.[13]His second albumAudioLust & HigherLovewas released on January 27, 2023.[14]
Lewis performed at the22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivalin April 2023.[15]He launched his own record label, Forever Days Recordings on February 21, 2024 with the goal of creating a space to release "music strictly for the dancefloor".[16]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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| UK [17] |
UK Dance [18] |
SCO [19] |
US Dance/ Elec. [20] | ||
| Times |
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46 | 1 | — | 11 |
| AudioLust & HigherLove |
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— | — | 99 | 13 |
Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| US Dance/ Elec. [20] | ||
| Shivers[21] |
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| Yours[22] |
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| Dusk |
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| Dark |
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| Dawn |
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| Heat (withTove Lo) |
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15 |
Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [25] |
US Dance/ Elec. [26] |
US Dance Air. [27] | |||||||||||
| "Warm" | 2015 | — | 39 | — | ShiversEP | ||||||||
| "No Less" (featuring Louis Mattrs) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Shivers" (featuringJP Cooper) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "All Night" (featuringDornik) |
2016 | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| "Yours" | — | — | — | YoursEP | |||||||||
| "Holding Back" (featuringGallant) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Meant to Be" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Times We Had" (featuring Toulouse) |
2017 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Smart Aleck Kill" (with Col3trane) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Aura" (featuring J Warner) |
2018 | — | — | — | DuskEP | ||||||||
| "Coming Up" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Better" (withClairo) |
— | 31 | — | 8pmEP | |||||||||
| "Hurting" (featuringAlunaGeorge) |
— | 42 | 9 | DarkEP | |||||||||
| "A.A.T." (featuringDrew Love) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Again" (featuringTotally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Blue" | 2019 | — | — | — | DawnEP | ||||||||
| "Throwaway" (withClairo) |
29 | 45 | — | ||||||||||
| "Flames" (featuringRuel) |
35 | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Chemicals"[28] | 2020 | — | 27 | — | Times | ||||||||
| "Impact" (withRobynandChannel Tres)[29] |
— | 25 | — | ||||||||||
| "Feed the Fire" (withLucky Daye)[30] |
— | 32 | — | ||||||||||
| "Time" (with Rhye)[31] |
— | 42 | — | ||||||||||
| "One More" (featuringNile Rodgers)[32] |
2021 | — | 31 | — | |||||||||
| "Missing You"[33] | 2022 | — | — | — | AudioLust & HigherLove | ||||||||
| "Something About Your Love" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Vibe Like This" (featuring Lucky Daye andTy Dolla Sign) |
— | 31 | — | ||||||||||
| "Infatuation" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Call on Me"[a] (withTove Lo) |
— | 27 | — | ||||||||||
| "Lifetime" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Fever Dreamer" (featuring Charlotte Day Wilson and Channel Tres)[34] |
2023 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Costa" (featuring Chloe Caillet) |
2024 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Simple Times" (featuring DJ Seinfeld) |
— | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Love Bites"[35] (withNelly Furtadoand Tove Lo) |
— | — | — | 7 | |||||||||
| "Heat" (with Tove Lo) |
20 | 20 | — | Heat | |||||||||
| "Paradise" (with Loods) |
— | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| US Dance/ Elec. | |||
| "Chill Out" (Ray BLKfeaturing SG Lewis) |
2016 | — | DurtEP |
| "I Keep On"[36] (Nylo featuringKYLEand SG Lewis) |
2018 | — | Non-album single |
| "Warrior" (Alunafeaturing SG Lewis) |
2020 | — | Renaissance |
| "Experience" (withVictoria MonétandKhalid) |
— | Jaguar | |
| "Mr. Useless" (Shygirlfeaturing SG Lewis) |
2024 | 38 | Club Shy |
| "Heat" (Tove Lo featuring SG Lewis) |
20 | Heat |
Guest appearances
[edit]| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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| "No Less" | 2017 | G-Eazy,Louis Mattrs | The Beautiful & Damned |
| "Pressure" | 2020 | James Vickery | Overture |
| "Pineapple Slice" | 2022 | Tove Lo | Dirt Femme |
Songwriting and production credits
[edit]| Year | Artist | Title | Album | Role |
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| 2015 | Leo Kalyan | "Fairground" | Silver Linings - EP | Producer |
| RAYE | "Shine" | Non-album single | ||
| Astronomyy | "Somethin About U" | |||
| 2016 | KINGDM | "Baby"feat.Kevin Garrett | Writer | |
| 2017 | Dave | "100 M's" | Writer & Producer | |
| Paloma Faith&John Legend | "I'll Be Gentle" | The Architect | Guitar | |
| 2018 | LANY | "Let Me Know" | Malibu Nights | Writer & Producer |
| 2019 | Aaron Carpenter | "Attitude" | Non-album single | |
| James Vickery | "Pressure" | Overture EP | ||
| 2020 | Kelsea Ballerini | "The Way I Used To" | Kelsea | Writer |
| Dua Lipa | "Hallucinate" | Future Nostalgia | Writer & Producer | |
| 2021 | MØ | "Live to Survive" | Motordrome | |
| Jessie Ware | "Hot n Heavy" | What's Your Pleasure: Platinum Edition | ||
| Jodie Harsh | "No Sleep" | Non-album single | ||
| Mabel | "Let Them Know", | About Last Night... | ||
| James Vickery | "Finally" | Songs That Made Me Feel | ||
| Col3trane | "Californication (Feels Like I'm Falling in Love)" | Lush Life | ||
| Elton John | "Orbit" | The Lockdown Sessions | ||
| Smoko Ono & RICH | "Moonlight" | Non-album single | ||
| 2022 | Jaded | "Moment"with Camden Cox | Writer | |
| Mabel | "Let Love Go"withLil Tecca | About Last Night... | Writer & Producer | |
| 2024 | Chloe Bailey | "Strawberry Lemonade" | Trouble In Paradise | |
| Nelly Furtado | "Honesty " | 7 |
Remixes
[edit]| Title | Year | Artist |
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| "You & I (Forever)" | 2015 | Jessie Ware |
| "Magnets" (featuringLorde) |
Disclosure | |
| "One More Night" | 2016 | Michael Kiwanuka |
| "Big Picture" | 2017 | London Grammar |
| "Say It" (featuringTove Lo) |
Flume | |
| "New Rules" | Dua Lipa | |
| "Faded/2am" (featuringGoldLink) |
2019 | Lila Drew |
| "Sexy Black Timberlake" | Channel Tres | |
| "More Than A Woman" (SG's Paradise Edit)[38] |
2021 | Bee Gees |
| "I'm Every Woman" | 2022 | Whitney Houston |
| "To Be Honest" | 2023 | Christine and the Queens |
Notes
[edit]- ^"Call on Me" is also included onTove Lo's fifth studio albumDirt Femme.
References
[edit]- ^Odutola, Tayo (8 July 2021)."James Vickery shares the SG Lewis-produced" Finally "".Earmilk.Retrieved8 March2022.
- ^"SG Lewis biography".Last.fm.
- ^"A mix and five things you should know about SG Lewis".Redbull.com.Retrieved30 May2019.
- ^"Interview #31: SG Lewis".Doyoulikethatsong.com.3 April 2016.
- ^"SG Lewis Tickets and Gigs 2019 – GiggedIn".Giggedin.com.
- ^Ruder, Claire (11 July 2018)."Unexpected pair SG Lewis and Clairo release" Better "— a modern disco bop".Earmilk.
- ^"SG Lewis and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs link up on 'Again'".Dancingastronaut.com.6 November 2018.
- ^"SG Lewis Releases New Track 'Again' Ft Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs".Volatileweekly.com.6 November 2018.
- ^Lewis, S. G. (17 February 2019)."The first single from Phase 3, 'Dawn' is out now Listen to 'Blue'".Twitter.com.
- ^"SG Lewis releases new collaborative single with Clairo 'Throwaway'".Dubiks.com.15 March 2019.
- ^"SG Lewis releases new single 'Flames' feat Ruel".Totalntertainmemnt.com.10 May 2019.
- ^"First Spin: The Week's Best New Dance Tracks From Dawn Richard, Kaytranada, Purple Disco Machine & More".Billboard.Retrieved22 February2021.
- ^"SG Lewis Announces First North American Tour In Three Years".
- ^"SG Lewis Releases New Album" AudioLust & HigherLove "".27 January 2023.Retrieved22 March2024.
- ^"SG Lewis is taking on Coachella with over 1 billion streams and all-star collaborations under his belt".autos.yahoo.com.21 April 2023.Retrieved26 April2023.
- ^"Sg Lewis Launches New Label to Release" Music Made Strictly for the Dancefloor "".edm.com.21 February 2024.Retrieved22 March2024.
- ^"SG Lewis | full Official Chart History".Official Charts Company.Retrieved27 February2021.
- ^"Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40: 26 February 2021 – 4 March 2021".Official Charts Company.Retrieved27 February2021.
- ^Peak chart positions on the Scottish Albums Chart:
- AudioLust & HigherLove:"Official Scottish Albums Chart: 3 February 2023 – 9 February 2023".Official Charts Company.
- ^ab"SG Lewis Chart History: Top Dance/Electronic Albums".Billboard.Retrieved25 June2024.
- ^"Shivers – EP by SG Lewis".Music.apple.com.
- ^"Yours – EP by SG Lewis".Music.apple.com.
- ^"SG Lewis reveals third and final chapter of concept album Dawn".Broadway World.21 June 2019.Retrieved11 April2024.
- ^Damara Kelly, Tyler (4 June 2024)."Tove Lo and SG Lewis announce collaborative EP, HEAT".The Line of Best Fit.
- ^Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart:
- For "Throwaway":"NZ Hot Singles Chart for the chart dated 24 March 2019".Recorded Music NZ.24 March 2019.Retrieved22 February2022.
- For "Flames":"NZ Hot Singles Chart for the chart dated 19 May 2019".Recorded Music NZ. 19 May 2019.Retrieved22 February2022.
- For "Heat":"NZ Hot Singles Chart for the chart dated 24 June 2024".Recorded Music NZ. 24 June 2024.Retrieved21 June2024.
- ^"SG Lewis Chart History: Hot Dance/Electronic Songs".Billboard.Retrieved25 June2024.
- ^"SG Lewis Chart History: Dance/Mix Show Airplay".Billboard.Retrieved26 February2021.
- ^Robert Ross, Alex (24 April 2020)."Hear SG Lewis's slinky new song 'Chemicals'".The Fader.Archived fromthe originalon 8 May 2020.Retrieved8 May2020.
- ^Jones, Damian (5 August 2020)."Listen to 'Impact' – featuring Robyn, Channel Tres and SG Lewis".NME.Archived fromthe originalon 17 August 2020.Retrieved17 August2020.
- ^Kenneally, Cerys (27 October 2020)."SG Lewis announces debut album, links with Lucky Daye for lead outing 'Feed The Fire'".The Line of Best Fit.Archived fromthe originalon 11 November 2020.Retrieved11 November2020.
- ^"SG Lewis navigates" Time "and its perils on his new single".happymag.10 December 2020.Retrieved12 December2020.
- ^"SG Lewis releases single featuring Nile Rodgers," One More "".NME.3 February 2021.Retrieved5 February2021.
- ^Zurzolo, Veronica (8 July 2022)."Listen: SG Lewis - Missing You/ Something About Your Love".PileRats.Retrieved9 July2022.
- ^"Listen: SG Lewis - Fever Dreamer".PileRats.13 January 2023.Retrieved14 January2023.
- ^Damara Kelly, Tyler (9 May 2024)."Nelly Furtado to link up with Tove Lo and SG Lewis on" Love Bites "".The Line of Best Fit.
- ^"I Keep On (feat. KYLE & SG Lewis) – Single by Nylo".Music.apple.com.
- ^Individual song credits on Spotify
- ^Kupfer, Rachel (27 June 2021)."SG Lewis Goes Back in Time With Remix of" More Than A Woman "By the Bee Gees".EDM.com - The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists.Retrieved16 February2022.
