James Barker Band


The James Barker Band is a Canadian country group formed in Ontario. The band consists of James Barker, Taylor Abram, Connor Stephen, and Bobby Martin. In 2015, they won the Emerging Artist Showcase at the Boots and Hearts music festival and the following year, they were signed to Universal Music Canada. The group is best known for their #1 singles "Chills" and "Keep It Simple". Their debut extended play, Game On, was released April 21, 2017.
The band received two Juno Award nominations for Breakthrough Group of the Year and Country Album of the Year at the 2018 Juno Awards, winning the second. In 2018, the band's song "Chills", cowritten by Barker, Gavin Slate, Travis Wood and Donovan Woods, received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination and won the award for Single of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards. The band became the first artist to record a globally released Spotify Singles session in Canada in November 2018. Their second extended play, Singles Only, was released May 24, 2019.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee/workResultRef
2017CMAO AwardsFan's ChoiceJames Barker Band
2017CMAO AwardsGroup or Duo of the YearJames Barker Band
2017CMAO AwardsSingle of the Year"Lawn Chair Lazy"
2017CMAO AwardsMusic Video of the Year"Chills"
2017CCMAAlbum of the YearGame On
2017CCMAGroup or Duo of the YearJames Barker Band
2017CCMARising Star AwardJames Barker Band
2017CCMASingle of the Year"Lawn Chair Lazy"
2017CCMAVideo of the Year"Chills"
2018JUNO AwardsBreakthrough Group of the YearJames Barker Band
2018JUNO AwardsCountry Album of the YearGame On
2018CCMAFan's Choice AwardJames Barker Band-
2018CCMAGroup or Duo of the YearJames Barker Band-
2018CCMASingle of the Year"Chills"-
2018CCMATop Selling Canadian Single of the Year"Chills"-
2019CCMAFan's Choice AwardJames Barker Band
2019CCMAGroup or Duo of the YearJames Barker Band
2019CCMAInteractive Artist of the YearJames Barker Band
2019CCMASingle of the Year"Good Together"