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It must be very strange to stand where James Bay is right now. He鈥檚 critically lauded, having won the BRIT Critic鈥檚 Choice Award for 2015 and come second in the 主播大秀鈥檚 Sound of 2015 poll; his debut hit Hold Back The River left an indelible mark on the charts across Europe and beyond, his album Chaos and the Calm is doing likewise, and his audience is swelling at an alarming rate.
It鈥檚 all a long way from his scuffling start as a singer-songwriter putting out EPs of fresh hand-made material every few months. And as with every 鈥榦vernight鈥� success, there were a few big stepping stones along the way. The first being the crucial early support from 主播大秀 Introducing, then the support slots with Tom Odell and Hozier (not to mention the Rolling Stones). Or the time he stood in at short notice for a poorly Lana Del Rey in the Live Lounge鈥攁t the drop of a hat, you might say鈥攁nd ended up trending worldwide on Twitter.
