Jamie Lawson

Lawson worked across singer-songwriter, musician, composer, guitarist and singer and 1 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in acoustic music. This article rests on 11 catalogued compositions, 19 issued recordings and 1 digitised documents drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Jamie Lawson • Born — 1 December 1975 • Origin — St Budeaux, Plymouth, England • Instrument — * Guitar • vocals • Genre — Acoustic • Occupation — * Singer-songwriter • musician • Years Active — 2000–present • Label — * Lookout Mountain • Allotment Recordings • Gingerbread Man • Website — jamielawsonmusic.com

Lawson released his first demos to the mp3.com platform. His song, "Fussy", got international playtime when it was included into the playlist on the college radio station, KLSU, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The first spin of this song was in January 2001 on The Little Lighthouse radio show at KLSU. Lawson played frequent shows at the 12 Bar Club in London. Lawson also played in the alternative rock band, Haiku, with Russell Cleave. Cleave went on to play drums on songs recorded for Lawson's debut album.

In 2006, he released his debut studio album, Last Night Stars, through Allotment Recordings, the indie record label Lawson set up with Simon Allen and Tom Clues. On 20 June 2010, he released his second studio album, The Pull of the Moon, through Lookout Mountain. The album peaked to number 70 on the Irish Albums Chart. In 2015 the album peaked to number 9 in New Zealand.

The single "Wasn't Expecting That" was first released on YouTube on 3 January 2011. The single soon became hugely popular after it was played on one of Ireland's biggest radio stations, Today FM's Breakfast Show. On 11 March 2011, he released the single in Ireland, through Universal Music Ireland as the lead single from his third studio album. The song peaked at number 3 on the Irish Singles Chart. On 1 April 2011, he released his third studio album Wasn't Expecting That in Ireland, through Lookout Mountain. The album peaked at number 11 on the Irish Albums Chart. On 30 September 2011, he released the single, "Lucy Rocks", as the second single from the album.

In March 2015, Ed Sheeran revealed Lawson will be the first artist to be signed to his new label, Gingerbread Man Records. On 3 April 2015, Lawson re-released the single "Wasn't Expecting That". The single has peaked to number 3 in Australia and number 7 in New Zealand. On 21 May, it was confirmed that Lawson is the first artist to be signed by Sheeran's newly formed label. The single hit the number 6 chart position in the UK on 8 October 2015 and was certified silver on 20 November 2015 by the British Phonographic Industry. Later in 2016 Jamie Lawson won the prestigious Ivor Novello award for 'Best Song Musically and Lyrically', beating his mentor and friend Ed Sheeran to the highly prized Ivor Novello award. Lawson's self-titled album, Jamie Lawson, was released worldwide on 16 October 2015, under Gingerbread Man Records. The album features "Wasn't Expecting That" as the lead single, along with "Ahead of Myself" and "Cold in Ohio" as the second and third single of the album. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry, denoting shipments of 100,000 copies. Lawson supported Sheeran on the leg of his X Tour in March and April 2015. He also supported One Direction on their 2015 On the Road Again Tour in the UK and Ireland. Lawson made his first US television appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 10 November 2015. In August 2016, Lawson made a guest appearance in the Australian soap Neighbours, singing Wasn't Expecting That. In November 2016 Lawson revealed through his social media accounts that he had spent 12 days at the Sunset Sounds recording studio in California recording 15 songs for his next album. He also later revealed during a Facebook Q&A that the album was intended for release before the UK Summer (March 2017).

In August 2017, Lawson released a video of him talking with Ed Sheeran, announcing his single "Can't See Straight" from his album Happy Accidents, released on 29 September of that year.

• Title — Details — Peak chart positions — Certifications • UK — AUS — IRE — NZ — US • Last Night Stars — * Released: 22 May 2003 * Label: Allotment Recordings (ALLOT005) * Format: CD · digital download — — — — — — — — — — • The Pull of the Moon — * Released: 20 June 2010 (LOOKCD004) * Label: Lookout Mountain * Format: CD · LP · digital download — — — — — 70 — 9 — — • Wasn't Expecting That (re-release of The Pull of the Moon) — * Released: 1 April 2011 * Label: Universal Music Ireland, Lookout Mountain (2768690) * Format: CD · digital download — — — — — 11 — — — — • Jamie Lawson — * Released: 16 October 2015 * Label: Gingerbread Man, Warner Music * Format: CD · LP · digital download — 1 — 4 — 5 — 3 — 87 — * BPI: Gold • Happy Accidents — * Released: 29 September 2017 * Label: Gingerbread Man, Warner Music * Format: CD · LP · digital download — 23 — — — — — — — — • The Years in Between — * Released: 29 March 2019 * Label: Gingerbread Man * Format: CD · LP · digital download · streaming — — — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

• Title — Details • The Small Wish — * Released: 2002 * Label: Allotment Recordings * Format: CD • The Kitchen Songs — * Released: 2002 * Label: Allotment Recordings * Format: CD • Real Thing — * Released: 2008 * Label: Allotment Recordings * Format: CD • Between Each Breath — * Released: 2013 * Label: Operator * Format: CD

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • UK — AUS — IRE — NZ • "Heal a Bone" — 2003 — — — — — — — — — Late Night Stars • "It's Over" — — — — — — — — • "The Last Time" — 2010 — — — — — — — — — Pull of the Moon • "But Love Me" / "Oh, What a Foolish Me" — — — — — — — — • "Wasn't Expecting That" — 2011 — — — — — 3 — — — Wasn't Expecting That • "Lucy Rocks" — — — — — — — — • "Wasn't Expecting That" — 2015 — 6 — 3 — 21 — 7 — * ARIA: 2× Platinum * BPI: Platinum * RMNZ: Gold — Jamie Lawson • "Ahead of Myself" — — — 59 — — — — • "Cold in Ohio" — — — — — — — — • "Don't Let Me Let You Go" — 2016 — — — — — — — — • "Someone for Everyone" — — — — — — — — • "Can't See Straight" — 2017 — — — — — — — — — Happy Accidents • "A Little Mercy" — — — — — — — — • "Footprints in the Snow" — — — — — — — — • "Testify" — 2018 — — — — — — — — • "The Answer" — 2019 — — — — — — — — — The Years in Between • "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As follows: • X Tour (Ed Sheeran) (2014–2015) • On the Road Again Tour (One Direction) (2015) • The Fire and the Flood Tour (Vance Joy) (2016) • ÷ Tour (Ed Sheeran) (2017–2019)

Jamie Lawson is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Recorded as singer-songwriter, musician, composer, guitarist and singer. Established in Library of Congress under n2018053154. Established in ISNI under 000000045685075X. Jamie Lawson is established in Discogs under 1930915.