Jacob Collier

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Jacob Collier (born August 2nd, 1994) is a British singer, arranger, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in London, England. In 2012, his homemade split-screen video covers of popular songs, such as Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing", began to go viral on YouTube. Since then, he has attracted a worldwide following, accumulating tens of millions of views across multiple social media platforms. Collier's style fuses elements of jazz, a cappella, groove, folk, funk, pop, electronic music, classical music, gospel, soul, and improvisation, and often features extreme use of reharmonization. In 2014, Collier signed to Quincy Jones' management company and began working on his one-man, audio-visual live performance vehicle, designed and built at MIT in Boston. On July 1st, 2016, Collier released his debut album, In My Room, which was entirely self-recorded, arranged, performed, and produced in his home in London. In February 2017, Collier was awarded two Grammys for his arrangements of "Flintstones" and "You And I", both from the album. On October 29th, 2018, Collier announced his plans to release a 4-volume, 40-song project called Djesse. Each volume of Djesse would represent a different part of the day. The 1st volume of Djesse was released on December 7th, 2018, with 9 tracks. The album featured Metropole Orkest across many of its songs and included artists like Laura Mvula, Hamid El Kasri, Suzie Collier, and Take 6. The track "All Night Long" won t

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albums

Djesse Vol. 3

Djesse Vol. 4

Djesse Vol. 2

Time Alone With You (feat. Daniel Caesar)

In My Room

Never Gonna Be Alone (feat. Lizzy McAlpine & John Mayer)

The Sun Is In Your Eyes (Voice Memo)

All I Need (with Mahalia & Ty Dolla $ign)

Djesse Vol. 1

Witness Me (feat. Shawn Mendes, Stormzy & Kirk Franklin)

Bridge Over Troubled Water (feat. John Legend & Tori Kelly)

Here Comes The Sun (feat. dodie)

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