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Jake Bugg
Background information
Born28 February 1994 (age 19)
Nottingham, England
GenresIndie folk, indie rock, folk rock
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass
Years active2011–present
LabelsMercury (2011-Present)
Websitejakebugg.com

Jake Bugg (born Jacob Edwin Kennedy; 28 February 1994) is an English singer-songwriter.

Early life

Bugg was born in Nottingham, to musical parents who separated when he was young. His father, whose name was Bugg, was a nurse and his mother worked in sales, both having previously made recordings. He grew up in the Clifton council estate of Nottingham and started playing guitar at the age of 12 after being introduced to the instrument by his uncle Mark. He also states that his formative musical moment was hearing Don McLean’s "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" on an episode of The Simpsons. He was enrolled in a music technology course, but by the age of 16 he had dropped out and was writing and performing his own songs influenced by The Beatles, Layne Staley, Johnny Cash, Donovan, The Everly Brothers and Jimi Hendrix.[1][2]

Bugg was chosen by the BBC to appear on their "Introducing" stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival aged 17, and because of this was given a contract by Mercury Records.[3] His songs were then placed on various BBC Radio play lists and one of them, "Country Song", was used in a national TV beer commercial for Greene King IPA.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Career

2012-present: Debut Album

In an interview for The Telegraph, when dubbed 'an East Midlands Bob Dylan’, Bugg said "Bob Dylan’s cool, you know, he’s great, but he's not a major influence".[2][3][12]

On 22 May 2012, Bugg appeared on the BBC music programme Later... with Jools Holland. In August 2012 Bugg was a supporting act for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at Belsonic Music Festival, Belfast. On 1 October 2012, he performed live on the BBC Radio 6 Music programme Live at Maida Vale. Bugg's debut album was released on 15 October 2012.[13] Talking about Bugg and his debut Clash hailed the "precocious talent fusing retro folk with blistering contemporary rock riffs".[14] On 21 October 2012 the song "Two Fingers" charted at 28 in the UK while his self-titled album reached number one in the UK charts.[15] On 1 January 2013 Bugg appeared on Jools' Annual Hootenanny on BBC2, and on 5 January 2013 he appeared on The Jonathan Ross Show on ITV1.

At the London 2012 Olympic games, Bugg's song "Lightning Bolt" was played during the build up to the 100m mens final. [1]

On 17 January Bugg performed "Two Fingers" on the US TV talkshow Conan.[16] On 26 January, he performed the same song as well as giving a short interview on the talkshow Lindmo on Norwegian television NRK.[17]

On Wednesday the 20th February Jake Bugg was nominated for a Brit Award in the category "British Breakthrough Act". This was voted by the BBC Radio 1 listeners; the other nominees were Alt-J, Ben Howard, Jessie Ware and Rita Ora.

Bugg lost out to Ben Howard, however before the show, he said "If I've got nowt to do I might swing by. I've got one day off from the tour. I don't know yet - I might go. I might just skip the do (party) and head to the after party. I'll wake up on Wednesday morning and just see how I feel, (my chances of winning are) very slim... I expect Rita Ora to win, but good luck to all of them.... it's great (to be nominated) but I don't really need an award to inspire me to keep writing music and playing my songs."

On 22 April, 2013 Bugg performed "Lightning Bolt" on the US TV talkshow The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Discography

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[18] 		AUT
[19] 		BEL (Vl)
[20] 		DEN
[21] 		FRA
[22] 		GER
[23] 		IRE
[24] 		NL
[25] 		NOR
[26] 		SWI
[27] 		US
[28]
Jake Bugg 1 8 19 12 21 10 8 21 34 39 75

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK
[18] 		BEL (Vl)
[20] 		NL
[25]
2012 "Trouble Town" — 67 — Jake Bugg
"Country Song" 100 — —
"Lightning Bolt" 26 42 35
"Taste It" 90 — —
"Two Fingers" 28 8 —
2013 "Seen It All" 61 — —
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted songs

Year Single Chart positions Album
FRA
[22]
2013 "Simple as This" 166 Jake Bugg

Filmography

Year Television show Performing Description
2012 Later... with Jools Holland "Trouble Town", "Country Song" & "Lightning Bolt" Series 40, Episode 6[30]
Hootenanny "Lightning Bolt" & "Two Fingers" Annual Hootenanny 2012/2013[31]

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Result
2013 BRIT Awards British Breakthrough Act[32] Nominated
NME Awards[33][34] Best Solo Artist Nominated
Best Album Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Search general register office (GRO)birth records 1761-2006 | Fully indexed birth records". Findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  2. ^ a b Daily Telegraph, 24 Dec 2012, Jake Bugg interview: 'I’ve achieved what I wanted to' By Ellie Pithers
  3. ^ a b "Jake Bugg Interview". Nusic.org.uk. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  4. ^ "The Press - Jake Bugg, Fibbers, York (March 30, 2012)". Yorkpress.co.uk. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  5. ^ Dan Lucas. "BBC Introducing Tip of the week Jake Bugg". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  6. ^ "BBC Music Artists - Jake Bugg". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  7. ^ "The Business of Music - Out this week Monday March 26, 2012". Music Week. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  8. ^ Joseph, Sebastian. "News - Greene King IPA Gets Refresh". Marketing Week.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  9. ^ Running time: 10:16. "Jake Bugg". NME. Retrieved 2012-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "BBC Nottingham - People and Places -Nottingham musician receives invite to 'Masterclass' (28 January 2011)". BBC News. 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  11. ^ "Artists: Jake Bugg". Mercury Records. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
  12. ^ "Later with Jools Holland: Series 40, Episode 6". BBC. 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  13. ^ "Jake Bugg unveils details of debut album | News". Nme.Com. 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  14. ^ "Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg". ClashMusic.Com. 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  15. ^ "Archive Chart". UK Albums Chart. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  16. ^ "Jake Bugg performs on Conan". All-Noise. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Erna og britiske tv-stylister". NRK. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  18. ^ a b Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  19. ^ "Jake Bugg - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at/.
  20. ^ a b "Jake Bugg - Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be/nl/.
  21. ^ "Jake Bugg - Danish Charts". danishcharts.com/.
  22. ^ a b "Jake Bugg - French Charts". lescharts.com/.
  23. ^ "Jake Bugg - German Charts". charts.de/.
  24. ^ "Jake Bugg - Irish Charts". irish-charts.com/.
  25. ^ a b "Jake Bugg - Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl/.
  26. ^ "Jake Bugg - Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com/.
  27. ^ "Jake Bugg - Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch/.
  28. ^ "Jake Bugg - US Charts". billboard.com/.
  29. ^ "Certified awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  30. ^ "Later... with Jools Holland - Series 40, Episode 6". BBC. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  31. ^ "Jools' Annual Hootenanny 2012/2013". BBC. 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  32. ^ "BRIT Awards 2013: The Nominations". BBC. 2013-01-10. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  33. ^ "Nme Awards 2013 Nominations Announced". contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  34. ^ "NME Awards 2013 – as it happened". nme.com. Retrieved 2013-03-22.

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