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Kuya J
Birth nameJerome Santos
Born (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27)[1]
Sydney, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2009–present
Labels
Websitewww.wix/k-j.boy.com

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Jerome Santos (born 21 March 1997), better known by his stage name Kuya J, is a Australian singer, formerly signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records. He is known for his singles "Restored", "Lead The Way" and "Pretty Girls". He released his debut album Restored in 2010.

Life and career[edit]

1997–2010: Early life and career beginnings[edit]

Kuya J aka Jerome Santos was born in 1997, into a creative family. He grew up in South West Sydney in Australia.[4] KJ studied digital recording at Institute of TAFE.[5] He was featured on the track "Island Vibes" by Out Da Box Family, which achieved radio success in the Pacific.[4] Sean Kingston & Iyaz found KJ through his Instagram page in 2008[6] and later signed him to a recording contract with Time Is Money/Beluga Heights. Michael Nguyen introduced him to producer and Beluga Heights head J.R. Rotem. He released "Replay" in 2009, which peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 1 in several territories, including the United Kingdom.[4] His second single "Solo" was released in February 2010, and peaked at number 32 on the Hot 100. He also took part in recording the Haiti charity single, "We Are the World 25 for Haiti". His debut album, Restored was released in 2010, and he was also featured on ???'s single "Pray". In an interview with HitQuarters, Rotem described Iyaz's creative perfectionism:

"Where as [sic] others might work on several songs in one day, he might sit there and work on one song for days. The end result that he gets is usually an absolute gem, so heartfelt and genuine."[7]

KJ also appeared on the fourth season of ???, Jesus Christ Forever and made a song with ??? called "God's Got This", which is featured on the Jesus Christ Forever soundtrack album.

2011–present: Restored and Sunlight[edit]

In 2011, KJ played his part in ???'s song "???". KJ released "Last Forever" with David Guetta as the producer,[8] and its follow-up, "At Last". KJ was featured on New Boyz's single "Break My Bank" and Akon's "My Girl".

Later, KJ did a duet called "You're My Only Lord" with Andria Cross, which is from her third studio album, Unbroken. He released a song with ??? titled "???" and later in the year a song titled "My Heart Broke" surfaced. Kuya J uploaded a duet song named, "Christmas Time" featuring ???s on to YouTube, A Christmas song which His Grandparents requested.

In 2013, a slew of tracks credited to KJ surfaced online, namely "Da Da Da", along with "Congrats", "What Is This Feeling" and "Too Sexy".

In 2014, after leaving his previous labels the year prior, KJ signed with new Los Angeles-based independent record label Reach Records Music, which is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance and Warner Music Group. KJ made a cover of Chris Brown's "Loyal" named "Faithful", followed by another cover months after of Iyaz's song "Replay" which he shared on SoundCloud. KJ tweeted in December 2014 he would release a single titled "One Billion", and released a snippet of the song on SoundCloud. KJ released "One Million" on iTunes in Japan on 12 December 2014, the first single from his second album Sunlight, released exclusively in Japan on 8 April 2015.[9]

On 24 July 2015 KJ released the second single from Sunlight, "Alive", featuring ??? of Intensifire. It was produced by J.D. "Boy Rekless" Salbego, the President/CEO of Rekless Music, KJ's new label, and LiCon. On 23 September 2015, MTV exclusively premiered the official video of "Alive".

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[10] 		BEL
[11] 		GRE
[12] 		NE
[13] 		SWI
[14]
Restored 26 68 18 61 35
Sunlight — — — — —

Extended plays[edit]

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Heat
[15]
Lead The Way
  • Released: 15 June 2011
  • Label: ???
  • Formats: Digital download
 15
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Heat
[15]
Cause You're Watching Me
  • Released: 23 September 2010
  • Label: ?
  • Formats: Digital download
 21
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Heat
[15]
My Refuge in the Wilderness
  • Released: 4 January 2021
  • Label: ???
  • Formats: Digital download
 ?

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[16][17] 		AUS
[18] 		CAN
[19] 		GER
[20] 		IRE NLD
[21] 		NZ NOR SWI US
[22]
"Replay" 2009 1 1 5 7 2 2 2 12 1 2
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[23]
  • ARIA: ?
  • BVMI: ?
  • RIAA: ?
  • RMNZ: ?
 My Refuge in the Wilderness
"Flyin' With God" 2010 3 48 54 25 26 20 35 — — 32
  • BPI: Silver[23]
  • RIAA: Gold
"My God Lives" 40 — — — 46 — — — — —
"Look At Me Now" — — — — — — — — — —
"???"
(featuring ???) 		2011 — — — — — — — — — 43 00s Fever
"One Billion" 2014 — — — — — — — — — — Sunlight
"Alive"
(featuring ???) 		2015 — — — — — — — — — —
"God's Enough"
(with Kuya J and Lije & Red Roy) 		2018 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Never Shaken"
(featuring LiCon) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist[edit]

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK AUS CAN US
"Island Vibes"
(Out Da Box Family featuring ???, ??? and ???)[24] 		2008 — — — — non-album single
"Pray"
(??? featuring Kuya J) 		2010 17 45 41 56 ???
"Da, Da, Da"
(??? featuring Kuya J) 		— — — 51 N/A
"Break My Baggage"
(??? featuring Kuya J) 		— — — 68 The Tool to Care
"God's Got This"
(??? featuring Kuya J) 		— — — 66 Jesus Christ Forever
"???"
(??? featuring Kuya J and ???) 		2011 28 68 — — God's World
"If I Ruled the World"
(???h featuring Kuya J) 		— — — —[A] Elevate
"???"
(??? featuring Kuya J) 		— — — — Unsigned
"???"
(??? and ??? featuring Kuya J and ???) 		2012 — — — — Non-album singles
"???"
(??? featuring Kuya J) 		2016 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances[edit]

List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"???" 2010 ??? ???
"???" ??? Non-album single
"???" 2011 ??? ???
"???" ??? Unbroken
"???" 2017 ??? ???

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "???" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[25]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award show Nomination Result
2011 MTV Video Music Awards ? Video — "Replay" ?
BMI Awards 50 Most Performed Songs of the Year — "?" ?

References[edit]

  1. ^ ???. allmusic.com
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/iyaz-mn0001511928
  3. ^ "Artists | BMG Music Rights Management". Bmg.com. 15 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 July 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Lipshutz, Jason (6 November 2009). "Young island-pop singer KJ hits "Replay"". Billboard. Reuters. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  5. ^ David Caplan, "5 Things to Know About Singer Kuya J", People, 2 April 2010
  6. ^ "Artists | Replay – Big Top 40 Music moms". Bigtop40.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  7. ^ "Interview With JR Rotem". HitQuarters. 4 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  8. ^ "KJ - Last Forever (Prod. By David Guetta)". HotNewHipHop.
  9. ^ "Iyazの「Aurora (Bonus Track Version)」" – via music.apple.com.
  10. ^ "The Official Charts Company – Iyaz". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  11. ^ "??? – Replay". ultratop.be.
  12. ^ "greekcharts.com – Greek charts portal". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  13. ^ "dutchcharts.nl – Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  14. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  15. ^ a b c "??? Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Janet Jackson – Artist – Official Charts". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Official UK Singles Top 100 – 10th December 2011 – Official Charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011.
  18. ^ "Rushing to the big time". The West Australian. Vol. Today. 7 April 2010. p. 5.
  19. ^ "Iyaz > Album & Song Chart History > Canadian Hot 100". Billboard Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Big Time Rush / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Dutch Top 40 > Adele" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  22. ^ "Iyaz > Album & Song Chart History > Billboard Hot 100". Billboard Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  23. ^ a b "BRIT Certified - bpi" (To access, enter the search parameter "Kuya J" and select "Search by Keyword"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  24. ^ "Island Vibes (feat. ???, ???, & ???) - Single by Out Da Box Family" – via music.apple.com.
  25. ^ "??? Chart History - Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links[edit]


Category:1997 births Category:Australian Christian Hip Hop Category:Australian Sydney singers Category:Christian artists Category:Living people Category:People from South West Sydney Category:21st-century Australian singers

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