James Barker Band

Canadian country outfit James Barker Band started their recording career with seven consecutive Top 10 hits—with six of them certified either Gold or Platinum. ∙ Before scoring a record deal, the band won the 2015 Emerging Artist Showcase at Boots and Hearts, Canada’s largest country music festival. ∙ 2016’s “Lawn Chair Lazy” hit No. 3 on the Canadian Country Airplay chart, setting that chart’s record for the highest-charting debut single. ∙ “Chills,” the band’s breakthrough single, won two 2018 Canadian Country Music Association awards: Single of the Year and Top Selling Canadian Single of the Year. ∙ The Platinum-selling crossover hit “Keep It Simple”—from the band’s 2019 sophomore release, Singles Only—was their first to make the Top 40 radio and Canadian pop charts.