James Hersey (born July 15, 1988) is an Austrian-American pop singer and songwriter from Vienna.
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Life
Hersey learned to play percussion and cello in his youth before switching to guitar. He played in punk rock bands and sang in a high school choir before switching to popular music, releasing his debut EP in 2010. He signed with Glassnote Records in 2012. He scored two hits in Austria and Germany - "How Hard I Try", with Filous, reached #96 in Germany and #33 in Austria in 2015, and "Miss You" reached #90 in Germany and #61 in Austria in 2016. He also was featured on the track "Coming Over" by Dillon Francis and Kygo, which reached #40 in the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart and #1 on the Dance/Club Play chart. "Miss You" and "Coming Over" were both described by Billboard as "generating millions of plays" on the streaming service Spotify.
Discography
Albums
2015: Clarity
2021: Fiction
2023: Let It Shine
EPs
2011: James Hersey
2017: Pages
2019: Innerverse
Mixtapes
2012: Twelve
2014: Girls
Singles
2011: Stand Up for You
2011: It Ain’t Over
2012: All I Want
2012: Forever Yours
2013: High Five
2014: Juliet
2014: Don’t Say Maybe
2015: What I’ve Done
2015: Coming Over (filous Remix)
2015: How Hard I Try (mit filous)
2016: Miss You
2018: Real For You
2018: Let Go (feat. filous)
2019: My People (mit Jeremy Loops)
2019: Hands on Me (mit ELI)
2020: Forget (About Everyone Else)
Guest Contributions
2016: Coming Over (Dillon Francis & Kygo feat. James Hersey)
2017: Like I Do (Camo & Krooked feat. James Hersey)