| Ryland James | |
| Birth Date: | 1999 |
| Birth Name: | Ryland James Clark |
| Birth Place: | Belleville, Ontario, Canada |
| Years Active: | 2014–present |
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Ryland James Clark (born 1999), known professionally as Ryland James, is a Canadian pop singer from Deseronto, Ontario,[1] whose self-titled debut EP was released in 2020.[2]
As a teenager, he was a competitor on the seventh and final season of The Next Star in 2014, finishing in fifth place.[3] Professionally, he uses his middle name as his stage surname, so as to avoid potential confusion with British singer and presenter Rylan Clark.[1]
He released his debut single "Good to You" in 2017, and followed up in 2019 with "Say Goodbye" and his breakthrough hit "In My Head".[4] Through 2019, he toured as an opening act for Alessia Cara on her The Pains of Growing Tour;[4] in February 2020, his fourth single "Shoulder to Cry On" was released.[5] His self-titled EP was released in August 2020, and was followed in December by the Christmas release A Little Christmas.[6]
James received two Juno Award nominations at the Juno Awards of 2021, for Pop Album of the Year and Breakthrough Artist of the Year.[7]
He came out as queer in February 2021.[8]
He sang the Canadian national anthem at the 2022 NBA All-Star Game.[9]
In 2023, he participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.[10]
| Title | EP details | |
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| Ryland James |
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| A Little Christmas |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album/EP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [11] | CAN AC [12] | CAN CHR [13] | CAN HAC [14] | US Adult [15] | |||||
| "Good to You" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Say Goodbye" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "In My Head" | 85 | 9 | 33 | 33 | — | Ryland James | |||
| "Please Come Home for Christmas" | — | 5 | — | — | — | A Little Christmas | |||
| "Shoulder to Cry On" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Ryland James | ||
| "Better Off" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Water" | — | 23 | 38 | 36 | 39 | ||||
| "Blame" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="7" | ||
| "3 Purple Hearts" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "A Christmas to Remember" | — | 4 | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Give Everything" | 2022 | — | 22 | — | — | — | |||
| "Patience" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "River" | — | 6 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Love on the Brain" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | CAN AC | CAN CHR | CAN HAC | ||||||
| "Lean on Me" | 2020 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 11 | rowspan="2" | |||
| "Save Me" | 2021 | — | — | 32 | 41 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN AC | |||
| "A Little Christmas" | 2020 | 5 | A Little Christmas |
| "Last Christmas" | 34 | ||
| "Do You Hear What I Hear" | 32 |