James McVey’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro English musician
Is Musician 
Composer 
Singer 
Guitarist 
From United Kingdom 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 30 April 1994
Age: 26 years
Star sign Taurus

James Daniel McVey (Chester, 30 de abril de 1994) é um cantor, compositor, instrumentista, modelo, YouTuber e filantropo britânico mais conhecido por ser o guitarrista principal e vocalista de apoio da banda pop britânica The Vamps.

Biografia e carreira musical

Vida pessoal

McVey nasceu em Chester, Inglaterra em 30 de abril de 1994 e mudou-se aos 6 anos para Bournemouth, onde viveu com seus pais e sua irmã mais nova Sophie até meados de agosto de 2016, quando decidiu se mudar para Londres. Começou a tocar violão por volta dos 12 anos de idade, influenciado pelo seu professor de música e bandas como The Kooks e Good Charlotte.

Carreira solo

McVey começou a enviar covers para o YouTube aos 14 anos, inicialmente no canal AdorablySmall com sua amiga Beth e logo mais tarde em seu próprio canal. Na época do primeiro canal, McVey era vocalista da banda 5:01 mas não demorou muito a seguir carreira solo. Lançou seu primeiro EP, Who I Am, em 05 de dezembro de 2009 e o segundo, Letters To You, em 12 de janeiro de 2010.

The Vamps

Quando descoberto por Joe O’Neill e Richard Rashman, da Prestige Managment, em 2011, McVey decidiu que queria formar uma banda e saiu à procura de outros integrantes. Em 26 de outubro de 2011, McVey encontrou Brad Simpson cantando “Lego House” do cantor britânico Ed Sheeran no YouTube e entrou em contato com o mesmo imediatamente através do facebook. Os dois logo começaram a se encontrar para compor na casa de Simpson e decidiram que a banda se chamaria The Vamps depois de analisarem vários nomes para a mesma. Em janeiro de 2012, McVey encontrou Tristan Evans no facebook através de um amigo em comum e depois de assistir um vídeo do mesmo tocando bateria, decidiu chamá-lo para ser baterista da banda. Em 2 de agosto de 2012, The Vamps enviou seu primeiro cover, “Vegas Girl” do cantor britânico Conor Maynard, ao YouTube e conseguiu uma legião de fãs em poucos meses. Após serem contratados pela gravadora Mercury Records em novembro de 2012, The Vamps começou a procurar por um baixista e então encontrou Connor Ball através de um amigo em comum no facebook. Atualmente, The Vamps lançou dois álbuns de estúdio e lançará o terceiro em 2017.

Carreira de modelo

Em março de 2015, a agência de modelos Storm Models anunciou ter contratado os quatro integrantes da The Vamps. Desde então, a banda já foi capa de revistas como Fabulous Magazine, Notion Magazine e 1883 Magazine.

YouTube

No dia 21 de setembro de 2015, McVey enviou o seu primeiro vídeo para seu novo canal do YouTube, falando algumas curiosidades sobre si mesmo. Logo então, começou a enviar vídeos dando conselhos sobre diversos assuntos, mostrando a rotina da banda e falando sobre causas sociais.

Escrita

No final de 2015, McVey anunciou que estava escrevendo um livro. Alguns meses depois, em 2016, ele comentou sobre o mesmo, dizendo que “é uma aventura de ficção científica futurística inspirada no livro 1984 de George Orwell”. Ele pretende lançá-lo até o final de 2017.

Filantropia

Em abril de 2015, McVey anunciou que tinha se tornado um dos “embaixadores” da AntiBullying Pro, uma organização contra bullying. Em 21 de outubro do mesmo ano, foi divulgada uma campanha que McVey fez junto ao PETA para incentivar as pessoas a adotarem animais ao invés de comprá-los.

Em agosto de 2016, McVey iniciou uma campanha com a Centrepoint UK a fim de arrecadar dinheiro para jovens sem teto. Foram criados dois modelos de camisetas, uma com uma estampa que dizia “spread love” (espalhe amor) e outra que dizia “love all, love everywhere” (ame tudo, ame em todo lugar), que foram vendidos no site da instituição. A campanha durou algumas semanas e arrecadou mais de 10 mil libras. Em outubro do mesmo ano, foi divulgada outra campanha para o PETA, dessa vez incentivando o vegetarianismo.

Composição

James McVey escreveu e co-escreveu toda a sua discografia, além de co-escrever a maioria das canções da The Vamps. Dentre elas destaca-se “Move My Way”, canção que foi escrita quando ele tinha por volta de 15 anos (2009) e que além de estar em seus dois EP’s, foi reutilizada pela banda em seu álbum de estreia (2014). Ele também co-escreveu uma canção para o cantor irlandês Ronan Keating.

Créditos como compositor

Título Artista Álbum Ano Notas
“All Eyes On You” James McVey Letters To You (EP) 2010
“All Night” The Vamps e Matoma Night & Day

(Night Edition)

2016 Co-compositor
“Another World” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014
“Be With You” Wake Up 2015
“Beliya” Vishal-Shekhar (com participação de The Vamps) Beliya (single) 2016
“Boy Without A Car” The Vamps Wake Up 2015
“Brightest of Colours” James McVey Who I Am (EP) 2009
“Burn” The Vamps Wake Up 2015 Co-compositor
“Cheater”
“Coming Home” Wake Up (Edição deluxe)
“Cupid’s Bow” James McVey Letters To You (EP) 2010
“Dangerous” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014 Co-compositor
“Fall” Meet the Vamps (Edição deluxe)
“For Sun and Rain” James McVey Who I Am (EP) 2009
“Girls On TV” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014 Co-compositor
“Golden” Meet the Vamps (Edição deluxe)
“Half Way There” Wake Up (Edição deluxe) 2015
“Hands” Mike Perry, The Vamps e Sabrina Carpenter Night & Day

(Night Edition)

2017
“High Hopes” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014
“History” James McVey Letters To You (EP) 2010
“Hoping For Snow” The Vamps Meet the Vamps (Edição de natal) 2014 Co-compositor
“Hurricane” Meet the Vamps (Edição norte-americana) e Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) (single)
“I Found A Girl” The Vamps versão solo e single com participação de OMI Wake Up (versão solo) 2015
“Lovestruck” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014
“Million Words” Wake Up 2015
“Move My Way” James McVey / The Vamps Who I Am (EP), Letters To You (EP) e Meet the Vamps 2009 / 2010 / 2014
“Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)” The Vamps (versão solo e single com participação de Shawn Mendes) Meet the Vamps 2014 Co-compositor
“On The Floor” The Vamps Meet the Vamps (Edição deluxe)
“Peace of Mind” Wake Up (Edição deluxe) 2015
“Risk It All” Meet the Vamps 2014
“Runaway” Wake Up Edição deluxe 2015
“Same To You” Night & Day

(Night Edition)

2017
“She Was The One” Meet the Vamps 2014
“Shine Like Gold” Ronan Keating Time of My Life 2016
“Shout About It” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014
“Sleighing in The Snow” Meet the Vamps (Edição de natal)
“Stay Here” Wake Up (EP) 2015
“Stolen Moments” Wake Up
“Who I Am” James McVey Who I Am (EP) 2009
“Wild Heart” The Vamps Meet the Vamps 2014
“Windmills” Wake Up 2015
“Words (Don’t Mean A Thing)” Wake Up (Edição japonesa) e I Found A Girl (CD1)
“Worry” Wake Up (Edição deluxe)
“Written Off”
“You” James McVey Who I Am (EP) 2009

Discografia

Extended plays lançados em carreira solo

  • Who I Am (2009)
  1. For Sun and Rain
  2. Who I Am
  3. Move My Way
  4. You
  5. Brightest of Colours
  • Letters to You (2010)
  1. All Eyes on You
  2. Cupid’s Bow
  3. Move My Way
  4. History

Álbuns lançados com The Vamps

  • Meet the Vamps (2014)
  • Wake Up (2015)
  • Night & Day (2017)
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