George Ezra
Artist
George Ezra joined BIMM Bristol in October 2011 to study songwriting. Less than a year later, he signed to Columbia Records and secured a publishing deal with BMG/Chrysalis.
He was championed by BBC Introducing and played on their stage at Glastonbury 2013, just before his debut EP Did You Hear the Rain? was released. George placed fifth in the BBC Sound of 2014 poll and toured the UK for two months before heading to Europe. Later that year, George played an incredible set on Glastonbury’s John Peel stage.
His debut album, Wanted on Voyage, was released in 2014 to critical and commercial acclaim, reaching no.3 in the UK Albums Chart and attaining gold certification for selling over 100,000 copies. 2015 saw George nominated for an astonishing four BRIT Awards: British Breakthrough Act, Album of the Year, Single of the Year (for ‘Budapest’), and Male Solo Artist. Since its release, ‘Budapest’ has amassed 1.2 billion streams on Spotify.
At the beginning of 2018, George started his own podcast, George Ezra & Friends, with Ed Sheeran as his guest for the first episode. Subsequent guests include Rag’n’Bone Man, Craig David, Jessie Ware, Sam Smith, Lily Allen, Sir Elton John, Ellie Goulding, Laurie Vincent, Nile Rodgers, Sir Tom Jones, Lewis Capaldi, and Shania Twain.
His second album, Staying at Tamara’s, was released in March 2018. The single ‘Shotgun’ became his first no.1 in the UK, Ireland and Australia, and the album went on to become three-time platinum-certified. In 2019, he performed on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury to an enormous crowd “stacked to Coldplay proportions” according to a review in The Guardian.
George’s third studio album, Gold Rush Kid (2022), became his third consecutive no.1 album in the UK. He set out on his European tour in February 2023, and that summer he also performed at a number of prestigious festivals, including Latitude, TRANSMT, Isle of Wight Festival, and Tinderbox in Denmark.
In July 2024, he celebrated 10 years since Wanted on Voyage. We’re so proud of everything he’s accomplished and wish him the best of luck.
