Jamie T

Jamie Treays (born 8 January 1986), known by his stage name Jamie T, is a 21-year-old English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London. He attended Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey until he was 16 and is currently signed to Virgin Records, but released his Betty and the Selfish Sons EP on his own Pacemaker Records label.

He defeated Jarvis Cocker and Thom Yorke to win the Best Solo Artist at the 2007 Shockwave NME Awards. On July 17, 2007, Jamie T's debut album Panic Prevention was shortlisted as one of the 12 nominees for the Mercury Prize.

Zane Lowe (Radio 1 UK) made "Salvador" his single of the week and "Back in the Game" his Hottest Record in the World. On Jo Whiley's show, "Back in the Game" featured as her "Pet Sound" and more recently his single "Sheila" was Whiley's Record of the Week. Jamie's single "Sheila" has been playlisted by BBC Radio 1 thus receiving more airtime across all shows. Jamie's songs received a lot of airplay on XFM throughout 2006, especially "Sheila" and "If You Got The Money".

"Sheila" was released on 3 July 2006. The video features actor Bob Hoskins lipsynching to the lyrics. On 16 October 2006, Jamie released his anthemic tune, "If You Got the Money" which reached #13 in the charts.

During past tours Jamie T has handed out volumes of his mixtape Panic Prevention Disco to fans; the cassettes chronicle his favourite songs and influences. His next single "Calm Down Dearest" was released in the UK on 15 January 2007 and reached #9, his first top 10 hit.

His debut album Panic Prevention was then released on 29 January 2007, it went straight in at #4.

Jamie attended Reed's School in Cobham when he was younger and used to suffer from panic attacks , hence the album name. Panic Prevention was leaked onto the internet on 18 December 2006. Lily Allen provided backing vocals on the song 'Rawhide' the B-side to the rerelease of 'Sheila' on 7th May 2007.

He performed on the Main Stage on 19 May 2007 in Preston for Radio 1's Big Weekend. He also performed at Glastonbury 2007, Benicassim 2007 and at Oxegen 2007 (8 July) where he performed at the green room.

On 12 January 2009 a music video appeared on Jamie's website for a new song, "Fire Fire". The track has elements of Jamie's trademark sound but incorporates faster rhythms, a punk aesthetic and a more abrasive sound than previous singles. Jamie T has said to NME "'Fire Fire' won't be released as a single nor will it be on the new album, it is just a thank you for the fans being so patient." He did announce a date for his new single though, "Stick 'N' Stones" EP, which was released on 29 June.

21 May 2009 saw the release of the official video for his single "Sticks 'N' Stones". In an email received by subscribers to his website, Jamie said, “Just a little note to say thanks to everyone who’s supporting Sticks ‘N’ Stones. We just finished shooting a little video for the track the other day, so fresh out the edit room it is here for your enjoyment. It was a lot of fun to make and we hope you like it. Hope to see you all soon... Thanks Jamie”. The video was shot almost entirely in the London suburb of Wimbledon, his home town, and features scenes of himself and others, including fellow band members.

On 29 June 2009, Jamie released "Sticks 'N' Stones", the first single from his second album Kings and Queens, as an extended play with three other tracks, "St. Christopher", "On The Green" and "The Dance Of The Young Professionals". "Sticks 'N' Stones" reached no. 15 in the UK singles chart. The song also reached number 14 for 2009 songs on the annual Triple J Hottest 100, one of the largest popularly voted countdowns in the world.

A week later, on 7 September, second album Kings and Queens was released. This features 11 tracks (plus bonus track "The Curious Sound" featuring Ben Bones, when downloaded from iTunes). Jamie has said that his favourite song in this album is "Emily's Heart" because it reminds him of Emily Evans.[citation needed] After further investigation, it is found that Emily was a former girlfriend.[citation needed] Talking about Kings & Queens, Jamie said "I didn’t do my second album. I did my third one instead."

Kings & Queens reached number 2 in the UK Albums chart. After its release Zane Lowe, on his BBC Radio 1 show, declared Kings & Queens his favourite album of 2009, describing the album as “a brilliant, poignant, incredible observational record” and “flawless.”

On July 1 2014, Jamie T made his first official announcement in over four years; playing three small gigs in Glasgow, Liverpool and Porstmouth at the end of July. A few days later, he also announced a headline London show to take place in August.

On July 15 2014, Jamie's new single "Don't You Find" was introduced by Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1. Lowe had chosen the song as his "Hottest Record in the World". He also interviewed Jamie who said he hoped to release a new album this year but couldn't give any specifics.

On Monday 21 July 2014 the name of Jamie T's third album was revealed as 'Carry On The Grudge' via a listing on iTunes. The release date was given as 6 October 2014.