AJ Mitchell

Aaron Fredrick "AJ" Mitchell Jr. (born May 17, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He gained a following in 2017 after posting clips of himself singing his original songs and performing covers on YouTube and Instagram. His first independent single, "Used To Be", was written by Mitchell at age 13 and has over 100 million streams.

Mitchell has four songs that have reached the Top 40 on the US radio charts, the July 2018 release "Girls", which reached No. 39, the March 2019 release "All My Friends", which reached No. 24, "Slow Dance" (featuring Ava Max), which reached No. 28, and "Stop" from his debut studio album Skyview (2021), which reached No. 33.

Early life AJ Mitchell was born in Belleville, Illinois on May 17, 2001. His mother, Allison Mitchell, is a small business owner and his father, Aaron Fredrick Mitchell Sr, is a traveling nurse. AJ is the couple's only son and youngest child, after their daughters Andrea and Addison (Addy).

Mitchell began piano lessons at 4, inspired by his father, who was also learning to play piano and write songs. Mitchell attended Belleville West High School, where he played on the football team and sang in the school choir.

2017–2018: Hopeful In 2017, Mitchell released his first independent single "Used to Be", a song he wrote at age 13. The song was produced by hip-hop producer and engineer Mike Dean. "Used to Be" has now gained over 150 million streams.

After departing the social media group, Mitchell received interest from many different record labels but eventually decided to sign with Epic Records. He inked his first major deal with the label in February 2018.

Mitchell's first studio EP with Epic, Hopeful, was released in July 2018. Its lead single "Girls", co-written by Mitchell and Romans, reached No. 39 on the US Mediabase pop radio chart.

Epic Records CEO Sylvia Rhone referred to Mitchell's music as "exciting things to come", when discussing the growing talent roster at the record label.

In 2018, Mitchell collaborated with Bay Area R&B singer-songwriter Marteen for the song "No Plans". Marteen later joined Mitchell in a support slot on the following year's 2019 Hopeful Tour.

2019–2022: Slow Dance and Skyview In May 2019, Mitchell collaborated with songwriting duo Teamwork and Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt on the song "After Hours".

In June 2019, Mitchell signed a new joint deal with Insanity Records, a subsidiary to Sony Music.

On August 23, 2019, Mitchell released his second EP Slow Dance, which includes his singles "Talk So Much", "Move On", and the title track featuring American singer Ava Max.

2023–present: As Far as the Eye Can See Mitchell released a new single "Passionate" in December 2023, followed by "Foolish" and "Flowers on the Moon" in early 2024. However, on May 25, 2024, Mitchell announced that he had parted ways with his record label and postponed the album and tour. As Far as the Eye Can See 's release was later rescheduled for March 7, 2025.

Influences Mitchell cites a wide variety of music as influential to his songwriting style, regularly noting his admiration of artists like Bruno Mars and Lil Wayne.

Discography Studio albums + Title Details Skyview Released: October 8, 2021 Label: Epic Formats: Digital download, streaming As Far as the Eye Can See Released: March 7, 2025 Label: Glasshouse Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays + Title Details Hopeful Released: July 20, 2018 Label: Epic Formats: Digital download, streaming Slow Dance Released: August 23, 2019 Label: Epic Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, selected chart positions, certifications and album details Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USPop "Somebody" 2018 — "Used to Be" — Skyview "Mind" — "Girls" — Hopeful "No Plans" — "All My Friends" 2019 24 "Talk So Much" — Slow Dance "Afterhours" — "Without You Now" — "Move On" — Slow Dance "Slow Dance" 28 RIAA: Gold Slow Dance and Skyview "Down in Flames" — "Like Strangers Do" — "Say It Again" — "Unstoppable" — "Spring Break" 2020 — "Burn" — "Blame It on the Mistletoe" — "Cameras On" 2021 — Skyview "Stop" 33 "Growing Pains" — "One More Fight" — "Passionate" 2023 — As Far as the Eye Can See "Foolish" 2024 — "Flowers on the Moon" — "One on One" — "Won't Be Long" 2025 — "Try Again" 2026 — "Hold You Up" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, showing year released, selected chart positions and album details Title Year Peak chart positions Album USDance "Imagine" (Steve Aoki and Frank Walker featuring AJ Mitchell) 2020 42 "Stuck in My Head" (Captain Cuts featuring AJ Mitchell) — "Hate You + Love You" 2021 11 Hellraisers, Pt. 1 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "After You" 2020 Meghan Trainor Treat Myself

Tours Hopeful Tour (2019)