Jack Newsome

Jack Newsome (born April 17, 1996) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Newsome was a member of the band NY5, and subsequently the Berlin-based band New District, but ultimately chose to pursue his solo career and education at the Berklee College of Music. In 2016, he released the debut extended play, Medicine. He first gained recognition as a solo artist when he contributed the vocals for "Affection" by Said the Sky and Origami with five million views on YouTube. As a songwriter and producer, he has worked with a range of artists, including Meghan Trainor, Ryan Tedder, Grey, and Sean Kingston.

In June 2019, Newsome achieved national recognition when he appeared on the reality songwriting competition series, Songland, in which he performed "Lying (Next to You)". Following the appearance, he signed with Smack Songs as a singer-songwriter in November 2019.

Career 2012-2015: NY5 and New District During junior year of high school, Newsome joined the Manhattan-based boy band, NY5, along with the four other members including Dylan Hartigan, who later competed on the fourteenth season of The Voice. The band released the debut single, "NYC Girls" in July 2013, but soon went inactive. After the disbandment of NY5, Newsome moved to Berlin, Germany to work with the boy band, New District, however decided to pursue his solo career and study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Newsome independently released his debut extended play, Medicine in March 2016. The following single, "Bellevue" was well-received by several music media, including Kick Kick Snare and Girl's Life. In 2017, Newsome moved to Los Angeles and made money working as a session singer, while contributing the vocals for Said the Sky and Origami song, "Affection" (2018) and writing songs for the artists such as Plvtinum and Matt Sato.

Discography Albums Studio albums Title Details Songs from the GarageReleased: November 1, 2011 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming

Extended plays Title Details MedicineReleased: March 29, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming PrologueReleased: May 8, 2020 Label: Smack Productions Format: digital download, streaming All Dressed UpReleased: June 4, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: digital download, streaming

Singles As a lead artist Title Year Album "NYC Girls"2013rowspan="2" "Lying (Next to You)"2019 "Best I Can" Prologue "Not Going Out Tonight" "All My Friends Are Falling in Love" 2020 "Died in Your Arms" "Give It Back" "I Remember" "The Year the World Stood Still"2021 All Dressed Up "Arms" "Friends" "Sorry for Your Loss" "F it ILY"

As a featured artist

Promotional singles Title Year Album "The Holiday Call" 2007 "Fly" 2010 Songs from the Garage "Control Freak" 2016 "Easy on Me" 2020 "Boomerang" "My Forever"

Other appearances

Music videos + List of music videos and showing year released Title Year "NYC Girls" 2013 "Medicine" 2016 "Tension" 2018 "Died in Your Arms" 2020 "Arms" 2021

Songwriting and production credits indicates a song that was released as a single. Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits "Do You Say My Name" 2018 Matt Satorowspan="4" Writer "Better Off" 2019 Plvtinum "Okay" Peter Fenn "Hurt Me" Meghan Trainor "Look at What We've Done" Peter Thomas Attachment Backing vocals "High of U" Darius Coleman Writer, producer "Table for 2" Alok and Irorowspan="1" Vocal producer "Stay Here" Alex Sampson Writer, producer "Is It Love?" 2020 Jordy PsychoWriter "Carry On" Gabriel Kane "U Remind Me" Zolita Producer "Cold Shoulder" Alex Sampsonrowspan="2" Writer, producer "Could've, Should've, Would've" Brigetta "Never Been in Love" Gatlin Sugarcoated Writer "Paper House" Grant Knoche Color Me Blue "For the Night" Grey "18" Grant Knoche Color Me Blue "Loveline" Zolita Evil Angel Producer "Squeeze" Indiana Massara Writer, producer "State of Wonder" 2021 Inverness Monstercat Instinct, Vol. 7 Writer "Not Your Girl" Tiera Tiera "The Intro" Grant Knoche

Filmography +Television Year Title Role Notes 2019 Songland Contestant Episode 3, Season 1

Awards and nominations