Introduction
Francesco Yates (born September 11, 1995 in Toronto) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Yates was born in Toronto and started writing music at the age of 11. He signed to Atlantic Records when he was 16. His self-titled debut EP, released on September 11, 2015, was co-produced by Robin Hannibal and Pharrell Williams.
In 2015, Yates received the Heatseeker Award at the Canadian Radio Music Awards and performed at the official Canada Day celebration in Ottawa. He provides the vocals on the Robin Schulz song "Sugar". He also performed at We Days across Canada that same year. In 2016, he was an opening act for Canadian pop rock band Hedley on their Hello World Tour with Carly Rae Jepsen.
On February 2, 2018 his single "Come Over", was released, alongside the announcement that Francesco was going to be the opening act on the Canadian leg of Justin Timberlake's Man Of The Woods Tour. His next song, "Do You Think About Me", was released on April 6. This is the first song which Francesco wrote, produced and performed entirely by himself. He released his single "Somebody Like You", on July 20.
In the end of August it was announced that he was opening for Justin Timberlake again on the remaining North American part of his tour. The tour ended on April 13, 2019 after being postponed due to Timberlake suffering from bruised vocal cords.
On December 27, 2019, Francesco officially released his single "I Got You", having previously uploaded it on Soundcloud in the beginning of the year.
On April 10, 2020, Francesco released his single "Superbad" along with an official video. On May 29, 2020, he released a second single called "Bad Decisions". On 26 June 2020 Francesco released his second EP "Superbad". It features the two previously released singles, as well as the songs "Angel", "Dirty Little Secrets" and "Queen St. Blues". The EP is accompanied by a short film, which contains parts of the songs.
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
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| Francesco Yates EP |
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| Superbad EP |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN |
FRA | |||
| 2014 | "When I Found You" | — | — | Francesco Yates EP |
| 2015 | "Better to Be Loved" | 37 | 196 | |
| "Nobody Like You" | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Call" | 77 | — | Francesco Yates EP | |
| 2018 | "Come Over" | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Do You Think About Me" | — | — | ||
| "Somebody Like You" | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "I Got You" | — | — | |
| 2020 | "Superbad" | — | — | Superbad |
| „Bad Decisions“ | — | — | ||
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN |
AUT |
FRA |
GER |
SWE |
SWI |
NLD |
US | ||||
| 2015 | "Sugar" |
42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 44 |
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Sugar |