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James Bay Celebrates 10 Years of ‘Chaos And The Calm’ With Demos and Voice Finale Duet With Sheryl Crow

May 25, 2025

Three-time Grammy Award-nominated and BRIT Award-winning multi-platinum singer, songwriter, and guitarist James Bay celebrates the tenth anniversary of his breakthrough 2014 full-length debut LP, Chaos And The Calm, with the release of Chaos And The Calm 10 Years, out now via Mercury Records.

Chaos And The Calm 10 Years notably boasts seven previously unreleased Original Session demos actually recorded at the onset of the album’s making back in 2014. These include initial unheard versions of the definitive singles “Let It Go (Original Session),” “Hold Back The River (Original Session),” and more. This cohort of never-before-heard material transports listeners back to the genesis of Bay’s first seminal body of work by showcasing the songs at their most nascent stages and capturing the magic of their creation in the process.

Earlier this week, Bay lit up the stage during the Season Finale of NBC’s The Voice with a seismic and showstopping rendition of his latest single “You And Me Time” alongside nine time GRAMMY Award-winning icon Sheryl Crow. It marked their first television performance of the song and quickly entered the Top 10 on iTunes following the broadcast.

Bay just concluded his sold-out Up All Night Tour across North America this Spring. He caps off this stateside run with a major spot on Boston Calling Festival in Boston on May 24th.

Chaos And The Calm initially arrived on March 23, 2015. After clinching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, it reached platinum status in the United States, while “Let It Go” received a seven-time platinum certification and “Hold Back The River” is now certified double platinum. In 2016, he garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Artist, Chaos And The Calm received a nomination for Best Rock Album, and “Hold Back The River” notched a nomination for Best Rock Song. The record has generated billions of streams and established Bay as a global phenomenon.

This year, the Up All Night Tour marked his first run in support of his acclaimed fourth full-length album, Changes All The Time. Beyond bowing in the Top 5 of the UK Official Albums Chart, it has already eclipsed 60 million global streams and counting and incited widespread critical acclaim.

The lead single from the album, “Up All Night” with The Lumineers and Noah Kahan, catapulted to No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay Chart as Bay’s first-ever radio No. 1 in the States. Bay recently released Changes All The Time (Deluxe) featuring four new singles including “You and Me Time” with Sheryl Crow and collaborations with Jon Batiste and Maggie Antone.