Jamie Woon

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Field	Value
name	Jamie Woon
image	Jamie Woon (154713).jpg
caption	Woon onstage during the Piknik in Parken festival in Oslo, 2016
birth_date
origin	New Malden, Kingston upon Thames, London, England
genre
occupation
instrument
years_active	2006–present
label	PMR
associated_acts	Burial
website
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| name = Jamie Woon | image = Jamie Woon (154713).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Woon onstage during the Piknik in Parken festival in Oslo, 2016 | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | origin = New Malden, Kingston upon Thames, London, England | genre = | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 2006–present | label = PMR | associated_acts = Burial | website =

Jamie Woon (born 29 March 1983) is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer signed to PMR Records. He gained widespread acclaim in 2010 for his single "Night Air", which was co-produced by Burial, following his previous independent release, the Wayfaring Stranger EP.

Biography

The son of a Malaysian Chinese father, and Scottish mother, Celtic singer Mae McKenna, who also has Irish ancestry. He was born and raised in New Malden in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, before his parents divorced. He was educated at Sacred Heart RC Primary School (New Malden), S.T Catherines RC Middle School (Raynes Park) and Wimbledon College (Wimbledon). He later attended the BRIT School, where he graduated the year behind Amy Winehouse, whom he later supported live.

Woon's sound and style is described as soul inflected vocals backed by samplers and programming, or a single guitar track. He describes his music as "... R&B, it's groove-based vocal-led music ..."

On 4 January 2011, the BBC announced that Woon had been placed fourth in the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.

Woon's debut album is entitled Mirrorwriting and was released on 18 April 2011 via Polydor Records.

On 1 May 2012, Woon announced that he had to cancel several upcoming shows due to an injury. Since then, there had been a lull in his activities but in March 2015, he did a collaboration with Portico for their new album Living Fields to be released in April the same year.

In August 2015, a new single, "Sharpness", was released. Benji B revealed in his show on 13 August, that the new album would be called Making Time. It was subsequently released in September the same year.

On 24 July 2025, two new singles "Heavy Going" and "A Velvet Rope", were released.

Discography

Studio albums

::data[format=table] | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | UK | BEL (FL) | DEN | NOR | NLD | SWI | Mirrorwriting | Making Time | 3, 10, Why, When | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 15 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 50 | | | | | | | | 50 | 52 | — | — | 51 | — | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Extended plays

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Title	Details	Wayfaring Stranger	iTunes Festival: London 2007	When
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | UK | BEL | DEN | FRA | NLD | "Robots" | "Night Air" | "Lady Luck" | "Shoulda" | "Sharpness" | "Heavy Going..." | "When" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2010 | 67 | 15 | 21 | — | 90 | Mirrorwriting | | | | | | | | | | | 2011 | 76 | 29 | 14 | 84 | 56 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2012 | — | 53 | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | Making Time | | | | | | | | | | | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | 3, 10, Why, When | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

Music videos

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Title	Year	Director	"Wayfaring Stranger"	"Spirits"	"Night Air"	"Lady Luck"
2007	Sophie Clements
2008	—
2010	Lorenzo Fonda
2011	—
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Other appearances

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Title	Year	Artist	Album	"January"	"This Is What It Feels Like"	"Where You Gonna Go?"	"Memory of Newness"	"Inherent in the Fibre"	"Oceans of Purple"	"Birdsong"
2013	Disclosure	Settle
Banks	London EP
2014	Paul White	Shaker Notes
2015	Portico	Living Fields
Darkstar	Foam Island
2016	Dave Okumu
2019	Rosie Lowe	YU
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Remixes

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Title	Year	Artist	Album	"Video Games"
2012	Lana Del Rey	Born to Die
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Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2011	MOBO Awards	Best Newcomer
Sound of...	BBC Sound of 2011
2016	Mercury Prize		Making Time
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References

References

1. (4 September 2010). "The return of the talented Jamie Woon". Shout4Music.com.
2. Lester, Paul. (5 November 2010). "New band of the day : Jamie Woon (No 903)". [[The Guardian]].
3. Geoghegan, Kevin. (4 January 2011). "BBC Sound of 2011: Jamie Woon". BBC News.
4. (4 January 2011). "Jamie Woon". BBC Music.
5. (31 December 2008). "Wear My Heart on My Sleeve". Wotyougot.
6. [http://www.jamiewoon.com/#item-_news_2011_09_important-announcement Jamie Woon: Important Announcement], ''Jamiewoon.com'', (retrieved 1 February 2013)
7. [http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/portico-memory-of-newness-feat-jamie-woon Line of the Best Fit] – Listen: Portico – “Memory Of Newness” (feat. Jamie Woon) [Premiere] (2 Match 2015)
8. "Jamie Woon – UK Charts". [[Official Charts Company]].
9. "Jamie Woon – Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be.
10. "Jamie Woon – Danish Charts". danishcharts.dk.
11. "Jamie Woon – Norwegian Charts". norwegiancharts.com.
12. "Jamie Woon – Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl.
13. "Jamie Woon – Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch.
14. "Wayfaring Stranger Ep: Jamie Woon: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads".
15. (24 September 2007). "iTunes – Music – iTunes Festival: London 2007 – EP by Jamie Woon". iTunes Store.
16. "Jamie Woon – French Charts". lescharts.com.
17. (5 February 2007). "Wayfaring Stranger (dir. Sophie Clements)".
18. (15 December 2010). "Jamie Woon – "Night Air (Deadboy Remix)"".
19. (5 October 2011). "MOBO Awards 2011: Winners in full". Digital Spy.

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