Jake Miller (rapper)

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Jake Miller
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Jake Miller
Background information
Birth name Jacob Harris Miller
Born (1992-11-28) November 28, 1992 (age 31)
Weston, Florida, United States
Genres Pop rap
Occupation(s) singer, songwriter
Years active 2011–present
Labels
Website www.jakemiller.com

Jacob Harris "Jake" Miller (born November 28, 1992) is an American pop singer and songwriter from Weston, Florida, United States. He is signed to Warner Bros. Records.[1]

On November 5, 2013, Miller released his debut album Us Against Them, which was promoted with a nationwide concert tour. On May 7, 2014, Miller was labeled as the No. 1 Artist to Watch by FoxWeekly, predicting that Miller would be a huge artist by mid-2015.[2][3] In 2014, Miller was also placed on MTV's Artist To Watch column.[4]

Life and career

1992-2012: Early life and career beginnings

In May 2011, Miller won the Samsung and T-Mobile USA national "Kick it With the Band" talent competition. As a grand prize winner, Miller was awarded $35,000 to use for his music career as well as a video with YouTube celebrity Keenan Cahill.[citation needed] Afterward he opened for Mac Miller and performed alongside Flo Rida, Sean Kingston, and Asher Roth at the "Think Pink Rocks" concert which benefited breast cancer awareness. In December 2011, Miller performed at the annual Y100 Jingle Ball concert[5] along with Cody Simpson and We the Kings. Miller partnered with Big Time Rush for the song "Lost In Love" from the album 24/Seven.[6]

Miller released his EP Spotlight on July 29, 2012, with the single "What I Wouldn't Give".

2013: The Road Less Traveled EP, Us Against Them signing with Warner Bros.

On January 16, 2013, Miller signed with E1 Music, and in April released the EP The Road Less Traveled, with the single "A Million Lives".[7]

On November 5, 2013, Miller released his debut full-length album Us Against Them. In November 2013, Miller revealed that he had signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records.[8]

2014-present: Dazed and Confused EP, Rumors EP and upcoming major label debut album

On July 6, 2014, Miller released the lead single from his third EP Dazed and Confused, called "First Flight Home".[9][10] On November 4, 2014, Miller released the EP, firstly called Lion Heart, then renamed to Dazed and Confused, due this song being more successful on charts. It marked his debut with Warner Bros. The EP includes the songs "Party in the Penthouse", "Lion Heart", along with the lead single, and features with Nikki Flores on "Ghost" and Travie McCoy on "Dazed and Confused". The songs on the renamed EP are the same from the Lion Heart EP.[11] The accompanying tour, titled The Dazed And Confused Tour, began on July 8, 2015, in Sayreville, New Jersey and went on in the US until August 13, 2015.[12] On the same day of the start of the tour, Miller surprisingly announced through his social medias that an EP, called Rumors, would be released later that day, with five new songs.[13][14] The EP debuted at No. 118 on the Billboard 200 with 8,000 units, the highest selling new album of the week.[15]

Discography

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Main article: Jake Miller discography

References

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