Francesco Yates

Francesco Yates (born September 11, 1995) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

Francesco Yates
Background information
Birth nameFrancesco David Yates
Born (1995-09-11) September 11, 1995
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active2012–present
LabelsAtlantic, FY Records
Associated acts
Websitefrancescoyates.com

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.[1][2][3]

In 2015, Yates received the Heatseeker Award at the Canadian Radio Music Awards[4] and performed at the official Canada Day celebration in Ottawa.[5] He provides the vocals on the Robin Schulz song "Sugar".[6][7] 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.[8] His next song, "Do You Think About Me", was released on April 6.[9] 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.[10] The tour ended on April 13, 2019 after being postponed due to Timberlake suffering from bruised vocal cords.[11]

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.

On September 18, 2020, his single "Late Night Love" was released.

Discography

Extended plays
Title Album details
Francesco Yates EP [12]
Superbad EP [13]
  • Release date: June 26, 2020
  • Label: FY Records
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN
[14]		 FRA
[15]
2014 "When I Found You"[16] —— Francesco Yates EP
2015 "Better to Be Loved"[17] 37196
"Nobody Like You"[18] —— Non-album single
"Call"[19] 77— Francesco Yates EP
2018 "Come Over"[20] —— Non-album single
"Do You Think About Me"[21] ——
"Somebody Like You"[22] ——
2019 "I Got You"[23] ——
2020 "Superbad" [24] —— Superbad
"Bad Decisions" [25] ——
"Late Night Love" [26] —— Non-album single

As featured artist

Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album
CAN
[27]		 AUT
[28]		 FRA
[15]		 GER
[29]		 SWE
[30]		 SWI
[31]		 NLD
[32]		 US
2015 "Sugar"
(Robin Schulz featuring Francesco Yates)		 42 1 2 1 9 1 6 44 Sugar

References
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  2. Friend, David (October 9, 2014). "International Star You Should Know: Singer Francesco Yates". Variety.
  3. Patch, Nick (July 8, 2015). "Pharrell-endorsed Canadian teen Francesco Yates ready to drop debut EP". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. Bliss, Karen (May 9, 2015). "Magic! Win Big at 2015 Canadian Radio Music Awards". Billboard.
  5. Snider, Kelly (7 July 2015). "Ottawa celebrates Canada Day, rain or shine - Local - Orléans Star". Orléans Star. Transcontinental Media. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  6. Renck, Lizzie (19 July 2015). "Robin Schulz unveils 'Sugar' ahead of his fall LP release". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  7. Gupta, Pranav (20 July 2015). "ROBIN SCHULZ FT. FRANCESCO YATES – SUGAR (ORIGINAL MIX)". Bangin Beats. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
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  11. "Justin Timberlake's 'Man of the Woods' Tour On Hold Due to Bruised Vocal Cords". December 5, 2018.
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  26. "Late Night Love - Single by Francesco Yates". music.apple.com. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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  33. Ryan, Gavin (24 October 2015). "ARIA Singles: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 'Downtown' Still No 1". Noise11. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
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