Jon Vinyl

{{Short description|Canadian singer}} '''Jon Vinyl''' is a Canadian soul and rhythm and blues singer,<ref>Natalie Harmsen, [https://www.complex.com/music/jon-vinyl-lost-in-you-interview "The Pleasure and Pain of Jon Vinyl"]. ''Complex'', October 1, 2021.</ref> whose debut album ''Lost in You'' was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022.<ref>[https://sorstu.ca/gala-des-prix-juno-2022-charlotte-cardin-devance-justin-bieber-et-the-weeknd-dans-les-nominations/ "Gala des prix JUNO 2022 | Charlotte Cardin devance Justin Bieber et The Weeknd dans les nominations!"]. ''sorstu.ca'', March 1, 2022.</ref> In 2023, he received another Juno nomination in the same category for his EP ''Palisade'' at the Juno Awards of 2023.

Originally from Toronto, Ontario, by the time he was a teenager his family moved to suburban Pickering, where he was a classmate and friend of Shawn Mendes.<ref name=pacholik>Devin Pacholik, [https://www.vice.com/en/article/jon-vinyl-is-the-20-year-old-randb-master-who-gets-that-life-is-fragile/ "Jon Vinyl Is the 20-Year-Old R&B Master Who Gets That Life is Fragile"]. ''Vice'', February 16, 2018.</ref> He released a number of singles, including "Nostalgia" and "Cherry Blossom", beginning in 2017, and received a promotional boost when Mendes shared the songs on his social media profiles.<ref name=pacholik/>

In early 2021 he released the single "Told You" as an advance preview of ''Lost in You'',<ref>Matt Bobkin, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jon_vinyl_told_you_single_video_toronto "Jon Vinyl Talks Through His Problems on 'Told You'"]. ''Exclaim!'', May 21, 2021.</ref> and the full album was released on October 1, 2021.

In 2023, he participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single "What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health.<ref>Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20230302170512/https://etcanada.com/news/972900/feel-out-loud-alessia-cara-serena-ryder-more-canadian-artists-collaborate-on-new-single-promoting-youth-mental-health-initiative/ "Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative"]. ''Entertainment Tonight Canada'', March 2, 2023.</ref>

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==External links== *{{official website|https://www.jonvinyl.com/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinyl, Jon}} Category:21st-century Black Canadian male singers Category:21st-century Canadian male singers Category:21st-century Canadian singers Category:Canadian rhythm and blues singers Category:Canadian soul singers Category:Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Durham Category:Singers from Ontario Category:Singers from Toronto Category:People from Pickering, Ontario Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)