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Liam Bailey is an English singer-songwriter from Nottingham. He is noted for his soul music, reggae, and blues-influenced vocal style.
Bailey has been performing around the world with Chase & Status since 2010. Bailey co-wrote and performed on their single "Blind Faith", released on 21 January 2011 in the UK, where it debuted at number five in the UK Singles Chart; it also featured on their second album No More Idols. They then collaborated on the single "Big Man", released 16 October 2012, which reached No. 13 on the UK Dance Chart and appears on some editions of follow-up album Brand New Machine.
Bailey's prospective debut album Out of the Shadows was recorded, produced by Salaam Remi, and scheduled for issue in September 2011 but Bailey unexpectedly pulled the release.
Following the break with Polydor, 2013 saw the re-release of "When Will They Learn" on Speakerbox, MistaJam's Ministry of Sound imprint, complete with remixes by Simon Neale and others. The video was shot with Bailey's friends in Nottingham for the relatively small sum of £1,750. Manager Sarah Stennett told HitQuarters that its homegrown, low-key nature was a perfect fit saying: "The video with Liam is amazing because his friends capture him so well. He was signed to a major label previously and they never quite captured it."
Bailey's collaboration with Shy FX, "Soon Come" reached No. 6 on the UK Indie Chart in August 2013 and received praise from David Rodigan, Zane Lowe, and Annie Mac. They also collaborated on an EP as "Project Maldonado", which was released for download on SoundCloud.
His debut album Definitely Now was released in the US in August 2014 on Flying Buddha/Sony Masterworks, with download single "On My Mind" available with pre-order. In an interview with Wondering Sound, Bailey explains how "it's been torture trying to figure out which way to go" in terms of musical direction. Definitely Now shows that he has now found his sound, and is described by Wondering Sound as "sweet Daptone soul infused with blues moods, Oasis riffage, Sam Cooke grooves and light Jamaican accents".
Nine years after first working together on The Dynamic Set's "When Will They Learn" single, Liam Bailey and Big Crown boss Leon Michels recorded an album together. Ekundayo builds on the Nottingham singer-songwriter's penchant for recording lo-fi soul. Nevertheless, AllMusic describe the 13 track collection as 'reggae'.
Bailey's fourth studio album, Zero Grace, was released in February 2024, produced by Leon Michels and the El Michels Affair collective.
| 2010 !scope="row" | "I Belong" | rowspan="2" |
| 2011 !scope="row" | "You Better Leave Me" | |
| 2013 !scope="row" | "When Will They Learn" | |
| 2014 !scope="row" | "On My Mind" | Definitely Now |
| 2016 !scope="row" | "Love My Neighbours" | |
| 2018 !scope="row" | "Brother, Why You Gotta Love Her" (featuring Maverick Sabre) | Brand New |
| 2019 !scope="row" | "Broken Home" (with Dogger & Mindstate) | Broken Home |
| 2020 !scope="row" | "Fight" | |
| 2021 !scope="row" | "Give Me Time" | Big Crown Records presents Dear Sunny... |
| 2022 !scope="row" | "Come Around Slowly" (with Shy FX) | |
| 2023 !scope="row" | "Divine Light" (with St Francis Hotel) | Enfant Terrible |
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| 2011 ! scope="row" | "Blind Faith" (Chase & Status featuring Liam Bailey) | 24 | No More Idols |
| 2012 ! scope="row" | "Breathe" (Delilah featuring Liam Bailey) | — | |
| 2013 ! scope="row" | "Soon Come" (Shy FX featuring Liam Bailey) | — | Cornerstone |
| 2015 ! scope="row" | "Revelation" (Breakage featuring Liam Bailey) | — | When the Night Comes |
| 2016 ! scope="row" | "4am Where Are You" (Kumarachi featuring Liam Bailey) | — | Flashback |
| 2020 ! scope="row" | "Yesterday" (Friction featuring Liam Bailey) | — | rowspan="2" |
| 2022 ! scope="row" | "Look 4" (Brighter Days Family featuring Liam Bailey) | — | |
| 2023 ! scope="row" | "Gunshot Love" (Break featuring Liam Bailey) | — | Digital World |
| 2024 ! scope="row" | "Sorrow" (Joe Armon-Jones featuring Liam Bailey) | — | Aquarii In Dub |
| 2018 !scope="row" | "I Belong" | Salaam Remi | One: In the Chamber |
| 2019 !scope="row" | "Lay You Down" | Foreign Beggars | Matriarchy |
| 2020 !scope="row" | "Been Away" | Juga-Naut | Bem |
| 2021 !scope="row" | "Lord's Prayer" | Dimension | Organ |
| 2022 !scope="row" | "Living Hard" | Juga-Naut | Time & Place |
| 2023 !scope="row" | "Gotta Believe" | Break | Digital World |
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