Jamie Treays is a 24-year-old singer/songwriter hailing from Wimbledon, South London, England. His musical style is hard to place, but incorporates elements of rap, reggae, and acoustic genres. On March 1, 2007, Treays was voted as Best Solo Artist at the NME Awards, at Hammersmith Palais in London, England. He held off more established names like Thom Yorke & Jarvis Cocker, to receive the award. On 7 September, Jamie released his second album named 'Kings & Queens' which reached number 2 in the UK Albums chart. After its release Zane Lowe, on his BBC Radio 1 show, declared ‘Kings & Queens’ his best album of 2009, describing the album as “a brilliant, poignant, incredible observational record” and “flawless.” On the 24 February 2010, Jamie won an NME Award for Best Solo Act. (info from wikipedia & last.fm, been swarmed with studies. this will have to make do) Excellent album!
