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Francesco Yates

{{short description|Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1995)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Francesco Yates

| image = Francesco Yates New Love.jpg

| caption = Yates in 2025

| alias =

| birth_name = Francesco David Yates

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|9|11}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| origin =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|R&B}}

| occupations = Singer-songwriter

| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano}}

| years_active = 2012–present

| label = {{flatlist|

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| website = {{URL|francescoyates.com}}

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Francesco David Yates (born September 11, 1995) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his featurette in the 2015 hit single "Sugar" by German DJ Robin Schulz.

Life and career

Yates was born in Toronto, Ontario, 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.{{cite news|last1=Cho|first1=Diane|title=Who The Hell Is… Francesco Yates|url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2014-10-22/who-is-francesco-yates/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023192852/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2014-10-22/who-is-francesco-yates/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2014|work=VH1 Music News|date=October 22, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Friend|first1=David|title=International Star You Should Know: Singer Francesco Yates|url=https://variety.com/2014/music/global/singer-francesco-yates-mentored-by-pharrell-1201325001/|work=Variety|date=October 9, 2014}}{{cite news |first=Nick |last=Patch |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CTV News |title=Pharrell-endorsed Canadian teen Francesco Yates ready to drop debut EP |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/pharrell-endorsed-canadian-teen-francesco-yates-ready-to-drop-debut-ep-1.2459027 |date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2015}}

In 2015, Yates received the Heatseeker Award at the Canadian Radio Music Awards{{cite magazine|last1=Bliss|first1=Karen|title=Magic! Win Big at 2015 Canadian Radio Music Awards|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6561134/magic-win-big-at-canadian-radio-music-awards-winners-recap|magazine=Billboard|date=May 9, 2015}} and performed at the official Canada Day celebration in Ottawa.{{Cite news|title = Ottawa celebrates Canada Day, rain or shine - Local - Orléans Star|url = http://www.orleansstar.ca/News/Local/2015-07-07/article-4206421/Ottawa-celebrates-Canada-Day%252C-rain-or-shine/1|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150712133224/http://www.orleansstar.ca/News/Local/2015-07-07/article-4206421/Ottawa-celebrates-Canada-Day%252C-rain-or-shine/1|url-status = dead|archive-date = July 12, 2015|work = Orléans Star|access-date = July 11, 2015|last = Snider|first = Kelly|date = July 7, 2015|publisher = Transcontinental Media}} He provides the vocals on the Robin Schulz song "Sugar".{{cite web|url=http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2015/07/robin-schulz-unveils-sugar-second-ep-arrive-september/|title=Robin Schulz unveils 'Sugar' ahead of his fall LP release|first=Lizzie|last=Renck|publisher=Dancing Astronaut|date=July 19, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://thebanginbeats.com/2015/07/20/robin-schulz-ft-francesco-yates-sugar-original-mix/|title=ROBIN SCHULZ FT. FRANCESCO YATES – SUGAR (ORIGINAL MIX)|first=Pranav|last=Gupta|publisher=Bangin Beats|date=July 20, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720194753/http://thebanginbeats.com/2015/07/20/robin-schulz-ft-francesco-yates-sugar-original-mix/|archive-date=July 20, 2015}} He also performed at We Day events 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 The Man of the Woods Tour.{{cite web|url=http://themusicexpress.ca/francesco-yates-launches-new-music-with-timberlake-dates/ |title= Francesco Yates Launches New Music With Timberlake Dates |date=February 3, 2018}} His next song, "Do You Think About Me", was released on April 6.{{cite web|url=http://canadianbeats.ca/2018/04/08/francesco-yates-releases-do-you-think-about-me/|title= Francesco Yates releases "Do You Think About Me"|date=April 8, 2018}} This is the first song which Yates wrote, produced, and performed entirely by himself. He released his single "Somebody Like You", on July 20.

File:Francesco Yates (MJF '16).jpg

At the end of August, it was announced that he was opening for Justin Timberlake again on the remaining North American part of his tour.{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/video/1306847811602/francesco-yates-is-continuing-his-tour-with-justin-timberlake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820104635/https://etcanada.com/video/1306847811602/francesco-yates-is-continuing-his-tour-with-justin-timberlake/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 20, 2019|title=Francesco Yates Is Continuing His Tour With Justin Timberlake|date=August 28, 2018}} The tour ended on April 13, 2019, after being postponed due to Timberlake suffering from bruised vocal cords.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8488880/justin-timberlake-scraps-remainder-man-of-the-woods-tour|title=Justin Timberlake's 'Man of the Woods' Tour On Hold Due to Bruised Vocal Cords|magazine=Billboard |date=December 5, 2018}}

On December 27, 2019, Yates officially released his single "I Got You", having previously uploaded it on SoundCloud at the beginning of the year.

On April 10, 2020, Yates released his single "Superbad" along with an official video. On May 29, 2020, he released a second single called "Bad Decisions". On June 26, 2020, Yates 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. On February 14, 2021, Yates released his song "Dive".

After performing it on an episode of The Recording Academy's "Press Play at Home" series,{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/videos/press-play-at-home-francesco-yates-performs-live-jimi-single |title=Francesco Yates Performs Jimi Hendrix-Inspired Single "Jimi"|access-date=July 28, 2022}} on June 10, 2022, he released his single "Jimi", which is inspired by the famous guitarist Jimi Hendrix.{{cite web|url=https://canadianbeats.ca/2022/06/10/francesco-yates-unveils-video-for-jimi/|title=Francesco Yates unveils video for "JIMI"|date=June 10, 2022}} In July, he announced on Instagram that he's opening for Backstreet Boys on the American and Canadian leg of their DNA World Tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CgC3RvzPIEB/|title=Francesco Yates Tour Announcement|access-date=July 28, 2022}}

Yates released his songs "Thunderbomb" and "Chanel" on April 14, 2023, and May 5, 2023, respectively.

Discography

=Extended plays=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! scope="col" style="width:8em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album details

scope="row"| Francesco Yates{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/francesco-yates-ep/1028571712|title=Francesco Yates - EP by Francesco Yates|website=iTunes|access-date=June 28, 2020}}

|

scope="row"| Superbad{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/superbad-ep/1518406633|title=Superbad - EP by Francesco Yates|website=iTunes|access-date=June 28, 2020}}

|

  • Release date: June 26, 2020
  • Label: FY
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

=Singles=

==As main artist==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" style="width:13em;" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6477321/francesco-yates/chart|title=Francesco Yates - Chart history (Canadian Hot 100)|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 6, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA
{{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Francesco+Yates | title=Francesco Yates discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=lescharts.com |access-date=August 1, 2015}}

scope="row" | "When I Found You"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/when-i-found-you/924492986?i=924492996|title=When I Found You - Single by Francesco Yates on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=October 14, 2014 }}

| 2014

| — || —

| rowspan="2"| Francesco Yates EP

scope="row" | "Better to Be Loved"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/better-to-be-loved/964665702?i=964665708|title=Better To Be Loved - Single by Francesco Yates on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=February 17, 2015 }}

| rowspan="3" | 2015

| 37 || 196

scope="row"| "Nobody Like You"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/nobody-like-you/967546949?i=967546954|title=Nobody Like You - Single by Francesco Yates on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=February 26, 2015 }}

| — || —

| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Call"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/call/889460830?i=889460834|title=Call - Single by Francesco Yates on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=June 24, 2014 }}

| 77 || —

| Francesco Yates EP

scope="row" | "Come Over"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/come-over-single/1332777552|title=Come Over - Single by Francesco Yates on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=February 2, 2018 }}

| rowspan="3" | 2018

| — || —

| rowspan="4" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Do You Think About Me"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/do-you-think-about-me-single/1352376389|title=Do You Think About Me – Single by Francesco Yates|work=iTunes Store (AU)|date=April 6, 2018 |access-date=April 6, 2018}}

| — || —

scope="row"| "Somebody Like You"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/somebody-like-you-single/1407731923|title=Somebody Like You – Single by Francesco Yates|website=iTunes|date=July 20, 2018 |access-date=July 20, 2018}}

| — || —

scope="row"| "I Got You"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-got-you-single/1492912987|title=I Got You - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=January 9, 2020}}

| 2019

| — || —

scope="row" | "Superbad"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/superbad-single/1506033623|title=Superbad - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=April 11, 2020}}

| rowspan="3" | 2020

| — || —

| rowspan="2"| Superbad

scope="row"| "Bad Decisions"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/bad-decisions-single/1513690409|title=Bad Decisions - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=June 8, 2020}}

| — || —

scope="row"| "Late Night Love"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/late-night-love-single/1530756323|title=Late Night Love - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=September 18, 2020}}

| — || —

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row" | "Dive"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dive-single/1550216501|title=Dive - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=February 16, 2021}}

| 2021

| — || —

scope="row"| "Jimi"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/jimi/1624163732?i=1624163733|title=Jimi - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=July 28, 2022}}

| 2022

| — || —

| rowspan="3" {{TBA}}

scope="row" | "Thunderbomb"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/thunderbomb-single/1678760035|title=THUNDERBOMB - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=May 19, 2023}}

| rowspan="2" | 2023

| — || —

scope="row"| "Chanel"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/chanel-single/1678770533|title=Chanel - Single by Francesco Yates|website=music.apple.com|access-date=May 19, 2023}}

| — || —

colspan="13" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

==As featured artist==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title

! rowspan="2" | Year

! colspan="9"| Peak positions

! rowspan="2"| Certifications

! rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/5901303/robin-schulz/chart?f=793 | title=Robin Schulz discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=www.billboard.com |access-date=September 1, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT
{{cite web | url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Francesco+Yates | title=Francesco Yates discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=austriancharts.at |access-date=August 1, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER
{{cite web | url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-1451047 | title=Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates – Sugar | publisher=Hung Medien | work=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=August 22, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NLD
{{cite web | url=http://www.top40.nl/top40/2015/week-43 | title=Top 40-lijst van week 43, 2015 | publisher=Mediamarkt | work=Top40.nl |access-date=October 24, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWE
{{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Francesco+Yates | title=Francesco Yates discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=swedishcharts.com |access-date=August 1, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI
{{cite web | url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Robin-Schulz-feat.-Francesco-Yates/Sugar-1451047 | title=Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates - Sugar | publisher=Hung Medien | work=hitparade.ch |access-date=August 31, 2015}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US

scope="row" | "Sugar"
(Robin Schulz featuring Francesco Yates)

| 2015

| 42 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 9 || 1 || 21 || 44

|

  • ARIA: 6× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Australia|certyear=2023|type=single|access-date=July 9, 2023}}
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Germany|title=Sugar|artist=Robin Schulz|type=single|certyear=2017|award=Platinum|number=2}}
  • RMNZ: Gold{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2015-10-30 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart |date=November 2, 2015 |publisher=Official New Zealand Music Chart (Recorded Music NZ) |access-date=November 6, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030754/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4158 |archive-date=November 17, 2015 }}
  • FIMI: Platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Italy|title=Sugar|artist=Robin Schulz|type=single|certyear=2015|award=Platinum}}

| Sugar

scope="row" | "Hurts to Love You"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hurts-to-love-you-feat-aj-mclean-francesco-yates-kelsie/1501032188|title=Hurts to Love You - Single by ATCK|website=music.apple.com|access-date=July 28, 2022}}
(ATCK featuring AJ McLean, Francesco Yates and Kelsie Watts)

| 2020

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}

scope="row" | "Don't Call Me Back"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-call-me-back-feat-francesco-yates-dj-lux-aj-mclean/1549464892?i=1549464894|title=Don't Call Me Back - Single by ATCK|website=music.apple.com|access-date=July 28, 2022|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728185045/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-call-me-back-feat-francesco-yates-dj-lux-aj-mclean/1549464892?i=1549464894|url-status=dead}}
(ATCK featuring Francesco Yates, DJ Lux and AJ McLean)

| 2021

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

colspan="13" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category|Francesco Yates}}

  • [http://www.francescoyates.com/ Official website]

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