Jon Vinyl

{{Short description|Canadian singer}}

Jon Vinyl is a Canadian soul and rhythm and blues singer,Natalie Harmsen, [https://www.complex.com/music/jon-vinyl-lost-in-you-interview "The Pleasure and Pain of Jon Vinyl"]. Complex, October 1, 2021. 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.[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. 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.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. 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.

In early 2021 he released the single "Told You" as an advance preview of Lost in You,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. 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.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.