Landon Sears

Landon Sears (born January 30, 1997) is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, and producer raised in Danville, Kentucky, and based out of Nashville, Tennessee.[1][2][3] He is most recognized for his work on Bren Joy's "Sweet" in 2019, which has accumulated over 20 million streams on Spotify, as of Dec 1, 2024.[4][5][6] Sears has additionally gained recognition through his work as a songwriter and composer for South Korean acts such as NCT 127, Kang Daniel, CIX, NCT Dream and NCT DoJaeJung.[7][8] NCT DoJaeJung's "Perfume", co-written by Sears, peaked at number 4 on the South Korean single charts.[9] Sears's credits on Kang Daniel's EP, Yellow earned him his first platinum record, with NCT Dream's EP, Candy, delivering his second, reaching number 1 on Circle Chart and amassing sales of 1,395,187 copies by December 2022.[10][9] His work on NCT 127's "Walk" secured Sears a second number 1 in South Korea, with the lead single's eponymous album going 3× Platinum. His work with notable contemporary American artists includes Young Buck, Jason Derulo, Bubba Sparkxxx, Leven Kali, Innanet James, Felly, Rexx Life Raj, and Connor Stankevich (better known as Conswank) of 99 Neighbors.[11] He specializes in the genres of hip-hop and R&B, with his style being self-described as "harmony rap".[12]

Early life and career

Initially a violinist, he became fascinated with hip-hop at a young age, attributing his time spent navigating iTunes & YouTube to developing his taste in music. He would overdub recordings of him playing violin onto instrumentals of well-known songs, burn them to CDs and sell them at school.[13] At the age of 13, he began learning to rap and produce using GarageBand, attempting to copy other artists he found on DatPiff, then moving onto Logic Pro once he began attending high school.[12] He eventually moved from his hometown of Danville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee to attend Belmont University and find a more fitting music scene. He began posting to online music platforms such as SoundCloud and Bandcamp before releasing his first single, "Bonnie & Clyde", to music streaming services via DistroKid on December 5, 2016.

Discography

Landon Sears has released three independent albums, Autumn Icarus which was released on 19 December 2017, 88.1, released on 30 January 2021, and Call Collect X, released on 28 October 2022.

Albums

List of Studio albums
Title Album details
Autumn Icarus[14]
  • Released: December 19, 2017
  • Label: Landon Sears (self-released)
  • Format: Digital download
88.1[15]
  • Released: January 30, 2021
  • Label: Engine House Records
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect X[16]
  • Released: October 28, 2022
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download
All Men Lie[17]
  • Released: August 23, 2024
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download

Extended plays

List of Extended plays
Title Extended play details
Call Collect, Vol.1[18]
  • Released: March 9, 2018
  • Label: Landon Sears
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.2[19]
  • Released: April 27, 2018
  • Label: Landon Sears
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.3[20]
  • Released: June 29, 2018
  • Label: Landon Sears
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.4[21]
  • Released: September 14, 2018
  • Label: LAZYIRENE
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect, Vol.5[22]
  • Released: December 14, 2018
  • Label: LAZYIRENE
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 6[23]
  • Released: April 23, 2021
  • Label: Engine House Records
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 7[24]
  • Released: June 18, 2021
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 8[25]
  • Released: September 3, 2021
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download
Call Collect 9[26]
  • Released: June 15, 2022
  • Label: GoodCopBadCop LLC
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist
Title Year Album / EP
"Bonnie & Clyde"[27] 2016 Non-album singles
"Backwoods & Lipstick"[28] 2017
"Cuba Libre"[29]
"Blueberry Cadillac"[30]
"Moet on the Balcony"[31]
"She Wants Those Eyes"[32]
"Wake Up"[33]
"Nobody Awake"[34] Autumn Icarus
"Show My Work"[35] 2018 Call Collect, Vol.3
"Sabrina Claudio"[36] Call Collect, Vol.4
"Oxygen"[37] 2019 Non-album singles
"Broadcast"

(featuring Estef)[38]

"Half an Hour"[39]
"Kick It / Eucalyptus"[40]
"Slide"[41]
"Watch"[42] 2020
"TI-83"[43]
"Sunday"[44]
"Gwen Stacy"[45]
"Walking Distance"[46]
"Amaretto"[47]
"Next Time We're Flying"

(featuring Bren Joy)[48]

88.1
"Money"

(Talia Stewart & Landon Sears)[49][50]

2021 Keep Coming Back!
"Prada"

(Danny Polo, Landon Sears, & CUBE)[51]

Non-album singles
"Against Me"

(featuring Claire Maisto)[52]

2022
"Rotten Apple"[53]
"Old School"

(Valid Point. & Landon Sears)[54]

"No Matter"

(Chase Murphy & Landon Sears)[55]

"Solid"[56]
"Under My Skin"

(Chris Scalco & Landon Sears)[57]

Boy Bands & Boom Bap
"Shut Me Up"[58] 2022 Call Collect X
"Incentivized"

(Landon Sears & Innanet James)[59]

2023 Non-album singles
"Bat Ur Eyes"[60]
"Passport Luvr"[61]
"Pool Day"

(Landon Sears & DJ Grumble)[62][63]

All Men Lie
"I Wanna"

(Landon Sears, Alex Slay, Chase Williams)[64]

Non-album single
"When We Kiss"

(Landon Sears & Alex Slay)[65]

2024 All Men Lie
"Exfoliate"

(Landon Sears, Rexx Life Raj, Chase Murphy)[66]

"Chrome On The Wheels"

(Landon Sears, Bubba Sparxxx, Young Buck)[67]

"Lets Be Alone"

(Chase Williams, Landon Sears, Cadillac Dale)

TBA
List of singles as a featured artist
Title Year Artist Album
"Walk Around"[68] 2017 C-Trox Non-album singles
"Cabernet"[69] Gretchen
"Speed Up"[70] 2018 Pink Slip Project Pink
"Sweet"[71] 2019 Bren Joy Non-album singles
"Goin' Up (Remix)"[72] 2020 Owen Mack
"Skittles"[73] Csztr
"Higher"[74] Kirk Tegtmeier
"Reroute"[75] 2022 Chase Williams Downtempo
"Corner of My Eye"[76] Dizzy Spins False Permanence
"So Rich"[77] Sara Sturm Non-album singles
"Mid-October"[78] Ryan Tucker
"I've Been"[79] 2023 J. Seuss If You Really Wanna Know
"Miss U More"[80] Curv Moon Non-album single
"2 Artists"[81] 2024 Danny Polo Kahlo
"Corner of My Eye (Radio Edit)"[82] Dizzy Spins Non-album singles
"Intuition (Remix)"[83] Arlana
"The City"[84] Soul Tapes The Soul Tapes

Production and songwriting credits

List of songs co-written and co-produced by Sears for other artists.
Title Year Artist Album credits
"Imagine"[85] 2019 CIX Hello Chapter 1: Hello Stranger Co-writer
"Black Out"[86] Hello Chapter 2: Hello, Strange Place Co-writer
"Revival"[87] 2020 Pinky Swear Co-writer
"All Gone"

(featuring The Hive)

2020 Lackhoney Non-album single Co-writer, co-producer[88]
"How We Live"

(featuring Sokodomo)[89]

2022 Kang Daniel The Story Co-writer
"Tangerine Love (Favorite)"[90] 2022 NCT Dream Candy Co-writer
"When Love Sucks"

(featuring Dido)[91]

2023 Jason Derluo Nu King Violinist, string arranger
"Body Count"[92] Co-writer
"Atrocity's Building"[93] 2024 Dizzy Spins Non-album single Engineer
"Walk"[94] NCT 127 Walk Co-writer
"Thrill Of The Risk"[95] Dizzy Spins All Titles Temporary Co-writer, spoken word

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