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Javier is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder, Ben E. King, Sarah McLachlan, Coldplay and The Beatles. Those roots explain a lot about how Javier arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Algebra, Kevon Edmonds, Adriana Evans, Latif and K'jon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenny Lattimore, Babyface and Brian McKnight, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Javier, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Kenny Lattimore. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Javier Colon is an American singer-songwriter. He has referred to his style of music as being "acoustic soul". He was a member of EmcQ and The Derek Trucks Band, and worked with many musicians before going solo. From 2002 to 2006, he was signed to Capitol Records, known as artist Javier. In 2006, however, the contract was terminated and Javier Colon became an independent artist with his own label, Javier Colon Music. In 2011, he was the winner of season 1 of the American talent competition show on NBC, The Voice, receiving $100,000 and signing a recording contract with Universal Republic Records. Colon eventually decided to part ways with Universal Republic in 2012.
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Javier connections
Javier grew out of Stevie Wonder, Ben E. King, Sarah McLachlan and Coldplay, shares an orbit with Algebra, Kevon Edmonds, Adriana Evans and Latif, went on to shape Kenny Lattimore, Babyface and Brian McKnight. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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