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Javier Colon is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Wonder, Kenny Lattimore, Brian McKnight, Babyface and Kris Allen. Those roots explain a lot about how Javier Colon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Candice Glover, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joss Stone, Darius Rucker, Stevie Nicks, Adam Levine and Anthony Hamilton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Javier Colon, reaching back through Stevie Wonder and forward to Joss Stone. 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 Colon grew out of Stevie Wonder, Kenny Lattimore, Brian McKnight and Babyface, shares an orbit with Candice Glover, went on to shape Joss Stone, Darius Rucker, Stevie Nicks and Adam Levine. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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