Jason Walker is an American singer and songwriter whose work includes mostly

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and

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music, especially popular among the gay club scene, but also includes pop,

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and R&B influences. Walker has released several studio albums, and 12 of his singles have charted on ''

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, including five, "Foolish Mind Games" (2004), "Set It Free" (2005), "

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" (2016), " Say Yes" (2016), and " I'm In Love With You", which reached number one on the chart.

Early life and education

Walker grew up in

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, south of

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. He started singing from the age of four. His interest in music developed while singing in church choirs, and he also performed in local R&B bands.

Career

In 2001, Jason Walker first gained national recognition when he appeared on the television competition show ''

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''. He won by performing a rendition of Oleta Adams's cover of "

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". Walker then began working with record producer and DJ Junior Vasquez. Together, they began releasing a series of singles. In May 2004, a song by Vasquez featuring Walker, "My Life", peaked at number three on the ''

chart, following its debut on the chart nine weeks earlier. Later that year, Walker released his own single, "Foolish Mind Games", which appeared in the Dance Club Songs chart in the mid-2004 and peaked at number one on the chart on September 25, 2004. Walker's first studio album, ''This Is My Life'', was released under Vasquez's JVM label in 2005. Both of the earlier singles, "My Life" and "Foolish Mind Games", were included in the album. In May 2005, another single from the album, "Set It Free", became Walker's second single to reach number one on the Dance Club Songs chart. Vasquez introduced Walker to

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when Vasquez commissioned a remix of "Set It Free" by Moran. Moran and Walker would later continue collaborating to produce several ''Billboard''-charting songs. "No More", a fourth single from Walker's debut album, peaked at number five on the Dance Club chart in December 2005. "Movin' On", released as a song by

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featuring Walker, was the fifth single from the album to appear on the Dance Club chart in July 2006, peaking at number seven on the chart the week of September 9, 2006. In December 2007, Walker released his next album, ''Flexible'', under

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. "I Can't Get You Off My Mind", the first track on the album, appeared on the Dance Club chart during the following year, peaking at number 27 in August 2008. Walker independently released a pop album in August 2010 titled ''Leave It All Behind''. While the album has a "clear focus on Gospel-inspired soul", the album's title track had a techno-inspired beat apparently intended for the dance club scene. The title track from the album peaked at number 15 on the Dance Club chart in October 2010. In April 2014, Walker's single "Tell It To My Heart" featuring Bimbo Jones debuted at number 48 on the Dance Club Songs chart. The song peaked at number ten on the chart in June 2014. Walker began collaborating regularly with Moran beginning with "

" which peaked at number one of Dance Club Songs chart on June 4, 2016. The single featured Walker and was written by Moran and

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. On December 17, 2016, " Say Yes" became number one on Dance Club Songs. In August 2018, " I'm In Love With You" became Walker's fifth song at the top of the Dance Club Songs chart. This was his third collaboration with Moran to reach number one. A fourth collaboration with Moran, "Perfect Bitch", peaked at number two on the chart in 2019.

Personal life

Walker lives in

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, with his husband. They have a

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Singles as lead artist

Guest singles

References

External links

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