Jake Bugg is an English singer and songwriter who has released the solo studio albums Jake Bugg (2012), Shangri La (2013), On My One (2016), Hearts That Strain (2017), and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (2021). The first of those albums had reached number one on the UK Albums chart.
Born Name
Jake Edwin Charles Kennedy
Nick Name
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg as seen in an Instagram Post in August 2021 (Jake Bugg / Instagram)
Sun Sign
Pisces
Born Place
Clifton, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Residence
England, United Kingdom
Nationality
Education
Jake had attended the Farnborough Spencer Academy, a coeducational secondary school in his hometown of Clifton. He was enrolled in a music technology course there but, by the age of 16, had dropped out.
Occupation
Singer, Songwriter
Jake Bugg as seen in an Instagram Post in October 2021 (Jake Bugg / Instagram)
Family
Father – David Bugg (Nurse)
Mother – Leeysa Kennedy (Sales Agent)
Others – Mark (Uncle), Edwin Bugg (Paternal Grandfather), Colleen Duffy (Paternal Grandmother), Charles R. Kennedy (Maternal Grandfather), Karen M. Thresher (Maternal Grandmother)
Genre
Indie Rock, Indie Folk, Folk Rock, Blues, Blues Rock, Country Rock, Americana, British Blues
Instruments
Guitar, Vocals
Labels
Mercury Records
Island Records
Virgin EMI Records
RCA Records
Net Worth
Jake Bugg’s net worth had been $2 million according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 7 in or 170 cm
Weight
63 kg or 139 lbs
Jake Bugg as seen in an Instagram Post in June 2021 (Jake Bugg / Instagram)
He is of English, Irish, and some Scottish descent.
Hair Color
Light Brown
Eye Color
Blue
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Slender frame
Side-parted, disheveled hair
Clean-shaven look
Jake Bugg as seen in an Instagram Post in March 2021 (Jake Bugg / Instagram)
Jake Bugg Facts
Although Jake’s parents had not pursued music as a full-time career, they had both previously made recordings. They had parted ways when he was quite young.
He had started playing guitar at the age of 12 after he was introduced to the instrument by his uncle Mark.
Aged just 16, he had been selected to perform on the ‘BBC Introducing’ stage at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, an annual 5-day festival of contemporary performing arts in Pilton, Somerset, England. This was after he had submitted some material to their website. He was soon signed up by Mercury Records.
Country Song, the 2nd single from his debut studio album Jake Bugg (2012) had been used in a national TV beer commercial for Greene King IPA, a large British pub retailer, and brewer.
In June 2013, he had performed an afternoon set on the ‘Pyramid Stage’ at the Glastonbury Festival. This had made him the first artist ever to have moved from the ‘BBC Introducing’ stage to the main ‘Pyramid Stage’ in successive years.
His 2nd solo studio album Shangri La was released in November 2013. The album had been named after the studio it had been recorded in.
He is an avid soccer fan and is an ardent supporter of Notts County F.C., a professional association soccer club based in Nottingham, England, that participates in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1862, it is among the oldest professional soccer clubs in the world.
In June 2017, he had pledged that he would be the shirt sponsor of his favorite and local soccer team. He had taken up the November sponsorship slot in a season-long rotation. In September 2020, the club had announced that Jake would be sponsoring their away shirt during the 2020–21 season.
