Ian Erix
Ian Erix is an American pop singer, songwriter, TV presenter, and social media personality who has racked up over 40 million plays of his music online internationally, primarily in Asia.
2017 saw multiple international tours for Erix who linked up with famed XFactor boyband Union J to play 17 dates across UK earlier in the year. He previewed new material from his forthcoming album on that tour for the first time and announced his upcoming LB will likely be called “Renegade”. After leaving the UK, Erix embarked on another promo tour of his own that took him to South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and across Europe. In the Philippines he appeared on MTV Asia with fellow pop artist Austin Mahone and rapper Kanye West. He presented and performed at the red carpet pre-show at Justin Bieber’s “Purpose Tour” in Mumbai, India.
In summer 2017, Erix began promoting his single, “Footprints In The Sand”, an EDM based pop track containing lyrics that suggest listeners should live their lives to the fullest. The song was well received and began to grow in popularity in several countries throughout the summer months. It broke into the Top 100 on Japanese pop radio and remained in top 20 on dance radio in Japan throughout the summer, peaking at #5 in August. A David Guetta mashup of the song also began making some noise worldwide throughout the summer first originating in Japan in a mix show by DJ Kongo and receiving club and radio play worldwide. “Footprints In The Sand” went on to land at #37 on iTunes sales charts in Scandinavia and later claimed #1 chart positions on Spotify in several part of Europe. The song also cracked the Top 40 of various national sales and radio charts across the region and received airplay on several Top 40 Mediabase, iHeart Radio and Sirius FM stations in USA. It was voted top new song 4 weeks in a row on Kiss FM in Memphis landing Ian a permanent spot in the Hall Of Fame as a favorite “newbie” artist for that iHeart radio station.