James Harrison

Dzheyms Sviatoslav Yeliashkevych (Ukranian: Джеймс Стівен Єліашкевич; Russian: Джеймс Стивен Еляшкевич; born February 6, 1994), better known under the English translation of his name James Harrison (Ukrainian: Джеймс Стівен Гаррісон; Russian: Джеймс Стивен Харрисон) is an Ukrainian–American singer-songwriter and record producer, who rose to fame as winner of the fifth season of The Voice US.

Since the show Harrison has released five English studio albums all topping the Billboard 200 making him the only former contestant on The Voice to top either main Billboard chart. He represented Ukraine in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest earning his nation their second victory after 2004, he would also co-write their third victory in 2016. He later won in 2017 representing the United Kingdom becoming the first artist to win for different nations. He has gone on to earn 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles and a record 13 in his home nation Ukraine. He has also released four non-English albums, primarily sung in Ukrainian with mixes of Russian and Crimean Tatar.

He also returned to The Voice in season seven as coach and since has only missed season 15. He has also been a coach on The Voice of Ukraine since season five.

Early Life
Yeliashkeych was born in Krasnoperekopsk, Crimea, Ukraine in 1994 to a Crimean father and British mother. His Crimean Tatar ancestors were forcibly resettled from Crimea to the central Asian republic under Joseph Stalin during World War II. They returned to Ukraine in 1957 but did not return to Crimea until 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Yeliashkeych grew up as one of 15 children, with seven sisters Alina, Anastasiya, Iryna, Karyna, Khrystyna, Nataliya, Polina and seven brothers Anatoli, Dmytro, Heorhiy, Kostyantyn, Petro, Sasha and Yevheniy.

Yeliashkeych speaks Ukrainian as his mother tongue but it also fluent in English, Crimean Tatar, Turkish, Russian, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Discography

 * Main article: James Harrison discography


 * English-language studio albums
 * Triumphant (2015)
 * This Side of Fate (2016)
 * From the Flame (2017)
 * Into the Abyss (2018)
 * Spiritual Dimension (2019)


 * Non-English language studio albums
 * Чисте очікування (2014)
 * Місце призначення X (2016)
 * Заключне слово (2017)
 * Duvara Karşı (2018)
 * Обличчя все (2019)
 * Чергове Подорож (2020)

Personal Life
Yeliashkevych began dating American singer Ariana Grande in late 2014, Harrison announced their engagement in early 2016. They married at the Dormition Church in Lviv, Ukraine on August 14, 2017. In January 2018 Grande gave birth to their first two children, twin daughters Freya and Emiliya. The couple then welcomed their third child Oleksiy in August 2019 and in April 2020 Grande announced she was pregnant with their fourth child due in early 2021.

Yeliashkevych confirmed in early 2020 that he had become a dual Ukrainian–American citizen, stating that he had done this to ease his life in the United States. Despite this he is recognised in Ukraine as a sole Ukranian citizen as they do not recognise dual citizenship.