Joel Adams is a Brisbane-born pop-soul singer/songwriter, who is best known for his self-released single “Please Don’t Go” released in 2015, when he was 2015. He was born Joel Goncalves on December 16, 1996 family of music lovers, and got his start in music at 11-years-old, listening to artists such as James Taylor, Al Green, and Led Zeppelin..

He originally participated in the final day of auditions of X Factor Australia, though making it past the live auditions, he, unfortunately, was sent home before the live shows. Though he admits that:

Not making it to live shows was the best thing that ever happened to me."

Two years later the auditions took place, he adopted his mother’s maiden name as his stage name and Adams took the next step by launching a YouTube channel where he uploaded his weekly covers of pop hits. Later on, after his single had successfully debuted, Adams moved to the United States and began working with a number of producers on his debut album, for which Adams had already written 30 plus songs for. Adams describes America as a “grand prize for musicians”