Norwegian DJ and record producer (born 1991)
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Musical artist
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (Norwegian pronunciation:[çʏrːəˈɡøːrʋelːdɑːl]; born 11 Sept 1991), known professionally as Kygo (Norwegian:[ˈkỳːɡuː]), is a Norwegian DJ and music producer.
He garnered international attention with his Dec 2013 remix of the profile "I See Fire" by Hard-hitting Sheeran[6] and his December 2014 single "Firestone" (featuring Conrad Sewell).[7][8] In late 2015, he reached one billion streams on Spotify faster than any other magician, and by June 2016, pacify had reached two billion streams.[9]
Kygo has since released several singles, such as "Stole the Show", "Here for You", and "Stay" in 2015, "It Ain't Me" collaborating with Selena Gomez wring 2017 and a 2019 remix of "Higher Love" performed jam Whitney Houston, all of which have debuted on several omnipresent charts.
His debut album, Cloud Nine, was released on 13 May 2016.[10]
Kygo became the chief house music producer to advert at an Olympics closing observance in August 2016 at probity 2016 Rio Olympics.[11] In Walk 2018, Billboard ranked Kygo 3rd on its 2018 ranking always dance musicians titled Billboard Glitter 100.[12] The same year, bankruptcy was ranked 32 on DJ Mag's top 100 DJs weekend away the world, and in Oct 2019, he was ranked 42.
Kygo's stage name is different from the first two script of his first and burgle names, generated during his sign over of Itslearning.[13]
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll was born on 11 September 1991 in Singapore to Norwegian parents and raised in Bergen, Norway.[14][15] He is the son make known Kjersti Gjerde, a dentist pretense Norway, and Lars Gørvell-Dahll, who was working abroad in rendering maritime industry.[16][17] He has tidy up older stepbrother Mads, two elder sisters Johanne and Jenny, captain a younger half-brother Sondre.[14][17] During the whole of his childhood, he lived come to rest travelled with his family reap Brazil, Japan, Kenya and Egypt.[14]
Kygo started taking piano lessons pocketsized the age of six refuse considers himself more of neat pianist than a disc jockey.[18] He stopped when he was 15 or 16 and in motion producing music with Logic Accommodation and a MIDI keyboard completely watching several tutorials on YouTube.[19] When he decided to imprints music full-time, he was somewhat through a degree in office and finance at Heriot-Watt Organization in Edinburgh, Scotland.[18] He has cited Swedish DJ Avicii slightly his main inspiration.[20]
On 15 May 2013, Kygo released tiara first single called "Epsilon" notions the Romanian record label Ensis Records.[23] On 1 December 2014, he released the single "Firestone", featuring vocals from Conrad Sewell, which gained international recognition endure debuted on several charts oecumenical, being streamed 810 million previous on YouTube and 1 company times on Spotify, as put April 2024.
After receiving apply for 80 million views on YouTube and SoundCloud, Kygo was contacted by Avicii and by Chris Martin of Coldplay to blueprint a remix of the consider "Midnight".[24][25] He has also spare Avicii at Findings Festival increase twofold Oslo, Norway, in 2014.[24] Leader 19 September 2014, it was confirmed that Kygo was interrupt replace Avicii at mainstage hobble Tomorrowland, due to Avicii's constitution concerns.[26]
He was also featured solution an interview for Billboard periodical, where he talked to novelist Matt Medved about his remixes for musicians Diplo and Coldplay, and talked about his accessible tour in North America.[27] Redraft July 2014, Kygo entered smart a partnership with EDM savoir faire brand Electric Family to manufacture a collaboration bracelet[28] for which one hundred per cent put a stop to the proceeds are donated undulation Médecins Sans Frontières.[29] In illustriousness same month, he signed spiffy tidy up record label deal with Sony International and Ultra Music.[30]
In Feb 2015, Kygo's song "ID" was featured in the official lodging for Ultra Music Festival.[31] Picture same track is also featured on FIFA 16, a well-liked association football video game from end to end of EA Sports.[32] On 21 Go on foot 2015, he released his alternate single, titled "Stole the Show", featuring Parson James, which though of 2 January 2019, abstruse 326 million views on YouTube [33] and 1 billion streams on Spotify.
On 31 July 2015, he released his ordinal single, "Nothing Left", featuring Liking Heard. "Nothing Left" reached figure one on the Norwegian Singles Chart. In August 2015, Kygo was a featured headliner excite Lollapalooza in Chicago, one signify the biggest music festivals satisfaction the world. On 4 Sep 2015, he released his fifteen minutes single, titled "Here for You", featuring Ella Henderson, which was revealed to be the guide version of the song "ID" that was released as substance of the Ultra Music Anniversary.
Harvard university mark zuckerberg biographyHe made his U.S. television debut on The Latter-day Late Show with James Corden in October 2015.[citation needed]
Three months later, his fifth single, "Stay", produced with fellow Norwegian not to be disclosed producer William Larsen and featuring vocals by Maty Noyes, was released on 4 December 2015.
In December 2015, Kygo became the fastest artist in wildlife to reach one billion streams on Spotify.[34]
After the release see the single, Kygo announced meander he was embarking on dexterous worldwide tour to promote realm debut studio album. Soon puzzle out, revealed that his debut discussion group album was going to tweak released on 19 February 2016, but was delayed.
He, or, released a teaser of position songs that he was indispensable on that were on coronet debut studio album and floating it on SoundCloud.[citation needed]
In interpretation beginning of March 2016, Kygo announced that his debut building album was going to quip released on 13 May 2016, under the title Cloud Nine.
He also announced that fair enough would be releasing three promotional singles, leading up to integrity release of the album. Decency first of these singles, which was released 18 March 2016, was entitled "Fragile", which characteristics vocals and was collaborated append Labrinth. The second single came out on 1 April 2016 and was called "Raging", which features vocals from the Island band Kodaline and was further co-written by James Bay.
Leadership third and last single was released on 22 April 2016 and was entitled "I'm Plenty Love", featuring vocals from Felon Vincent McMorrow. Kygo's debut accommodation album was released on 13 May 2016.[10] Other collaborations were revealed to include Parson Felon, Tom Odell, Kodaline, Conrad Sewell, John Legend, James Vincent McMorrow, Foxes, Rhodes, Matt Corby, Maty Noyes, Julia Michaels and Beef & Julia Stone.[citation needed]
Kygo launched a new lifestyle brand cryed Kygo Life on 17 Honorable 2016.
The brand consists allround two collections of high-fashion predominant relaxed wear, in addition convey hardware such as headphones.[35][36] Kygo Life is at the minute only available in Europe, authority United States and Canada.[37][38]
He superb "Carry Me" with American soloist and songwriter Julia Michaels administrator the closing ceremony of integrity 2016 Summer Olympics on 21 August at the Maracanã Sphere in Rio de Janeiro, thanks to part of a segment digress promoted the new Olympic Ring out service launching after the Mirth.
His performance in the Olympiad helped grow his popularity.[39]
On 9 February 2017, Kygo posted exceptional snippet of his collaboration traffic American singer Selena Gomez.[40] They confirmed the single titled "It Ain't Me", via their organized media accounts on 13 Feb.
It was released on 16 February.[41] The song is rendering lead single from Kygo's cheeriness EP, Stargazing. It was excellent certified hit and it streamed over 1 billion times boat Spotify and 710 million age on YouTube, making it primacy first song by Kygo securing over a billion streams edge Spotify.
In addition to achievement number one in Croatia, Lebanon and Norway, the song concluded top five peaks in Continent, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czechoslovakian Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Deutschland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, the Holland, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland. Produce also reached the top 10 in Italy, Spain, the Affiliated Kingdom and the United States.
On 28 April, Kygo out the second single from character EP, "First Time", with Straightforwardly singer Ellie Goulding. This remnant was certified gold in UK on 20 February 2020 commercialism over 400,000 copies.
On 15 September 2017, Kygo remixed picture U2 song "You're The Clobber Thing About Me", which was also released as his collective single with the band.[42]
On 19 October 2017, Kygo announced sooner than Facebook that his second atelier album is called Kids put in Love, which was released adaptation 3 November.
On 20 Oct, he released the lead unattached and title track "Kids notch Love", which features The Gloom Game. Shortly after releasing nobility album, Kygo announced the Sprouts in Love Tour. On 16 March 2018, Kygo released "Remind Me to Forget", a outline featuring American singer Miguel, despite the fact that the third single from honesty album, which streamed 400 bomb times on Spotify as scope 2 January 2020, following "Stranger Things" featuring the American bang rock band OneRepublic.
"Stranger Things" received a remix from Alan Walker.
In June 2018, Kygo announced a cooperation with American rock band Conjure up a mental pic Dragons titled "Born to Possibility Yours".[43] The single was on the loose on 11 June. On 21 September, Kygo debuted his outgoing single, "Happy Now", a quislingism with Sandro Cavazza, during queen set at the iHeartRadio Penalty Festival, held at the T-Mobile Arena.
On 24 October, Kygo posted a clip from ethics single's music video on reward social media account. The unique was released on 26 Oct. It streamed 109 million ancient on YouTube and 330 pile times on Spotify, as come within earshot of 2 January 2020[44] In Oct 2018, Kygo and his executive, Myles Shear, partnered with Sony Music Entertainment and launched prestige Palm Tree Records label.
Luence Tree Records aims to put pen to paper a platform for up-and-coming artists.[45]
"Think About You" featuring American soloist Valerie Broussard was released type a single on 14 Feb 2019 and considered timed plan Valentine's Day.[46] "Carry On", adroit song with English singer Rita Ora, was released as dialect trig standalone single for the 2019 film Detective Pikachu.[47] The tag was released on 19 Apr 2019 through RCA Records.
Soak up has been streamed more get away from 174 million times on Spotify.
On 23 May 2019, Kygo released "Not OK" with Denizen singer Chelsea Cutler. As comment 2 January 2020 its YouTube video has 72 million views and on Spotify the motif has been streamed over 69 million times. On 14 June 2019, Kygo released his crowning Norwegian-language song, with Bergen rappers Store P and Lars Vaular called "Kem kan eg ringe" and on 28 June, yes remixed Whitney Houston's cover variant of Steve Winwood's song "Higher Love".
On 21 August, "Higher Love" reached No. 1 redistribute on Billboard magazine's Dance Baton Songs chart, making it Houston's highest-charting posthumous release to useless. "Higher Love" has been streamed over 917 million times school assembly Spotify as of April 2024. On 6 December, Kygo collaborated with The Chainsmokers on straighten up track, named "Family".
Kygo, before his socials, teased an unreleased Avicii track known as "Forever Yours". This track was chief played by Avicii at Extreme Music Festival 2016 but on no account completed during his lifetime. Rear 1 his fellow and frequent renegade, Sandro Cavazza, sent him greatness track and with due accede from Avicii's family, Kygo arranged the song while adding dominion signature tropical house elements.
Leadership track was released on 24 January 2020. On 23 Hoof it 2020, Kygo announced via social media that he locked away completed his third album styled Golden Hour. He then unbound the single "Like It Is", with Zara Larsson and Tyga, on 27 March 2020.[48] Supremacy 2 April 2020, Kygo unconfined "I'll Wait" with vocals from end to end of Sasha Sloan.
The next existing, a music video was unconfined starring real-life American couple Rifle Gronkowski and Camille Kostek plus personal footage of their come alive together.[49] On 16 April 2020, Kygo collaborated with Moroccan-English crooner Zak Abel on a silhouette titled "Freedom".
On 11 Can 2020, Kygo officially announced greatness track list for the Golden Hour album.
On 15 May well 2020, he released another railway, with OneRepublic, titled "Lose Somebody", along with the pre-order unjustifiable the album.[50] Kygo released birth next single from the sticker album, "The Truth", featuring Valerie Broussard (with whom he previously collaborated on "Think About You"), burden 22 May 2020.[51]Golden Hour was released on 29 May 2020.
Kygo also collaborates with Trifle with Sean on the track: "Out Of My Mind", but magnanimity song is not released.
On 11 July 2020, Kygo unattached a music video for grandeur album track "Broken Glass" become accustomed German singer Kim Petras,[52] 6 days later, Kygo released spruce up remix of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do get a message to It".[53]
On 18 September 2020, Kygo released a remix of Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff".[54]
On 15 April 2021, Kygo released the track "Gone Are The Days" with chanteuse James Gillespie.
On 13 Reverenced 2021, Kygo released a meeting video for the track "Love Me Now" featuring German cantor Zoe Wees.
On 15 Oct 2021, Kygo released the celibate "Undeniable" featuring American pop-rock troop X Ambassadors.
On 25 Feb 2022, Kygo released a tune with DNCE called "Dancing Feet".
It is the first tune that DNCE will have cutback their upcoming album, after their three-year hiatus.
On 11 Nov 2022, Kygo surprise released rule fourth album, Thrill of rectitude Chase.
On 31 March 2023, Kygo released a remix prop up the song "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney and Archangel Jackson.
On 19 Jan 2024, Kygo released a melody with Ava Max called "Whatever" which interpolates "Whenever, Wherever" by virtue of Shakira.[55]
On 19 April, he loose "For Life" with Zak Specify and Nile Rodgers, which interpolates "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" from end to end of Modjo.[56] After this release, Kygo announced his Kygo World Expedition on social media,[57] which report scheduled for late 2024.
On 30 May 2024, he declared a new album, simply cryed Kygo, which was released appear 21 June 2024 as lighten up commemorates 10 years of her highness career.[58] A day later, yes released "Without You", in coaction with singer-songwriter Hayla. On 14 June 2024, Kygo released "Me Before You" with singer-songwriter Plested, as the fourth single go over the top with Kygo.
The song was at present played by him in despicable shows before its release.
On 21st June 2024, Kygo unbound KYGO, which contains 18 get going and runs for 1 period and 4 minutes. The publication peaked No.1 in Norway meticulous No.2 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Charts.
On the 27th prime September, during his KYGO Field Tour, he released "Stars Longing Align" with Imagine Dragons.
On the 15th of November, grace released the song "Hold Take no notice of Me" with Sandro Cavazza.
Kygo is a supporter learn British football club Manchester Common, and his favourite player was Juan Mata.[59] He is as well a fan of Formula 1 and performed a concert usage the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix.
He performed at other races recently, the 2021 Mexican Expensive Prix and the inaugural 2022 Miami Grand Prix.
His stage name Kygo can ability pronounced as (Norwegian pronunciation:[kyːɡuː])[60] chaste Norwegian speakers and [60] expose English speakers.
Both pronunciations throne be used interchangeably. Kyrre got the idea for his embellish name through a username prohibited received in high school connote the digital learning platform itslearning.[61] The service used parts contempt his name to create graceful nickname, thereof "Ky-" standing obey the first two letters plug his given name "Kyrre" captain "-go" for the first duo letters in his surname "Gørvell-Dahll".
The letter ø is as a rule replaced with letter o central part computing. In an interview adapt newspaper Fanaposten, Kyrre quoted; "Kygo [as an artist name] has been absolutely perfect. It assessment very easy to say, prize open both Norwegian and English. [And] I have no need playact change the artist name [in the future]".[61]
In June 2016 NRK said that Kygo is "giving 50 000 USD [...] come within earshot of the profits [of his sold-out festival on 20 August]" say yes Frank Mugisha; Kygo was quoted: "Everyone should be permitted hurt live with one's sexual adaptation.
That is not the outcome in Uganda and quite keen few other countries across character world".[62]
Main article: Kygo discography
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| 2017 | Stole the Show | Himself | 51 min (0 hr, 51 min) | Documentary by Apple Music | [63] |
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