Ayo & Teo

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  US 20th 04.03.2017 (25 weeks)

Ayo & Teo is an American hip hop duo from Michigan . They became best known as teenagers with their 2017 viral hit Rolex .

Career

The brothers Ayleo and Mateo Bowles, aka Ayo & Teo, come from Ann Arbor in the US state of Michigan . They were passionate about dancing from elementary school. In the mid-2010s, they set up a social media site with dance videos and challenges, which attracted many followers. In 2016 they released the single In Reverse . The music industry noticed them and they got the chance to appear in the videos for Usher's Song No Limit and Chris Brown's Party . They also made an appearance at the BET Awards that same year. Their trademarks are their face masks with printed bear snouts and other motifs.

They signed with Columbia Records and released another single, Lit Right Now . At the beginning of 2017 they had their greatest success with their song Rolex . The video reached 30 million views on YouTube in a short time and entered the US singles charts . It came in at number 20 and was awarded double platinum . It went viral in particular, and has been viewed hundreds of millions of times over the years. Even in Great Britain, where the song didn't make it into the charts, it reached silver status a year and a half after its release.

Ayo & Teo released numerous other songs afterwards, but they didn't succeed in another hit.

Members

  • Ayleo Bowles (born October 30, 1996)
  • Mateo Bowles (born August 29, 1999)

Discography

  • 2016: In Reverse
  • 2017: Lit Right Now
  • 2017: Rolex (US:Double platinum× 2Double platinum , UK: silversilver)
  • 2017: Hoddie
  • 2017: Better Off Alone
  • 2017: Like Us
  • 2018: Hold My Sauce
  • 2018: Fallen Angels
  • 2018: Aye3 (featuring Lil Yachty )
  • 2019: Friends (featuring B. Smyth)
  • 2019: Last Forever

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  1. ↑ a b Ayo & Teo in the US charts (Billboard)
  2. ↑ Ayo & Teo - Ayo & Teo "Dance" Challenge , Proximus, October 19, 2017
  3. ↑ Fly Introduction: Chris Brown and Usher Praises New Dance Duo AYO & TEO , Gabriel Williams, Stuff Fly People Like, accessed November 17, 2019
  4. ↑ Dance Duo Ayo & Teo Are Pros at Pop-Locking and Popping Tags , Whitney Wei, Vogue, February 27, 2018
  5. ↑ Ayo & Teo in the gold / platinum database of the RIAA (USA) / gold / silver database of the BPI (Great Britain)

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