Clean bandit

Clean bandit
Clean Bandit (2016)
General information
Genre (s)	Electronic pop music
founding	2008
Website	www.cleanbandit.co.uk
Current occupation
Bass player , saxophone	Jack Patterson
Drums	Luke Patterson
Cello , vocals	Grace Chatto
former members
violin	Neil Amin-Smith

Clean Bandit is a British electro pop band . According to the sources, she has sold more than 30.9 million records to date, over eleven million of them in her home country alone. The most successful release of Clean Bandit is the single Rather Be from 2014 with over 8.3 million units sold, with which the band achieved international fame.

Band history

The musicians met while studying at Jesus College in Cambridge . In 2008 they joined forces to form Clean Bandit , the original five members later becoming a quartet. The band name is the literal translation of a Russian expression (чистый бандит, Transliteration chistyj bandit ), which they discovered during a stay in Russia and which means something like "absolute bastard". However, Patterson and Chatto corrected in an interview that it is specifically about the feminine form of the expression (чистая бандитка, transliteration chistaja banditka) and is intended rather lovingly, which is why "Naughty Rascal" is a more appropriate expression. You had your first successes in Cambridge , especially as the opening act for other artists. The band members come from classical music, which they incorporate into their electro pop; but they also give purely classical concerts. On the other hand, they established a successful dance night event with renowned guest musicians in Cambridge with the National Rail Disco .

Despite offers from Warner Music and Mercury Records , they decided to produce their own releases, including videos, and founded their own company, Incredible Industries . In October 2010 they published Mozart's House and, a little later, Telephone Banking on YouTube and, above all, the associated artistic videos attracted a lot of attention. Stations like BBC Radio 1 and Channel 4 started playing their music. The musical breakthrough came at the end of 2012 - Clean Bandit had moved to London in the meantime - with the EP A + E , the title song of which brought its first commercial success and reached number one in the iTunes electronic charts . With the single release by Mozart's House in April 2013, they then had a top 20 hit in the UK charts . In February 2014 her single Rather Be reached number 1 in the British, German and Austrian singles charts. Jess Glynne contributed the vocals and actress Haruka Abe played the lead role in the music video . The song was also able to place itself well in other European hit lists. In England the song won two Ivor Novello Awards for Most Played Song of the Year and Best Contemporary Song . It also received a Grammy Award in the Dance category.

The album New Eyes was released on May 30, 2014. With the release of the special edition of the album in November 2014, Real Love was also released, a renewed collaboration with Jess Glynne.

On October 19, 2016, Neil Amin-Smith announced via social media that he had left the band. Clean Bandit remains with three members. Two days later they released the single Rockabye , on which they collaborated with British singer Anne-Marie and dancehall singer Sean Paul . Like her hit single Rather Be , the song reached the top of the charts in several countries.

In May 2018 the band released the single Solo together with the singer Demi Lovato . It reached number 1 on the charts in several countries. On November 30th, 2018 her second studio album What Is Love was released , which contains all 7 singles that have been released since the last album.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	New eyes	DE31 (2 weeks) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	CH8 (6 weeks) CH	UK3 gold (62 weeks)UK	US180 gold (1 week)US	First published: May 30, 2014
2018	What is love?	-	-	CH58 (1 week) CH	UK9 gold (53 weeks)UK	US141 gold (1 week)US	First published: November 30, 2018

EPs

• 2010: 2010
• 2011: OriginL ClassC
• 2012: Live from France
• 2012: A + E
• 2013: Mozart's House

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	A + E New Eyes	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	-	First published: December 7th, 2012 feat. Kandaka Moore & Nikki Cislyn
2013	Mozart's House New Eyes	-	-	-	UK17 (3 weeks) UK	-	First release: December 19, 2011 Re-release: March 29, 2013 feat. Love Ssega
	Dust Clears New Eyes	-	-	-	UK43 (1 week) UK	-	First published: July 19, 2013 feat. Noonie Bao
2014	Rather Be New Eyes	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (56 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (33 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (58 weeks)CH	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (90 weeks)UK	US10 × 4 Quadruple platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: January 17th, 2014 feat. Jess Glynne
	Extraordinary New Eyes	-	-	-	UK5 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 16, 2014 feat. Sharna Bass
	Come Over New Eyes	DE76 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK45 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 8, 2014 feat. Stylo G
	Real Love New Eyes	DE2 (13 weeks) DE	AT22 (11 weeks) AT	CH37 (10 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (29 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 16, 2014 with Jess Glynne
2015	Stronger New Eyes	-	-	-	UK4th silver (10 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 13, 2015 feat. Alex Newell & Sean Bass
2016	Tears What Is Love?	DE95 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 platinum (27 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 27, 2016 feat. Louisa Johnson
	Rockabye What Is Love?	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (29 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (47 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (41 weeks)UK	US9 × 3 Triple platinum (27 weeks)US	First published: October 21, 2016 feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
2017	Symphony What Is Love?	DE9 platinum (27 weeks)DE	AT13 gold (23 weeks)AT	CH6th × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (53 weeks)UK	US- platinum US	First published: March 17th, 2017 feat. Zara Larsson
	I Miss You What Is Love?	DE49 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT57 (13 weeks) AT	CH43 (24 weeks) CH	UK4th platinum (30 weeks)UK	US92 gold (1 week)US	First published: October 27, 2017 feat. Julia Michaels
2018	Solo What Is Love?	DE1 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (32 weeks)AT	CH2 (36 weeks) CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (29 weeks)UK	US58 platinum (13 weeks)US	First published: May 18, 2018 feat. Demi Lovato
	Baby what is love?	-	-	-	UK15th gold (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 2nd, 2018 feat. Marina & Luis Fonsi
2019	Mama What Is Love?	-	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	-	First published: February 22nd, 2019 feat. Ellie Goulding
2020	Tick ​​Tock	DE- 1DE	-	CH66 (... weeks) CH	UK36 (... weeks) UK	-	First release: August 21, 2020 with Mabel feat. 24k gold

¹ Tick ​​Tock was unable to place in the official German single charts, but reached third place in the single trend charts (August 28, 2020).

more publishments

• 2017: Disconnect (with Marina and the Diamonds )
• 2019: Rockabye (with Marko Louis & Tuborg Open)
• 2020: Real Love × Sunchyme (VIP Mash Up) (with Dario G feat. Jess Glynne)

As a guest musician

• 2013: Intentions ( Gorgon City feat.Clean Bandit)
• 2019: Lost (End of the World feat.Clean Bandit)
• 2019: Arriba ( Little Big & Tatarka feat.Clean Bandit)
• 2019: Open to More (Henry Lau feat.Clean Bandit)

Remixes

• 2013: Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night
• 2014: The Weeknd - Wanderlust
• 2015: Rae Morris - Love Again
• 2015: Jack Ü feat. AlunaGeorge - To Ü
• 2016: Flume feat. Tove Lo - Say It
• 2018: End of The World - Stargazer
• 2018: Halsey feat. Big Sean & Stefflon Don - Alone
• 2018: SeeB & Dagny - Drink About
• 2019: Taylor Swift - You Need to Calm Down
• 2020: Robin Schulz feat. Alida - In Your Eyes
• 2020: The Killers - Caution

Songwriting

• 2015: Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand
• 2018: Sean Paul & David Guetta feat. Becky G - Mad Love
• 2019: MARINA - You • Karma
• 2019: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita
• 2020: Louise - Lead Me On

Awards for music sales

→ Main article : Clean Bandit / Music Sales Awards

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	22 × platinum22nd	-	1,540,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	7 × platinum7th	-	220,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	8 × platinum8th	-	360,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	-	2,250,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	2 × diamond2	925,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	18 × platinum18th	-	885,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	silver1	gold1	-	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	-	22 × platinum22nd	-	1,760,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	-	platinum1	-	60,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	105,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	7 × platinum7th	-	270,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	40,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	105,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	2 × diamond2	260,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	-	-	5,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	130,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	8 × platinum8th	-	320,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	9 × platinum9	-	10,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	3 × gold3	16 × platinum16	-	11,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	19 × gold19th	144 × platinum144	4 × diamond4th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Interview: Clean Bandit , Freya Berry, Varsity, September 30, 2011
2. ^ Biography at Warner Music, accessed December 6, 2014
3. ↑ Clean Bandit Opens Up About Neil Amin-Smith Leaving the Band ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , WhoSay, November 14th, 2016 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Artist Profile: Clean Bandit ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Machine management  
5. ↑ Watch: Clean Bandit - Mozart's House ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Ffion Davies, AltSounds, Feb 25, 2013  
6. ^ Ed Sheeran, Clean Bandit win big at Ivor Novello Awards , Official Charts, May 21, 2015
7. ↑ Clean Bandit - Chronicle | Facebook. In: www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 20, 2016 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
9. ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, August 28, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 . 

Web links

Commons : Clean Bandit  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official website (English)