Darude
Darude (born July 17, 1975 in Eura , Finland ; actually Ville Virtanen ) is a Finnish DJ .
biography
In 1996 Darude began producing his own songs. When he gave the music producer Jaako Salovaara a demo tape with the track Sandstorm , he was able to sign a contract with the label 16 Inch Records . Sandstorm became a worldwide hit in 2000, reached the top 10 in numerous countries and even made it into the US pop charts (# 86). In the Finnish charts the piece stayed at number 3, but with platinum status and 42 chart weeks - only two songs had been in the charts longer there since 1995 - it was an unusual success.
The successor Feel The Beat was able to build on its success internationally and reached placements around 20 in many countries and number 5 in Great Britain. In Finland it was the first number 1 hit and the following album Before The Storm also reached im same year number 1 among the albums. It took three years until the next album, Rush . It also only reached number 4 in Finland, but it had two number 1 hits : Music and Next To You . Internationally, however, there was little interest in the Finn and his music. In 2007 Darude returned with the title Tell Me and had his fourth number 1 hit in his homeland. The album Moments was released in 2015 and entered the Finnish album charts at number 31.
On January 29, 2019 it was announced that he would represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv together with the singer Sebastian Rejman . The song Look Away of the two was determined by the preliminary decision Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2019 . After taking part in the first semi-final, the duo landed in last place and thus missed the finals of the competition.
Internet phenomenon Darude - Sandstorm
By 2013 at the latest, the title Sandstorm became a viral video after the song was broadcast as background music in live streams . Many viewers asked for the name of the title, which was then answered with Darude - Sandstorm . Since then, this phrase has been known as a meme . As of April Fool's Day 2015, YouTube would show the message Did you mean Darude - Sandstorm every time it searched for music , regardless of whether it was actually that song. Internet users answer questions about an unknown background song in YouTube videos in the comments with this song as well. In 2014 alone, the number of clicks on the video more than doubled.
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | FI | |||
2000 | Before the storm |
DE35 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH55 (20 weeks) CH |
- | - |
FI1
platinum
(36 weeks)FI |
First published: September 5, 2000
|
2003 | Rush | - | - | - | - | - |
FI4 (8 weeks) FI |
First published: July 15, 2003
|
2007 | Label This! (Finnish Edition) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 1, 2007
|
2008 | Label This! (US Edition) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 1, 2008
|
2015 | Moments | - | - | - | - | - |
FI31 (1 week) FI |
First published: August 2015
|
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | FI | |||
1999 | Sandstorm Before the Storm |
DE6th
gold
(17 weeks)DE |
AT13 (15 weeks) AT |
CH8 (27 weeks) CH |
UK3
platinum
(22 weeks)UK |
US83
platinum
(10 weeks)US |
FI3
platinum
(42 weeks)FI |
First published: November 1999
|
2000 | Feel the beat before the storm |
DE18 (10 weeks) DE |
AT24 (11 weeks) AT |
CH34 (20 weeks) CH |
UK5 (15 weeks) UK |
- |
FI1 (18 weeks) FI |
First published: April 2000
|
Out of Control (Back for More) Before the Storm |
DE42 (6 weeks) DE |
AT50 (5 weeks) AT |
CH76 (6 weeks) CH |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
FI12 (4 weeks) FI |
First published: December 2000
|
|
2003 | Music rush |
DE77 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
FI1 (8 weeks) FI |
First published: February 2003
|
Next To You Rush |
- | - | - | - | - |
FI1 (4 weeks) FI |
First published: April 2003
|
|
2007 | Tell Me Label This! |
- | - | - | - | - |
FI1 (5 weeks) FI |
First published: April 2007
|
My Game Label This! |
- | - | - | - | - |
FI4 (4 weeks) FI |
First published: September 2007
|
More singles
- 2008: I Ran (So Far Away) ( feat.Blake Lewis )
- 2008: In the Darkness
- 2015: Beautiful Alien (feat.AI AM)
- 2016: Moments ( feat.Sebastian Reyman )
- 2017: Singularity (with Zac Waters feat. Enya Angel)
- 2018: Surrender (with Ashley Wallbridge feat. Foux)
- 2018: Timeless (feat.JVMIE)
- 2019: Release Me (feat.Sebastian Rejman)
- 2019: Superman (feat.Sebastian Rejman)
- 2019: Look Away (feat.Sebastian Rejman)
- 2019: Hide (feat.Audioventura & Jvmie)
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | gold1 | - | 35,000 | aria.com.au |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | gold1 | - | 250,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Finland (IFPI) | - | 2 × platinum2 | 100,435 | ifpi.fi |
Sweden (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 15,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
United States (RIAA) | - | platinum1 | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | - | platinum1 | 600,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 4 × gold4th | 4 × platinum4th |
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- ↑ Long- running Top 20 ( memento of the original from October 27, 2016 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.
- ↑ YLE: Darude announced as Finnish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. In: yle.fi. January 29, 2019, accessed January 31, 2019 (Finnish).
- ↑ Darude will perform 'Look Away' at Eurovision 2019. Retrieved on March 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Darude - Sandstorm on Youtube (accessed November 29, 2014)
- ↑ Nastassia Baroni: YouTube Are Pulling An Amazing April Fools Gag With Help From Darude. In: musicfeeds.com. April 2, 2015, accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Darude - Sandstorm . In: Know Your Meme . ( knowyourmeme.com ).
- ↑ Youtubers react to Darude - Sandstorm English, accessed on November 29, 2014
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US FI
Web links
- Official website of Darude
- Darude at Discogs (English)
- Darude on Spotify
- Darude on Apple Music
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Darude |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Virtanen, Ville (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish DJ |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eura , Finland |