Dean Lewis

Dean Lewis (2019)

Dean Lewis (born October 21, 1987 in Sydney ) is an Australian singer-songwriter .

biography

Dean Lewis taught himself to play guitar and was mostly inspired by the British band Oasis . Before starting his music career, he worked as a sound engineer on Australian television. In 2014, Lewis signed with the music label Specific Music , followed by a contract with Island Records in March 2016 .

At the end of September 2016 his first single, Waves , was released, which entered the ARIA charts . After a few weeks it reached number 12 as the highest position and was later awarded triple platinum . His debut EP Same Kind of Different was released in May 2017 . Lewis was nominated in five categories at the ARIA Awards 2017 . In June 2018 he released the single Be Alright , with which he achieved international success for the first time, it entered the charts in many European countries and reached several top 10 positions, and it was his first number one hit in Australia .

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	Remarks
2019	A Place We Knew Island Records	DE32 (4 weeks) DE	AT33 (1 week) AT	CH11 (4 weeks) CH	UK37 (4 weeks) UK	US31 (4 weeks) US	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)AU	First published: March 22nd, 2019 Sales: + 245,000

EPs

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
year	Title music label	AU	Remarks
2017	Same Kind of Different Island Records / Universal Australia	AU27 (3 weeks) AU	First published: May 12, 2017

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU	Remarks
2016	Waves Same Kind of Different	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK- silver UK	US- gold US	AU12 × 7 Seven times platinum (23 weeks)AU	Initial release: September 30, 2016 Sales: + 1,550,000
2017	Lose My Mind Same Kind of Different	-	-	-	-	-	AU50 × 2 Double platinum (1 week)AU	First published: July 28, 2017 Sales: + 140,000
2018	Be Alright A Place We Knew	DE8th platinum (36 weeks)DE	AT7th platinum (35 weeks)AT	CH6 (43 weeks) CH	UK11 platinum (20 weeks)UK	US23 × 2 Double platinum (29 weeks)US	AU1 × 8 Eight times platinum (50 weeks)AU	First published: June 29, 2018 Sales: + 4,460,000
2019	7 Minutes A Place We Knew	-	-	-	-	-	AU10 × 3 Triple platinum (17 weeks)AU	First published: Jan 18, 2019 Sales: + 250,000
	Stay Awake A Place We Knew	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	-	AU26th platinum (9 weeks)AU	First published: March 19, 2019 Sales: + 110,000
	Used to love	-	-	CH42 (1 week) CH	-	-	AU46 gold (2 weeks)AU	First published: October 31, 2019 Sales: + 35,000; with Martin Garrix

More singles

2017: Need You Now (Sales: + 70,000; AU:platinum)
2018: Chemicals (Sales: + 35,000; AU:gold)
2019: A Place We Knew (Sales: + 35,000; AU:gold)
2019: Straight Back Down
2020: Half A Man (Sales: + 35,000; AU:gold)
2020: Let Go (Sales: + 35,000; AU:gold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

France France
- 2019: for the single Be Alright
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the album A Place We Knew
- 2019: for the single 7 Minutes
- 2020: for the single Stay Awake

Platinum record

Italy Italy
- 2019: for the single Be Alright

2 × platinum record

Belgium Belgium
- 2020: for the single Be Alright
Denmark Denmark
- 2019: for the single Be Alright
Canada Canada
- 2020: for the single waves
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2018: for the single Be Alright
Norway Norway
- 2019: for the album A Place We Knew

3 × platinum record

Sweden Sweden
- 2019: for the single Be Alright

4 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 2020: for the single Be Alright
Norway Norway
- 2019: for the single Be Alright

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	5 × gold5	24 × platinum24	1,855,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	0! S.-	0! G-	2 × platinum2	80,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	2 × platinum2	180,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	100,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	50,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	6 × platinum6th	600,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	0! G-	2 × platinum2	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	6 × platinum6th	100,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	30,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	3 × platinum3	120,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	gold1	2 × platinum2	2,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	0! G-	platinum1	800,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	11 × gold11	51 × platinum51

Individual evidence

↑ "I literally can't believe all these things keep happening": Australian singer Dean Lewis admits he still thinks it's "crazy" how successful he has become after his tour sold out in three minutes. In: Daily Mail .
^ Dean Lewis , specificmusic.com.au
↑ 2017 ARIA AWARDS NOMINATED ARTISTS REVEALED , ariaawards.com.au
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: AU DE AT CH UK US

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Lewis, Dean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney , Australia

[1] "I literally can't believe all these things keep happening": Australian singer Dean Lewis admits he still thinks it's "crazy" how successful he has become after his tour sold out in three minutes. In: Daily Mail .

[2] Dean Lewis , specificmusic.com.au

[3] 2017 ARIA AWARDS NOMINATED ARTISTS REVEALED , ariaawards.com.au

[charts-4] Chart sources: AU DE AT CH UK US