Dermot Kennedy

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Dermot Joseph Kennedy (born December 13, 1991 in Tallaght , Dublin ) is an Irish singer-songwriter .

Life

Kennedy grew up in the small town of Rathcoole , a suburb of Dublin, about 30 minutes' drive from Dublin city center. He learned to play the guitar at the age of 10, but only began to take music seriously at the age of 17. His parents supported him in his desire to start a musical career and drove him to performances in Dublin and the surrounding area. For a few semesters he studied classical music .

His musical career initially began on a local basis. He won a songwriter contest in Dublin, which made him known in the city's underground scene and was allowed to perform for Glen Hansard .

In 2016 he began to expand his presence on Spotify , where he was not only active as a solo artist, but also with his band Shadows and Dust . He brought it to over 300 million streams. In 2017 he was finally signed by Interscope . In the same year his EP Doves and Ravens was self-distributed.

In 2017 and 2018 he toured the United States, Australia and Europe. He has appeared at the 2017 Bonnaroo Music Festival , Lollapalooza , SXSW Film Festival and Austin City Limits Music Festival, among others .

The EP Mike Dean Presents: Dermot Kennedy was released in 2018, produced by Mike Dean . In 2019 his single Power Over Me hit the German, Austrian, Swiss and Irish charts. At the same time he released a self-titled compilation of his previously published songs.

On October 4, 2019, his debut album Without Fear was released with the singles Outnumbered and Power Over Me , which was followed by his international autumn tour.

Music genre

After beginning with singer-songwriter music with acoustic guitar, his later releases are also influenced by the hip-hop scene. He uses guitar and piano patterns with trap and electronic arrangements. The lyrics are reminiscent of poets like Black Ice or rappers like Jay-Z and J. Cole . Kennedy's voice has been compared to that of other singer-songwriters like Rag 'n' Bone Man and Welshly Arms , but it is softer and more emotional.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US IE IE
2019 Without Fear
Island / Interscope 		DE11 (4 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (1 week)
AT 		CH18th
platinum
platinum

(5 weeks)CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(27 weeks)UK 		US18 (2 weeks)
US 		IE1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2019IE
First published: October 4th, 2019
Sales: + 120,000

Compilations

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US IE IE
2019 Dermot Kennedy
Riggins Recording Limited 		- - - UK76 (1 week)
UK 		- IE4 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2019IE
First published: January 4th, 2019

EPs

year Title
music label 		Remarks
2017 Doves & Ravens
Island 		First published: April 14, 2017
2018 Mike Dean Presents: Dermot Kennedy
Riggins Recording Limited 		First published: April 5, 2018
2020 Lost in the Soft Light
Island / Interscope 		First published: April 24, 2020

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK IE IE
2018 Young & Free
Without Fear 		- - - - IE82 (2 weeks)
IE
First published: March 9, 2018
Power Over Me
Without Fear 		DE37
gold
gold

(13 weeks)DE 		AT34 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH29
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(25 weeks)CH 		UK27
gold
gold

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2018UK 		IE11 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2018IE
First published: October 16, 2018
Sales: + 885,000
2019 For Island Fires and Family
Without Fear 		- - - - IE36 (4 weeks)
IE
First published: January 4th, 2019
Lost
Without Fear 		- - - - IE26 (17 weeks)
IE
First published: February 6, 2019
Outnumbered
Without Fear 		DE45 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT33 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH20th
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)CH 		UK6th
platinum
platinum

(33 weeks)UK 		IE2 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2019IE
First published: June 14th, 2019
Sales: + 700,000
2020 Giants
single track 		DE- 1DE - - UK53 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020UK 		IE2 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020IE
First published: June 24, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2019 A Closeness
Dermot Kennedy 		- - - - IE58 (9 weeks)
IE
Chart entry: June 21, 2019
Glory
Dermot Kennedy 		- - - - IE84 (5 weeks)
IE
Chart entry: September 6, 2019
All My Friends
Without Fear 		- - - UK89 (1 week)
UK 		IE18 (12 weeks)
IE
Chart entry: October 11, 2019
Rome
Without Fear 		- - - - IE5 (14 weeks)
IE
Chart entry: October 11, 2019
What Have I Done
Without Fear 		- - - - IE6 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminary / 2019IE
Chart entry: October 11, 2019
1 Giants could not place in the official German single charts, but reached sixth place in the single trend charts (August 28, 2020).

More singles

  • 2015: An Evening I Will Not Forget
  • 2016: Shelter
  • 2016: After Rain
  • 2017: Moments Passed
  • 2020: Resolution

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2019: for the single Power Over Me
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2019: for the single Power Over Me
  • FranceFrance France
    • 2019: for the single Power Over Me

Platinum record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2020: for the single Outnumbered
    • 2019: for the single Power Over Me

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

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 20,000 ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 45,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 200,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 100,000 snepmusique.com
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 160,000 musiccanada.com
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 80,000 hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 1,100,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathleen Johnston: Could Dermot Kennedy be Ireland's answer to Ed Sheeran? . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Dermot Kennedy busks his way from Dublin streets to the mainstream ( en-US ) October 29, 2018. Accessed January 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ YouTube Music's Dermot Kennedy on FaceTiming Travis Scott ( en ) December 21, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ Dermot Kennedy, NPR Slingshot's Best New Artist ( s ) Retrieved on January 21 of 2019.
  5. ↑ DermotKennedyVEVO: Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me (Live From The Ellen Show / 2019). March 22, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Dermot Kennedy On Mike Dean Collaboration ( en ) September 11, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Dermot Kennedy On World Cafe ( en ) Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Austin City Limits Radio: 93 Seconds with Dermot Kennedy [Interview | Austin City Limits Radio] .
  9. ^ Dermot Kennedy. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  10. ↑ https://www.eventim.de/artist/dermot-kennedy/. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Dermott Kennedy Artist Bio . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  12. ↑ Keryce Chelsi Henry: Acoustic Singer Dermot Kennedy On His Hip-Hop And 'Def Poetry Jam' Inspirations ( en ) Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  13. ↑ hr3 de, Frankfurt Germany: Dermot Kennedy: "Power over me" - Who is the guy with the stark voice? February 1, 2019, accessed on March 25, 2019 (German).
  14. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IE
  15. ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, August 28, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kennedy, Dermot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kennedy, Dermot Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallaght , Dublin , Ireland