Dermot Kennedy
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 | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
2019 | Without Fear Island / Interscope |
DE11 (4 weeks) DE |
AT33 (1 week) AT |
CH18th
platinum
(5 weeks)CH |
UK1
gold
(27 weeks)UK |
US18 (2 weeks) US |
IE1 (... week) IE |
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 | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | IE | |||
2019 | Dermot Kennedy Riggins Recording Limited |
- | - | - |
UK76 (1 week) UK |
- |
IE4 (... weeks) IE |
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 | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | IE | |||
2018 | Young & Free Without Fear |
- | - | - | - |
IE82 (2 weeks) IE |
First published: March 9, 2018
|
Power Over Me Without Fear |
DE37
gold
(13 weeks)DE |
AT34 (11 weeks) AT |
CH29 × 2
(25 weeks)CH |
UK27
gold
(… Where.)UK |
IE11 (... weeks) IE |
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
(21 weeks)CH |
UK6th
platinum
(33 weeks)UK |
IE2 (... weeks) IE |
First published: June 14th, 2019
Sales: + 700,000 |
|
2020 | Giants single track |
DE- 1DE | - | - |
UK53 (... weeks) UK |
IE2 (... weeks) IE |
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) IE |
Chart entry: October 11, 2019
|
More singles
- 2015: An Evening I Will Not Forget
- 2016: Shelter
- 2016: After Rain
- 2017: Moments Passed
- 2020: Resolution
Awards for music sales
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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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Belgium (BEA) | gold1 | - | 20,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 45,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | gold1 | - | 200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | gold1 | - | 100,000 | snepmusique.com |
Canada (MC) | - | 2 × platinum2 | 160,000 | musiccanada.com |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 4 × platinum4th | 80,000 | hitparade.ch |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 2 × gold2 | platinum1 | 1,100,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 6 × gold6th | 7 × platinum7th |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kathleen Johnston: Could Dermot Kennedy be Ireland's answer to Ed Sheeran? . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ↑ a b Dermot Kennedy busks his way from Dublin streets to the mainstream ( en-US ) October 29, 2018. Accessed January 21, 2019.
- ↑ YouTube Music's Dermot Kennedy on FaceTiming Travis Scott ( en ) December 21, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ↑ Dermot Kennedy, NPR Slingshot's Best New Artist ( s ) Retrieved on January 21 of 2019.
- ↑ DermotKennedyVEVO: Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me (Live From The Ellen Show / 2019). March 22, 2019, accessed March 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Dermot Kennedy On Mike Dean Collaboration ( en ) September 11, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ↑ Dermot Kennedy On World Cafe ( en ) Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Austin City Limits Radio: 93 Seconds with Dermot Kennedy [Interview | Austin City Limits Radio] .
- ^ Dermot Kennedy. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.eventim.de/artist/dermot-kennedy/. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Dermott Kennedy Artist Bio . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ↑ Keryce Chelsi Henry: Acoustic Singer Dermot Kennedy On His Hip-Hop And 'Def Poetry Jam' Inspirations ( en ) Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US IE
- ↑ Official single trending charts. mtv.de, August 28, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
personal data | |
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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 |