Dev (singer)

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Dev (singer)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Night the Sun Came Up
  US 61 04/14/2012 (1 week)
Singles
Like a G6 (with Far East Movement and The Cataracs )
  DE 15th 
gold
gold
12/10/2010 (24 weeks)
  AT 8th 11/12/2010 (26 weeks)
  CH 10 
gold
gold
October 24, 2010 (24 weeks)
  UK 5 
platinum
platinum
11/27/2010 (26 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum
08/28/2010 (26 weeks)
Bass Down Low (feat. The Cataracs)
  UK 10 
silver
silver
05/07/2011 (19 weeks)
  US 61 December 25, 2010 (12 weeks)
Backseat (with New Boyz & the Cataracs)
  UK 55 04/23/2011 (6 weeks)
  US 26th 
platinum
platinum
05.03.2011 (20 weeks)
She Makes Me Wanna (with JLS )
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link
gold
gold
08/06/2011 (20 weeks)
In the dark
  UK 37 08/27/2011 (4 weeks)
  US 11 
platinum
platinum
08/20/2011 (19 weeks)
Naked (feat. Enrique Iglesias )
  US 99 04/14/2012 (1 week)
Hey Hey Hey (Pop Another Bottle) (with Laurent Wéry & Swift KID)
  DE 27 06/08/2012 (6 weeks)
  AT 26th 06/08/2012 (4 weeks)
  CH 63 06/17/2012 (1 week)

Dev (born July 2, 1989 in Manteca , California ; real name Devin Star Tailes ) is an American singer and rapper . She became famous when The Cataracs and Far East Movement used a sample from Dev's commercially unsuccessful song Booty Bounce in the song Like a G6 and thus placed themselves at number one on the singles chart.

Life

Dev is from Manteca , California and is of Mexican and Portuguese descent. She was a professional US swimmer before starting her music career . In 2008 she uploaded her own songs to her MySpace page, where the band The Cataracs became aware of her. After their discovery, The Cataracs and Dev recorded songs together and went on tour. She sang in the band's songs 2Nite and Top of the World . Dev currently lives in Los Angeles , California, where she finished work on her debut album with The Cataracs .

On December 9, 2011, Dev gave birth to a daughter.

Discography

Albums

  • 2011: The Night the Sun Came Up
  • 2017: I Only See you When I'm Dreamin

Singles

As a guest musician

Web links

Commons : Dev  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Chart sources: AT CH UK US1 US2
  2. a b Awards for music sales: DE , CH , UK , US
  3. Like a G6 (Far East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev) in the German charts (GfK)
  4. Hey Hey Hey (Larent Wéry feat. Swiftkid & Dev) in the German charts (GfK)
  5. Dontcha Wanna See Dev's “Booty Bounce”? . In: Amp Radio 97.1fm . Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / amp.radio.com
  6. Dev - "Fireball"
  7. ^ Dev taking her singing on a spin around California . In: The Manteca Bulletin . April 1st, 2009. Archived from the original on October 17th, 2010. 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. Retrieved December 20, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mantecabulletin.com
  8. Dev Welcomes Baby No. 1: Emilia Lovely . In: Celebritybabyscoop.com . Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 14, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / celebritybabyscoop.com