Digital Farm Animals
Digital Farm Animals (* 1989 as Nicholas Gale in Stanmore , London ) is a British DJ , record producer , songwriter and singer .
biography
Nicholas Gale was born in Stanmore, North West London. At the age of 13 he produced his own music for the first time using the Fruity Loops program . He studied at the University of Nottingham and released his first EP Bugged Out in 2013 , which attracted his first attention. In 2015 he signed a record deal with Syco Records , Simon Cowell's music label .
His first successful productions followed in the same year, including the singles Rio with Belgian DJ Netsky and Be the One with Dua Lipa , and he also released his first solo single, True . Be the One became an international success from the beginning of 2016. Another collaboration with Netsky followed in January, Work It Out , which, like its predecessor Rio, achieved a top 10 placement in Belgium .
Digital Farm Animals achieved their first major hit in their homeland with Millionaire in collaboration with the US trio Cash Cash and rapper Nelly , who climbed to number 25 on the UK charts . He achieved further successes in 2016 with Galantis and Sigala, among others .
In the summer of 2017 he achieved a worldwide hit with Back to You in collaboration with Louis Tomlinson and Bebe Rexha and reached, among other things, the top 10 of the British charts and his first placement on the Billboard Hot 100 . In October followed the release of the song All Falls Down , recorded with Alan Walker and Noah Cyrus , which reached number one in Norway . He also served as a songwriter on Hit Anywhere from Rita Ora involved.
Discography
EPs
- 2013: Bugged Out (first published: August 26, 2013)
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
UK | |||
2016 | Millionaire |
UK25th
gold
(18 weeks)UK |
|
Only one |
UK53
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
First published: December 2nd, 2016
Sales: + 200,000; with Sigala |
More singles
- 2015: Didn't Know (with Yasmin)
- 2015: True
- 2016: Wanna Know (with Youthonix feat. R. Kelly )
- 2017: Digital Love (feat. Hailee Steinfeld )
- 2018: Say My Name (feat.Iman)
- 2018: Tokyo Nights (with Dragonette & Shaun Frank)
- 2019: Lookin 'For (with Danny Ocean )
- : 2019 Next to You (with Becky G feat. Rvssian )
- 2019: Without You Now (with AJ Mitchell)
- 2019: Drowning (with Sorana & Franklin)
- 2019: Summertime Love (with Captain Cuts)
- 2019: Paranoia (feat.Alec King)
- 2019: gold
- 2020: Ballin ' (with Gaullin feat. Tim North)
As a guest musician
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 | |||
2017 | Back to you |
DE51 (10 weeks) DE |
AT21 (12 weeks) AT |
CH47 (11 weeks) CH |
UK8th
gold
(14 weeks)UK |
US40
platinum
(10 weeks)US |
First published: July 21, 2017
Sales: + 1,860,000; Louis Tomlinson feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals |
All falls down |
DE75 (1 week) DE |
AT29 (9 weeks) AT |
CH29
platinum
(23 weeks)CH |
UK87 (7 weeks) UK |
US-
gold
US
|
First published: October 27, 2017
Sales: + 1,005,000; Alan Walker feat. Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals |
Further guest contributions
- 2015: Rio ( Netsky feat.Digital Farm Animals)
- 2015: Work It Out (Netsky feat.Digital Farm Animals)
- 2017: Touch the Sky ( Cedric Gervais feat.Digital Farm Animals & Dallas Austin )
- 2017: Arms Around Me (Hook n Sling feat.Digital Farm Animals)
Author participations and productions
year | Title artist |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2015 | Be the One Dua Lipa |
DE11
gold
(28 weeks)DE |
AT7 (23 weeks) AT |
CH11 (23 weeks) CH |
UK9
platinum
(25 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 30, 2015
Sales: + 1,270,000 |
2016 | No Money Galantis |
DE10
platinum
(29 weeks)DE |
AT9
gold
(26 weeks)AT |
CH13
gold
(28 weeks)CH |
UK4th
platinum
(28 weeks)UK |
US88
platinum
(5 weeks)US |
First published: March 31, 2016
Sales: + 2,700,000 |
2017 |
Feel Good Felix Jaehn × Mike Williams |
DE72
gold
(11 weeks)DE |
AT66 (4 weeks) AT |
- | - | - |
First published: August 4th, 2017
Sales: + 200,000 |
Anywhere Rita Ora |
DE18th
gold
(25 weeks)DE |
AT18th
gold
(19 weeks)AT |
CH7th
platinum
(31 weeks)CH |
UK2 × 2
(32 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 20, 2017
Sales: + 2,045,000 |
|
2018 | Only You Cheat Codes & Little Mix |
- | - | - |
UK13
gold
(15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 22, 2018
Sales: + 410,000 |
Empty Space James Arthur |
DE99 (1 week) DE |
AT63 (1 week) AT |
CH40 (13 weeks) CH |
UK22nd
gold
(17 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 19, 2018
Sales: + 400,000 |
Other author participations and productions (selection)
- 2017: Stay Together ( Noah Cyrus )
- 2018: Lonely ( Matoma feat. MAX )
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 | silver | gold | platinum | diamond | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | 2 × gold2 | 9 × platinum9 | - | 700,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 3 × gold3 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 100,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | 4 × gold4th | platinum1 | - | 270,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | 3 × gold3 | platinum1 | - | 1,000,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | - | 250,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | 3 × gold3 | 5 × platinum5 | - | 325,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | - | 2 × gold2 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 240,000 | musiccanada.com |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | - | - | 3 × platinum3 | - | 180,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 4 × gold4th | - | - | 60,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | - | 4 × platinum4th | - | 160,000 | nvpi.nl |
Austria (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | - | - | 30,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | 2 × gold2 | 3 × platinum3 | 2 × diamond2 | 280,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | 2 × gold2 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 120,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 55,000 | hitparade.ch beta.musikwoche.de |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | 2 × gold2 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 120,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United States (RIAA) | - | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 2,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | silver1 | 4 × gold4th | 4 × platinum4th | - | 4,200,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | silver1 | 34 × gold34 | 44 × platinum44 | 2 × diamond2 |
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- ↑ Listen - Digital Farm Animals - 'Bugged Out' (EP) , somekindofawesome.com
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
Web links
- Digital Farm Animals on Apple Music
- Biography at Allmusic
- Digital Farm Animals at Discogs
- Author participations and productions at austriancharts.at
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Digital Farm Animals |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gale, Nicholas (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British record producer and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stanmore (London) , London |