Flume (musician)

Flume (2013)

Flume (* 5. November 1991 in Sydney , actually Harley Edward Streten ) is an Australian Electronica - DJ and music producer from Manly , Sydney.

Life

According to his own account, Flume started producing beats at the age of 13 after he discovered a music program that was added to a cereal box. His debut EP Sleepless was released in 2011 via Future Classics . A remix of the song Zimbabwe from New Navy aired on Pedestrian.tv and found use in a clip of the music video show Rage . In 2012 he played an Australian tour and at various festivals in Australia. In November 2012 the debut album Flume followed , which reached number one on the Australian album charts in early February 2013 .

At the ARIA Awards the following year, Flume was the most successful artist with four awards. In addition to the Newcomer Award, he also received the award for best male artist and producer of the year, the album Flume was honored as the best dance album.

His album Skin received the award for best dance / electronic album at the 2017 Grammy Awards in the USA .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2012	Flume	-	-	-	-	-	AU1 × 2 Double platinum (67 weeks)AU	First published: November 9, 2012
2016	skin	DE43 (2 weeks) DE	AT25 (1 week) AT	CH20 (1 week) CH	UK25 (2 weeks) UK	US8th gold (36 weeks)US	AU1 platinum (32 weeks)AU	First published: May 27, 2016

Mix tapes

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2019	Hi This Is Flume	-	-	-	-	US185 (1 week) US	AU11 (... weeks) AU	First published: March 20, 2019

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2013	Lockjaw	-	-	-	-	-	AU- × 2 Double platinum AU	First published: November 22, 2013 with Chet Faker
2016	Skin Companion EP I.	-	-	-	-	-	AU29 (1 week) AU	First published: November 25, 2016

More EPs

• 2017: Skin Companion EP II
• 2019: Quits EP (AU:gold)

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	AU
2012	Holdin 'on flume	-	-	-	-	-	AU17th × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)AU	First published: November 9, 2012
2013	Drop the game lowjack	-	-	-	-	-	AU18th × 2 Double platinum (14 weeks)AU	First published: November 18, 2013 with Chet Faker
2015	Some minds	-	-	-	-	-	AU27 gold (4 weeks)AU	First published: May 29, 2015 with Andrew Wyatt
2016	Never be like you skin	DE49 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT48 (9 weeks) AT	CH33 (28 weeks) CH	UK95 silver (1 week)UK	US20th × 2 Double platinum (26 weeks)US	AU1 × 7 Seven times platinum (47 weeks)AU	First published: January 16, 2016 feat. Quay
	Smoke & Retribution Skin	-	-	-	-	-	AU23 gold (1 week)AU	First published: January 29, 2016 feat. Vince Staples & Kučka
	Say It Skin	-	-	-	UK69 silver (1 week)UK	US60 gold (4 weeks)US	AU5 × 4 Quadruple platinum (36 weeks)AU	First published: April 22nd, 2016 feat. Tove Lo
2019	Let you know	-	-	-	-	-	AU31 gold (2 weeks)AU	First published: June 14, 2019 feat. London Grammar
	Rushing back	-	-	-	-	-	AU8th gold (… Where.)AU	First published: September 27, 2019 feat. Vera Blue
2020	The difference	-	-	-	-	-	AU45 (... weeks) AU	First published: March 13, 2020 feat. Toro Y Moi

more publishments

• 2011: Sleepless (feat.Jezzabell, AU:gold)
• 2012: On Top (feat.T.Shirt, AU:gold)
• 2012: Sleepless (feat.Jezzabell Doran)
• 2013: You and Me (Disclosure feat.Eliza Doolittle Remix)
• 2016: My Boo (feat.Vince Staples, Kučka, Ngaiire & Vera Blue)
• 2017: Hyperreal (feat.Kučka)
• 2019: Friends (feat.Reo Cragun)
• 2019: How to Build a Relationship ( feat.JPEGMAFIA )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2019: for the single Never Be Like You  Italy 2016: for the single Never Be Like You  Canada 2016: for the single Say It  New Zealand 2013: for the single Holdin 'On 2014: for the album Flume

Platinum record  Belgium 2016: for the single Never Be Like You  France 2016: for the single Never Be Like You  New Zealand 2016: for the single Say It 2 × platinum record  Canada 2016: for the single Never Be Like You  New Zealand 2016: for the single Never Be Like You

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)	-	7 × gold7th	20 × platinum20th	1,645,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	200,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	150,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	3,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	-	400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	15 × gold15th	29 × platinum29

swell

1. ↑ Profiles. Soundcloud , accessed February 25, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Flume at Discogs (English)
3. ↑ Flume Biography on the official website; in the web archive of August 21, 2013
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US AU
5. ↑ Winner of the ARIA Awards 2013

Web links

Commons : Flume  - collection of images

• Flume at Discogs (English)
• Official website (English)
• Flume at Allmusic (English)