Galantis

Galantis
Galantis live at VELD 2016
General information
origin	Stockholm
Genre (s)	Progressive house , electro house , dance pop , big room
founding	March 1, 2012
Website	www.wearegalantis.com/
Current occupation
Producer, DJ	Christian Bloodshy Karlsson
Producer, DJ, drums	Linus Style of Eye Eklöw

Galantis is a music project by the two Swedes Christian Karlsson and Linus Eklöw. They became known in 2014 through the international hit Runaway (U & I) .

Band history

Christian Karlsson had international success as a producer as early as the early 2000s. Under the name Bloodshy , he worked with Jennifer Lopez , Madonna and Britney Spears , among others . He won a Grammy for the production of their single Toxic . Under his own name he became known as a member of Miike Snow in the late 2000s . Linus Eklöw is known as a DJ and producer under the name Style of Eye , especially in Sweden. His biggest international success is his participation in I Love It by Icona Pop .

In the spring of 2012, the two musicians began to develop their style further after earlier collaborations and to begin their productions from now on by finding a melody by playing piano or guitar. Furthermore, her songs have since been published under the project name Galantis . They made their debut with the song Jumbo , which was created in collaboration with the Canadian DJ and producer A-Trak . Their first solo single appeared with Smile on the record label Atlantic Records , to which they have been under contract since 2013. At the Coachella Festival they had their first successful live performance together in spring 2014. A tour of North America followed.

In the fall of 2014, Galantis had their first major hit with the song Runaway (U & I) , which reached number 15 in the US dance / electronic charts. It was also released in Europe at the end of the year and first hit the charts in Northern Europe. It rose to number 1 in the Nederlandse Top 40 in January 2015 and the song also made it into the official charts in France and German-speaking countries. It was particularly popular at major music festivals, was supported by Hardwell , David Guetta and W&W, among others , and was also featured in the aftermovies of Tomorrowland Brazil and the Ultra Music Festival. With Gold Dust in the spring, another single that was successful in the USA and Europe in the dance charts followed. The song's success, however , was surpassed by the follow-up single Peanut Butter Jelly , which was released on April 20, 2015. The track entered the top 100 in Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands, among others.

After the fifth single, In My Head, from their debut album, no longer charted positions, the song No Money was released in the spring of 2016 , which initially achieved rather poor placements, but similarly worked its way up week after week. After the duo achieved top 20 placements in Germany, Austria and Great Britain and even a number one placement in Norway , the song was traded as a candidate for a possible summer hit.

Love on Me was released in late summer 2016 as a follow-up to No Money . It was recorded in collaboration with Hook n Sling. The track achieved gold status in the UK. Rich Boy Pillow Fight and Hunter were released as further pre-singles of their second studio album The Aviary in spring 2017 . The latter reached the singles charts of several European countries. The album was released on September 15, 2017 in parallel with the promo single Girls on Boys , which was created together with singer Rozes .

In 2018 Galantis released more singles, but with the songs Spaceship and Satisfied they only reached the charts in their homeland. It wasn't until the collaboration with OneRepublic at Bones that it became a major international hit again in early 2019.

In 2020 the album Church was released , which contains all previously released singles from 2019 and 2020. This was followed by the single The Lake , which was created in collaboration with Wrabel. The song stands out from previous work because it is unusually calm by Galantis' standards.

Members

• Christian Lars Karlsson
• Linus Eklow

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
2015	Pharmacy	-	-	-	UK71 (2 weeks) UK	US45 (4 weeks) US	SE7 (17 weeks) SE	First published: June 8, 2015
2017	The Aviary	-	-	-	UK58 (1 week) UK	US102 (1 week) US	-	First published: September 15, 2017
2020	Church	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: February 7, 2020

EPs

• 2012: Raveheart (First published: 2012)
• 2014: Smile (Remixes) (First released January 27, 2014)
• 2014: Galantis (first published April 1, 2014)
• 2014: You (Remixes) (First released May 26, 2014)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE
2014	Runaway (U&I) Pharmacy	DE58 gold (26 weeks)DE	AT39 (25 weeks) AT	CH42 gold (21 weeks)CH	UK4th platinum (29 weeks)UK	US- × 2 Double platinum US	SE25th × 2 Double platinum (33 weeks)SE	First published: October 5, 2014
2015	Peanut Butter Jelly Pharmacy	DE76 (16 weeks) DE	AT70 (1 week) AT	-	UK8th platinum (30 weeks)UK	US- gold US	SE17th gold (27 weeks)SE	First published: April 20, 2015
2016	No Money The Aviary	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	SE4 (28 weeks) SE	First published: March 31, 2016
	Love on Me The Aviary	DE39 gold (14 weeks)DE	AT46 (9 weeks) AT	CH64 (6 weeks) CH	UK16 gold (21 weeks)UK	-	SE27 (19 weeks) SE	First release: September 30, 2016 with Hook n Sling feat. Laura White & Cathy Dennis
2017	Rich Boy The Aviary	-	-	-	UK60 (1 week) UK	-	-	First published: February 17, 2017
	Hunter The Aviary	DE35 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT37 (15 weeks) AT	CH93 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	SE24 (19 weeks) SE	First published: May 5, 2017
2018	Spaceship	-	-	-	-	-	SE92 (1 week) SE	First published: May 18, 2018 with Uffie
	Satisfied	-	-	-	-	-	SE85 (2 weeks) SE	First published: July 13, 2018 with MAX
2019	Bones	-	AT58 (1 week) AT	CH63 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	SE49 (1 week) SE	First published: January 31, 2019 feat. OneRepublic

More singles

• 2012: Raveheart
• 2013: Smile
• 2014: You
• 2015: Gold Dust
• 2015: In My Head
• 2016: Louder Harder Better
• 2016: Make Me Feel (with East & Young)
• 2016: Pillow Fight
• 2017: True Feeling
• 2017: Girls on Boys (with Rozes )
• 2017: Tell Me You Love Me (with Throttle )
• 2018: Mama Look at Me Now
• 2018: Emoji
• 2018: San Francisco (feat.Sofia Carson )
• 2019: I Found U (with Passion Pit )
• 2019: We Can Get High (with Yellow Claw )
• 2019: Roots (with Valerie Broussard)
• 2019: Holy Water
• 2019: Faith (with Dolly Parton feat. Mr. Probz )
• 2020: Steel
• 2020: Unless It Hurts
• 2020: Stella
• 2020: Never Felt a Love like This (with Hook N Sling feat. Dotan )
• 2020: The Lake (with Wrabel)
• 2020: I Fly (with Faouzia, production for the "Scoob!" Movie)
• 2020: Only A Fool (with Ship Wreck & Pink Sweat $)

As a guest musician

• 2012: Jumbo ( A-Trak feat.Galantis)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2019: for the single Tell Me You Love Me  Italy 2019: for the single Bones  Canada 2016: for the single Peanut Butter Jelly 2017: for the single Love on Me Platinum record  Australia 2016: for the single No Money  Belgium 2016: for the single Runaway (U & I) 2016: for the single No Money  Denmark 2016: for the single Runaway (U & I) 2016: for the single No Money  France 2017: for the single No Money  Italy 2018: for the single Love on Me  Canada 2016: for the single Runaway (U & I) 2017: for the single No Money  Norway 2016: for the single Peanut Butter Jelly  Poland 2018: for the single Peanut Butter Jelly

2 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single Runaway (U & I)  Italy 2017: for the single Runaway (U & I)  Norway 2016: for the single Runaway (U & I) 3 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the single Peanut Butter Jelly  Italy 2017: for the single No Money Diamond record  Poland 2018: for the single No Money

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	455,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × platinum2	-	120,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	1,000,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	platinum1	-	150,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	325,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	240,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	-	3 × platinum3	-	30,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	gold1	-	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	platinum1	diamond1	120,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	100,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × gold2	-	-	30,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	3,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	2,200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	13 × gold13	32 × platinum32	diamond1

swell

1. ↑ Songs by Christian Karlsson (hitparade.ch)
2. ^ Toxic (song) in the Grammy database
3. ↑ Songs by Linus Eklöw (hitparade.ch)
4. ↑ What was Coachella 2014's Best Dance Music Moment? (Poll) , Matt Medved, Billboard, April 21, 2014
5. ↑ Galantis Talks Songwriting, Touring, and Trying to 'Spice Things Up' with Dance , Matt Medved, Billboard, May 5, 2014
6. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH SE UK US

Web links

• official homepage
• Galantis at SoundCloud
• Galantis at Allmusic (English)
• Galantis at Discogs (English)