Kungs
Kung [Kunz] (* 17th December 1996 in Toulon , civil Valentin Brunel ) is a French deep house - DJ and music producer from Aix-en-Provence .
biography
As a child, Valentin Brunel played the djembé drum and at the age of 15 he started producing music on the PC at home. Later he began remix versions on Soundcloud publish. One version of Bob Marley's hit Jammin ' in particular received a lot of attention and quickly exceeded the million mark when viewed. He was then officially commissioned with remixing and created remixes of On My Way by Axwell Λ Ingrosso and Are You with Me by Lost Frequencies , which had over 10 million views on both SoundCloud and YouTube . He also released his own songs, including with Jasmine Thompson as a singer.
Kungs was signed to Barclay Records and in January 2016 he opened a few appearances for David Guetta on his European tour. For his first EP release, Kungs took on the soul song This Girl by the Australian band Cookin 'on 3 Burners . The song was released in February and one month later reached number one on the French download charts and high placements in numerous international sales charts. In Germany reached This Girl Place. 1
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | FR | |||
2016 | Layers |
DE56 (1 week) DE |
AT74 (1 week) AT |
CH18 (6 weeks) CH |
- |
US196 (1 week) US |
FR10 × 2
(99 weeks)FR |
First published: November 4th, 2016
Sales: + 200,000 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | FR | |||
2016 |
This Girl Layers |
DE1 × 2
(38 weeks)DE |
AT2
gold
(31 weeks)AT |
CH6 (45 weeks) CH |
UK2 × 2
(33 weeks)UK |
US26th
platinum
(14 weeks)US |
FR1
diamond
(89 weeks)FR |
First published: February 19, 2016
vs. Cookin 'on 3 Burners |
Don't You Know Layers |
DE16
gold
(17 weeks)DE |
AT8 (16 weeks) AT |
CH17 (29 weeks) CH |
- | - |
FR5
platinum
(37 weeks)FR |
First published: June 24, 2016
feat. Jamie N Commons |
|
I feel so bad layers |
DE88 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH52 (10 weeks) CH |
- | - |
FR3
diamond
(47 weeks)FR |
First published: October 19, 2016
feat. Ephemeral |
|
You Remain Layers |
- | - | - | - | - |
FR45 (2 weeks) FR |
First published: October 27, 2016
feat. ritual |
|
2017 | More mess |
- | - | - | - | - |
FR175 (1 week) FR |
|
2018 | Be right here |
- | - | - | - | - |
FR77 (14 weeks) FR |
Initial release: June 22, 2018
with Stargate |
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: | ||||||||
2016 | Melody Layers |
- | - | - | - | - |
FR144 (1 week) FR |
First published: November 4th, 2016
feat. Luke Pritchard |
more publishments
- 2015: To Describe You (with Mozambo feat. Molly)
- 2015: We'll Meet Again (feat.Emma Carn)
- 2018: Disco Night (with Throttle)
- 2019: Paris
- 2020: Dopamine (feat. JHart)
Remixes
- 2014: Coldplay - Clocks (Kungs Edit)
- 2015: Jasmine Thompson - Candy
- 2015: Bob Marley - Jammin '
- 2015: Lost Frequencies - Are You with Me
- 2015: Axwell Λ Ingrosso - On My Way
- 2016: David Guetta feat. Zara Larsson - This One's for You
- 2020: Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
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 | diamond | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | platinum1 | - | 70,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 2 × platinum2 | - | 60,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | platinum1 | - | 60,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | - | 1,000,000 | musikindustrie.de |
France (SNEP) | - | 3 × platinum3 | 2 × diamond2 | 850,000 | snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | - | 4 × platinum4th | - | 200,000 | fimi.it |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | gold1 | - | - | 30,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | gold1 | - | - | 15,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
Austria (IFPI) | gold1 | - | - | 15,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | gold1 | - | - | 10,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | 3 × platinum3 | - | 120,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | platinum1 | - | 40,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United States (RIAA) | - | platinum1 | - | 1,000,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | - | 2 × platinum2 | - | 1,200,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 5 × gold5 | 20 × platinum20th | 2 × diamond2 |
swell
- ↑ A 19 ans, Kungs nous électrise with "This Girl", un futur carton! ( Memento of April 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Valentin Malfroy, Aficia, accessed on April 15, 2016
- ↑ Kungs (FR) ( Memento from April 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Landstreff Stavanger 2016, accessed on April 15, 2016
- ↑ Kungs Releases Summer Hit “This Girl” , French Touch Music, March 28, 2016
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scuGfXXIn4U
- ↑ KUNGS - New EP "This Girl" , LiveOnStage.Net, April 3, 2016
- ↑ a b Chart sources: FR DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Paris - Single from Kungs . iTunes.
- ↑ This One's for You (feat.Zara Larsson) Official Song UEFA EURO 2016 (Remixes) - EP by David Guetta . iTunes.
- ↑ Don't Start Now (Remixes) - Single from Dua Lipa . iTunes.
Web links
- Kungs at SoundCloud
- Kungs at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kungs |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brunel, Valentin (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French DJ and music producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1996 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulon , France |