Kygo
Kygo (born September 11, 1991 in Singapore ; real name Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll ) is a Norwegian DJ and music producer from Bergen . He is considered to be the co-founder and one of the most famous interpreters of the Tropical House , for which his debut single Firestone was decisive.
stage name
The pronunciation of his pseudonym "Kygo" is used in both Norwegian ( kyːɡuː ) and English ( kaɪɡoʊ ).
The idea for his artist name came from the username he used for a digital learning platform at school. Here he formed a syllable word from his name by making his first name “Kyrre” “Ky-” and his last name “Gørvell-Dahll” “-go”.
In an interview with the magazine “Fanaposten” he said: “Kygo [is] absolutely perfect as an artist name. It is very easy to pronounce in both Norwegian and English. And I don't need to change the stage name [in the future]. "
biography
Until 2014: musical beginnings
Kygo began playing the piano at the age of six and took lessons on the instrument for ten years. At the age of 19 he began to produce his own electronic music . He first got more attention in 2013 for his unauthorized mixes (bootlegs) that he published on his SoundCloud page, including songs by Rihanna , Passenger and Ellie Goulding . With the remix of the classic Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye , it reached 10 million views. A remix of Ed Sheeran's hit film I See Fire , for which there is also a YouTube video, even reached over 60 million views on YouTube alone. None of these productions was discussed with the authors. Peculiarity of his music are the slower beats (100 instead of at House usual 120 or more beats per minute ) and the Steel drum and flute sound, used to describe Tropical House led.
At the end of 2013 he made a remix for the new Swedish discovery Seinabo Sey . The soul pop singer also had a streaming hit on Spotify in Sweden and a number one hit in the Norwegian charts thanks to his version . Kygo's remix of Cut Your Teeth by British musician Kyla La Grange was also an Internet hit in the summer of 2014 and was subsequently released as an official remix. In the Hype Machine , a well-known blog for music trends, it was voted number one ten times within a short period of time. It also made headlines that Coldplay commissioned the Norwegian with a remix for their song Midnight .
2014 to 2016: Musical breakthrough & Cloud Nine
Throughout the year Kygo toured the USA and appeared at numerous festivals. At TomorrowWorld he was booked to replace Avicii , who could not appear due to health problems. The big record labels also showed great interest and offered him contracts. He signed with Ultra Records and major label Sony Music in July and began producing his first own song for an official release. Firestone , a collaboration with Australian singer Conrad Sewell . The track was released as a single in early December 2014 and immediately rose to number one in its home country of Norway and also climbed into the top 10 in other European countries. The song also entered the top 100 of the US singles charts and achieved gold status for over half a million sales. The official music video reached over 600 million views on YouTube.
In March 2015, his second own single, Stole the Show, followed with the US R&B singer Parson James , with which he topped the Norwegian and, for the first time, the Swedish chart and reached over 220 million views on YouTube. The song also reached the top 10 in other European countries and achieved gold status in the USA.
His third solo single Nothing Left , which was recorded together with the British singer Will Heard, reached the top of the Dutch singles charts. After a few more pre-single releases with Ella Henderson and Labrinth , among others , his debut album Cloud Nine followed on May 13, 2016 . This reached the top 10 of over 15 countries, including number one in Norway, the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Carry Me was released in collaboration with Julia Michaels as the last single from the album, but this could not follow the success of the predecessor. They performed the song together at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro .
On August 17, 2016, his own collection "Kygo Life" was released.
2017: Stargazing -EP & Kids in Love
Together with the British singer-songwriter Andrew Jackson, he contributed to the soundtrack of the US adult film Fifty Shades Darker, the song Cruise , which was able to advance to the official singles charts in Norway and France.
The song It Ain't Me , written by Andrew Watt, Brian Lee and Ali Tamposi, was released on February 16, 2017 . After the songwriters sent a demo version of the track to Kygo, Kygo produced a first final version with Tamposis vocals. One of the authors was in contact with Selena Gomez , who sang the song after a vocal session with Tamposi. At a joint studio session between the two main interpreters, actor Vin Diesel was also on site, who also gave the song his voice for fun. This version ended up on the internet. It Ain't Me was given high potential in advance. After publication, the song moved to number three in the German and Austrian, number nine in the British and eleventh place in the US singles charts. In addition, the title jumped to the top of the Norwegian and Croatian singles charts.
On April 28, 2017, Kygo introduced a new single. The title First Time was sung by the British singer Ellie Goulding . The song was stylistically based on its predecessor and reached a single chart position in numerous countries. Platinum was achieved in Australia and gold in Italy and Denmark.
After releasing his remixes for Tired by Alan Walker and for Henry Green - Electric Feel in the summer of 2017, Kygo released an EP on September 22, 2017 with the title Stargazing . In addition to the two previous singles, this also contained a collaboration with Sasha Sloan entitled This Town and a remix of the song You're the Best Thing About Me by U2 . Most recently the song of the same name Stargazing was included, which contains vocals by the American singer Justin Jesso . The track was released as a single the day before the EP was released and was able to surpass the success of its predecessor. The single was sold over half a million times and the song reached a top 10 position in various countries. Also This Town could advance through downloads from the EP in several countries in the single charts.
On October 19, 2017, Kygo announced on its social media channels that its upcoming studio album would be titled Kids in Love and announced the release date. Talking about the inspiration behind the album's title, he said:
““ To be a child in love describes being super passionate about someone or something and I've been playing the piano very passionately since I was six years old. When I play a song or a melody that I really like, I feel like a boy in love. ""
On October 20, 2017, the lead single of the studio album was released as the first single release. This bears the same title as the long player Kids in Love and was created in collaboration with the American rock band The Night Game . A trapical remix followed in collaboration with the British DJane Jayli as well as a solo version of The Night Game on "Interscope Records". The single version was particularly successful in Norway. From October 27, 2017, new songs from his album appeared daily in the form of promo singles.
On November 3, 2017, his second studio album was finally released digitally. This included collaborations with John Newman , OneRepublic and Bonnie McKee , among others . The following week, Kids in Love was also released physically; this also contained the titles of the Stargazing EP, with the exception of the U2 remix . The success of the studio album could not follow that of his debut album, so a placement in the top 10 was only achieved in Norway and Sweden. Alan Walker contributed a remix to Stranger Things with OneRepublic .
On November 30, 2017, Kygo announced a Kids-in-Love tour for 2018. For this, Gryffin , Blackbear , Don Diablo and SeeB were confirmed as guests.
2018: Kids-in-Love -Tour
On February 5, 2018, Kygo started the tour for the album, which took place in Northern and Central Europe as well as the USA and Asia.
In March 2018 he released the song Remind Me To Forget , which was recorded with the American singer Miguel . It was subsequently added to the digital version of Kids In Love . In April 2018 he appeared with Ariana Grande , Ryan Tedder , Rita Ora and Jamie Foxx as guests at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival . A collaboration with the Imagine Dragons and the single Happy Now in collaboration with Sandro Cavazza were released by the end of the year .
2019: Higher Love
On June 28, 2019, he released a revised version of the song Higher Love by Whitney Houston , which is a cover version of the song by Steve Winwood . It received gold status in the US and platinum in the UK. In Germany it reached number 22 in the charts. Other singles appeared with Rita Ora , Chelsea Cutler and Valerie Broussard. On December 6, 2019, the American future bass duo The Chainsmokers released their third studio album, World War Joy . It contains the song Family , a collaboration with Kygo.
Kygo uses Apple's audio software Logic for music editing .
2020: Golden Hour
Forever Yours (Avicii Tribute) with Avicii and Sandro Cavazza was released on January 24, 2020 . The song, which was originally based on a demo by Avicii and Sandro Cavazza, was played with the latter for the first time at The Avicii Tribute Concert .
On May 29, 2020 Kygo released his third studio album Golden Hour , which includes songs in collaboration with OneRepublic , Zara Larsson and Sandro Cavazza , among others . In July 2020, he released a new version of the song What's Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner . Sarah Bahbah shot the music video for the single (with Laura Harrier ).
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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Dance
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 NO
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| 2016 | Cloud Nine |
DE6 (5 weeks) DE |
AT16 (1 week) AT |
CH1  × 2
(17 weeks)CH |
UK3  (20 weeks)UK |
US11 (16 weeks)US |
Dance1 (135 weeks) Dance |
NO1 × 9
(92 weeks)NO |
First published: May 13, 2016
Sales: + 1,190,000 |
| 2017 | Kids in love |
DE91 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH34 (1 week)CH |
UK35 (4 weeks) UK |
US73 (2 weeks) US |
Dance1 (85 weeks) Dance |
NO3 (52 weeks) NO |
First published: November 3rd, 2017
Sales: +190,000 |
| 2020 | Golden hour |
DE42 (1 week) DE |
AT20 (2 weeks) AT |
CH4 (... weeks) CH |
UK6 (... weeks) UK |
US18 (... weeks) US |
Dance2 (... weeks) Dance |
NO1 (... week) NO |
First published: May 29, 2020
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Web links
- Official website (English)
- Kygo at SoundCloud
- Kygo at Beatport (English)
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- ↑ Profile on top40.nl, accessed on March 13, 2015 (Dutch)
- ↑ Anjali Raguraman: Big names such as Norway's Kygo for inaugural Ultra Singapore dance music festival. Retrieved August 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Amos Barshad: Billboard Cover: Kygo on His Rise to Fame - 'I Have to Enjoy It While It Lasts'. Retrieved August 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Kygo fant navnet på skoleportal. In: fanaposten.no
- ^ Madison Vain: Kygo's about to make tropical house the next big thing. In: music-mix.ew.com , October 1, 2014
- ↑ About Kygo. In: djoybeat.com , accessed December 12, 2014
- ↑ Pia Talwar: Kygo News 2014: 'I See Fire' Producer's Soundcloud Remixes Brings Him As EDM's Next Hottest DJs. ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: fashionnstyle.com , October 28, 2014
- ↑ Gisle G. Stokland: Coldplay ringte norske og Kygo ba om musikk. ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: 730.no , April 18, 2014
- ^ Matt Medved: Kygo to Replace Avicii at TomorrowWorld. In: Billboard , September 19, 2014
- ↑ Megan Buerger: Norwegian DJ Kygo Is On the Verge of Becoming Dance Music's Next Superstar. In: Billboard , October 24, 2014
- ↑ Kygo: From living room producer to super DJ. In: Abendzeitung-muenchen.de , May 13, 2016, accessed on May 13, 2016
- ↑ Ashley Iasimone: Rio Olympics 2016 Closing Ceremony Highlights: Kygo and Julia Michaels Perform 'Carry Me,' Simone Biles Makes History & More. In: Billboard
- ↑ bigFM Staff: “It Ain't Me” - This is the brand new single from Kygo and Selena Gomez. In: bigfm.de
- ↑ Lars Brandle: Vin Diesel Muscles in on Kygo & Selena Gomez '' It Ain't Me ': Listen. In: Billboard
- ↑ Remind Me to Forget. Retrieved March 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Kygo's Apple Logic Pro 9th In: Equipboard. Retrieved September 14, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kygo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gørvell-Dahll, Kyree (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian DJ and music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Singapore |