Lauv

Lauv performing live in 2018

Lauv (born August 8, 1994 in San Francisco , California , real name Ari Staprans Leff ) is an American musician and singer of Latvian descent.

Career

In his childhood he played the piano , viola and guitar . He began his career at the age of 14 and initially wrote songs for other artists. He studied music technology at New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development . In 2016 and 2017 he wrote several songs for well-known musicians, including Cash Cash , Charli XCX , Cheat Codes and Demi Lovato .

His debut - EP Lost in the Light appeared in 2015. This more singles were released. After the single The Other was re-released in early 2017 with several remixes and an acoustic version , it was successful on Spotify worldwide, but could not record any chart success. He then released the follow-up single I Like Me Better on May 19, 2017 , which first hit the charts in Europe and finally worldwide in the summer of 2017. It was remixed by Cheat Codes and Ryan Riback .

Lauv was in October and November 2017 support act for Ed Sheeran on the Divide tour for fourteen performances in Asia.

His stage name Lauv, which means Leo in Latvian , pays homage to his zodiac sign.

Private life

In 2018, Lauv was in a relationship with singer Julia Michaels for several months before the couple separated at the end of the year.

In an interview with Rbb24 in March 2020, Lauv stated that his sister and a friend sent him to a psychologist who diagnosed him with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

His mother and maternal grandparents are of Latvian descent.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2020	How I'm feeling	DE27 (7 weeks) DE	AT10 (13 weeks) AT	CH21 (8 weeks) CH	UK9 (10 weeks) UK	US16 (14 weeks) US	First published: March 6, 2020

Remix albums

• 2018: I Met You When I Was 18 (The Extras) (First published May 31, 2018)
• 2020: How I'm Feeling (The Extras) (Initial release: March 6, 2020)

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2018	I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist)	-	-	-	-	US50 gold (37 weeks)US	First published: May 31, 2018

EPs

• 2015: Lost in the Light (first published October 3, 2015)
• 2017: Spotify Singles (Initial Release: July 19, 2017)
• 2017: Lauv (First published: October 25, 2017)
• 2020: Without You (first published June 24, 2020)

Singles

As a solo artist

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	I Like Me Better I Met You When I Was 18 (The Playlist)	DE7th platinum (36 weeks)DE	AT5 platinum (35 weeks)AT	CH23 (42 weeks) CH	UK58 platinum (13 weeks)UK	US27 × 4 Quadruple platinum (41 weeks)US	First published: May 19, 2017
2018	There's no way	-	-	CH86 (1 week) CH	-	US- gold US	First published: September 27, 2018 feat. Julia Michaels
2019	I'm So Tired… How I'm Feeling	DE42 (19 weeks) DE	AT22nd gold (19 weeks)AT	CH40 (20 weeks) CH	UK8th gold (18 weeks)UK	US81 platinum (6 weeks)US	First published: January 24th, 2019 with Troye Sivan
	Fuck, I'm Lonely How I'm Feeling	DE80 (8 weeks) DE	AT48 (11 weeks) AT	CH53 (3 weeks) CH	UK32 silver (15 weeks)UK	US- gold US	First published: August 1st, 2019 feat. Annemarie
	Mean It How I'm Feeling	-	-	CH87 (1 week) CH	UK83 (1 week) UK	-	First published: November 14, 2019 with LANY

More singles

• 2015: The Other (US:gold)
• 2015: Reforget
• 2016: Question (feat.Travis Mills)
• 2016: Breathe
• 2016: The Story Never Ends
• 2017: Easy Love
• 2017: Paris in the Rain
• 2018: Getting Over You
• 2018: Chasing Fire
• 2018: Superhero
• 2019: Drugs & the Internet
• 2019: Sad Forever
• 2019: Feelings
• 2019: Sims
• 2020: Changes
• 2020: Tattoos Together
• 2020: Modern Loneliness
• 2020: Dishes

Promo singles

• 2018: bracelet
• 2018: Paranoid
• 2018: Enemies
• 2018: Never Not

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	A different way	-	-	CH63 (2 weeks) CH	UK85 (9 weeks) UK	-	First release: September 21, 2017 DJ Snake feat. Lauv
2019	Make it right	-	-	-	-	US76 (1 week) US	First published: October 18, 2019 BTS feat. Lauv

Further guest contributions

• 2019: Dil Na Jaaneya (Rochak Kohli feat.Lauv & Akasa)
• 2020: Slow Grenade ( Ellie Goulding feat. Lauv)

Awards for music sales

Silver record  United Kingdom 2018: for the authors ' participation Boys ( Charli XCX ) Golden record  Belgium 2017: for the author participation No Promises ( Cheat Codes ) 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  Brazil 2018: for the single A Different Way  Denmark 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  Germany 2017: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes)  France 2017: for the single I Like Me Better  Italy 2018: for the single A Different Way  Canada 2018: for the single A Different Way 2018: for the single The Other  New Zealand 2017: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes) 2019: for the single Fuck, I'm Lonely  Portugal 2017: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes)

Platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single There's No Way 2019: for the single Fuck, I'm Lonely  Belgium 2018: for the single I Like Me Better  Denmark 2018: for the single I Like Me Better 2019: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes)  France 2018: for the single A Different Way  Italy 2017: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes) 2018: for the single I Like Me Better  Canada 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  New Zealand 2017: for the single I Like Me Better 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  Norway 2018: for the single I Like Me Better  South Korea 2020: for streaming Paris in the Rain  United States 2017: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes)  United Kingdom 2018: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes)

2 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single I'm So Tired ...  Canada 2018: for the single I Like Me Better 3 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the author participation No Promises (Cheat Codes) 5 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single I Like Me Better

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)	-	-	12 × platinum12	840,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	65,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	20,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	225,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	platinum1	225,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	125,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	320,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	90,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	10,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	45,000	ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	-	5,000	Individual evidence
South Korea (KMCA)	-	-	platinum1	-	gaonchart.co.kr
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	6 × platinum6th	8,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	18 × gold18th	35 × platinum35

supporting documents

1. ↑ Ari Staprans Leff, Born 08/08/1994 in California. In: CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved September 18, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Announcement. In: Facebook. AEG, accessed September 18, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Nicole Mastrogiannis: INTERVIEW: LAUV Reveals The Touching Inspiration Behind 'I Like Me Better'. iHeart Radio, accessed September 18, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Julia Michaels and Lauv Split as She Shares New Year's Resolution: 'No More Dating Narcissists'. Retrieved November 21, 2019 . 
5. ↑ "I am frustrated with how this society works". Retrieved March 8, 2020 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
7. ↑ Gold for No Promises in Portugal

Web links

• Official website
• Lauv at Discogs (English)
• Author participations at austriancharts.at