Luke Graham

Luke Graham
Lukas Graham in Dresden (2013)
General information
origin	Copenhagen , Denmark
Genre (s)	pop
founding	2010
Website	www.lukasgraham.dk
Current occupation
singing	Lukas Forchhammer
Drums	Mark Falgren
bass	Magnus Larsson
Keyboard	Kasper Daugaard
former members
Keyboard	Not so with Kirk
Keyboard	Morten Ristorp

Lukas Graham is a Danish music group from Copenhagen . It combines the styles of soul , funk , hip-hop and pop . The band members also call this style “ghetto pop”.

history

Lukas Forchhammer, 2016

The band members are all from Copenhagen and have all been to the same school at different times. In 2009 they recorded their first pieces of music. The band was named after their front man Lukas Graham Forchhammer. He spent his childhood in the alternative housing estate Christiania . He was also a member of the Copenhagen Boys Choir and worked as an actor and voice actor in the 1990s. The band's career began in 2011 when they published two videos of the songs Criminal Mind and Drunk in the Morning recorded in Forchhammer's house on YouTube , which were then shared on Facebook . The band's sound spread in the Copenhagen underground and the record company Copenhagen Records, with which Mads Langer already had his first successes, became aware of the group. In October 2011 Lukas Graham's debut single, Ordinary Things , was released, after which 30,000 concert tickets for their first tour were sold, although no album by the band had yet been released.

The band's first album, which was titled after the band itself, was released in Denmark in March 2012 and reached gold status within the first week of its release. The album went platinum four times in Denmark. The singles Ordinary Things , Drunk in the Morning and Criminal Mind also received platinum awards. The songs on the album were written by Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Sebastian Fogh and Brandon Beal.

In November 2012, the band was nominated seven times for the Danish version of Echos , the Danish Music Award , and received the award for "Best Newcomer".

style

The band's musical style is described as approachable and down to earth. Forchhammer himself states that he learned classical music in school and listened to his father's old records. These included records from The Who , the Beatles and a lot of rock 'n' roll , music that was played with real instruments and inspired him musically.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DK	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	Luke Graham	DK1 × 7 Seven times platinum (164 weeks)DK	DE41 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 26, 2012
2015	Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK1 × 11 Eleven times platinum (… Where.)DK	DE28 (17 weeks) DE	AT31 (9 weeks) AT	CH34 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (20 weeks)UK	US3 platinum (43 weeks)US	First published: June 17, 2015
2018	3 (The Purple Album)	DK1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)DK	DE57 (1 week) DE	-	CH85 (1 week) CH	-	US89 (1 week) US	First published: October 26, 2018

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DK	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Ordinary Things Luke Graham	DK2 × 3 Platinum + triple platinum (streaming) (32 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 17, 2011
2012	Drunk in the Morning Luke Graham	DK1 × 3 Gold + triple platinum (streaming) (22 weeks)DK	DE30 (14 weeks) DE	AT42 (5 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: February 13, 2012
	Criminal Mind Luke Graham	DK4th × 2 Gold + double platinum (streaming) (11 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 26, 2012
	Better Than Yourself (Criminal Mind Pt. 2) Lukas Graham	DK1 × 3 Platinum + triple platinum (streaming) (23 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 22, 2012
2014	Mama Said Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK1 × 3 × 2 Triple platinum + double platinum (streaming) (26 weeks)DK	-	-	-	UK48 silver (11 weeks)UK	US36 platinum (11 weeks)US	First published: June 26, 2014
2015	Strip No More Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK1 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 16, 2015
	7 Years Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (58 weeks)DK	DE6th platinum (44 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (37 weeks)AT	CH3 gold (62 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (46 weeks)UK	US2 × 7 Seven times platinum (36 weeks)US	First published: September 18, 2015 Sales: +10,400,000
2016	You're Not There Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK25th × 2 Double platinum (4 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 13, 2016
	Take the World by Storm Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK10 platinum (10 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 16, 2016
2017	Off to See the World My Little Pony: The Movie OST	DK9 platinum (9 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 5, 2017
2018	Love Someone 3 (The Purple Album)	DK1 × 3 Triple platinum (32 weeks)DK	DE33 (15 weeks) DE	AT29 (14 weeks) AT	CH18 (27 weeks) CH	UK- silver UK	US70 platinum (10 weeks)US	First published: September 7, 2018
	Not a Damn Thing Changed 3 (The Purple Album)	DK2 platinum (8 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 12, 2018
2019	Lie	DK2 platinum (15 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: September 27, 2019
	Here (For Christmas)	DK23 (4 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: November 8, 2019
2020	Scars	DK9 (... weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 20, 2020
	Love songs	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1, 2020
	Share that love	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: August 21, 2020 feat. G-Eazy
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:
2015	What Happened to Perfect Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK14th × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
	Hayo Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK17th gold (4 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
	Don't You Worry 'Bout Me Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK24 gold (3 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
	Funeral Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK29 platinum (2 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
	When I Woke Up ... Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK30 (2 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
	Happy Home Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK31 platinum (2 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
	Playtime Lukas Graham (Blue Album)	DK33 gold (2 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: June 26, 2015
2018	Lullaby 3 (The Purple Album)	DK3 (3 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	You're Not the Only One (Redemption Song) 3 (The Purple Album)	DK6th gold (3 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	Promise 3 (The Purple Album)	DK9 (2 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	Stick Around 3 (The Purple Album)	DK12 (2 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	Everything That Isn't Me 3 (The Purple Album)	DK14 (2 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	Unhappy 3 (The Purple Album)	DK18 (2 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	Hold My Hand 3 (The Purple Album)	DK21 (2 weeks) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018
	Say Yes (Church Ballad) 3 (The Purple Album)	DK22 (1 week) DK	-	-	-	-	-	Chart entry: November 2, 2018

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DK	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Happy Home	DK1 × 3 Gold + triple platinum (streaming) (23 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 10, 2014 Hedegaard feat. Luke Graham
2015	Søndagsbarn	DK3 platinum (15 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 22, 2015 Suspekt feat. Luke Graham
2016	Golden	DK1 × 2 Double platinum (19 weeks)DK	DE46 (10 weeks) DE	AT64 (3 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: February 5, 2016 Brandon Beal feat. Luke Graham
2018	Holder almost	DK1 platinum (17 weeks)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 27, 2018 Hennedub feat. Gilli & Lukas Graham
2020	Tættere end vi tror	DK1 gold (… Where.)DK	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 27, 2020 P3 feat. Tessa, Lukas Graham, Mads Langer , Jada, Benjamin Hav, Clara & Don Stefano

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2012: for the streaming Apologize 2012: for streaming Moving Alone 2012: for streaming Never Let Me Down 2012: for the Streaming Nice Guy 2013: for streaming When You're With Me (Interlude) 2013: for streaming Ooohhh Interlude  Italy 2019: for the single Love Someone  New Zealand 2016: for the single Mama Said 2019: for the single Love Someone  Netherlands 2017: for the album Lukas Graham  Poland 2016: for the album Lukas Graham 2016: for the single Mama Said  Sweden 2016: for the single Golden  Spain 2016: for the single Mama Said 2019: for the single Love Someone

Platinum record  Denmark 2012: for streaming Don't Hurt Me This Way 2013: for streaming Red Wine 2013: for streaming Before the Morning Sun  Italy 2016: for the single Mama Said  Canada 2017: for the single Mama Said  Norway 2016: for the single Golden  Netherlands 2015: for the single 7 Years  Sweden 2016: for the album Lukas Graham (Blue Album) 2 × platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Love Someone  Belgium 2016: for the single 7 Years  Sweden 2019: for the single Love Someone  Spain 2016: for the single 7 Years

3 × platinum record  New Zealand 2016: for the single 7 Years  Sweden 2016: for the single Mama Said 4 × platinum record  Poland 2016: for the single 7 Years 5 × platinum record  Italy 2017: for the single 7 Years 6 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single 7 years 7 × platinum record  Canada 2017: for the single 7 Years 8 × platinum record  Sweden 2016: for the single 7 Years Diamond record  France 2016: for the single 7 Years

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	8 × platinum8th	-	560,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	14 × gold14th	68 × platinum68	-	2,760,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	-	400,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	-	diamond1	250,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	325,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	8 × platinum8th	-	640,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	67,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	10,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	14 × platinum14th	-	580,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	80,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	-	10 × platinum10	-	10,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	2,300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	26 × gold26th	130 × platinum130	diamond1

swell

1. ↑ Lukas Graham: Ghetto-pop, gutterne og Gammel Strand (Danish)
2. ↑ Shooting star from Christiania - Lukas Graham discovered music . 3sat.de . September 7, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b} laut.de biography. In: laut.de. Retrieved November 18, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Ditte Giese: Christianias første popstjerne vil have sex tilbage i soulmusikken (Danish). In: ibyen.dk. Politiken , December 26, 2011, accessed July 22, 2012 . 
5. ^ Emil Winther: I aften spiller Graham gratis på hjemmebane (Danish). In: ekstrabladet.dk. Ekstra Bladet , June 10, 2012, accessed July 22, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Randi Pallesen: Lukas Graham udgiver album i hele Europe (Danish). In: Gaffa. Gaffa, July 10, 2012, accessed July 22, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Thomas Treo: Lukas Graham gennembanker Madonna (Danish). In: ekstrabladet.dk. Ekstra Bladet, April 6, 2012, accessed April 6, 2012 . 
8. ↑ Lukas Graham has been nominated for seven Danish Music Awards. In: Universal. universal.de, October 27, 2012, accessed on November 19, 2012 . 
9. ↑ Lukas Graham received a Danish Music Award. In: Universal. universal.de, November 13, 2012, accessed on November 19, 2012 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DK DE AT CH UK US
11. ↑ IFPI Global Music Report 2017. (PDF) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , p. 9 , accessed on May 12, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : Lukas Graham  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Lukas Graham at laut.de
• Lukas Graham at Allmusic (English)
• Lukas Graham at Discogs (English)