Marlon Roudette

Marlon Roudette (2012)

Marlon Roudette (* 5. January 1983 in London as Marlon Roudette-McVey ) is a British musician and singer-songwriter . He lived in St. Vincent ( Caribbean ) from the age of six . He gained fame as part of the duo Mattafix , whose number one hit Big City Life he wrote.

life and career

Marlon Roudette is the son of designer Vonnie Roudette and Cameron McVey , the producer of bands like Massive Attack , Portishead , All Saints , Sugababes and singer Neneh Cherry , who is now Roudette's stepmother. Roudette was influenced by the music of Gregory Isaacs and Massive Attack. He was also inspired by Sam Cooke , Aretha Franklin and Sade . His music is a mix of pop and reggae . In addition to the steel pan , his first instrument, he also plays guitar and keyboard .

In 2003 he co-founded the duo Mattafix , which had its biggest hit in 2005 with the debut single Big City Life . The last release of the duo appeared in 2008, since 2011 Marlon Roudette has published as a solo artist.

On August 16, 2011, the song New Age from the film What a Man by Matthias Schweighöfer was released . It reached number one in Germany , Switzerland and Austria . The corresponding album Matter Fixed also reached high chart positions. This was followed by the singles Anti Hero (Brave New World) , which also achieved high chart positions, and Hold on Me .

On August 8, 2014, the album Electric Soul was released. The first single from it, When the Beat Drops Out , was released in advance on July 18, 2014 and went straight to number one in the German single charts . The song was produced with Gail Mosley and Jan Vollers, among others, and the video was recorded a short time later by Director Alexander Brown. Roudette is under contract with the Universal Music Group .

Today he lives in Olten , Switzerland with his wife and two children .

Discography

→ Main article : Mattafix

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2011	Matter Fixed	DE6 (16 weeks) DE	AT27 (10 weeks) AT	CH33 (23 weeks) CH	-	First published: September 2, 2011
2014	Electric soul	DE16 (7 weeks) DE	AT26 (1 week) AT	CH4 (9 weeks) CH	-	First published: August 8, 2014

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2011	Riding Home	First published: October 21, 2011

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2011	New Age Matter Fixed	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (34 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (25 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (36 weeks)CH	UK90 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 20, 2011 Sales: + 505,000
2012	Anti Hero (Brave New World) Matter Fixed	DE6th gold (17 weeks)DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH11 (12 weeks) CH	-	First published: Jan 20, 2012 Sales: + 150,000
	Hold on Me Matter Fixed	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1, 2012
2014	When the Beat Drops Out Electric Soul	DE1 platinum (30 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (20 weeks)AT	CH2 gold (30 weeks)CH	UK7th gold (21 weeks)UK	First published: July 18, 2014 Sales: + 960,000
	Flicker Electric Soul	-	-	-	-	First published: December 12, 2014
2015	Everybody Feeling Something Electric Soul (Re-Edition)	DE55 (6 weeks) DE	AT47 (5 weeks) AT	-	-	First published: August 28, 2015 feat. KStewart
2017	Ultra love	-	-	-	-	First published: May 26, 2017

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Denmark 2015: for the single When the Beat Drops Out  Italy 2017: for the author participation and production Big City Life ( Mattafix )  New Zealand 2005: for the author participation and production Big City Life (Mattafix)  Netherlands 2012: for the single New Age  Austria 2006: for the author participation and production Big City Life (Mattafix)  United Kingdom 2019: for the Ring Ring ( Jax Jones feat. Mabel & Rich the Kid )

Platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single When the Beat Drops Out  Germany 2006: for the author participation and production Big City Life (Mattafix)  Italy 2014: for the single When the Beat Drops Out  Switzerland 2006: for the author participation and production Big City Life (Mattafix)  United Kingdom 2018: for the authors' participation Finders Keepers (Mabel & Kojo Funds ) 2019: for the author participation Fine Line (Mabel feat. Not3s )

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	platinum1	70,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	gold1	-	30,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	1,300,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	platinum1	55,000	fimi.it
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold1	-	10,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	60,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	60,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	12 × gold12	9 × platinum9

swell

1. ↑ Status update. by Marlon Roudette , accessed April 23, 2011 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Short biography of Mattafix. viva.tv, archived from the original on November 17, 2011 ; Retrieved August 16, 2011 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Matthias Schweighöfer makes Marlon Roudette famous for good. klatsch-tratsch.de, July 7, 2011, accessed on August 15, 2011 .  
4. ↑ Black Forest Messenger: Marlon Roudette: The man behind the song "New Age". Schwarzwälder Bote, August 11, 2011, archived from the original on September 22, 2012 ; Retrieved August 15, 2011 .  
5. ↑ New Age by Marlon Roudette. amazon.de, accessed on August 17, 2011 .  
6. ↑ Hold On Me - Single. iTunes Preview, accessed August 12, 2012 .  
7. ↑ Press release on musikmarkt.de ( Memento from August 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the charts in week 31; published on July 29, 2014
8. ↑ ^{a b} Overview: Marlon Roudette. universal-music.de, accessed on August 16, 2011 .  
9. ^ When The Beat Drops Out - Single. iTunes Preview, accessed July 22, 2014 .  
10. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Author participations and productions at austriancharts.at