Mura Masa
Mura Masa (born April 5, 1996 in Castel, Guernsey ; real name Alex Crossan ) is a British music producer and songwriter in the field of electronic dance music . He is under contract with the independent label Anchor Point Records . Distribution accepts Polydor Records and Interscope Records .
life and career
Crossan was born on the Channel Island of Guernsey and spent his childhood there. He started producing electronic songs at the age of 15. Later some of his songs became known to a wider public on BBC Radio 1 .
In the BBC forecast Sound of 2016 , which determines the most promising new musicians at the beginning of each year, he was voted fifth. In the same year he had his first major commercial success with the song Love $ ick , which was produced in cooperation with the rapper A $ AP Rocky . The beat was previously produced as Lovesick Fuck . It reached number 14 on the Australian music charts and received platinum status in Australia and New Zealand.
Crossan also co-wrote and produced Seven Months , a song by British singer Låpsley , and rapper Stormzy's song First Things First . His Soundcloud account already has more than 130,000 followers.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
|
 CH
|
 UK
|
 US
|
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| 2017 | Mura Masa |
DE86 (1 week) DE |
- |
UK19 (2 weeks) UK |
US192 (1 week) US |
First published: July 14, 2017
|
| 2020 | RYC | - | - |
UK23 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: January 17, 2020
|
EPs
- 2015: Someday Somewhere
Mix tapes
- 2014: Soundtrack to a Death
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
CH
|
UK
|
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| 2016 | Love $ ick Mura Masa |
DE-  |
CH65 (5 weeks) CH |
UK59 (14 weeks)UK |
First published: November 3rd, 2016
with A $ AP Rocky |
More singles
- 2015: Firefly (with Nao , UK:
silver) - 2015: Love for That (with Shura )
- 2016: What If I Go? (with Bonzai)
- 2017: 1 Night (with Charli XCX )
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 |
silver |
gold |
 platinum
|
Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
|||||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
- | - |
2 × platinum2
|
140,000 | aria.com.au |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
90,000 | ifpi.dk |
|
Germany (BVMI)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 200,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Canada (MC)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
80,000 | musiccanada.com |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
- | - |
platinum1
|
30,000 | nztop40.co.nz |
|
United States (RIAA)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 500,000 | riaa.com |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
silver1
|
gold1
|
- | 600,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
silver1
|
3 × gold3
|
5 × platinum5
|
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timothy Monger: Artist Biography. Allmusic , accessed March 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Viktoria Renner: Masa portrayed our youth and she looks like in the 90s. Motor Music , November 4, 2016, accessed March 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Ina Plodroch: Mura Masa feat. A $ AP Rocky - "Love $ ick". Westdeutscher Rundfunk , January 6, 2017, accessed on March 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE CH UK US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mura Masa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crossan, Alex (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1996 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castel, Guernsey |