Ruel (singer)

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Ruel at the Byron Bay Fall Festival 2018
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Painkiller
  AU 38 
platinum
platinum
June 16, 2019 (11 weeks)

Ruel van Dijk (born October 29, 2002 in London ), known by his first name Ruel , is an Australian singer and songwriter from Sydney. His most famous songs to date are Painkiller , Don't Tell Me and Younger . At the ARIA Music Awards 2018 he won the “Breakthrough Artist” award for his single Dazed & Confused .

biography

Ruel Vincent van Dijk is the son of a British mother, Kate van Dijk, and a Dutch father, Ralph van Dijk, who grew up in New Zealand . Ruel lived in London until his family moved to Australia. He started playing the guitar when he was 8 years old.

In 2015, Ruel's father sent a demo recording of his son to producer M-Phazes , who was immediately enthusiastic.

In April 2017, Ruel's debut single, Golden Years , was released, produced by M-Phazes. In June he made his first live appearance on the radio. The accompanying video was viewed half a million times in less than 48 hours.

In July, Ruel released the single Don't Tell Me , which reached # 86 on the Australian music charts . In September Elton John played the song on BBC Radio 1 and made it known in England.

In November, Ruel went on tour with Khalid in Australia and New Zealand. In the same month he signed a contract with RCA Records .

On March 24, 2018, Ruel performed at the Pop Spring Festival in Tokyo . On April 4, he sang at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games .

On June 15, 2018, Ruel's first EP Ready was released . He headlined his first tour in June and July . In October, the single Younger reached gold status in Australia. On October 11, 2018, Ruel was nominated as a "Breakthrough Artist" at the ARIA Music Awards; he later won the award.

Discography

EPs

  • 2018: Ready
  • 2019: Free Time

Singles

  • 2017: Golden Years (with M-Phazes )
  • 2017: Don't Tell Me (AU:goldgold)
  • 2018: Dazed & Confused (AU:platinumplatinum)
  • 2018: Younger (AU:platinumplatinum)
  • 2018: Not Thinkin 'Bout You
  • 2019: Painkiller
  • 2019: Face to Face
  • 2019: Real Thing
  • 2019: Don't Cry
  • 2019: Unsaid
  • 2019: Free Time
  • 2019: Hard Sometimes
  • 2020: Down for You

As a guest singer

  • 2017: Human (Tom Thum feat.Ruel)
  • 2019: Flames (SG Lewis feat.Ruel)
  • 2020: Empty Love (Gracey feat. Ruel)

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

  • 2018: "Breakthrough Artist" for the single Dazed & Confused

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

  • 2019: "Favorite Aussi / Kiwi"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ruel in the Australian charts
  2. ↑ RUEL the Australian singer-songwriter prodigy in the interview . Christian Behring Kulturblog, April 2018
  3. ↑ a b c biography on Allmusic, see web links
  4. ↑ Awards for music sales: AU
personal data
SURNAME Ruel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Van Dijk, Ruel Vincent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 2002
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England