Kygo

Kygo
Kygo at VELD 2016
Background information
Birth name Kyrre Gørvell-Dahl
Born (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991
Singapore[1][2]
Origin Bergen, Norway
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • musician
Instruments
Years active
  • 2009–present
Labels
Website kygomusic.com

Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (born 11 September 1991), better known by his stage name Kygo (Norwegian: [ˈkyːɡuː]), is a Norwegian DJ, record producer, musician, and songwriter.

He garnered international attention with his remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran, which has received over 55 million plays on SoundCloud and 65 million views on YouTube[10] and his single "Firestone" which has over 500 million views on YouTube with an additional 560 million plays on the music streaming service Spotify, as of August 2017.[11][12] Kygo has accumulated over 2.5 billion views on his music on SoundCloud and YouTube.

Kygo has since released several singles, such as "Stole the Show", "Here for You", "Stay", and "It Ain't Me", which have debuted on several international charts. Kygo's debut album Cloud Nine was released on 13 May 2016.[13] He made history on 21 August 2016 at the 2016 Rio Olympics, when he became the first house music producer to perform at an Olympics closing ceremony.[14] In March 2018, Billboard named Kygo as number three on their 2018 ranking of dance musicians titled Billboard Dance 100.[15][16]

Early life

Kygo was born 11 September 1991 as a non-native foreign in Singapore,[1][2] the son of Kjersti Gjerde, a dentist, and Lars Gørvell-Dahll, an abroad worker in the maritime industry.[17][18] He has an older stepbrother Mads, two older sisters Johanne and Jenny, and a younger half-brother Sondre.[1][18] Through his childhood, he lived and traveled with his family in Brazil, Japan, Kenya and Egypt.[1]

Kygo started getting piano lessons at the age of six.[19] He stopped when he was 15 or 16 and started producing music with Logic Studio and a MIDI keyboard while watching several tutorials on YouTube.[20] When he decided to pursue music full-time he was halfway through a degree in business and finance at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.[21] He has cited Swedish DJ Avicii as his main inspiration.[22]

Career

2014: Breakthrough

On 15 May 2013, Kygo released his first single called "Epsilon" on Romanian record label Ensis Records.[23] After that, on 1 December 2014, he released the single "Firestone", featuring vocals from Conrad (mononym for Conrad Sewell), which gained international recognition and debuted on several charts worldwide. After receiving over 80 million views on YouTube and SoundCloud, Kygo was contacted by Avicii and by Chris Martin of Coldplay to create a remix of the song "Midnight".[24][25] He has also supported Avicii at Findings Festival in Oslo, Norway, in 2014.[24] On 19 September 2014, it was confirmed that Kygo was to replace Avicii at mainstage in TomorrowWorld, due to Avicii's health concerns.[26]

He was also featured in an interview for Billboard magazine, where he talked to writer Matt Medved about his remixes for Diplo and Coldplay, and talked about his upcoming tour in North America.[27] In July 2014, Kygo entered into a partnership with EDM lifestyle brand Electric Family to produce a collaboration bracelet for which 100% of the proceeds are donated to Médecins Sans Frontières.[28] In the same month, he signed a record label deal with Sony International and Ultra Music.[29]

2015–2016: Cloud Nine and Kygo Life AS

In February 2015, Kygo's song "ID" was featured in the official trailer for Ultra Music Festival.[30] The same track is also featured on FIFA 16, a popular association football video game by EA Sports.[31] In August 2015, Kygo was a featured headliner at Lollapalooza in Chicago, one of the biggest music festivals in the world. He made his U.S. television debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden in October 2015.

On 21 March 2015, he released his second single, titled "Stole the Show", featuring Parson James, which as of September 2018, had 304 million views on YouTube.[32] On 31 July 2015, he released his third single, "Nothing Left", featuring Will Heard. "Nothing Left" reached number one on the Norwegian Singles Chart. On 4 September 2015, he released his fourth single, titled "Here for You", featuring Ella Henderson, which was revealed to be the vocal version of the song "ID" that was released as part of the Ultra Music Festival.

Three months later, his fifth single, "Stay", produced with fellow Norwegian record producer William Larsen and featuring vocals by Maty Noyes, was released on 4 December 2015. In December 2015, Kygo became the fastest artist in history to reach one billion streams on Spotify.[33]

After the release of the single, Kygo announced that he was embarking on a worldwide tour to promote his debut studio album. Soon after, he revealed that his debut studio album was going to be released on 19 February 2016, but was delayed. He, instead, released a teaser of the songs that he was working on that were on his debut studio album and released it on SoundCloud.

In the beginning of March 2016, Kygo announced that his debut studio album was going to be released on 13 May 2016, under the title Cloud Nine. He also announced that he would be releasing three promotional singles, leading up to the release of the album. The first of these singles, which was released 18 March 2016, was entitled "Fragile", which features vocals and was collaborated with Labrinth. The second single came out on 1 April 2016, and was called "Raging", which features vocals from the Irish band Kodaline and was also co-written by James Bay. The third and last single was released on 22 April 2016 and was entitled "I'm In Love", featuring vocals from James Vincent McMorrow.

Kygo wordmark, which was introduced 2013 (※)[34][35]

Kygo's debut studio album was released on 13 May 2016.[13] Other collaborations were revealed to include Parson James, Tom Odell, Kodaline, Conrad Sewell, John Legend, James Vincent McMorrow, Foxes, Rhodes, Matt Corby, Maty Noyes, Julia Michaels and Angus & Julia Stone.

Kygo launched a new lifestyle brand called Kygo Life on 17 August 2016. The brand consists of two collections of high-fashion and relaxed wear, in addition to hardware such as headphones.[36][37] Kygo Life is at the moment only available in Europe, United States and Canada.[38][39]

He performed "Carry Me" with American singer and songwriter Julia Michaels at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics on 21 August at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, as part of a segment that promoted the new Olympic Channel service launching after the Games.[40]

2017–2018: Stargazing and Kids in Love

On 9 February 2017, Kygo posted a snippet of his collaboration with American singer and actress Selena Gomez.[41] They confirmed the single titled "It Ain't Me", via their social media accounts on 13 February 2017. It was released on 16 February 2017.[42] The song is the lead single from Kygo's first EP, Stargazing.

On 28 April 2017, Kygo released the second single from the EP, "First Time", with British singer Ellie Goulding.

On 15 September 2017, Kygo remixed the U2 song "You're The Best Thing About Me", which was also released as his collaborative single with the band.[43]

On 19 October 2017, Kygo announced via Facebook that his second studio album is called Kids in Love, which was released on 3 November. On 20 October 2017, he released the lead single and title track "Kids in Love", which features The Night Game. Shortly after releasing the album, Kygo announced the Kids in Love Tour. On 16 March 2018, Kygo released "Remind Me to Forget", a track featuring American singer Miguel, as the third single from the album, following "Stranger Things".

In June 2018, Kygo announced a collaboration with American rock band Imagine Dragons titled "Born to Be Yours".[44]

Personal life

Kygo is in a relationship with Maren Platou, which became publicly known in March 2016.[45] He is a fan of Manchester United.[46]

Stage name

His artist name Kygo can be pronounced as (Norwegian pronunciation: [kyːɡuː])[47] for Norwegian speakers, and /ˈkaɪɡoʊ/[47] for English speakers. Both pronunciations can be used interchangeably. Kyrre got the idea for his stage name through a username he received in high school for the digital learning platform itslearning.[48] The service used parts of his name to create a nickname, thereof "Ky-" standing for the first two letters in his given name "Kyrre", and "-go" for the first two letters in his last name "Gørvell-Dahll". The letter ø is usually replaced with letter o in computing. In an interview with newspaper Fanaposten, Kyrre quoted; "Kygo [as an artist name] has been absolutely perfect. It is very easy to say, in both Norwegian and English. [And] I have no need to change the artist name [in the future]".[48]

Philanthropy

In June 2016, NRK said that Kygo is "giving 50 000 USD [...] of the profits [of his sold-out festival on 20 August]" to Frank Mugisha; Kygo was quoted: "Everyone should be permitted to live with one's sexual orientation. That is not the situation in Uganda and quite a few other countries across the world".[49]

Discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Running time Note Ref.
2017 Stole the Show Himself 51 min (0 hr, 51 min) Documentary by Apple Music [50]
Television
Year Title Role # of episodes Note Ref.
2015 Bring On the Night Himself 2 (season 1) Docuseries by VGTV [51]
Nøkkelen til suksess 1 (season 1, episode 4) Docuseries by NRK [52]

Tour

  • Endless Summer Tour (2014)[53]
  • Cloud Nine Tour (2016)[54]
  • Kids in Love Tour (2018)[55]

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Work Result Ref.
2015 YouTube Music Awards YouTube Music Video Award "Stole the Show" Won [56]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Kygo Nominated [57]
2016 International Dance Music Awards
by Winter Music Conference		 Best Break-Through DJ Won [58]
Best Break-Through Artist (Solo) Won
Best Chillout/Lounge Track "Stole the Show" Won
Spellemannprisen '15 Årets Spellemann (Spellemann of the Year) Kygo Won [59][60]
Årets Nykommer & Gramostipend
(Newcomer of the Year & Gramo Scholarship)		 Nominated
Årets Musikkvideo (Music Video of the Year) "Stole the Show" Nominated
Årets Låt (Song of the Year) Won
"Firestone" Nominated
Electronic Music Awards & Foundation
* Still pending postponed award show		 Best New Artist Kygo Pending [61]
Single of the Year "Stole the Show" Pending
Spellemann & Music Norway Eksportprisen '15 (The Export Prize '15) Kygo Won [62]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Nominated [63]
NRJ Music Awards DJ de l’année (DJ of the Year) Nominated [64]
2017 Spellemannprisen '16 Popsolist (Pop Solo Artist) Cloud Nine Nominated [65]
Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "Stay" Nominated
WDM Radio Awards Best New Talent Kygo Nominated [66]
Billboard Music Awards Top Dance/Electronic Album Cloud Nine Nominated [67]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Collaboration "It Ain't Me"
(shared with Selena Gomez)		 Nominated [68]
Choice Electronic/Dance Song Nominated [69]
MTV Video Music Awards Best Dance Video Nominated [70]
Nickelodeon Colombia Kids' Choice Awards Colaboración Favorita
(Favorite Collaboration)		 Nominated [71]
Nickelodeon Mexico Kids' Choice Awards Nominated [72]
Nickelodeon Argentina Kids' Choice Awards Nominated [73]
LOS40 Music Awards International Artist of the Year Kygo Nominated [74]
Best International Video "It Ain't Me"
(shared with Selena Gomez)		 Won
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Kygo Nominated [75]
2018 Spellemannprisen '17 Årets Låt (Song of the Year) "It Ain't Me"
(shared with Selena Gomez)		 Nominated [76]
WDM Radio Awards Best Global Track Nominated [77]
Best Deep House DJ Kygo Nominated
Billboard Music Awards Top Dance/Electronic Artist Kygo Nominated [78]
Top Dance/Electronic Album Stargazing Nominated
Top Dance/Electronic Song "It Ain't Me"
(shared with Selena Gomez)		 Nominated
International Dance Music Awards
by Winter Music Conference		 Best Live Act Kygo Won [79]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Norwegian Act Pending [80]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Barshad, Amos (19 February 2016). "Billboard Cover: Kygo on His Rise to Fame -- 'I Have to Enjoy It While It Lasts'". Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 Meadow, Matthew (25 May 2016). "Your EDM Exclusive Interview: Kygo, On "Cloud Nine"". Your EDM. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Posts Tagged 'Kygo Remix'".
  4. ↑ "Like it or Not, Kygo's Tropical House is the Sound of the Summer".
  5. ↑ "Kygo on Birth of Tropical House, Billy Joel Fandom".
  6. ↑ "VÅRE NORSKE ARTISTER". Sony Music. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "RCA Records Press Release: Kygo Releases Debut Album 'Cloud Nine'". RCA Records. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Z. Yeung, Neil. "Cloud Nine - Kygo". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo. "Kygo Delivers Dance Beats, With a Side Order of Pan Flute". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – I See Fire (Kygo Remix)".
  11. ↑ "Ed Sheeran – I See Fire (Kygo Remix)". Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Kygo – I See Fire". Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  13. 1 2 Matthem, Meadow. "Kygo Announces Official Release Date Of Debut Album... For Real, This Time". Your EDM. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Sundius, Michael (22 August 2016). "Kygo makes history with performance from the Olympics Closing Ceremony". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Dance 100 Artists of 2018: The Complete List". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  16. ↑ "The Chainsmokers named top DJs in the world by Billboard". WJBD Radio. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  17. ↑ Orfjell, Line; Aanstad, Kristine Hellem (11 December 2015). "Moren om Kygo: Vi er så stolte". Verdens Gang. Retrieved 30 June 2017. Smyth, David (4 September 2015). "DJ Kygo on tropical house, going with the slow and why he's primarily a pianist". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  18. 1 2 Berglund, Nina (18 December 2015). "Kygo comes home as a hero". News in English. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Fanabuen Kyrre (22) gikk fra pianotimer til DJ-suksess". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "Interview: Kygo". The Vibe Guide. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  21. ↑ "DJ Kygo on tropical house, going with the slow and being a pianist". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "Kygo performs moving tribute to 'biggest inspiration' Avicii". Newshub. April 22, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  23. ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/4NavAbvW8BjjV2DFqqaZVw
  24. 1 2 "Coldplay ringte norske Kygo og ba om musikk". 18 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  25. ↑ "Norske Kyrre (22) spiller på megafestival". 9 May 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  26. ↑ "Kygo to Replace Avicii at TomorrowWorld". 19 September 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  27. ↑ "Kygo Talks Mixing for Diplo, Coldplay and Upcoming Tour". 17 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  28. ↑ "Kygo Bracelet – Electric Family".
  29. ↑ "Norwegian DJ Kygo Is On the Verge of Becoming Dance Music's Next Superstar". 24 October 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  30. ↑ "Ultra Music Festival Announces Brand New Show For Kygo And Reveals His Next Song".
  31. ↑ "Kygo's ID features on FIFA 16".
  32. ↑ "Kygo – Stole the Show feat. Parson James".
  33. ↑ "Kygo Is The Fastest Artist To Reach 1 Billion Streams On Spotify - RCA Records".
  34. ↑ "Kygo - Kygo added a new photo". Facebook. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  35. ↑ "KYGO International Trademark (WIPO) Information". Trademarkia. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  36. ↑ "Kygo to Launch New Lifestyle Brand - Keyflow".
  37. ↑ "Kygo Store - Music Meets Fashion - Official Store".
  38. ↑ "Kygo became one of the world's greatest DJ's in record time - and now he just launched his own clothing brand".
  39. ↑ "Kygo Life - Music Meets Fashion".
  40. ↑ "Kygo to Perform at Rio Olympics Closing Ceremony". Billboard. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  41. ↑ "Here's Your First Clip of Selena Gomez's "It Ain't Me" Music Video With Kygo". Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  42. ↑ "Selena Gomez & Kygo's "It Ain't Me" Premieres Thursday, February 16". Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  43. ↑ "You're The Best Thing About Me Single - U2". u2songs.com. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  44. ↑ 11 June 2018. "Kygo & Imagine Dragons Tease 'Born To Be Yours' Collaboration". Billboard. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  45. ↑ AS, TV 2. "Kygo bryter tausheten om kjæresten Maren".
  46. ↑ "DJs And Their Favorite Football Clubs". ravejungle.com. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  47. 1 2 Flaa, Kjersti. "THIS IS HOW MUCH VIN DIESEL LOVES KYGO!!". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 2017-05-22. At the beginning of the interview with American actor Vin Diesel and Norwegian journalist Kjersti Flaa, Diesel pronounce Gørvell-Dahll's artist name in English and Flaa in Norwegian.
  48. 1 2 "Kygo fant navnet på skoleportal". www.fanaposten.no.
  49. ↑ NRK. "Kygo gir penger til homokamp i Afrika".
  50. ↑ "Kygo: Stole the Show on Apple Music". Apple Music. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  51. ↑ "Bring on the night - Kygo part 1 - VGTV". VGTV. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  52. ↑ "Nøkkelen til suksess: Kygo". NRK. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  53. ↑ "KYGO Endless Summer Tour". Bass Feeds The Soul.
  54. ↑ "Kygo Announces Cloud Nine World Tour".
  55. ↑ Bein, Kat. "Kygo Announces 'Kids in Love' Tour with Gryffin, Blackbear, SEEB". Billboard.
  56. ↑ "Kygo "Stole The Show" Winning A YouTube Music Video Award - RaverRafting". 26 March 2015.
  57. ↑ "Taylor Swift Leads MTV EMAs With 9 Nominations".
  58. ↑ "31st Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2016 - WMC 2016".
  59. ↑ "Nominees for Norwegian Grammy Awards are in".
  60. ↑ "Sundfør big winner at Spellemann award". 9 February 2016.
  61. ↑ Meadow, Matthew (18 February 2016). "EDM's First Ever American Award Show Reveals Nominations, But There's No Jack Ü In Sight".
  62. ↑ "Kygo er vinner av Eksportprisen 2015".
  63. ↑ "MTV European Music Awards: Kygo".
  64. ↑ "«DJ de l'année» : qui succédera à David Guetta ? – NRJ Music Awards 2016".
  65. ↑ Årets Nominerte (2016) Archived 6 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  66. ↑ "Nominados a los WDM Radio Awards". LOS40. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  67. ↑ "Drake, The Chainsmokers Lead Nominees for the 2017 Billboard Music Awards". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  68. ↑ "Vote for Your Favorite Nominees !". Teen Choice. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  69. ↑ "Second And Final Wave of "Teen Choice 2017" Nominees Announced". Teen Choice. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  70. ↑ Stutz, Colin (July 25, 2017). "Kendrick Lamar, Katy Perry & The Weeknd Lead MTV Video Music Awards Nominations". Billboard. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  71. ↑ "KCA Colombia 2017: ¡Conoce A Los Pre Nominados!" (in Spanish). Trendy by nick. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  72. ↑ "¡Checa los nominados a los Kids' Choice Awards México 2017!" (in Spanish). revista Tú. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  73. ↑ "Estos son todos los nominados a los Kid's Choice Awards Argentina 2017" (in Spanish). TKM. September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  74. ↑ Cobo, Leila. "LOS40 Music Awards 2017: artistas nominados". Los 40. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  75. ↑ "Breaking: The 2017 MTV EMA Nominations Are Here!". MTV. 4 September 2017.
  76. ↑ Fold, The. "Spellemann // NOMINERTE SPELLEMANN 2017". Spellemann. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  77. ↑ "WDM Radio Awards 2018". Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  78. ↑ "Billboard Music Awards 2018 Nominations: See the Full List". Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  79. ↑ https://weraveyou.com/2018/03/international-dance-music-awards-idma-presents-2018-winners/
  80. ↑ "Best Norwegian Act". MTV. 5 October 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.