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Birth name | Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll |
Born | Singapore | 11 September 1991
Origin | Bergen, Norway |
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Years active | 2013–present |
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Website | kygomusic |
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (Norwegian pronunciation: [çʏrːə ˈɡøːrʋelː dɑːl]; born 11 September 1991), known professionally as Kygo (Norwegian: [ˈkỳːɡuː]), is a Norwegian DJ and record producer. He garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran[6] and his December 2014 single "Firestone" (featuring Conrad Sewell).[7][8] In late 2015, he reached one billion streams on Spotify faster than any other artist, and by June 2016, he had reached two billion streams.[9]
Kygo has since released several singles, such as "Stole the Show", "Here for You", and "Stay" in 2015, "It Ain't Me" collaborating with Selena Gomez in 2017 and a 2019 remix of "Higher Love" performed by Whitney Houston, all of which have debuted on several international charts. His debut album, Cloud Nine, was released on 13 May 2016.[10]
Kygo became the first house music producer to perform at an Olympics closing ceremony in August 2016 at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[11] In March 2018, Billboard ranked Kygo third on its 2018 ranking of dance musicians titled Billboard Dance 100.[12] The same year, he was ranked 32 on DJ Mag's top 100 DJs of the world, and in October 2019, he was ranked 42.
Kygo's stage name is derived from the first two letters of his first and last names, generated during his use of Itslearning.[13]
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