KDA (DJ)

Career

Known for his work in LGBT clubs, Kris Di Angelis started making remixes to play. In 2010, through a contract with Sony Music, became the official DJ of London Fashion Week.[1] To reach a larger audience, he began to hide his identity and decided to use his initials as a pseudonym.[2]

On 16 October 2015, KDA released his debut single "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)", the song features vocals from Tinie Tempah and Katy B. The song premiered on Annie Mac's radio show as the "Hottest Record in the World" on 2 September 2015, and it was BBC Radio 1's Track of the Day on 30 September 2015. On 19 October 2015, the song was at number one on The Official Chart Update in the UK.[3] On 23 October 2015, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one, making it KDA and Katy B's first number one single in the UK and Tinie Tempah's seventh number one.[4] "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)" has now gone Gold in the UK and sold over 400,000 units.

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK BEL
(FL)
IRE SCO
"Rumble" 2015 Non-album single
"Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)"
(featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B)
1 [A] 55 2
  • BPI: Platinum[6]
Honey
"Just Say"
(featuring Tinashe)
2016 88 [B] 49
[7]
Non-album single
"Hate Me"
(featuring Patrick Cash)
2017
"So Real (Warriors)"[8]
(with Too Many Zooz featuring Jess Glynne)
2018
"Sex Magick" 2019
"The Human Stone"
(featuring Angie Stone)[9]
"60 Rock"

Remixes

Title Year Artist(s) Album
"Living Out Loud"
(KDA Remix)
2016 Brooke Candy and Sia Non-album single

Notes

  1. ^ "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 24 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[5]
  2. ^ "Just Say" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 37 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Interview: London Fashion Week DJ Kris Di Angelis". Pink News.
  2. ^ "RA: KDA". Resident Advisor.
  3. ^ "KDA, Tinie Tempah and Katy B's Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) heading for singles Number 1". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ "KDA beats One Direction to Number 1 with Turn The Music Louder (Rumble): "It feels great"". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ a b "ultratop.be - Discografie KDA". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 November 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ^ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (To access, enter the search parameter "KDA" and select "Search by Keyword") on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2015. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2017-02-04. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "So Real (Warriors) [feat. Jess Glynne] - Single by Too Many Zooz & KDA". iTunes (UK). Retrieved 18 September 2018. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ^ "The Human Stone- single". iTunes. Retrieved 17 May 2019. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links


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