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aka: Adam Richard Wiles, Love Regenerator
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GRAMMY award-winning Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris, is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, I Created Disco, was released in June 2007. Its singles “Acceptable in the 80s” and “The Girls” both reached the top 10 in the UK.
To promote I Created Disco, Harris embarked on a tour of the UK, supporting Faithless and Groove Armada. I Created Disco was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It reached number eight on the UK Albums Chart and number 19 on the US Top Electronic Albums.
The same year, Calvin Harris caught the attention of Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue after his recordings had been passed on to her by another record producer. This led to him co-writing and producing two songs, “Heart Beat Rock” and “In My Arms”, on her 2007 album, X, the latter becoming a top 10 single in the UK.
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Harris would later give the song to Sophie Ellis-Bextor to record for her 2011 album, Make a Scene. Harris also produced a remix of the second single “4th of July (Fireworks)” from Kelis‘ album, Flesh Tone. He additionally reworked singles by Jamiroquai, Groove Armada, All Saints, and CSS.
In 2008, Calvin Harris collaborated with rapper Dizzee Rascal on his single “Dance wiv Me”, producing the track and singing the hook. The single topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks and was certified platinum by the BPI, selling more than 600,000 copies.
He also released several remixes, including Shakira‘s “She Wolf”, Katy Perry‘s “Waking Up in Vegas”, Mr. Hudson’s “Supernova” (featuring Kanye West), and Mika‘s “We Are Golden”.
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Harris also produced Dizzee Rascal‘s next single, titled “Holiday”, which topped the UK Singles Chart in August 2009. Harris made a guest appearance as vocalist on Tiësto‘s song, “Century”, on the Dutch producer’s album, Kaleidoscope.
In 2011, Calvin Harris toured as a support act for the European leg of Barbadian singer Rihanna‘s Loud Tour.
Harris released the single, “Bounce”, the first single from his upcoming album, a collaboration with Kelis that debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart in June 2011.
He wrote and produced Cheryl Cole‘s single, “Call My Name”, the lead single from her third album, A Million Lights. He also produced a remix of Florence and the Machine‘s “Spectrum” titled “Spectrum (Say My Name)”.
Calvin Harris produced the single, “I Will Never Let You Down”, for British singer Rita Ora. On 18 May 2014, the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, two weeks after his song, “Summer”, debuted at the top of the charts.
Harris released a new single, titled “This Is What You Came For”, which features Rihanna, on 29 April 2016. The single debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart.
On 24 June 2016, Harris released a collaboration with Dizzee Rascal, titled “Hype”.
In 2016, Calvin Harris stated that Jamiroquai and Fatboy Slim had inspired him to make music.
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On 21 February 2017, he announced the song, “Slide”, his collaboration with American singer-songwriter Frank Ocean and hip-hop group, Migos.
Harris released a collaboration with Young Thug, Ariana Grande, and Pharrell Williams titled “Heatstroke” on 31 March 2017. In May, he announced that his forthcoming fifth studio album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, would be released on 30 June 2017. The album featured appearances from the likes of Travis Scott, Kehlani, Future, Katy Perry, Big Sean, John Legend, Khalid, Schoolboy Q, DRAM, Nicki Minaj, Lil Yachty, Jessie Reyez, PartyNextDoor and Snoop Dogg.
On 8 February 2018, Calvin Harris collaborated with PartyNextDoor to release a dancehall-influenced house track, titled “Nuh Ready Nuh Ready”. On 6 April 2018, he released “One Kiss” with Dua Lipa. On 17 August 2018, the next single, “Promises”, was released with Sam Smith.
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On 22 October 2018, Harris collaborated with Normani on the two track EP, Normani x Calvin Harris. He topped Forbes’ Highest-Paid DJs of 2018, becoming his sixth consecutive year to top the list (2013–2018).
On 22 August 2020, Calvin Harris announced his new song called, “Over Now”, with Canadian singer The Weeknd. The song was released on 28 August 2020.
On 3 March 2022, Harris hinted at the release of his sixth album, Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2, on his Twitter. The lead single, “Potion”, featuring Dua Lipa and Young Thug, was released on 27 May.
On 29 June 2022, Calvin Harris announced that Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 would be released on 5 August 2022. The album contains features from Charlie Puth, Swae Lee, Pusha T, Normani, Halsey, Tinashe, and Justin Timberlake, among others.
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Harris announced the second single, “New Money”, which features vocals from 21 Savage. The song was released on 1 July 2022. On 6 July 2022, Harris announced that his third single, “Stay with Me”, featuring Halsey, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams, would be released on 15 July 2022.
The fourth single, “New to You”, was announced by Calvin Harris. It was set to be released on 29 July 2022. It features American singers Normani and Tinashe, and rapper Offset.
His discography includes six studio albums, one mix album, nine extended plays, 53 singles (including three as a featured artist), 12 promotional singles and 46 music videos.
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