How to Hire KHALID For Your Event!
(keh-LID)
aka: Khalid Donnel Robinson
Based in: Texas
Based in: El Paso
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Khalid Donnel Robinson (born February 11, 1998), known mononymously as Khalid, is an American singer and songwriter.
Shortly after graduating from Americas High School, Khalid reached number two on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart in July 2016. His single “Location” began charting, which led to his being featured in many publications, including Billboard, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, and Rolling Stone.
He rose to fame following the release of his debut studio album, American Teen, (2017), which was certified 4× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album spawned the Billboard Hot 100 top twenty singles, “Location” and “Young Dumb & Broke”, with the former receiving diamond certification by the RIAA.
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He sold out every venue on his 21-city January–February 2017 Location Tour, including the 1,500-capacity Tricky Falls in El Paso. Following the completion of the tour, his debut studio album, American Teen, was released on March 3, 2017. The album received critical acclaim and Grammy Award nominations for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best R&B Song (for “Location”), at the 2018 ceremony. On October 24, 2017, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than 1,000,000 in combined pure sales and album-equivalent units.
Also, in 2017, Khalid won a VMA Award for Best New Artist.
In 2017, he collaborated with Lorde, SZA, and Post Malone on Lorde‘s “Homemade Dynamite” remix. He released a duet with singer, Normani, called “Love Lies”, recorded for the Love, Simon film soundtrack, which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018. “Love Lies” was each artist’s first number one on the US Pop Songs chart and finished in the top 20 of the 2018 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End chart.
Khalid‘s song, “The Ways”, with rapper Swae Lee was featured in the Marvel film, Black Panther. As of February 23, 2018, the song peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He collaborated with Billie Eilish on the song, “Lovely”, which was sampled multiple times on Goodbye & Good Riddance, the debut album of rapper Juice Wrld. It was also played on the popular Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why in Season 2 Episode 13. In July 2018, he was featured alongside Halsey on Benny Blanco‘s debut single “Eastside”. The song charted in the Billboard Hot 100’s top ten and reached number one on the US Pop Songs chart, after a record 30-week climb.
Khalid‘s music is primarily R&B, hip-hop, pop and pop-soul. He sings in both the baritone and tenor ranges, effectively rendering him a baritenor. Khalid possesses a two and a half octave vocal range, ranging from the low F2 to the middle B♭4. Khalid has cited Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Father John Misty, Frank Ocean, Grizzly Bear, Chance the Rapper, Lorde, India.Arie, and James Blake as other influences.
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Khalid has received numerous accolades, including six Grammy Award nominations, six Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards and a MTV Video Music Award. In 2019, Khalid was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People.
His discography includes three studio albums, one mixtape, one extended play, 45 singles (including 15 as a featured artist), and nine promotional singles.
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