Silk City (duo)

Not to be confused with Silk Sonic.

Silk City is an English-American supergroup duo composed of electronic music producers Mark Ronson and Diplo.^[1] The duo have collaborated with artists including Dua Lipa, Daniel Merriweather, Mapei, GoldLink, Ellie Goulding and Desiigner.^[2]

Silk City
Diplo (left) and Mark Ronson (right)
Background information
Genres	EDM house
Years active	2018 (2018)–present
Labels	Silk City Columbia Sony
Members	Mark Ronson Diplo
Website	www.silk-city.com

History

On 2 January 2018, American DJ and record producer Diplo and English-American musician, DJ, songwriter and record producer Mark Ronson, announced a new project entitled Silk City.^[1] The duo released their debut single "Only Can Get Better" featuring Daniel Merriweather on May 25, 2018.^[3] Their second single, "Feel About You" featuring Mapei, was released on 20 July 2018.^[4] The duo's third single, "Loud", saw Diplo reunite with previous collaborators GoldLink and Desiigner.^[5][6]

Their fourth single "Electricity" was released on 6 September 2018 and features English singer and songwriter Dua Lipa. The music video was released on the same day.^[7]

On 22 January 2021, Silk City released the single "New Love" featuring English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding.

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Details
Electricity[8]	Released: 13 April 2019 (UK) Label: Columbia Formats: 12" vinyl

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
		UK [9]	AUS [10]	BEL [11]	CAN [12]	GER [13]	IRE [14]	SWE [15]	US [16]
"Only Can Get Better"[3] (featuring Daniel Merriweather)	2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Electricity[8]
"Feel About You"[4] (featuring Mapei)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Loud"[5] (with GoldLink and Desiigner)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Electricity"[A] (with Dua Lipa)		4	22	7	61	64	6	51	62	BPI: Platinum[17] ARIA: Platinum[18] BEA: Gold[19] RIAA: Platinum[20]
"New Love"[21] (featuring Ellie Goulding)	2021	65	—	—	—	—	81 [22]	—	—		TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes

Title	Artist	Year
"Missing U" (Silk City & Picard Brothers Remix)	Robyn	2019

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2019	Best Dance Recording	"Electricity"	Won

International Dance Music Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2019	Best Pop/Electronic Song	"Electricity"	Nominated

Notes

1. "Electricity" is also included on the complete edition of Dua Lipa's first album Dua Lipa.