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Musical artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jesse Hughes (born May 6, 1989), known professionally as Vanic, is a Canadian DJ and producer, based in New Westminster, British Columbia.[1][2]
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Early life
A metal enthusiast when he was in middle school, Hughes developed an interest in hardstyle and later in musical production. He played piano at the age of four.[3] Hughes gained recognition for remixing songs for artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lana Del Rey and Birdy.[4] He told Forbes "Family and personal issues came up in my life that made me re-evaluate my goals and direction. I decided that I might as well spend my youth trying for something really cool and different, something I was passionate about. And music was the obvious choice, it's been one of the biggest parts of my life..."[5] Hughes, who studied business, dropped out of Simon Fraser University in an effort to pursue a successful musical career.[6]
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Career
In 2014, he was featured on the song "Circles" by Machineheart, which received over a million streams in two weeks.[1] In 2016, he signed a deal with Disruptor Records, a joint venture of Sony Music and Adam Alpert.[7][8] He said "Adam and Disruptor were the right fit. Everything they do seems to be spot on, and they're really good people to work with."[5] He released his debut single "Samurai" via the label.[9] On January 20, 2017, he released the song "Too Soon" featuring Maty Noyes.[10] According to Nielsen Music, the song received 740,000 streams in the United States and sold 1,000 downloads in its first tracking week. It debuted on the Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart at 40th.[11] His song "Staring at the Sun" was also released via Disruptor and featured Clara Mae.[12] The song became his third single to be released on the label.[13]
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Discography
Albums
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Remixes
- Big Sean – "Bounce Back"[22]
- Birdy – "Skinny Love"[23]
- CHVRCHES – "The Mother We Share"
- Tove Styrke – "Borderline"
- Coleman Hell – "2 Heads"
- K.Flay – "FML", “Make me fade”, “Cops”, "Can't Sleep"
- Lana Del Rey – "West Coast", "Summertime Sadness"
- Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle – "Be Together"
- The Chainsmokers – "Setting Fires"[24]
- Zella Day – "Compass", "Hypnotic", "High", "Wonderwall"
- Above & Beyond - "We're All We Need"
- G-Eazy - "But A Dream"[25]
- Apashe ft. Lia – "Behind My Eyes"[26]
- Ben Howard – "The Fear"[27]
- Skylar Grey – "Fucking Crazy"
- RIOT – "Down With Your Love"
References
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