Axwell and Ingrosso

Axwell Λ Ingrosso
Background information
Genres
Instruments Logic Pro
Years active 2014 (2014)–present
Labels
Website axwellingrosso.com
Members

Axwell and Ingrosso (stylised as Axwell Λ Ingrosso) is a Swedish DJ duo signed under Def Jam Recordings consisting of former Swedish House Mafia members Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso.[1] They made their performance debut at the 2014 Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City in June.[2]

History

Pre-2014: Swedish House Mafia

Main article: Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia was a Swedish DJ trio consisting of disc jockeys and producers: Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008. The supergroup placed at number ten on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll 2011 and have been called "the faces of mainstream progressive house music." In the DJ Magazine Top 100 Poll 2012 they were ranked at number twelve. On 24 June 2012, the group announced via their website that they would split up after embarking on "One Last Tour," which ended at Ultra Miami 2013 on 24 March 2013.

2014–present

Axwell and Ingrosso formed the group Axwell Λ Ingrosso officially in 2014. During June of that year, the band gained prominence among New Yorkers when they began placing clues about their new album in various locations throughout the city.[3][4] The former Swedish House Mafia manager posted images of some of the clues on Instagram along with a post that shilled, "NYC. Let the games begin. Lines of a new song lie on your streets. Only sharing will make it grow. For everyone else who signed up we posted you your part :-)."[4] Ingrosso followed up with a Tweet stating, "watch your mail for post. If you didn’t sign up look on streets of NYC & together we’ll build a song."[4] Their first performance was in 2014 at the 8 June Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City.[2] The performance debuted music from a new album they announced to release under the name Axwell Λ Ingrosso the intro music of which premiered on air during Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program.[1] Their performance was also named one of the 15 Hot Governors Ball Moments as well as one of the Top 10 Best Performances of the Hot Governors Ball by Billboard.[5][6] They also made an appearance at the 2014 V Festival.[7] The album is also said to be the first for both artists as Swedish House Mafia never released an official full-length album.[8] Axwell and Ingrosso also deleted their personal Facebook pages and created a single page for the group to signify the new partnership.[1] They recently toured India, as part of Sunburn Arena, where they engaged with the Indian audience. Axwell Λ Ingrosso released their first single "Can't Hold Us Down" and later that year released their next single "Something New" which was used for the new Beats advertisement. On 6 February, they launched a new online hub, and three new video trailers: "Something New", "Can't Hold Us Down" and "On My Way". Four days later, the Swedish duo dropped the video for "Something New". The videoclip takes the viewer on a motorcycle ride through an extended traffic jam in the desert. At the end, the two bikes disappear into the horizon. On 12 March 2015, the duo dropped their next new track, the anthemic "On My Way" which features vocals from Salem Al Fakir.[9] This was followed by a sequel video, directed by Christian Larson the next day which continued the story of the music video for 'On My Way'. This was the official music video for 'Can't Hold Us Down' [10] On 12 June 2015, they released a new song "Sun Is Shining". On YouTube, it hit 3 million views in one month. On 6 November 2015, the duo released their fifth single "This Time". All proceeds from the song will be donated to charity.[11] The instrumental for their new single "Dream Bigger" was released on 8 January 2016, with the vocal version being released on April 29 later that year.

Discography

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Album details
X4
  • Released: February 13, 2014
  • Label: Axtone Records, Refune Music
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[12]		 AUT
[13]		 BEL
[14]		 FRA
[15]		 GER
[16]		 ITA
[17]		 NLD
[18]		 POL [19] SWI
[20]		 UK
[21]
"Can't Hold Us Down"[22] 2014 — — — — — — — — — — TBA
"Something New" 20 — 13 56 — — — 18 — 22
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[23]
"On My Way" 2015 18 — 78 — — — 82 — — 100
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[24]
"Sun Is Shining" 1 13 8 31 51 56 8 11 41 56
"This Time"[11] 73 — 26 — — — — — — —
"Dream Bigger"[28] 2016 — — — — — — — — — —
"Thinking About You" 64
[29]		 — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[12]
"We Come, We Rave, We Love"[30] 2014 — Non-album single
"Dream Bigger (Instrumental)" [31] 2015 —
"Thinking About You (Festival Mix)" 2016 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Recipient Outcome Ref
2016 NRJ Music Awards Best Collaboration of the Year Axwell Λ Ingrosso Nominated [32]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Blistein, Jon (29 May 2014). "Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso Form New Band". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 Gale, Alex (9 June 2014). "Governors Ball 2014: Ex-Swedish House Mafia Duo Axwell & Ingrosso Debut New Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Tariq, Sara (6 June 2014). "Song On The Streets: Axwell Ingrosso Premier New Music". Vibe. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Lancaster, Elizabeth (3 June 2014). "Axwell & Ingrosso Post Clues To New Music All Around New York City". MTV. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Governors Ball 2014: Top 10 Best Performances". Billboard. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "15 Hot Governors Ball Moments: Axwell & Ingrosso, Vampire Weekend, Interpol Run Day 3". Billboard. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Pell, Michael (18 August 2014). "Axwell Ingrosso Literally Set Fire To MTV Stage At V Festival!". MTV. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Axwell Ingrosso Confirm New Album Coming, Plus Tour Featuring Ibiza and Festival Dates". Music Times. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Axwell Λ Ingrosso Drop Anthemic New Song On My Way".
  10. ↑ Matt Medved (March 13, 2015). "Exclusive: Axwell & Ingrosso Premiere 'Can't Hold Us Down' Mini-Movie". www.billboard.com.
  11. 1 2 Middleton, Ryan (2015-11-06). "Axwell /\ Ingrosso, Pusha T Release 'This Time' For Charity". Music Times. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  12. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discography Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  17. ↑ "Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 34 (dal 2015-08-21 al 2015-08-27)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  18. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  19. ↑ http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/top/archiwum.php?year=2015&idlisty=1755#title
  20. ↑ "Discographie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ "Axwell & Ingrosso". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
  22. ↑ https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=793871077350415&id=605035559567302&set=pb.605035559567302.-2207520000.1457893378.&source=42
  23. ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se (Click "search all records" and view 11th December 2014. Then click "visa" on "Something New")
  24. ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se (Click "search all records" and view 2nd April 2015. Then click "visa" on "On My Way")
  25. ↑ http://www.sverigetopplistan.se (Click "search all records" and view 26th June 2015. Then click "visa" on "Sun Is Shining")
  26. ↑ http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:singoli/page:0/term:Axwell
  27. ↑ http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/zloteplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2016
  28. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/_9zNh6rm5Q/
  29. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  30. ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Axwell+%26+Sebastian+Ingrosso&titel=We+Come%2C+We+Rave%2C+We+Love&cat=s
  31. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/_9zNh6rm5Q/
  32. ↑ "Palmares NRJ DJ AWARDS 2016 - Meilleurs DJs". NRJ.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-14.

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