Nik & Jay
Nik & Jay is a Danish hip- hop group from Værløse and are the most successful rappers in their home country.
Career
Niclas Genckel Petersen ( born 1980 ) and Jannik Brandt Thomsen ( b. 1981 ) belonged to different bands before them as Nik & Jay merged in 2002. With the debut album of the same name, they made the breakthrough in the first year. It reached number two on the Danish charts and was awarded double platinum for 100 000 records sold. The following Danish Music Awards they won the awards for best newcomer and for the hit of the year, the song Hot. With him she also won the Audience Award at the Danish DeeJay Awards.
Appeared at intervals of two years, the next albums by Nik & Jay, who still surpassed the success of the debut. The album titled 2 2005 reached number one on the charts and was well over a year in the Top 40 in the same year they were also involved in Giv til Asia, a charity campaign Danish musicians for the tsunami victims in Asia. The jointly -rehearsed song hvor små vi he was 14 weeks at number one of the Danish Charts (plus one Week 2007 ) and, with more than three million copies ( 10x platinum) to the most successful releases in Denmark. In the same year, Nik & Jay also the Nordic Music Award were given as the most successful Danish artist.
The next album 3: Although fresh- fresh -fly from 2007 missed first place, but it was with more than 150 000 copies sold ( 3x platinum), the best-selling until then. Also, this album was more than a year in the charts.
In 2007, the duo with singer Alex on the song Hvad nu Hvis. It was intended as a charity song for UNICEF. It was a number -one hit and played with over 60 000 units sold (double platinum) 1.1 million crowns for the UN Children's Fund a.
In the following years, no real studio album appeared more. Instead, she published in 2008, a best-of album, titled De største (translated The Greatest ), which also included three new songs. Of those reached Kommer strength as well as the number one album, which was five weeks at the top and again reached triple platinum. Then they released get individual songs, which also came into the charts, and successfully worked with artists such as DJ Morten Breum and singer Burhan G together. With him she had with Tættere på himlen another number -one hit. Domestic Morten Breum with came in at number 3, and was elected at the DeeJay Awards for the hit of the year, their fifth award this prize in eight years.
Only in 2011 reappeared a new studio album from Nik & Jay. Engle eller was dæmoner the third number-one album of the duo and Mod solnedgangen the third own number -one hit. For the first time English-language songs were included on the album, but they were not released as a single. After the success they received the prize at the Danish Music Awards. The following year, they took before the European Football Championship 2012 together with the Danish national football team, the Landsholdet, the song Vi vandt i dag and thus had a number - two hit.
The next production, the two Danes were planning then step abroad, especially to Germany. For the English-language song United Aura Dione was recovered as a co-author and Lisa Rowe as a singer. Rowe lives in Germany and had later in the year as a singer of the song Feed Me Diamonds by Alex C. a chart hit in Germany. With Nik & Jay and the United song she came to number one in Denmark. The single was released in July 2013 also in Germany. Previously the duo had repeatedly occurred in Germany, including as a tour guide of Sean Paul at his concerts in Germany. In Germany, the song but could not place in the charts. The album United, which appeared in the same year, arrived in Denmark in second place. Besides the title song itself five more songs for the album placed in the Danish charts.
Discography
Albums
DVD
- Det vi gor (2003)
Singles
More Singles
- 2002: Hot!
- 2003: Elsker existing polymers
- 2003: Pige
- 2004: Pop -pop!
- 2004: Lækker (Gold)
- 2005: Lækker (Remix)
- 2005: Kan you Høre existing synge
- 2005: Strip
- 2005: Strip ( Remix)
- 2006: Boing! (Platinum)
- 2006: Når et lys slukkes (Gold)
- 2006: Boing (Remix)
- 2006: I Love Ya (Platinum)
- 2007: Op på hest
- 2009: The hele sandhed (featuring Julie )