Firestone

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Conrad Sewell

Conrad Ignatius Mario Maximilian Sewell (born 31 March 1988) is an Australian singer and songwriter from Brisbane, Australia who attended St. Laurence's College from 1998 to 2005. Sewell is best known for his vocals on Kygo's single "Firestone" and his number-one single "Start Again". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015, he won Song of the Year for "Start Again" and it was nominated in two other categories: Breakthrough Artist and Best Pop Release.

Career

Early career

Growing up in Brisbane, Sewell started pursuing a music career from a young age, sending around demos since he was 8 years old. Sewell is the brother of singer Grace, who is best known for her 2015 cover of "You Don't Own Me".

In 2004, Sewell auditioned for season 2 of Australian Idol, but did not pass the audition stage. He later tried his luck with short-lived rock band Sons of Midnight.

He spent years recording songs in garages and working to save money to move to the United Kingdom where pop music was more accepted. At the age of 18, Sewell moved to the U.K. to record a demo.

Ultra Music

Ultra Music is an electronic music record label in North America, comprising Ultra Records, Ultra Music Publishing, and Empire Artist Management. The label was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is the owner. As of January 23, 2013, Ultra merged its operations with Sony Music in a deal that brought all of Ultra's artists, music catalogs and licensing rights into the Sony fold in exchange for Sony's investment in Ultra and promoting Moxey (who will retain ownership) to the newly established role as president of Sony's Dance/Electronic Music division under CEO Doug Morris. As of January 2013, the label's physical releases are distributed by RED Distribution in the United States.

Ultra's roster includes, among others, Rosette, Axwell, Steve Aoki, David Guetta, Kaskade, Pitbull, Calvin Harris, The Bloody Beetroots, Wolfgang Gartner, Benny Benassi, Edward Maya, Headhunterz, Congorock, Rebecca & Fiona, TOKiMONSTA, Mt Eden, Adrian Lux, Mysto & Pizzi, Mayra Verónica, Inna, Fedde le Grand, Basshunter, Kerli, Margaret Berger, Alexandra Stan, Brass Knuckles, John de Sohn, Bynon, and Project 46. Ultra has featured releases from the aforementioned artists and many others such as The Crystal Method, Timo Maas, Sasha & John Digweed, 4 Strings, Panjabi MC, Despina Vandi, and Junkie XL. Ultra Music is No. 11 on YouTube for Most Viewed Channels of all time.

Kygo

Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (Norwegian pronunciation: ['ɕyʷ:ɾə 'gø:rvɛɫ̪ daːɫ̪] (born 11 September 1991), commonly known by his stage name Kygo, is a Norwegian DJ, record producer and musician. He garnered international attention with his remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran, which has received over 33 million plays on SoundCloud and 50 million views on YouTube. and his single "Firestone" which has over 140 million views on YouTube with an additional 330 million plays on the music streaming service Spotify, as of September 2015. Kygo has accumulated over 200 million views on his music on SoundCloud and YouTube.

After a breakthrough in 2014, he was asked by Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin to create a remix for the song "Midnight". On 1 December 2014, he released his first single "Firestone", featuring vocals from Conrad (mononym for Conrad Sewell). In February, he released the official Ultra Music Festival theme song, "ID". On 15 March 2015, he released his second single, titled "Stole the Show", which as of 11 April 2015, it had already had 1.4 million online streams. On 31 July 2015, he released his third single, "Nothing Left", featuring vocals by Will Heard and this reached the top position on the Norwegian singles chart. On 4 September 2015, he released his fourth single, titled "Here for You" featuring vocals by Ella Henderson. Three months later his fifth single, "Stay", produced with fellow Norwegian producer William Larsen and featuring vocals by Maty Noyes, was released on 4 December 2015.

Conrad

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