Must Haves. Music Edition. Calvin Harris.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Born Adam Richard Wiles on January 17, 1984 withinside the southern Scotland metropolis of Dumfries, Harris changed into first drawn to digital track in his teenagers and changed into recording bed room demos with the aid of using 1999. Two of those songs, "Da Bongos" and "Brighter Days," have been launched as a 12" membership unmarried and an EP with the aid of using the Prima Facie label in early 2002 below the artist call Stouffer. With that unmarried to his credit, the still-teenaged Harris moved from Scotland to London, however as a completely small fish in one of the world's biggest and maximum aggressive ponds, he floundered; most effective one in all his songs changed into launched all through his time in London, "Let Me Know" with vocalist Ayah at the Unabombers' 2004 live-blend CD Electric Soul, Vol. 2.

GENRE EDM, club music, electronic

ALBUMS

I created disco, ready for the weekend, 18 months, all gone las vegas, motion, funk wav bounces vol. 1

HITS

My Way, Summer,how deep is your love, blame, lets go, sweet nothing, feel so close, etc

CULTURAL IMPACT

Scottish manufacturer and DJ Calvin Harris went from self-liberating his track on line to promoting hundreds of thousands withinside the 2000s and 2010s with radio-friendly, digital dance crossover anthems inclusive of "Feel So Close," "This Is What You Came For," "Slide," and "One Kiss." In addition to triumphing a Grammy in 2013, he additionally broke Michael Jackson`s report for the maximum U.K. Top Ten singles from one album and changed into named Forbes' highest-incomes DJ in 2013. After issuing his first efforts -- 2007's I Created Disco and 2009's Ready for the Weekend -- he made his 2012 mainstream leap forward with 18 Months, which recruited high-profile visitor vocalists inclusive of Rihanna, Kelis, Ellie Goulding, and Florence Welch, ensuing in a couple of chart hits and platinum certifications. With this a hit digital-pop crossover formula, he issued the U.S. Top Five Motion in 2014 earlier than attaining a chart top in 2017 with the hip-hop and retro-R&B summertime hit Funk Wav Bounces, Vol. 1. More Top 20 U.K. songs followed, together with 2018's "One Kiss" with Dua Lipa, 2019's "Giant" with Rag'n'Bone Man, and 2021's "By Your Side" with Tom Grennan.