If there have been any artist to proceed hovering even after dying, it would be Avicii.
The late digital dance music icon, followers of whom lately flooded social media with poignant tributes, is now the titleholder of the highest-certified dance/digital track in RIAA historical past. Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” has acquired the Recording Trade Affiliation of America’s Diamond Award, which acknowledges of 10 million licensed models of an album or track.
Avicii is the primary Swedish artist to obtain the celebrated award, solidifying him as “one of the vital defining artists of contemporary pop,” Common Music Group mentioned in a press launch shared with EDM.com.
“Wake Me Up” launched virtually 10 years in the past to the day, on June seventeenth, 2013. Reflecting on the recording course of behind the generational dance anthem, collaborator Aloe Blacc recalled Avicii’s exceptional studio prowess.
“Tim’s vitality and energy in producing my vocal efficiency and different instrumentation actually exhibits the eagerness he had for creating,” Blacc mentioned.
In the meantime, a brand new documentary about Avicii is at present within the works. The movie will characteristic “beforehand unreleased footage” from the interval of the legendary DJ’s discovery and rise to fame, in addition to interviews together with his household and pals.
Academy Award-winning movie producer Lawrence Bender is heading up the mission. A frequent collaborator of iconic director Quentin Tarantino, Bender, who developed Pulp Fiction and Good Will Searching, is likely one of the world’s most prolific film producers.
The movie’s launch date has not but been revealed on the time of writing.