If there have been any artist to proceed hovering even after dying, it might be Avicii.
The late digital dance music icon, followers of whom not too long ago flooded social media with poignant tributes, is now the titleholder of the highest-certified dance/digital music in RIAA historical past. Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” has acquired the Recording Business Affiliation of America’s Diamond Award, which acknowledges of 10 million licensed items of an album or music.
Avicii is the primary Swedish artist to obtain the distinguished award, solidifying him as “one of the crucial defining artists of contemporary pop,” Common Music Group mentioned in a press launch shared with EDM.com.
“Wake Me Up” launched nearly 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 outstanding studio prowess.
“Tim’s vitality and energy in producing my vocal efficiency and different instrumentation actually reveals the eagerness he had for creating,” Blacc mentioned.
In the meantime, a brand new documentary about Avicii is presently 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 associates.
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.