DJ Aligator
| DJ Aligator | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aliasghar Movasat |
| Occupation(s) | Electronic musician, DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Labels | Gator Records |
| Associated acts | Factual Beat, Zoom, Arash Labaf |
| Website |
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Aliasghar Movasat (Persian: علیاصغرمواساط) better known by his stage name DJ Aligator, is an Danish producer and DJ.
Musical career
He enjoyed worldwide success with the single "The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut album Payback Time. It peaked at number 5 in the United Kingdom in January 2002,[1] and subsequently, he performed it on BBC Television's Top of the Pops.[2] The song was a four times platinum selling success in Denmark in 2000, peaking at number-one on both the singles and dance chart, before its international release in 2002.[3] Similar projects: 666, K-System, Floorfilla, Klubbheads, Cosmic Gate, Darude, Pulsedriver, Barcode Brothers, Hampenberg
"Lollipop" was written by Aliasghar Movasat and Calvin Allan, and "The Whistle Song" was written by Aliasghar Moavasat, Al Agami.[4]and Holger Lagerfeldt.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| DEN | SWE | |||||||||||||
| Payback Time |
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17 | 31 | |||||||||||
| The Sound of Scandinavia |
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3 | — | |||||||||||
| Music is My Language |
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39 | — | |||||||||||
| Kiss My B-ass |
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33 | — | |||||||||||
| Next Level |
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— | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN [5] |
FIN [6] |
IRE [7] |
NED [8] |
NOR [9] |
SWE [10] |
UK [1] | ||||||||
| 2000 | "The Whistle Song" | 1 | — | 5 | 54 | 1 | 10 | 5 | Payback Time | |||||
| "Lollipop" | 1 | — | 18 | — | 9 | 8 | — | |||||||
| "Turn Up the Music" | 4 | — | 78 | — | — | 49 | — | |||||||
| 2001 | "Doggy Style" | 10 | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | ||||||
| "Temple of India" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2002 | "Stomp!" | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | The Sound of Scandinavia | |||||
| "I Like to Move It" (featuring Dr. Alban) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Mosquito" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Dreams" (featuring Christina Undhjem) | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2004 | "Davaj Davaj" (featuring MC Vspishkin) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music Is My Language | |||||
| 2005 | "Music is My Language" (featuring Arash) | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Protect Your Ears" | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2006 | "Countdown" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2007 | "Meet Her at the Lover Parade 2007" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||||
| 2008 | "KAOS" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kiss My B-ass | |||||
| 2009 | "Calling You" | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Shine" (featuring Heidi Degn) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2010 | "Gi' det til dig" (featuring Jinks) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||||
| 2011 | "Starting Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Next Level | |||||
| "Trash the Club" (featuring Al Agami & Yas) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2012 | "The Perfect Match" (with Daniel Kandi featuring Julie Rugaard) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Moments of Life" (featuring Alexander Popov) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Be With You" (featuring Sarah West) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2014 | "Fist Pump" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 158. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (15 January 2002). "DJ Aligator hitter i England" (in Danish). GAFFA. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ↑ "DJ Aligator Project" (in Danish). bandlist.dk. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ↑ Mathiasen, Morten Plesner (2009). "Alligatoren synger slet ikke" (in Danish). P3. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ↑ Danish peaks
- ↑ Finnish peaks
- ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ↑ Dutch peaks
- ↑ Norwegian peaks
- ↑ Swedish peaks
External links
- Official website
- Aligator On Bia2dj
- DJ Aligator discography at Discogs
- DJ Aligator Project discography at Discogs
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