Klingande

Klingande

Klingande in 2014
Background information
Origin Croix, Nord, France
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Members Cédric Steinmyller

Klingande, born as Cédric Steinmyller, is a French tropical house act with a prominent use of the piano and the saxophone.[2] The artists' name is pronounced "Kling-an-de", which is Swedish for "chimes".

Music style

When he started producing and playing records, Cédric was inspired by the contemporary Swedish House Music.[3] The name of the band, as well as some of their songs, are in Swedish because of Cédric's admiration of the language. According to him, it sounds like it's being sung when it's just being spoken. With this in mind, the name was founded after a search in a Swedish dictionary.[3] Klingande is the present participle of the Swedish verb (att) klinga, which means '(to) chime' or '(to) sound'. The artist name thus means 'chiming' or 'sounding'. The artist describes his music as "melodic house".[4]

Career

2013–present: Breakthrough

Gained attention through the self-released online track "Punga" that eventually made it to the French Singles Chart, peaking at number 86, the song has also peaked at number 62 in Austria, number 59 in Germany and number 41 in Switzerland. Klingande found international chart success with his follow up single "Jubel" that peaked at number 5 on the French Singles Chart. The song has peaked at number one in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Poland. The song was also a top five hit in Australia, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom and a top 10 hit in Denmark and the Netherlands.

Discography

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FRA
[5]		 AUS
[6]		 AUT
[7]		 BEL
[8]		 DEN
[9]		 FIN
[10]		 GER
[11]		 ITA
[12]		 NLD
[13]		 NOR
[14]		 SWE
[15]		 SWI
[16]		 UK
[17]
2013 "Punga" 86 — 62 24 — — 59 — — — — 41 — Non-album singles
"Jubel" 5 3 1 1 8 5 1 1 9 2 3 1 3
2015 "RIVA (Restart the Game)" 144 56 13 69 — — 9 19 — 36 — 6 —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ "Ultra Music President On the Next Big Trend In Electronic Music".
  2. ↑ Klingande: Die neue Nummer eins in den Charts
  3. 1 2 Levi Haers, Interview Klingande, Levihaers.com, 12 December 2013
  4. ↑ (German) Erfolgsstory: Klingande, blogzimbalam.de, december 2013
  5. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Klingande". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  6. ↑ "Klingande - Jubel (Song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Klingande". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Klingande". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Klingande". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  10. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Diskografia Klingande". Finish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  11. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Klingande". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  12. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Klingande". Italian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Klingande". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Diskografi Klingande" Check |url= value (help). Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Klingande". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Klingande". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  17. ↑ "Discographie Klingande". Official Charts Company.
  18. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Klingande" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 28 March 2014. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Klingande in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
  20. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Klingande" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 15 May 2015. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Klingande in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically

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