We’ve all heard of the name Calvin Harris. This article is concentrated on why that is.
How did a supermarket shelf-stocking kid from Scotland grow to become one of the biggest music producers from recent time? Luck? Not really.
Time in the industry
Up till 2006, Calvin Harris wasn’t even born. He was just Adam Wiles. Calvin Harris first came onto the electronic music scene in 2006 when he signed with Three Six Zero Group, EMI and Sony. This means Calvin Harris has been on the scene for about 11 years now. And I’m guessing you’ve known him for maybe, 7? It’s been a long journey for the Scot, and yes time has played a good factor that has allowed him to have a solid base of experience producing music before shooting up to stardom.
Production Skills
It goes without saying that Calvin Harris is a top-class music producer. Whether it be electronic music or pop, Harris has produced music for some of the biggest names in the industry. His name hasn’t always been featured in the artist list but Adam Wiles has been credited to several hits over the past decade.
Hollywood connection
Living in LA, Calvin Harris has built up quite the network of friends over time. From Hollywood celebrities to some of the biggest names in Pop music, Calvin Harris has in some form or the other interacted with them. He even starred in the Hollywood movie, Entourage recently.
Radio / Pop Style music
One of the first things you can say to any of your EDM hating friends to shut them up is – “So you’ve never liked any Calvin Harris song?” The answer will pretty much win you the argument. Over time, Calvin Harris has produced some of the most catchy melodies that have eventually been considered pop music. Yes, he has enough electro and progressive house tracks to his name but Calvin Harris is most known for his catchy radio dance tunes.
Vocals Vocals Vocals
Continuing on from the previous point. If you look at any of Calvin Harris’ biggest hits recently its all got one thing in common. They’re all tracks with vocals. Calvin Harris learnt early on that in order to get music to really sell, it needed to have vocals in it. The majority of the world did not enjoy the progressive tunes of Eric Prydz and deadmau5 but wanted vocals. And who better to put vocals on your track that some of the biggest hip-hop and pop music stars? Over the years Calvin Harris has collaborated with Rihanna, Snoop Dogg, Katy Perry, Pharell, John Newman, Tinie Tempah and many more to have their vocals on his tracks. A smart move indeed.
Good looks
Besides being the richest of all EDM producers, Calvin Harris is also one of the most good looking. At the age of 33, Harris has been the face of Armani underwear and if you look back over time, he has aged well. Now don’t tell me that’s not another outlet of fame.
Love life
Calvin Harris has been on the paparazzi radar since quite a while. The most obvious reason would be his relationship with Taylor Swift, whom he dated for quite a while before the relationship turned sour. Either way, Calvin’s personal life has been blown up in the past 2 years and that’s definitely added to his popularity. He’s still being talked about on TMZ!
Records & Awards
Till date, he has been nominated for 52 major awards, winning 26 of them. His accolades range from AMA’s, VMA’s, EMA’s, Billboard Music Awards and of course his 1 Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video for We Found Love with Rihanna. Now if that doesn’t get you famous, what will?
So yeah, there you have it. The few but major reasons for why Calvin Harris is so damn popular. Just in case you want more, here are some random facts about Calvin Harris that we found a while back.
Khushrav’s passion for dance music started early on as he began creating weekly podcast episodes of the latest electronic music across genres and has mixed over 200 episodes over a span of 5years. As a dance music enthusiast, Khushrav still keeps up to date with every week’s releases, contributing to THE’s Spotify playlists.
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