Kygo garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his December 2014 single "Firestone".
43 Facts About Kygo
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Kygo became the first house music producer to perform at an Olympics closing ceremony in August 2016 at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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Kygo has an older stepbrother Mads, two older sisters Johanne and Jenny, and a younger half-brother Sondre.
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Kygo started taking piano lessons at the age of six and considers himself more of a pianist than a disc jockey.
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Kygo stopped when he was 15 or 16 and started producing music with Logic Studio and a MIDI keyboard while watching several tutorials on YouTube.
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Kygo has cited Swedish DJ Avicii as his main inspiration.
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On 15 May 2013, Kygo released his first single called "Epsilon" on the Romanian record label Ensis Records.
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Kygo has supported Avicii at Findings Festival in Oslo, Norway, in 2014.
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On 19 September 2014, it was confirmed that Kygo was to replace Avicii at mainstage in Tomorrowland, due to Avicii's health concerns.
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Kygo was featured in an interview for Billboard magazine, where he talked to writer Matt Medved about his remixes for Diplo and Coldplay, and talked about his upcoming tour in North America.
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In July 2014, Kygo entered into a partnership with EDM lifestyle brand Electric Family to produce a collaboration bracelet for which one hundred per cent of the proceeds are donated to Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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Kygo made his US television debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden in October 2015.
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In December 2015, Kygo became the fastest artist in history to reach one billion streams on Spotify.
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Kygo announced that he would be releasing three promotional singles, leading up to the release of the album.
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Kygo launched a new lifestyle brand called Kygo Life on 17 August 2016.
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Kygo Life is at the moment only available in Europe, the United States and Canada.
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Kygo performed "Carry Me" with American singer and songwriter Julia Michaels at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics on 21 August at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, as part of a segment that promoted the new Olympic Channel service launching after the Games.
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On 9 February 2017, Kygo posted a snippet of his collaboration with American singer Selena Gomez.
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On 15 September 2017, Kygo remixed the U2 song "You're The Best Thing About Me", which was released as his collaborative single with the band.
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On 19 October 2017, Kygo announced via Facebook that his second studio album is called Kids in Love, which was released on 3 November.
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Shortly after releasing the album, Kygo announced the Kids in Love Tour.
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On 16 March 2018, Kygo released "Remind Me to Forget", a track featuring American singer Miguel, as the third single from the album, which streamed 400 million times on Spotify as of 2 January 2020, following "Stranger Things" featuring the American pop rock band OneRepublic.
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In June 2018, Kygo announced a collaboration with American rock band Imagine Dragons titled "Born to Be Yours".
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On 23 May 2019, Kygo released "Not OK" with American singer Chelsea Cutler.
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On 14 June 2019, Kygo released his first Norwegian-language song, with Bergen rappers Store P and Lars Vaular called "Kem kan eg ringe" and on 28 June, he remixed Whitney Houston's cover version of Steve Winwood's song "Higher Love".
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On 23 March 2020, Kygo announced via his social media that he had completed his third album titled Golden Hour.
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Kygo then released the single "Like It Is", with Zara Larsson and Tyga, on 27 March 2020.
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On 2 April 2020, Kygo released "I'll Wait" with vocals by Sasha Sloan.
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On 16 April 2020, Kygo collaborated with Moroccan-English singer Zak Abel on a track titled "Freedom".
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On 11 May 2020, Kygo officially announced the track list for the Golden Hour album.
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Kygo released the next single from the album, "The Truth", featuring Valerie Broussard, on 22 May 2020.
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On 11 July 2020, Kygo released a music video for the album track "Broken Glass" with German singer Kim Petras, 6 days later, Kygo released a remix of Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It".
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On 18 September 2020, Kygo released a remix of Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff".
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On 15 April 2021, Kygo released the track "Gone Are The Days" with singer James Gillespie.
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On 13 August 2021, Kygo released a music video for the track "Love Me Now" featuring German singer Zoe Wees.
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On 15 October 2021, Kygo released the single "Undeniable" featuring American pop-rock band X Ambassadors.
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On 25 February 2022, Kygo released a song with DNCE called "Dancing Feet".
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On 11 November 2022, Kygo surprise released his fourth album, Thrill of the Chase.
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On 31 March 2023, Kygo released a remix of the song Say Say Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson.
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Kygo was previously in a relationship with Maren Platou and he is currently dating Victoria Nadine.
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Kygo is a fan of Manchester United, and his favourite player was Juan Mata.
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Kygo is a fan of Formula 1 and performed a concert at the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Kygo performed at other races recently, the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix and the inaugural 2022 Miami Grand Prix.