14 Facts About Major Lazer

1.

Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums.

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2.

Major Lazer was then replaced by both Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.

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3.

Major Lazer has released four full-length albums: Guns Don't Kill People.

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4.

Major Lazer has notably produced Reincarnated, the debut reggae album by Snoop Dogg under his "Snoop Lion" persona.

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5.

In June 2009, Major Lazer were featured for the first time on the cover of the publication The Fader, in its 62nd issue.

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6.

Major Lazer performed at the 2011 Outside Lands festival in San Francisco.

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7.

In 2012, Major Lazer began working with Snoop Dogg to produce some tracks that were to be included on his new reggae project.

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8.

Major Lazer partly produced UK singer Rita Ora's debut album, Ora.

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9.

Major Lazer worked with No Doubt for their sixth studio album, Push and Shove.

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10.

Major Lazer launched their Fall Tour 2012 in October, with shows in Oakland, Washington, D C, Boston, and New York City, among others.

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11.

Major Lazer confirmed that the album would incorporate artists such as Ariana Grande, Ellie Goulding and Pusha T, and would be titled Peace is the Mission.

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12.

The song was first offered to Rihanna and then Nicki Minaj, who both turned it down; however Major Lazer later expressed that no one could have done a better job than MØ in the recording.

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13.

Exactly one year after Peace is the Mission was released, Major Lazer announced a new remix album titled Peace Is the Mission: Remixes.

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14.

Major Lazer had over 27 million tags in music identification service Shazam in 2015.

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