Jonas Blue

Producer

Birthday August 2, 1989

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Essex, England

Age 34 years old

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1988

Its UK peak meant it charted higher than Chapman's original, which peaked at number five on the chart in May 1988 and a position higher upon a re-release in April 2011.

It also remained in the top 10 for 11 weeks.

The Jonas Blue version also reached number one in Germany, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, as well as reaching the number one spot on the US viral chart on Spotify.

The single has been certified platinum in Italy and the UK, 2× platinum in New Zealand and 3× platinum in Australia.

To date, the track has been streamed over 1 billion times on Spotify, and has achieved over 310 million views on Vevo.

1989

Guy James Robin (born 2 August 1989), known professionally as Jonas Blue, is an English DJ and music producer based in London.

He is widely known for recruiting young artists for his dance productions, which blends pop.

2015

In 2015, Blue released a tropical house cover of Tracy Chapman's 1988 single "Fast Car".

It was his debut single and features vocals from Dakota.

The Jonas Blue version peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk".

2016

On 3 June 2016, he released new single titled "Perfect Strangers", featuring JP Cooper on Virgin EMI Records.

It peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

To date, the song has been certified platinum in the UK, double platinum in Australia and gold in New Zealand.

The track also led to Blue reaching one billion streams across his tracks and videos.

October 2016 saw the release of his third single titled "By Your Side", featuring British singer Raye, again on Virgin EMI Records.

It peaked at No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

2017

On 5 May 2017, he released the song "Mama", featuring Australian singer William Singe which charted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.

On 14 July 2017, Jonas Blue released the compilation album called "Jonas Blue: Electronic Nature - The Mix 2017".

On 14 September 2017, Jonas Blue produced the song "Heartline" sung by Craig David for his album The Time is Now.

It managed to chart at No. 24 on the UK Singles Chart.

On 13 October 2017, the single "We Could Go Back" was released, featuring Moelogo.

It charted at No. 74 on the UK Singles Chart.

2018

On 5 January 2018, Blue released "Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie", with Arlissa.

On 16 March 2018, he released the single "Alien" with Sabrina Carpenter.

On 25 May 2018, he released "Rise" featuring Jack & Jack.

It charted at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

He released another version of "Rise" with the south Korean girl group IZ*ONE.

He released "I See Love" featuring Joe Jonas on 29 June 2018, which appears on the Hotel Transylvania 3 soundtrack as well as Blue's debut album.

American DJ MK released a song titled "Back & Forth" with Blue and English singer-songwriter Becky Hill.

It charted at No. 12 in the UK.

Bantu released "Roll with Me" with Blue featuring Shungudzo and ZieZie on 21 September 2018.

On 5 October 2018, Blue released "Polaroid" with English singer Liam Payne and Canadian singer Lennon Stella as the eighth single from the debut studio album Blue.

The song charted at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

His debut album, Blue, was released on 9 November 2018.

It was also confirmed that Blue was to be the executive producer of British girl group Four of Diamonds' debut album.

On 30 November 2018, Jonas Blue produced the song 'Blind' sung by Four of Diamonds for their upcoming album.

2019

"Desperate" featuring Nina Nesbitt was released as the ninth single from Blue's debut album on 23 January 2019.

"Wild" featuring Chelcee Grimes, TINI and Jhay Cortez was released as the tenth and final single from the album on 27 February 2019.

On 22 March 2019, Blue released "What I Like About You" featuring Theresa Rex.

It peaked at No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart.