Calvin Harris Kieron Bailey

Calvin Harris is a DJ and was born 17th January 1984 in Dumfries and his real name is Adam Richard Wiles and he is a Scottish DJ singer, songwriter he has 3 different albums. The first ablum was released in 2007, it was called I created disco, the second album was released in 2008, it was called Ready for the Weekend and has third ablum was released in 2012 and it was called 18 month. (1)

His Background

HistoryHe started recording electronic demos in has bedroom by 1999 and he release he’s first number one single in 2004 let me know, with a artist called Alyah Marar. Calvin Harris is the highest paid DJ in the world. (2)

AwardsCalvin Harris won his first award in 2009 from Best Remixer and the award was for the music producers guild awards. In total he was won 15 different Awards he’s latest Award was the Ivor Novello Award for songwriter of the year. (3)

Personal life/life in the media

Calvin Harris’s personal life is often talked about in the media “Making sweet music: Rita Ora and Calvin Harris brush off rumours of relationship troubles as they head to studio together” (4)

They both were spotted heading to music studio in Los Angeles together by the media.

Ablum review Calvin Harris’s albums have been received well by his peers and the media. Here is a selection of quotes from the website NME.

I created disco : excellent 7/10

“But far more important is just how crazily talented Harris is. Like Chromeo set to turbo, ‘Acceptable In The 80s’ was a slice of retro electro-funk so infectious it probably even had Frank Gallows getting his new rave bosh on to it in the privacy of his own bedroom” (5)

Ready for the Weekend: 7/10

“The album highpoint ‘Worst Day’, you get the impression that all Harris really wants from his career is the opportunity to make f@*kloads of people punch the air in unison.”(6)

18 Months: 6/10. “Along with the similarly long-in-the-tooth ‘Feel So Close’ and ‘We Found Love’, it adds a sense of familiarity and ubiquity that’s both the defining feature of this record and an inevitable symptom of Harris’ quite ridiculous success. If it sounds generic, it’s because Harris has made himself a genre.”(7)