Daddy DJ
Daddy DJ is a French dance act consisting of David Le Roy and Jean-Christophe Belval.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Trance, Eurodance |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | RKG Records, Sony Music |
| Website | Facebook Myspace |
| Members | David Le Roy Jean-Christophe Belval |
| Past members | Charly Merkiled |
Musical career
David Le Roy and Jean-Christophe Belval first met at the French sound engineering school in Paris, where Berval was teaching while Le Roy was a student. They got along so well that they soon founded their own music project Daddy DJ. They were soon joined by Charly Merkiled, who originates from Martinique.[1]
Their debut self-titled single "Daddy DJ", released in April 2000, became a hit across Europe. It reached 2nd position in the French top 100 for almost 5 months. In Germany the song reached 7th place, while in Switzerland the song reached 22nd place in the charts, in addition to the singles The Girl In Red (41) and Over You (96). In Austria, it reached 8th position. The song was also very successful in Northern Europe, topping the charts in Sweden and Norway and peaking at #2 in Denmark and at #3 in Finland. Their later singles "The Girl in Red" and "Over you" proved less popular though, and they remained a one-hit wonder in most countries. In 2012, they recorded a new album called Folder, which also failed to find commercial success.
Character
Daddy DJ's music videos feature a 13-year-old boy known as Kross. Kross has blonde dreadlocks and a white bucket hat. He wears a black shirt and purple pants. He is depicted in the music videos as a child DJ prodigy who is more adept at DJing than his father. All of the shorts were produced by Aladin Animation in France. He is 2D animated in "Daddy DJ" and "The Girl in Red" but 3D animated in "Over You" with live-action appearances of all three members of Daddy DJ.
Discography
Studio albums
- 2001 (Europe), 2003 (US): Let Your Body Talk
- 2012: Folder
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| AUT[2] | BEL (WAL) [2] |
BEL (FLA) [2] |
DEN [2] |
FIN [2] |
FRA [2] |
GER | NETH [2] |
NOR [2] |
SWE [2] |
SUI [2] |
UK | |||
| 1999/2000 | "Daddy DJ" | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 198 | Let Your Body Talk |
| 2001 | "The Girl in Red" | — | 10 | — | 9 | 12 | 10 | — | — | 17 | 18 | 41 | — | |
| 2002 | "Over You" | 49 | 33 | — | — | — | 29 | 79 | 60 | — | 43 | 96 | — | |
| 2014 | "Free Your Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Folder |
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
References
- "Daddy DJ - WebDjs - Where European Dance Music Is Culture". newwebdjs.webdjs.ch. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
- Peaks in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 20, 2008)
