Calvin Harris

Adam Richard Wiles, better known by his stage name Calvin Harris, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. His debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and was the precursor to his top-ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls". His second studio album, Ready for the Weekend (2009), includes number one single "I'm Not Alone" and top-five hit "Ready for the Weekend" as well as the singles "Flashback" and "You Used to Hold Me".

In October 2012, Harris released his third studio album, 18 Months, containing the UK top-10 singles, "Bounce", "Feel So Close", "Let's Go", "We'll Be Coming Back", "Sweet Nothing", "Drinking from the Bottle", "I Need Your Love" and "Thinking About You".

Harris has written and produced tracks for recording artists that include Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Dizzee Rascal, Cheryl Cole, Rita Ora, Example, and Rihanna. The latter's single, "We Found Love", was an international success, giving Harris his first US number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. Harris released his fourth studio album, Motion, on 3 November 2014.

Harris holds the record for the most top ten hits from one studio album on the UK Singles Chart with nine hits, surpassing Michael Jackson. In October 2014, he became the first artist to place three songs simultaneously on the top 10 of Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

In June, Harris announced the single "Blame" through Twitter and revealed the cover art. It features vocals from John Newman. Later that month, on 26 June, Harris uploaded a dancefloor-focused track called "C.U.B.A." to SoundCloud. The single "Outside" featuring the vocals by Ellie Goulding was released on 20 October 2014. His fourth album called Motion was released on 4 November 2014. It included "Under Control", "Summer", "Outside" and "Blame". "Slow Acid" was released as a promotional single from the album on 14 October 2014. A track titled Pray to God, featuring rock band trio HAIM was released on 11 February 2015.

On July 17, 2015, Calvin Harris and Disciples released a track titled "How Deep Is Your Love" as the first single to Harris's upcoming untitled fifth studio album.

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