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Daddy DJ

{{Short description|French dance act}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2022}}

{{about|the musical duo|their self-titled song|Daddy DJ (song)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| image =

| origin = Paris, France

| genre = Trance, Vocal Trance, Eurodance, House

| years_active = 1999–2002,
2008–present

| label = RKG Records, Sony Music

| website = [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daddy-DJ/6224722606 Facebook]
[http://www.myspace.com/daddydjofficial Myspace]

| current_members = David Le Roy
Jean-Christophe Belval

| past_members = Charly Merkiled

}}

Daddy DJ is a French dance act consisting of David Le Roy and Jean-Christophe Belval.

Musical career

David Le Roy and Jean-Christophe Belval first met at the French sound engineering school in Paris, where Berval was a teacher while Le Roy was a student. They got along very well, so much so that they soon founded their own music project, titled Daddy DJ. They were soon joined by Charly Merkiled, who originates from Martinique.{{Cite web|url=http://newwebdjs.webdjs.ch/daddy-dj.html|title=Daddy DJ - WebDjs - Where European Dance Music Is Culture|website=newwebdjs.webdjs.ch|access-date=2019-01-23|archive-date=2019-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123071544/http://newwebdjs.webdjs.ch/daddy-dj.html|url-status=live}}

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 =

Many of Daddy DJ's music videos feature a 13-year-old male known as Kross. He is depicted in the music videos as a child DJ prodigy who is more adept at DJing than his father.

Discography

=Studio albums=

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! width="160" rowspan="2"| Title

! width="28" rowspan="2"| Year

! colspan="10"| Chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13.5em;"| Certifications

! width="250" rowspan="2"| Album

width="40"| AUT
Peaks in various Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Daddy+DJ Lescharts.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106174607/http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Daddy+DJ |date=2012-11-06 }} (Retrieved February 20, 2008)

! width="40"| BEL (WA)

! width="40"| DEN

! width="40"| FIN

! width="40"| FRA

! width="40"| GER

! width="40"| NLD
{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Daddy+DJ|title=Discografie Daddy DJ|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=9 July 2022}}

! width="40"| NOR

! width="40"| SWE

! width="40"| SWI

scope="row"| "Daddy DJ"

| 1999

| 8

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2

| 7

| 7

| 1

| 1

| 22

|

  • BEL: 2× Platinum{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/or-platine/2001/singles|title=Les disques d'or/de platine 2001 |language=fr|publisher=Ultratop|accessdate=19 May 2024}}
  • DEN: Platinum{{cite web |url=http://www.musik.org:80/publikationer/guldplatin.htm |title=Guld og Platin 2001 |website=IFPI Denmark |language=da |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021005180226/http://www.musik.org:80/publikationer/guldplatin.htm |archive-date=5 October 2002 |access-date=14 July 2022}}
  • FRA: Diamond{{cite web | url = https://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/?interprete=Daddy%20DJ | title = Les certifications | language = fr | website = SNEP | accessdate = 19 May 2024 | archive-date = 19 May 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240519183244/https://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/?interprete=Daddy%20DJ | url-status = live }}
  • NOR: Platinum{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist |title= Trofeer |website= IFPI Norsk |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105012246/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=14 July 2022}}
  • SWE: 2× Platinum{{cite web | url = http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20013.pdf | title = År 2001 | website = IFPI Sverige | access-date = 19 May 2024 | language = sv | trans-title = Year 2001 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110616145324/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20013.pdf | archive-date = 16 June 2011 | url-status = live}}

| rowspan="3"| Let Your Body Talk

scope="row"| "The Girl in Red"

| 2001

| —

| 10

| 9

| 12

| 10

| —

| —

| 17

| 18

| 41

|

  • FRA: Gold
scope="row"| "Over You"

| 2002

| 49

| 33

| —

| —

| 29

| 79

| 60

| —

| 43

| 96

|

scope="row"| "Free Your Mind"

| 2014

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

|Folder

scope="row"| "We Could Be Together"{{cite web | url = https://music.apple.com/it/album/we-could-be-together-single/1626887847?l=en | title = We Could Be Together - Single | website = Apple Music | access-date = 9 June 2022 | archive-date = 9 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220609134535/https://music.apple.com/it/album/we-could-be-together-single/1626887847?l=en | url-status = live }}
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| 2022

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 96

| —

| 34

| —

| —

| —

|

| {{Non-album single}}

align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

References

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External links

  • [https://myspace.com/daddydjofficial Daddy DJ] on Myspace

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Category:French DJs

Category:French musical duos

Category:French dance music groups

Category:French trance music groups

Category:French house music groups

Category:French Eurodance groups

Category:Musical groups from Paris

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