Kings (musician)
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| Birth name | Kingdon Chapple-Wilson[1] |
| Born | North Shore, New Zealand |
| Genres | Hip hop[2] |
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Kingdon Chapple-Wilson, known professionally as Kings, is a New Zealand producer, rapper and singer-songwriter. He has been producing music under his self-run label Arch Angel Records since 2010 and broke the record of longest running #1 New Zealand Single in 2017 for his track 'Don't Worry Bout It'.
Career
Based out of Auckland’s Awataha Marae,[3] which was built by his grandfather Arnold Manaaki Wilson, KINGS (Tūhoe, Te Arawa) started his career providing music production services for companies around the world for use in commercials, television and film. He began playing the guitar at age seven and first learned the skills of his trade from completing a foundation year course at MAINZ.[4] Taking what he had learned in commercial music production, KINGS then embarked on a solo career in the mid-2010s, first making a name for himself on a number of tracks with New Zealand electronic producers such as Dan Aux, General Lee, and Jolyon Petch.[5]
In 2016, Kings released his debut single "Don’t Worry ‘Bout It".[1] The track went on to become the biggest New Zealand single release that year and surpassed the record for longest running #1 on the New Zealand Singles Chart, spending 33 consecutive weeks at the top.[2][6][7] The DIY music video, was filmed impromptu by Kingdon in Fiji and then edited on the plane ride home. ‘Don’t Worry ‘Bout It’ went on to sell double platinum and took home the ‘Highest Selling New Zealand Single’ and ‘Radio Airplay Record of the Year’ awards at the 2017 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards.[8]
KINGS’ followed up ‘Don’t Worry ‘Bout It’ with his self-titled debut EP in late 2016,[1] which also included the singles ‘What We Supposed To Do’ and ‘Someday’. KINGS then took home ‘Breakthrough Artist of The Year’ at the 2016 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards,[1] as well as ‘Best Pacific Male Artist’, ‘Best Urban Artist’, ‘Best Producer’ at the Vodafone Pacific Music Awards.
In late 2017, KINGS independently released his debut album ‘Chapter One’.[9][10] The album featured the singles ‘We’ll Never Know’, ‘Domino’ and ‘In The Sun’.[11][12] Six months later KINGS released his second album ‘TWO’, in early 2018, which featured the singles 'You Do' and ‘Temporary Me’.[13] The single 'Temporary Me' saw KINGS make the finalist list for the 2018 APRA Silver Scroll Award.
In the live setting, KINGS has performed at some of New Zealand's biggest events and festivals, including Rhythm and Vines, One Love, Bay Dreams, Electric Coastline, Soundsplash, as part of the 2017 British and Irish Lions tour and at the Wellington Sevens and ASB Tennis Classic. He also supported Six60 on their 2018 summer tour alongside Norwegian duo Nico & Vinz.
In recent times, KINGS has collaborated with other New Zealand artists including Tali, Melodownz, Ria Hall and Shihad Jon Toogood’s The Adults project.
Discography
Extended plays
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Studio albums
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- ^ a b c d "The man who would be Kings". Radio New Zealand. 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ a b "Kings still on top of the NZ music chart, breaking pop music dominance records". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "WATCH: Meet the Musician Who Broke Lorde's Record". Vice. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Us Two: Kings and his dad Anthony Wilson". Stuff. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ Dann, Jennifer (2017-05-29). "Twelve Questions with Kingdon Chapple-Wilson, the man who topped Lorde". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Don't Worry Bout It | Music Video | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Kings has had the #1 NZ single for 19 weeks, breaking Lorde's long-held record". NZ Herald. 2016-11-24. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards | Aaradhna and Kings win big at Vodafone Pacific Music Awards". www.nzmusicawards.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Kings debut album Chapter One is out now". George FM. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "KINGS has just announced a new album and we're already frothing". George FM. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ Flava. "Kings - 'We'll Never Know'". Flava. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ "Kings - 'Domino'". The Edge. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ www.zmonline.com, ZM |. "Kings - Temporary Me". ZM. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal". charts.nz. Retrieved 2018-08-31.