Willy William
Background information
BornFrance
GenresElectronic[1]
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • Record Producer
  • Singer
Years active2003–present
LabelsScorpio Music

Willy William is a French Dj, Record Producer and Singer, famous for his smash hits EGO and MI GENTE with J Balvin & Beyoncé

Biography

Willy William is a Latin Grammy Nominated Dj Producer Artist.

In 2016, Willy gets the tittle of #1 most Shazamed French Artist in the world thanks to his song EGOproduced and sung by himself.

In 2017, he became an international sensation after the release of MI GENTE a collaboration with the superstar Colombian artist J Balvin. The song received praises from the likes of Barack Obama, while Beyoncé’s admiration led her to release an official remix : Mi Gente ft. Beyoncé.

The Song received a Latin Billboard Music Award and the music video amassed over 2 Billions views and received in 2018 a MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin Video, maintained #1 Spotify Global for 12 consecutive weeks, while topping charts across the world as #1 in over 55 COUNTRIES, the song also remained the charts for Most Shazamed track across the planet for 11 weeks straight !

In 2018, Willy produced & released a dance track called LA LA LA and he appeared on a DAVID GUETTA & JASON DERULO song called GOODBYE with NICKI MINAJ

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Track listing
FRA
[2]
2016 Une seule vie 12
  1. "Te quiero" (radio edit)
  2. "Ego" (radio edit)
  3. "Une seule vie"
  4. "Suis-moi" (featuring Vitaa)
  5. "Le tour du monde" (featuring Natty Rico & Mika V)
  6. "Dangereuse" (featuring Makassy)
  7. "Qui tu es?"
  8. "Tentation"
  9. "Les 6T d'or"
  10. "Tes mots"
  11. "On s'endort" (featuring Keen'V)
  12. "Love"
  13. "Personne n'est parfait" (featuring JMI Sissoko)
  14. "Les souris dansent"
  15. "Dernier jour" (featuring Willy Denzey)
  16. "Si j'étais le même"

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
FRA
[2] 		AUS
[3] 		BEL
[4] 		GER
[5] 		ITA
[6] 		NL SPA
[7] 		SWE
[8] 		SWI
[9] 		UK
[10] 		US
[11]
"Ego" 2015 12 — 3 39 18 4 — — 75 — — Une seule vie
"Mi Gente"
(with J Balvin) 		2017 10
[14]		 27 7 3 1
[15] 		1 1
[16]		 4
[17]		 4 5 19 Vibras
"Mi Gente (Remix)"
(with J Balvin feat. Beyoncé) 		— 111 — — — — 1 32 16 51 31
[20] 		—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Notes

Featured in

Year Single Peak positions Album
FRA
[2] 		BEL
(Wa)
2014 "Me Gusta"
(Dj R'AN featuring José de Rico, Willy William & Anna Torres) 		— —
2018 "Goodbye"
(Jason Derulo and David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj and Willy William) 		— 15 David Guetta album
7
2019 "Highway"[22]
(Cheat Codes featuring Sofía Reyes and Willy William) 		— —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

* symbolizes a recording that did not appear on the official Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop chart but did make the Ultratip chart.

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "J Balvin's Fast-Rising "Mi Gente" Is A Challenge To The US-Centric Pop World". BuzzFeed. 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Peak chart positions in France:
  3. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Willy William discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 September 2015. ((cite web)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  5. ^ "Discographie von Willy William". offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Willy William discography". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 December 2015. ((cite web)): Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  7. ^ "Discography Willy William". spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Discography Willy William". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Discographie Willy William". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  10. ^ "J Balvin/Willy William". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  11. ^ "J Balvin & Willy William – Chart history: The Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  12. ^ a b c "Willy William - Certificazioni" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Polish single certifications – Willy William – Ego". Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 40, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Classifica settimanale WK 38" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Canciones — Semana 29: del 14.07.2017 al 20.07.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  19. ^ a b "J Balvin & Willy William – Mi Gente". elportaldemusica.es. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  20. ^ Trust, Gary (9 October 2017). "J Balvin, Willy William & Beyonce Blast to No. 3 on Hot 100 With 'Mi Gente,' Cardi B No. 1 for Third Week". Billboard. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  21. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  22. ^ Roiz, Jessica (23 August 2019). "Cheat Codes team up With Sofia Reyes & Willy William for bilingual track 'Highway': Listen". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

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