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Birth name | Martin Tungevåg |
Born | (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31) Alesund, Norway |
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Years active | 2007–present |
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Martin Tungevåg (born July 9, 1993), known professionally as Martin Tungevaag or simply Tungevaag, is a Norwegian DJ and music producer who placed at number #89 on the DJ Mag top 100 DJs list. He has achieved success in Europe, Asia and South America with the electronic songs "Samsara 2015", "Wicked Wonderland", "All for Love", "Bad Boy", "Dance", "Peru" and "Play" together with K-391, Alan Walker and Mangoo. He has been nominated at the Norwegian Spellemannprisen twice times: for Hit of the Year in 2015 with "Samsara 2015"; in the same category in 2020 with "Dance"; and for Best EDM Artist in 2019 at the Swedish Grammis. Tungevaag's has over four billion worldwide streams on his music and received several gold and platinum certifications in several countries. It is currently ranked #81 on DJ Mag's Top 100.
Career
At the age of 15, Tungevaag began to explore different digital audio workstations (DAW) in his bedroom studio in 2008. On 12 June 2014, he signed with and started his music career at Kontor Records in Germany, scoring his first major hit in 2014 with "Wicked Wonderland". It became a summer hit and led to shows at clubs and festival main stages all over Europe. "Wicked Wonderland" was later certified platinum in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Spain, quadruple platinum in Norway, as well as triple platinum in Sweden and Finland. In topped the chart in Austria and has over 130 million streams on Spotify.
In 2018, Tungevaag released "All for Love" through Warner Music and in 2019 "Million Lights" through Spinnin' Records. Later in the same year he worked with Alan Walker, K-391 and Mangoo on a remake of Mangoo's "Eurodancer" known as "Play". The single was released on 30 August 2019, was streamed over 760 thousand times on its day of release on Spotify, later reached the upper ranks of the charts in Norway, México, Sweden and Finland.
Tungevaag's track "Dance", made in collaboration with CLMD, received radio support and was streamed over 70 million times on Spotify in its first year. It was also nominated as for Hit of the Year at both the Spellemann (Norwegian Grammys) and at P3 Gull, the biggest Norwegian radio station. It was certified gold in Denmark, platinum in Sweden and double platinum in Norway.
His track "Miss You", released through Spinnin', debuted on the Dutch Top 40 at number 37, reaching number 19 on 16 April 2021.
Discography
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||||||
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NOR |
AUT |
DEN |
FIN |
FRA |
GER |
NL |
SWE |
SWI | ||
2014 | "Wicked Wonderland" | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 9 | 6 | — | 2 | 21 |
"Vidorra" | — | — | — | — | — | 72 | — | 21 | — | |
2015 | "Samsara 2015" |
2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — |
"Springfield" (with ItaloBrothers) |
22 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 51 | — | |
2019 | "Play" (with K-391 and Alan Walker featuring Mangoo) |
2 |
45 | — | 11 |
— | — | — | 25 | 78 |
"Dance" (with CLMD) |
12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | |
"Knockout" | 22 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2020 | "Peru" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"Stay" (with The Second Level featuring Mvrt) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Make You Happy" (featuring Richard Smitt) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"The Night" (with bby ivy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Afterparty" (with Rat City featuring Rich the Kid) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Miss You" (with Sick Individuals and Marf) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | |
"Kingdoms" (with Jay Hardway) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2021 | "Woke Up in India" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"Famous" (with Vlade Kay and Jonth featuring Skinny Days) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Young Summer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Ride with Me" (featuring Kid Ink) |
— | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | |
"Paper Planes" (with Lucas & Steve) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | |
"Written in the Stars" (with Bassjackers) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Close Your Eyes" (with Kshmr) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Electrified" (with Voster & Gallardo and Aloma Steele) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2022 | "In My Zone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"When & Where" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"With My Friends" (with Sick Individuals and Philip Strand) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Love Me Anyway" (with Faustix) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Not The One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"Toxic" (with 22Bullets and Mentum) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"I Knew It Was You" (with Lovespeake) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"La Danse" (with Timmy Trumpet) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
2023 | "Dreams Come True" (with Mike Williams) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
- 2015: "Samsara"
- 2015: "Parade"
- 2015: "Russian Roulette"
- 2016: "Wolf"
- 2016: "Magical"
- 2016: "Beast" (feat. Isac Elliot)
- 2017: "Wake Up Alone"
- 2017: "Cold Blood"
- 2017: "Coming Up"
- 2018: "All for Love"
- 2018: "Bad Boy"
- 2018: "Hey Baby"
- 2019: "Million Lights"
- 2019: "Try Again"
- 2019: "Take Me Away"
Remixes
- 2020: Rat City and Kiesza — "Naked (With My Headphones On)" (Tungevaag Remix)
- 2020: Hoved and Tungevaag — "Let You Go" (Tungevaag Edit)
Awards and nominations
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | MTV Awards | Best Norwegian Act | Martin Tungevaag | Nominated |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Spellemannprisen | Hit of the year | Samsara | Nominated |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Norwegian Act | Tungevaag & Raaban | Nominated |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Grammis | Best Electronic Act | All For Love | Nominated |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Musikkforleggerprisen | Best Track | ALL FOR LOVE | Nominated |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | NRK P3 Gull | Hit of the year | DANCE | Nominated |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2020 | DJ Mag | DJ Mag top 100 | Tungevaag | #92 |
Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Luttprisen | Artist of the year | Tungevaag | Won |
References
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- "Martin Tungevaag discography". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
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- "Martin Tungevaag discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- "Martin Tungevaag discography". officialcharts.de. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- Peaks on the Dutch Top 40:
- "Miss You": "Top 40-lijst van week 16, 2021". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- "Paper Planes": "Top 40-lijst van week 41, 2021". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- "Martin Tungevaag discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- "Martin Tungevaag discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- "VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 38, 2019". VG-lista. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Singlet 37/2019 – Suomen virallinen lista". Suomen virallinen lista (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Knockout - Single by Tungevaag on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- "Singel 2020-W06". VG-lista. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- "Peru - Single by Tungevaag on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- "Stay (feat. MVRT) - Single by Tungevaag & The Second Level on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Make You Happy (feat. Richard Smitt) - Single by Tungevaag on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "The Night - Single de Tungevaag & bby ivy".
- "Afterparty (feat. Rich The Kid) - Single by Tungevaag & Rat City on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- "Kingdoms - Single by Tungevaag & Jay Hardway on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Woke Up In India - Single by Tungevaag on iTunes". Apple Music. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- "Famous (feat. Skinny Days) - Single by Tungevaag, Vlade Kay & Jonth on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- "Young Summer - Single by Tungevaag on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- "Ride With Me (feat. Kid Ink) - Single by Tungevaag on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- "Paper Planes - Single by Lucas & Steve & Tungevaag on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- Dancing Astronaut Staff (3 September 2021). "First Listen: Tungevaag and Bassjackers rain beats from the heavens with new single, 'Written In The Stars'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- "Close Your Eyes - Single by KSHMR & Tungevaag on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "Electrified - Single de Voster & Gallardo, Aloma Steele & Tungevaag".
- "In My Zone - Single by Tungevaag on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- "When & Where - Single de Tungevaag".
- "With My Friends - Single de Tungevaag, Sick Individuals & Philip Strand".
- "Love Me Anyway - Single de Tungevaag & Faustix".
- "Not the One - Single de Tungevaag".
- "Toxic - Single de Tungevaag, 22Bullets & Mentum".
- "I Knew It Was You - Single de Tungevaag & Lovespeake".
- "La Danse - Single de Timmy Trumpet & Tungevaag".
- "Dreams Come True - Single de Mike Williams & Tungevaag".
- "Naked (With My Headphones On) [Tungevaag Remix] - Single by Rat City & Kiesza on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- "Let You Go (Tungevaag Edit) - Single by Hoved & Tungevaag on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- "Best Norwegian Act". MTV. January 2015.
- "Hit of the year". Spellemann. January 2015.
- "Best Norwegian Act". MTV. 5 October 2018.
- "Best Electronic Act". Grammis Sweden. 2019.
- "Best Track". Musikkforleggerprisen. 2019.
- "Hit of the year". NRK. 2020.
- "DJ MAG top 100". DJ MAG. November 2021.
- "Artist of the year". NRK. February 2021.