Short introduction

Anton Igorevich Zaslavsky (born September 2, 1989 in Saratov) is a German DJ and song manufacturer of Russian origin, regarded with the aid of using the level call Zedd. Zedd is the winner of the Grammy Music Award in 2014 for the nomination “Best Dance Record” for the tune “Clarity”, which changed into achieved collectively with the British singer Foxes. In 2014, Forbes earned 8th location withinside the pinnacle 10 maximum paid DJs withinside the international with $ 21 million in income.

He writes song, specifically withinside the electro residence genre, however isn’t always confined to its scope. His compositions additionally consist of portions withinside the genres Progressive House, Complextro and Brostep. In 2016, the DJ changed into ranked thirty fifth in a UK mag score and twenty ninth in 2017 withinside the “Top a hundred” listing of the first-class DJs.

Early life

Anton Zaslavsky changed into born in Saratov right into a own circle of relatives of musicians and acquired a classical musical education, which commenced with analyzing song withinside the piano magnificence on the age of four. At the age of 3, Anton and his own circle of relatives moved as refugees of Jewish nationality to the German metropolis of Kaiserslautern, wherein he spent his adolescence and youth.

He commenced gambling drums on the age of twelve. Together together along with his brother Arkady, he have become a member of the rock band Dioramic, based in Kaiserslautern in 2002. Seven years later, he evolved an hobby in digital song after listening to the album with the aid of using the French electro punk duo Justice. In 2009 Anton Zaslavsky commenced writing digital song himself.

Career

In 2011 Anton Zaslavsky launched the unmarried “Dovregubben”, which he wrote withinside the fashion of the electro residence. This composition right away rose to the pinnacle of the song charts. Anton Zaslavsky presently lives in Los Angeles. He has already labored with stars like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Skrilex, Haley Williams, Selena Gomez, Kescha, Ariana Grande, Sean Mendes, Troy Sivan, Liam Payne and others.

In 2013, Zedd produced 3 songs from Lady Gaga’s new Artpop album: “Aura”, “GUY” and “Donatella”. In January 2018, he recorded the title “The Middle” (with the participation of Maren Morris and Gray), which he achieved on the Grammy Ceremony (2018).

On February 23, 2015, Zedd posted his collaboration with Selena Gomez, “I need you to know”. The tune changed into co-written with the aid of using Zedd, Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic and Kevin Drew. The tune have become the “Election Party Song” on the Teen Choice Awards, making it no 1 at the Billboard Dance / Electronic Songs and quantity 17 at the Billboard Hot a hundred. The tune changed into offered withinside the United States for over one Million copies provided platinum.

Zedd launched his 2nd unmarried “Beautiful Now” with Jon Bellion on May 13, 2015. The album “True Colors” changed into launched days later. The album reached no 1 at the Billboard Dance / Electronic albums and changed into indexed on diverse different global charts. The 1/3 unmarried from the album “Papercut” with Troye Sivan changed into launched on July 17, 2015.

On May twenty second and twenty third he directed the Counter Point Music and Arts Festival collectively with The Roots and Widespread Panic. Zedd regarded with Lady Antebellum on the 2015 CMT Music Awards. Together they achieved a mashup in their songs “Long Stretch of Love” and “Beautiful Now”.

His 2nd international tour, the True Colors Tour, lasted from August to November 2015, visiting to Asia, North America and Europe. Zedd changed into covered withinside the lineup for Coachella 2016. In 2017 he prepared a advantage live performance for the American Civil Liberties Union. On July 15, 2016, singer Hailee Steinfeld and manufacturer duo Gray launched a tune titled “Starving” with the aid of using Zedd, which changed into quantity five at the Billboard Mainstream Top forty and quantity five at the British unmarried charts.

On February 23, 2017, Zedd launched his collaboration with Alessia Cara, “Stay”, which debuted at No. 28 at the Billboard Hot a hundred and No. 33 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart. On July 6, 2017, Zedd launched his unmarried with Liam Payne, “Get Low”. On January 23, 2018, Zedd launched his unmarried with Maren Morris and Gray, “The Middle”, which climbed to no 1 at the Billboard Pop Songs radio charts and peaked at quantity five at the Billboard Hot a hundred.

Career highlights

Zedd changed into tapped with the aid of using National Geographic to provide a tune stimulated with the aid of using the documentary collection One Strange Rock, and launched a video titled “One Strange Rock” on his YouTube channel on April 9, 2018. On July 17, 2018, Zedd launched his unmarried with Elley Duhé, “Happy Now”. The accompanying song video changed into later launched August 23, 2018.

On September 27, 2018, Zedd launched his remix of the Shawn Mendes unmarried “Lost in Japan”. This unmarried speedy rose to the pinnacle forty charts and changed into the primary collaboration among the 2 artists. They achieved the tune on the 2018 American Music Awards on October 10, 2018, after which performed it once more on the Victoria Secret Fashion Show on November 8, 2018. The accompanying song video changed into launched on November 9, 2018 after the 2 performances.