Georgia Ku

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Georgia Ku
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Georgia Ku in December 2019
Background information
Born (1993-02-20) 20 February 1993 (age 31)
OriginEngland
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present
Labels

Georgia Ku (born 20 February 1993) is an English singer and songwriter. She was a featured artist on the 2018 NOTD and Felix Jaehn hit single "So Close". The song has appeared on numerous charts including at number 11 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Ku has also written songs for numerous notable acts including Martin Garrix, Dua Lipa, Iggy Azalea, Zedd, and others.

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Career

Ku got her start in around 2015 as a vocalist and songwriter. That year, she was featured on the Dillon Francis and Skrillex track, "Bun Up The Dance" [1] and the Nicky Romero and Stadiumx song, "Harmony". [2] She also co-wrote several songs including Zedd's "Illusion" featuring Echosmith and Skylar Stecker's "Crazy Beautiful". [3] In 2016, she was featured on the Getter track, "Blood", [4] and appeared on two KNOXA songs, "Bang Bang" [5] and "Something More". [6] She also co-wrote the Fifth Harmony song, "1000 Hands" of their 7/27 album. [3]

Ku's song "Bloodline" was featured on the soundtrack for the 2016 film, The Birth of a Nation . [7] At the end of the year, Ku was featured on the Party Favor single, "In My Head", [8] which reached number 7 on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. [9] In early 2017, the Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa song "Scared to Be Lonely", which Ku co-wrote, was released. [10] It peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. [11] That year, Ku also co-wrote Iggy Azalea's "Switch" featuring Anitta. [3]

In 2018, Ku was featured on several tracks, including Captain Cuts and Zookëper's "Do You Think About Me?" [10] and NOTD and Felix Jaehn's "So Close" (which also featured Captain Cuts). [12] The latter song reached number one on both the Dance Club Songs and the Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts. [12] It also reached number 11 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, [13] number 40 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, [14] and number 20 on the UK Dance Singles chart. [15] 2018 also saw the release of two songs Ku co-wrote: MØ's "Mercy" (featuring What So Not and Two Feet) [16] and Rita Ora's "Soul Survivor". [17]

In 2019, Ku co-wrote the Jai Wolf song, "Still Sleeping", off his album, The Cure to Loneliness. [18]

Ku was a featured artist on the 2018 NOTD and Felix Jaehn single "So Close", with a music video starring Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover girl Camille Kostek. [19] [20]

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Real

Singles as lead artist

List of singles as a lead artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"Bloodline" [7] 2016 The Birth of a Nation: The Inspired By Album
"What Do I Do?" [21] 2019Real
"Ever Really Know"2020
"Lighthouse"
"Don't You Hold Me Down" [22]
(with Alan Walker)		2021Walker Racing League
"Back To You" [23]
(with Corsak and Moti)		Non-album single
List of singles as a featured artist, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
Dance 		AUS GER SWE US
Top 40
[24] 		US
Dance
[13] 		US
Dance
Club
[25] 		US
Dance
Airplay
[26]
"In My Head"
(Party Favor featuring Georgia Ku)		2016———————7 Party & Destroy
"So Close"
(NOTD and Felix Jaehn featuring Captain Cuts and Georgia Ku)		201820
[15] 		45
[27] 		45
[28] 		77
[29] 		401111Breathe
"Love You Now"
(Cash Cash featuring Georgia Ku) [32] 		2020————————Say It Like You Feel It
"Nights Like That"
(Bunt featuring Georgia Ku) [33] 		2020————————Non-album singles
"2019"
(Martin Jensen featuring Georgia Ku) [34] 		2021————————
"I Got a Feeling"
(Felix Jaehn and Robin Schulz featuring Georgia Ku) [35] 		————————Breathe
"Call On Me"
(Sam Feldt featuring Georgia Ku) [36] 		————————Non-album singles
"Shell Shock"
(Nghtmre and Zomboy featuring Georgia Ku) [37] 		————————
"Demons"
(Steve Aoki featuring Georgia Ku)		2022———————— Hiroquest: Genesis
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances
Title
[3] 		YearOther performer(s)Album
"Bun Up The Dance" [1] 2015 Dillon Francis and Skrillex This Mixtape Is Fire
"Harmony" Nicky Romero and Stadiumx Non-album single
"Blood"2016 Getter Radical Dude!
"Bang Bang"KNOXANon-album singles
"Something More"
"Static" [38] Cazzette
"Do You Think About Me?"2018 Captain Cuts and Zookëper
"Hold On"2019 Illenium Ascend

Songwriting

List of songwriting credits
Song
[3] 		YearArtistAlbumNotes
"Illusion"2015 Zedd featuring Echosmith True Colors
"Crazy Beautiful" Skylar Stecker This Is Me
"Low" Inna Inna /
Body and the Sun
"Take Me Higher"
"1000 Hands"2016 Fifth Harmony 7/27
"Scared to Be Lonely" [10] 2017 Martin Garrix and Dua Lipa Non-album singles UK No. 14 [11]
"Switch" Iggy Azalea featuring Anitta AUS No. 180 [39]
"Bounce Right Back"2018 Jaira Burns Burn Slow
"Didn't I"
"Soul Survivor" [17] Rita Ora Phoenix
"Mercy" MØ featuring What So Not and Two Feet Forever Neverland
"Queen" Loren Gray Non-album single
"Still Sleeping" [18] 2019 Jai Wolf The Cure to Loneliness
"목소리 (Voice)"2020 Loona [12:00]
"Star (목소리 English Version)"
"Cambia el Paso"2021 Jennifer Lopez and Rauw Alejandro Non-album single

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