Karl William

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Karl William
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Background information
Born1995
GenresAlternative music
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2013–present
Labels ArtPeople

Karl William (born c. 1995) is a Danish alternative music singer and songwriter who is signed to the Danish ArtPeople label. [1]

Contents

He caught attention with "Kostumeramt" as part of the Aarhus-based Hukaos collective made up of William, Tais and Louis Rustum with the track's appearance on the collective's EP release 1. sal. [2] [3] But it was with his EP Døende that he found chart success reaching number 8 on Tracklisten, the official Danish Albums Chart. The album was produced by Eloq (of Cheff Records), Tais (Hukaos collective), Carl Barsk and Emil Hesselbæk. "Foruden at forgude" and its accompanying music video is the second major song release after "Kostumeramt". [4]

Discography

Albums / EPs

YearTitlePeak positions
DEN
[5]
2014Døende8
2015Placebo26
2016Livet EP28
2018Livet, faldet & alt det andet36
[6]
2022Ren38
[7]

Singles

YearTitlePeak positionsAlbum
DEN
[5]
2014"Foruden at forgude" Døende

Appearances

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References

  1. "ArtPeople.dk:". Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. Eksklusivt: Hør hele Karl Williams nye ep ‘Døende’ (in Danish)
  3. thumbs Up: Hukaos, Karl William & Tais – First/Tapes Archived 23 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)
  4. Gaffa: Karl William – Døende – Et sjælfuldt univers, som er ret unikt på den danske musikscene (in Danish)
  5. 1 2 "Karl William discography". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 41, 2018". Hitlisten . Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 3, 2022". Hitlisten . Retrieved 26 January 2022.