Taso papadakis biography of williams

With singles “Roses” and “Don’t Let Me Down” the world made The Chainsmokers a multi-platinum success story, now the duo are embarking on a new mission: to show the world that the line between dance music and pop music has disappeared.

From an early age, DJ duo Drew Taggart and Alex Pall, aka The Chainsmokers, strived to distance themselves from musical normalcy.

The artists navigated outside of the NYC club scene at first, but in 2012, they came together thanks to music manager Adam Alpert. What began as a series of electro-pop infused remixes soon blossomed into producing their own original pop-coated EDM-style material.

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With the mainstream’s appropriation of dance culture, they exploded onto that scene with their first hit “#SELFIE” which put them on the global EDM map. They rapidly went from making beats in their house to playing the world’s biggest festivals.

They followed up with a streak of double-platinum