Chase and Status
Chase & Status are an electronic production duo from London consisting of Saul “Chase” Milton and Will “Status” Kennard.
Chase & Status have had three number one tracks on the UK Dance Chart in 2007 with the double A-side Hurt You/Sell
MeYour Soul, and in 2008 with Take Me Away/Judgement (Informer). On 5 October 2008, they reached number 70
onthe national singles chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart again with their single 'Pieces', featuring vocals by Plan
B.In 2009, they made number 45 with 'Against All Odds' which featured UK rapper Kano.
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Chase & Status are an electronic production duo from London consisting of Saul “Chase” Milton and Will “Status” Kennard.
Chase & Status have had three number one tracks on the UK Dance Chart in 2007 with the double A-side Hurt You/Sell
MeYour Soul, and in 2008 with Take Me Away/Judgement (Informer). On 5 October 2008, they reached number 70
onthe national singles chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart again with their single 'Pieces', featuring vocals by Plan
B.In 2009, they made number 45 with 'Against All Odds' which featured UK rapper Kano.
Chase & Status’ first album, More Than Alot, debuted in the UK album charts at number 49 on 19 October 2008
andentered the UK dance album chart at number 2. The album received the Best Album Award at the 2009 Drum and
Bassawards, Birmingham, UK.
Following the success of their last album the band wanted to gain a more global success. After meeting with a long
timefavourite of theirs, Cloud9, they decided to move in a different direction. Together they agreed that the band should do
morepop collaborations in order to achieve a more mainstream fanbase. Soon afterwards they quickly began working on the
album.On 8 November 2009, the duo entered the UK Top 40 for the first time with the track 'End Credits'. The track was
released on2 November 2009 and featuring British musician Plan B managed to reach a peak of number 9 on the UK Singles
Chart. Thesingle was written for the movie Harry Brown, which also starred Ben Drew, aka. Plan B.
The duo then released 'Let You Go' on 15 August 2010, revealing it to be the second official single to be released from
theirsecond studio album, named No More Idols according to posters outside their album launch show at the HMV Forum
inKentish Town on October 21. The single featured vocals from Mali and debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number
11;marking the duo’s second consecutive Top 40 hit. 'Hypest Hype' featuring Tempa T was confirmed in October 2010 to be
thethird single from the album and was released as a free download from their website on 8 November 2010; meaning it did
notqualify to chart. The fourth single from the album is the dubstep-flavoured 'Blind Faith', which features Nottingham-born
soulsinger/songwriter Liam Bailey - it was released on 31 January 2011, 2011. The new anticipated album also contains a
newsingle, 'Heavy' with Dizzee Rascal.
They have also created a remix of 'Invaders Must Die' for The Prodigy. The remix reached 53 in the Australian Aria
SinglesChart and 7 in the Aria Dance Chart. They have also produced for Bajan singer Rihanna, on her fourth album Rated
R, aswell as for British singer Alexandra Burke’s album, Overcome. « hide |
