Joel Corry
Joel Corry is a British DJ, producer and television personality. He came to prominence in 2019 with the release of his single "Sorry", featuring vocals from Hayley May (who was not credited in the official music video), which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart. In 2020, Corry released the singles "Lonely" and "Head & Heart". The latter, which features MNEK on vocals, spent six weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart and also became Corry's first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. Corry stated that he was influenced by UK garage growing up, and that it played a "huge role in his development as a DJ and a producer".[1]
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| Born | 10 June 1989 London, United Kingdom |
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| Instruments | Ableton Live |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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Career
Corry featured on MTV reality television series Geordie Shore, alongside then-girlfriend Sophie Kasaei until 2013. He also has a personal training business, an app called Joel Corry PT and a gym and leisurewear company Most Rated, which is also the name of his own record label.[2] In 2015 he released his debut singles "Back Again" and "Light It Up". In 2017 he released the singles "Just Wanna", "All the Things", "All Night", "Sunlight" and "Feel This Way". He released the singles "Hurt", "All I Need", "Only You", "Good As Gold" and "Fallen" in 2018 which premiered on Our Culture Mag. [3] In April 2019, he released the single "Sorry"; the song features uncredited vocals from Hayley May. In July 2019, the song broke the record for the most Shazamed track in one day, with 41,000 Shazams. It featured on the ITV2 reality television series Love Island. The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart.
In July 2020, Corry achieved his first UK number-one single with the MNEK collaboration "Head & Heart". It stayed at number 1 for six consecutive weeks and became an international hit for Corry.[4] It was certified Platinum for exceeding 600,000 units on 11 September 2020.[5]
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| UK [6] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
BEL (FL) [9] |
DEN [10] |
GER [11] |
IRE [12] |
ITA [13] |
NL [14] |
NZ [13] | |||||||||||
| "Back Again" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "Light It Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Just Wanna" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "All the Things" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "All Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Sunlight" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Feel This Way" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Hurt" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "All I Need" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Only You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Good as Gold" (featuring Hayley May) |
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| "Fallen" (featuring Hayley May) |
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| "Sorry" | 2019 | 6 | 40 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 44 | TBA | ||||||||
| "Lonely" | 2020 | 4 | — | — | 68 | — | 3 | — | — | 5 | 23 |
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| "Head & Heart" (featuring MNEK) |
1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||||||||
