blackwave. (also known as blackwavedot) is a Belgian hip-hop duo composed of producer Willem Ardui and rapper Jean-Valéry Atohoun. Their influences include The Roots, Prince, Parliament-Funkadelic and Brockhampton. The group, in an interview with Billboard, said "We love incorporating all kinds of different genres in our music and challenging ourselves to always try something different."
The band released their first album, Mic Check, in 2017. Their second album, Are We Still Dreaming?, was released in 2019 and reached 4th place in the Belgium Top 200 Albums. Their third album, No Sleep in LA, was released in 2022 and peaked in first place for one week.
In 2019, blackwave. was nominated for the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards in the 'Best Belgian Act' category, losing out to MATTN.
Discography
Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and details Title Album details Peak chart positionsNotes BEL(FL) Mic Check Released: 12 May 2017 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Belgium Format: Digital download, streaming 161 Are We Still Dreaming? Released: 8 November 2019 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Belgium Format: Digital download, streaming 4 No Sleep in LA Released: 9 September 2022 Label: black.wav, PIAS Format: Digital download, streaming 1
Singles + List of singles, showing year released and album Title Year Album "Flow"(featuring Caleborate) 2017 Mic Check "If I" "BIG Dreams" "Hands Up!" "Elusive"(featuring David Ngyah) Are We Still Dreaming? "Swangin'" 2018 rowspan="2" "Whasgood?!" "GoodEnough"(featuring Wesley Franklin) Are We Still Dreaming? "never seen u"2019 rowspan="1" "Home" Are We Still Dreaming? "Up There"(featuring Pell, Caleborate, K1D) "These Days"(featuring Caleborate) rowspan="1" "The Antidote"(Winston Surfshirt featuring Benny Sings) Are We Still Dreaming?
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