Ian Carey

Ian Carey
Also known as Ian "45" Carey, Illicit Funk, The Ian Carey Project
Born (1975-09-13) September 13, 1975
Maryland, United States
Origin Miami, United States
Genres House, electro
Occupation(s) Disc jockey, musician, record producer
Instruments Bass guitar, keyboards, drums, guitar
Years active 1993–present
Labels Elan, GFAB, Vicious
Associated acts Snoop Dogg, Taio Cruz, Afrojack, Tinchy Stryder
Website iancarey.com

Ian Carey (born September 13, 1975) is an American house DJ, musician and record producer based in Miami, United States. Carey has performed as a disc jockey since 1993 and worked as a record producer since 1998.[1] Working with Jason Papillon (see DJ Jason Brooks) as part of Soul Providers, their first single, "Rise", reached No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Unhappy with the house music scene in America, Carey moved to the Netherlands from the US in 2003 and then on to Spain in 2006. In 2008, Ian Carey released the single "Get Shaky" (released as The Ian Carey Project) which peaked at No.2 in Australia and entered the top-10 in the UK, Belgium and New Zealand.[3][4] The singles achieved Double Platinum certification in Australia and Gold certification in New Zealand. The song also won the award for Best Dance Video at the MTV Australia Awards 2009.[5] Ian is now based in Miami, but spends much of the year touring internationally.

Biography

Ian Carey has been a part of the worldwide house music scene for a number of years.

Carey grew up in a small town in Maryland, USA,[6] about 2 hours from Washington DC. His father was a live sound engineer and ran a sound reinforcement company and had engineered for such groups as Kool & The Gang and The Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Carey became involved with dance music while in college. He had already experimented with the graffiti-writing scene in Baltimore, MD, where he met a number of hip-hop DJs, which led to him becoming involved in DJing. He was also introduced to house music while working at a record store. The success of Carey's first self-produced single "Rise" later influenced him to move to Europe to pursue a career in dance music production. His song "Get Shaky" reached the top ten and was world champion Czech Republic's official goal song at the IIHF Ice Hockey World Cup in Germany. In 2011 Ian collaborated with Snoop Dogg and Bobby Anthony on his single "Last Night" which was also remixed by Afrojack.

Discography

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[7]
AUT
[8]
BEL
[9]
CAN
[10]
FRA
[11]
GER
[12]
IRE
[13]
NDL
[14]
NZ
[15]
SWI
[16]
UK
[17]
"The Mobtown Sound" 2002 Non-album singles
"It's Alright / Party Time" 2003
"Non-Stop" 2004
"Drop Da Vibe"
(with DJ Jani featuring MC Gee)
"Give Up the Funk" 2005
"The Power" 103
"Say What You Want"
(with Mochico featuring Miss Bunty)
96
"Lose Control" 2006
"Keep on Rising"
(featuring Michelle Shellers)
2007 16
"Love Won't Wait"
"Get Shaky" 2008 2 33 57 46 9 54 7 59 9
"Redlight" 28
"SOS" 2009
"Shot Caller"
"Let Loose"
(featuring Mandy Ventrice)
2010
"Last Night"
(featuring Snoop Dogg and Bobby Anthony)
2011 15 24 77
"Amnesia"
(with Rosette featuring Timbaland and Brasco)
2012 109 34 113 72
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Awards

MTV Music Video Awards Australia

References

  1. IMO Records. http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/ian-carey-biography/ "Ian Carey Biography"], IMO Records Retrieved on March 8, 2011.
  2. "The Official Charts Company – Ian Carey". The Official Charts Company. May 6, 2013.
  3. "Chart Stats: Ian Carey". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  4. "THE IAN CAREY PROJECT – GET SHAKY (NUMMER)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  5. http://www.mtv.com.au/news/winners-mtvaa-best-dance-vid_copy/
  6. http://www.iancarey.com/
  7. For Australian peaks:
  8. "Austriancharts.at: The Ian Carey Project (singles)". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Austriancharts.at at Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  9. Peak positions for Belgium:
  10. "Billboard.com: The Ian Carey Project(Canadian Hot 100 singles)". Canadian Hot 100. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  11. "France Charts – Ian Carey". Classements Singles Fusionnés. SNEP (disqueenfrance.com). Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  12. "Charts.de: Ian Carey (singles)". Media Control (in German). Charts.de by Media Control. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  13. "The Irish Charts:Search the Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. The Irish Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  14. Peak positions for the Netherlands:
  15. "Charts.or.nz: The Ian Carey Project(singles)". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Charts.or.nz at Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  16. "Hitparade.ch: The Ian Carey Project(singles)". Schweizer Hitparade. Hitparade.ch at Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  17. Peak positions for the UK:
  18. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  19. "New Zealand Music Chart: Chart# 1665 (Monday 20 April 2009)". RIANZ. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  20. "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  21. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  22. 1 2 "Music Canada: Ian Carey". Music Canada. Retrieved 2012-08-04.

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