Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris is a Scottish DJ, producer, singer and songwriter whose dance records connect pop collaborations with club and festival sets.
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- Born
- 17 January 1984 · Dumfries, Scotland
- Birth name
- Adam Richard Wiles
- Work
- DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter
- First UK top 10
- Acceptable in the 80s · 2007
- Breakthrough album
- 18 Months · 2012
Mini bio
How it started.
Growing up in Dumfries, Calvin began making tracks as a teenager on an Amiga computer running OctaMED. He sent demos to labels and DJs for years before Myspace helped his music reach the right people. His debut album, I Created Disco, was recorded in his bedroom and released in 2007.
From bedroom tracks to the charts.
“Acceptable in the 80s” gave him his first UK top 10 in 2007. His third album, 18 Months, followed in 2012 and produced nine UK top 10 singles, a Guinness World Records achievement. Its guest voices included Rihanna, Ellie Goulding and Florence Welch.
Songs fans return to.
He wrote and produced Rihanna’s “We Found Love”, sang on “Summer”, and teamed up with Dua Lipa on “One Kiss” and Ellie Goulding on “Miracle”. In 2025 he returned to his own vocals with the self-written and self-produced “Smoke the Pain Away”, followed in 2026 by collaborations with Kasabian and Jazzy.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Satisfy with JazzyProducer, mixing engineer and co-writer
- 2026Release The Pressure with KasabianProducer, mixing engineer, instrumentalist and co-writer
- 2025Smoke the Pain AwaySinger, sole songwriter and producer
- 2023Miracle with Ellie GouldingCollaborating artist
- 2018One Kiss with Dua LipaCollaborating artist
- 2014SummerSinger and producer
- 201218 MonthsRecording artist
- 2011We Found Love by Rihanna featuring Calvin HarrisSongwriter, producer and featured artist
Awards
Quotes
Coming back to Scotland to headline two dates at Hampden Park is a huge moment for me.Calvin Harris, Sony Music Vision announcement
He said this in July 2026 when announcing the BBC broadcast of his Hampden Park homecoming show.
Trivia
- His first music computer was an Amiga 500 Plus passed down by his brother.
- He made I Created Disco on an Amiga-based setup in his Dumfries bedroom.
- His first UK number one was the 2008 Dizzee Rascal collaboration “Dance Wiv Me”.
- 18 Months earned a Guinness World Record for nine UK top 10 singles from one album.
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