CamelPhat are an English DJ and production duo, consisting of Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala, formed in Liverpool in 2004.[1] They are best known for the 2017 single "Cola", which peaked at number 3 in the UK Dance Chart, and at number 18 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was a collaboration with UK dance act Elderbrook and was released on Defected Records.
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Also known as | Whelan & Di Scala, Wheels & Disco, Shake n' Jack, Mancini, Pawn Shop, Da Mode, High Society, The Bassline Hustlers, Scouse Power Tunes |
Origin | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Years active | 2004–present |
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Members | Dave Whelan Micky D Mike Di Scala |
Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala met each other in Liverpool record shop 3 Beat Records[2] and were both disc jockeys at nightclubs in the city. Di Scala had previously released music as a member of Rezonance Q[3] and Ultrabeat[4] and also as a solo artist. Dave Whelan hosted his own Jubilee club night since 2004[5] and the two were resident DJs at Society nightclub. They began producing music together as members of The Chosen Few, along with Les Calvert,[6] and the trio also managed the Adhesive record label as a sublabel of All Around the World. The Chosen Few released a cover of the Tears for Fears song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (Adhesive, 2004) and a remix of the original song appeared on Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82–92).[7]
As a duo Whelan and Di Scala released several remixes as under various names such as The Bassline Hustlers, Men from Mars and Da Mode. Using the name Pawn Shop, they released a single "Shot Away" (All Around the World, 2006), based on a sample of "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones,[8] which peaked at number 100 on the UK Singles Chart. Following this, they released several singles as Whelan & Di Scala on various labels, including their own label Bachelor Pad Recordings. The two DJs also released music using other aliases such as Wheels & Disco, Mancini and Shake n' Jack.[9][10] From 2008 to 2014, Dave Whelan was also a radio presenter on Juice FM.[11][10]
In 2010, they released their first recordings as CamelPhat on their own label Vice Records.[12] As CamelPhat, the duo initially wore wrestling masks to conceal their identity because they "just wanted the people to judge the music and not us".[13] In 2011, Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala became owners of a Liverpool nightclub Mansion.[14] The duo released numerous singles and EPs on various record labels and some CamelPhat songs appeared on the Ultratop charts in Belgium, such as "The Act" (Spinnin' Deep, 2014), "Paradigm" featuring A*M*E (Axtone, 2015), "Constellations" (Spinnin' Deep, 2015), "Make 'Em Dance" from Light Night EP (Suara, 2016) and "Hangin' Out with Charlie" from Hangin' with Charlie EP (Suara, 2017).[15]
The duo's collaboration with Elderbrook on "Cola" (Defected, 2017) was an international hit single which peaked at number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart[16][17] and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.[18][19] They released further singles and EPs and had other hit singles with "Panic Room" (Loudmouth Music, 2018), a collaboration with Au/Ra and "Breathe" (Pryda Presents, 2018), a collaboration with Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke. In December 2018, CamelPhat signed to RCA Records.[20] In June 2019, they released "Be Someone", a collaboration with Jake Bugg, as the lead single from their upcoming debut album.
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [21] |
IRE [22] | ||
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23 | 39 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||||
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UK [24] |
UK Dance [25] |
AUS [26] |
BEL [15] |
FRA [27] |
GER [28] |
IRE [29] |
SCO [30] |
US Dance [31] | ||||||||
"Shot Away"[32] (as Pawn Shop) |
2006 | 100 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | Non-album singles | |||||
"Love Comes Quickly"[33] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Teardrops"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Nikki Belle) |
2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Sunset to Sunrise"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Nikki Belle) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Never Let Go"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Berlin"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Outta Time"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Abigail Bailey) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Discoshit"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Sleepwalk"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Waterfall"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala with Oliver Lang) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Close My Eyes"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Always on My Mind"[35] (as Wheels & Disco) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Nu Skool"[36] (as Shake n' Jack) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Good Times"[35] (as Wheels & Disco featuring Mighty Marvin) |
2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Curves n' Corners"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Virgil"[37] (as Whelan & Di Scala vs. Oliver Lang) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Persil"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala vs. Oliver Lang) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Sun Shine Down"[35] (as Wheels & Disco featuring Mighty Marvin) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Cuba"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Breath Away"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Abigail Bailey) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Lexar"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Achilles"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Lose Control"[38] (as Mancini) |
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"Can You Dig It"[9] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Nimbus"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Girl on Girl"[9] | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"The Fox"[37] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Rubin"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Here I Come"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala with Sebastien Drums featuring Mitch Crown) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Open Up Your Heart"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Eden) |
2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Live for the Music"[39] (featuring Erire) |
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"Thanks for the Memories"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Eden) |
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"Funky Express"[34] (as Whelan & Di Scala with Sebastien Drums) |
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"Rest of Your Life"[37] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Matthew Sleeper) |
2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"The Act"[9] | — | — | — | 63[upper-alpha 3] | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Sun Comes Up"[9] (featuring Jaxxon) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Paradigm"[40] (featuring A*M*E) |
2015 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Siren Song"[41] (featuring Eden) |
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"Constellations"[42] | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 5] | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Paths"[43] (with Redondo) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Trip"[44] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"It Is What It Is"[45] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"The Quad"[46] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"NYP2"[47] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Cola" (with Elderbrook) |
18 | 3 | 32 | 23[upper-alpha 6] | 40 | 76 | 12 | 15 | 21[upper-alpha 7] | Dark Matter | ||||||
"Bugged Out"[39] (with Audio Bullys) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"Panic Room" (with Au/Ra) |
30 | 5 | — | 37[upper-alpha 8] | — | — | 40 | 19 | 27[upper-alpha 9] |
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Dark Matter | |||||
"Dopamine Machine"[52] (with Ali Love) |
— | — | — | —[upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
"The Solution"[53] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Drop It"[54] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Accelerator"[55] (with Solardo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Breathe" (with Cristoph featuring Jem Cooke) |
36 | 10 | — | 47[upper-alpha 11] | — | — | 68 | 18 | 40[upper-alpha 12] |
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Dark Matter | |||||
"Kona" / "Liberation"[39] (with Alan Fitzpatrick) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg) |
58 | 11 | — | 60[upper-alpha 13] | — | — | 71 | 26 | 25[upper-alpha 14] |
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Dark Matter | |||||
"Rabbit Hole"[56] (featuring Jem Cooke) |
81 | 13 | — | 58[upper-alpha 15] | — | — | 80 [57] | 30 | 23[upper-alpha 16] | |||||||
"Freak"[58] (featuring Cari Golden) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
"For a Feeling"[59] (with Artbat featuring Rhodes) |
— | — | — | 73[upper-alpha 17] | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Matter | ||||||
"Hypercolour"[60] (with Yannis Philippakis of Foals) |
77 | — | — | 65[upper-alpha 18] | — | — | — | 39 | — | |||||||
"Witching Hour"[61] (with Will Easton) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Critical"[62] (with Green Velvet) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
"The Future"[63] (with Rebūke) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Silenced"[64] (with Jem Cooke) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dark Matter | |||||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Artist(s) |
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"Love Commandments" ("Love Commandments" by The Bassline Hustlers)[1] | 2004 | Gisele Jackson |
"Lola's Theme" (Lola Does High Society remix)[65] | Shapeshifters | |
"Venus" ("Venus" by Men from Mars featuring Shocking Blue)[66] | Shocking Blue | |
"Enjoy the Silence" ("All I Ever Wanted" by Da Mode)[67] | Depeche Mode | |
"Take Me Out" ("Take Me Out" by Da Mode)[67] | Franz Ferdinand | |
"Rocker" ("Altered Egos" by Da Mode)[67] | Alter Ego | |
"Waiting for You" (Dave Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | 2006 | Narcotic Thrust |
"Exceeder" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Mason | |
"Running Up That Hill" ("Boosh" by Whelan & Di Scala)[34] | Kate Bush | |
"Spaced" ("Spaced Out" by Whelan & Di Scala)[34] | Lock & Burns | |
"I Feel Love" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | 2007 | Public Domain featuring Lucia Holm |
"Sugar (Sweet Thing)" (Dave Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | DYAD10 | |
"Hit Girl" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | Sébastien Léger | |
"I Wish U Would" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Martijn ten Velden | |
"Café del Mar" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Energy 52 | |
"Da Funk" ("Funk" by Wheels & Disco)[35] | 2008 | Daft Punk |
"Vamp" ("The Vamp" by Whelan & Di Scala)[34] | Outlander | |
"The Real Thing" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Tony Di Bart | |
"Need in Me" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Danny Dove and Steve Smart featuring Amanda Wilson | |
"Work It Out" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | DJ Disciple featuring Dawn Tallman | |
"Your Ways" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | E-Play | |
"Uninvited" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Freemasons featuring Bailey Tzuke | |
"Disco's Revenge 2008" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Gusto | |
"Cruising" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Nalin & Kane and Denis the Menace | |
"I Know You're Gone" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Max Graham featuring Jessica Jacobs | |
"No Stopping Us" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Kic Pimpz | |
"Rolex Sweep" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Skepta | |
"White Horse" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Sarah McLeod | |
"Never Enough" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Crystal Waters | |
"My Girl" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Jason Herd and Flashlight featuring Jason Heerah | |
"Times Like These" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | 2009 | Albin Myers |
"All for a Dance" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Moonbeam | |
"Ride on Time" ("Black Sensation" by Whelan & Di Scala)[34] | Black Box | |
"Every Other Way" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | BT | |
"Keep on Jumpin'" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | 2010 | Stefy De Cicco featuring Tom Stone |
"In and Out of Love" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Armin van Buuren featuring Sharon den Adel | |
"Old Skool Generation" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | Tommy Vee and Mauro Ferrucci | |
"We No Speak Americano" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP | |
"Faceless" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | Kevin Andrews and Felix Baumgartner | |
"Louder (Put Your Hands Up)" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[68] | Chris Willis | |
"Special One" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[69] | Ginger Woz Red and Sasha Solette | |
"Kuraitani" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Dean Newton | |
"Porto Alegre" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Lishious and Antonio Carnicero | |
"I'm Alive" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Don Fardon | |
"My Feelings for You" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | Avicii and Sebastien Drums | |
"Street Dancer" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | 2011 | Avicii |
"Shine" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Alisa | |
"In the Cloud" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | CeCe Rogers featuring Serena | |
"Sharing" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | Tommy Vee and Mauro Ferrucci presents Luca Guerrieri | |
"Give It to Me" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Those Usual Suspects featuring Jay Sebag | |
"Fly Again" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | 2012 | Sebastien Drums featuring Mitch Crown |
"Cosmopolitan" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Marc Poppcke | |
"We Could Be One" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Dirty Laundry | |
"Amnesia" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Ian Carey & Rosette featuring Timbaland & Brasco | |
"Make You Feel" (Oliver Lang & Whelan & Di Scala remix)[37] | Dada & Mat Frost | |
"My Religion" (Oliver Lang & Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Sonikross featuring Sara K | |
"Fox & Koi" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Global Experience | |
"Abash" (Sebastien Drums & Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Rob Adans | |
"Let's Go All In" (Whelan & Di Scala remix)[34] | Bobby Vena & Andy Murphy featuring Livingstone | |
"Restless" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | 2013 | D. Ramirez and Cevin Fisher |
"Strutt" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | 2014 | Kydus |
"In Stereo" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Flip Flop featuring Faith Trent | |
"Parachute" (CamelPhat remix)[70] | Otto Knows | |
"Special" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Billon featuring Maxine Ashley | |
"Dancing in the Dark" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | 2015 | 4Tune500 |
"Wurd" (CamelPhat remix)[71] | Robosonic featuring Stag | |
"Younger" (CamelPhat remix)[72] | Seinabo Sey | |
"Stronger" (CamelPhat dark dub remix)[9] | Clean Bandit | |
"Better Love" (CamelPhat remix)[73] | Foxes | |
"Creeper" (CamelPhat remix)[74] | 2016 | Alex Metric |
"Dancing Makes Us Brave" (CamelPhat remix)[75] | Nimmo | |
"Moments" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | Kidnap featuring Leo Stannard | |
"Give Up the Ghost" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | Ariana and the Rose | |
"Wolliner" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Erik Hagleton | |
"Strings" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | Illyus & Barrientos | |
"Warehouse" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | Fat Sushi | |
"My Love 4 U" (CamelPhat remix)[76] | MK featuring A*M*E | |
"Hell in Paradise 2016" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | ONO | |
"Reach for Me" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | 2017 | Mark Jenkyns featuring Mizbee |
"Hulk" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | DJ Wady and Patrick M | |
"Please Don't Play" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | James Curd and Diz | |
"Say Nothing" (CamelPhat remix)[77] | MUTO featuring Emerson Leif | |
"Right Here, Right Now" (CamelPhat remix)[78] | 2018 | Fatboy Slim |
"These Days" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen | |
"Boys in da Hood" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Wade | |
"Hang Up Your Hang Ups (The Only One)" (CamelPhat remix)[79] | Paul Woolford featuring Kim English | |
"Crawl" (CamelPhat remix)[9] | Lee Foss featuring SPNCR and Mal Rainey | |
"Piece of Me" (CamelPhat remix)[80] | MK and Becky Hill | |
"Coup de Grace" (CamelPhat remix)[39] | 2019 | Miles Kane |
"I'm Not Alone 2019" (CamelPhat remix)[81] | Calvin Harris | |
"Days Go By" (CamelPhat remix)[82] | Dirty Vegas | |
"Lose Your Head" (CamelPhat remix)[83] | 2021 | London Grammar |
"Best of Me" (CamelPhat remix)[84] | Artbat and Sailor & I | |
"Warning Signs" (CamelPhat remix)[85] | Alan Fitzpatrick and Lawrence Hart | |
"Float Away"[86] | 2021 | Yousef and The Angel |
"Distorted Light Beam"[87] | Bastille | |
"Tighter"[88] | Hosh featuring Jalja |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Credit(s) |
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"My Love 4 U"[89] | 2016 | MK featuring A*M*E | Keyboards, production, programming, songwriting |
"17" | 2017 | MK | Keyboards, production, programming, songwriting |
"The Power"[90] | 2019 | Duke Dumont featuring Zak Abel | Production, songwriting |
"Space" | 2020 | Becky Hill | Production, songwriting |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
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"Shot Away" (as Pawn Shop) |
2006 | Mike Cockayne[91] |
"Breath Away"[92] (as Whelan & Di Scala featuring Abigail Bailey) |
2009 | |
"The Act" | 2014 | Nima Nabili Rad, Luke Eblen[93] |
"Paradigm" (featuring A*M*E) |
2015 | Tom Griffin[94] |
"Constellations”[95] | ||
"Paths"[96] (with Redondo) |
2016 | |
"Cola" (with Elderbrook) |
2017 | Millicent Hailes[97] |
"Panic Room" (with Au/Ra) |
2018 | Granz Herman[98] |
"Breathe" (with Christoph featuring Jem Cooke) |
2019 | GMUNK[99] |
"Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg) |
The Sacred Egg[100] | |
"Rabbit Hole" (featuring Jem Cooke) |
2020 | Taz Tron Delix [101] |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | CamelPhat | Most Played New Independent Act[102] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2016 | CamelPhat | Breakthrough[103] | Nominated |
2017 | "Cola" (with Elderbrook) | Track of the Season[104] | Won |
2018 | CamelPhat | House Artist[105] | Won |
2019 | CamelPhat | Tech House[106] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | CamelPhat | Best Group[107] | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | "Cola" (with Elderbrook) | Best Dance Recording[108] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | "Cola" (with Elderbrook) | Best Song[109] | Nominated |
2019 | "Panic Room" (with Au/Ra) | Best Electronic Song[110] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | "Cola" (with Elderbrook) | Best Contemporary Song[111] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2019 | "Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg) | Best Dance Video - UK[112] | Nominated |
2019 | "Be Someone" (with Jake Bugg) | Best Editing in a Video[112] | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | "Cola" (with Elderbrook) | Best Dancefloor Track[113] | Nominated |
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