Hedegaard (DJ)

Rasmus Hedegaard (born Rasmus Hedegård Sørensen, 25 July 1988), using the mononym Hedegaard (sometimes stylized as HEDEGAARD), is a Danish DJ and music producer. He is signed to Copenhagen Records.[1] His management is TWTTW (Then We Take The World) with Lasse Siegismund and Kasper Færk.[2][3] Many know him for his remix of "Dr. Dre – Next Episode" and his Scandinavian chart topping single "Happy Home" featuring the band Lukas Graham which went 3 times platinum in Denmark and Norway and platinum in Sweden.[4]

HEDEGAARD
Birth nameRasmus Hedegaard
Born (1988-07-25) July 25, 1988
OriginRanders, Denmark
GenresTrance
OccupationsDJ, producer
Years active2009–present
LabelsCopenhagen, Then We Take the World
Websitewww.rasmushedegaard.com

Career

Hedegaard was born in Randers, and started his career remixing tracks for Danish nightclubs and uploading them to YouTube. Including his unofficial remix of Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dres hit "The Next Episode", which made Hedegaard well known across Europe. The song has been played more than 100 million times on YouTube. He has also remixed 50 Cent, Macklemore, Basto, Ludacris, Stromae, Ed Sheeran, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Rihanna.[5]

In 2012, Hedegaard started producing original tracks, and with the release of “Happy Home” in 2014, his career escalated from performing in nightclubs, to larger events and festivals like Distortion, Skanderborg Festival, Nibe Festival, Skive Festival, VG-Lista (NO), Peace & Love Festival (SE) and ABC Beach Party. Furthermore, he started booking outside of Denmark in numerous Scandinavian and European countries.

In 2014, Hedegaard released "Happy Home", featuring Lukas Graham Forchhammer. The song was played heavily on the Danish radio station P3 and was put in A rotation on several other radio stations. On streaming and sale it was #1 for several weeks in Danmark and has now accumulated more than 38 million streams in total (July 2017). After performing on the Norwegian talk show "Senkveld med Thomas og Harald",[9] the song became #1 on the Norwegian iTunes and was certified 3× platinum on streaming in Norway.[10] In 2014 Hedegaard won an award as "Producer of the Year" for the hit "Happy Home" at Danish Music Awards 2014.[6] In 2015 he won another award for "Most Played Song Of The Year" at "Carl Prisen".[7]

Later in 2014, Hedegaard released “Twerk It Like Miley” featuring Brandon Beal and Christopher. The song has more than 56 million streams on Spotify and 158 million views on YouTube and it reached #1 in a couple of Asian countries. "Twerk It Like Miley" won 3 awards at Danish DeeJay Awards 2015[8] and is now 3× platinum in Denmark, platinum in Philippines, and gold in Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand.

In 2016, Hedegaard won the award as ”Producer of the Year” at Club Awards as well as the ”Audience Award” at Danish DeeJay Awards.[9] Subsequently, he won the prize for best Danish remix of the year at Danish DeeJay Awards 2017 for the remix of ”Slem Igen”.[10]

In 2017, the single ”That’s Me” was released and has since gained 20 million streams on Spotify.[11] The Australian singer and songwriter Hayley Warner sings the song and in the spring of 2017 they met up in LA and wrote the single “Go Back”.[12]

Hedegaard is signed to the Danish record label Copenhagen Records. His management is TWTTW (Then We Take the World) and they have offices in Copenhagen and Los Angeles. Other than Hedegaard, artists also signed to the label include Lukas Graham, Brandon Beal, Patrick Dorgan, Hennedub, Feels, JRM, OK OK, and Ylva.

Discography

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Certification
DEN
[13]		 SWE
[14]		 NOR
[15]
2010 "Money"
(feat. Brandon Beal)		 — — —
2012 "Scary Christmas" — — —
2013 "Too Drunk" — — —
"Busy" — — —
"Kysset Med Medina"
(feat. Oliver Kesi)		 25 — —
  • Gold (streaming)[16]
"The Blow Anthem" — — —
2014 "Happy Home"
(feat. Lukas Graham)		 1 40 4
  • 3× Platinum (streaming DK)[17]
  • 3× Platinum (streaming NZ)
  • 1× Platinum (streaming SE)
  • 3× Platinum (streaming NOR)
  • Gold (download DK)[18]
"Twerk It Like Miley"
(Brandon Beal ft Christopher)		 1 — —
  • 3× Platinum (streaming DK)[17]
  • 1× Platinum (streaming PH)
  • 1× Gold (streaming ID)
  • 1× Gold (streaming TW)
  • 1× Gold (streaming TH)
  • 1× Gold (streaming K)
  • Gold (download)[18]
"Make You Proud" 21 — —
2015 "Shake The Ground"
(feat. Brandon Beal & Bekuh Boom)		 — — —
"Smile & Wave"
(feat. Brandon Beal)		 12 — — Platinum & Gold
"Happy Home (feat. Lukas Graham) [Sam Feldt Remix] — — —
2016 "Going Home"
(feat. Patrick Dorgan & Nabiha)		 — — —
"Keep Dreaming"
(feat. Stine Bramsen)		 — — —
"Keep Dreaming (Club Edit)"
(feat. Stine Bramsen)		 — — —
2017 "That's Me" 34
[19]		 — —
"Ready to Love You" — —[upper-alpha 1] —
2018 "Salvation"
(feat. JRM & Katie Pearlman)		 — — —
"Need You Right Now"
(feat. Hayley Warner)		 — — —
2021 "Du gør det godt"
(Basim feat. Johnson and Hedegaard)		 22
[21]		 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. "Ready to Love You" did not enter the Sverigetopplistan singles chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Sverigetopplistan Heatseekers chart.[20]

Discography as Producer
Year Artist Album Song Role
2018 Lukas Graham 3 (The Purple Album) Not A Damn Thing Changed Producer/Writer[22]
2022 NCT 127 2 Baddies Faster Producer

Remixes
  • 50 Cent - P.I.M.P. (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Jimilian feat. Ceci Luca - Slem Igen (Hedegaard Remix)
  • 50 Cent - Disco Inferno (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Brandon Beal ft. Christopher - Twerk It Like Miley (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Christopher ft. Brandon Beal - CPH Girls (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Kesi - Søvnløs (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Hedegaard ft. Lukas Graham - Happy Home (Club Edit)
  • Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Eminem ft. Nate Dogg - Shake That (Hedegaard & Matt Hawk Remix)
  • Macklemore - Thrift Shop (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Ludacris - Move Bitch (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Lukas Graham - Ordinary Things (Hedegaard Remix)
  • Dr. Dre - The Next Episode ft. Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Nate Dogg (Hedegaard Remix)
  • 50 Cent - In Da Club (Hedegaard Remix)

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominee Result
2014 Danish Music Awards Danish Producer of the Year Hedegaard Won
Danish Music Awards Clubhit of the Year "Twerk It Like Miley" Won
Danish Music Awards Hit of the Year "Happy Home" Nominated
2015 Carl Prisen Most Played Song of the Year "Happy Home" Won
Danish DeeJay Awards Danish Urban Release of the Year "Twerk It Like Miley" Won
Dancechart.dk Award "Twerk It Like Miley" Won
Remix of the Year "Frk. Escobar (Flamboyant Remix" Won
Danish DeeJay Favourite of the Year "Twerk It Like Miley" Won
Producer of the Year Hedegaard Nominated
Zulu Awards Hit of the Year Nominated
2016 Danish DeeJay Awards People's Choice Award Hedegaard Won
Club Awards Danish Producer of the Year Hedegaard Won
Danish Music Awards Hit of the Year "Golden" Nominated
2017 Danish DeeJay Awards Remix of the Year "Slem Igen (Hedegaard Remix)" Won

References
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  10. "Og 2017 vinderne er... - Danish DeeJay Awards 2018". 17 April 2017.
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  12. "Go Back - HEDEGAARD". www.dr.dk.
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  14. "swedishcharts.com – Discography Hedegaard". Sverigetopplistan. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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  17. "Certificeringer". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  18. "Certificeringer". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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  20. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 43, 27 oktober 2017". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. "Track Top-40 Uge 18, 2021". Hitlisten. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  22. ""Not a Damn Thing Changed" by Lukas Graham". 14 October 2018.
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