XYLO

XYLØ
Origin	United States
Genres	Alternative pop chillwave electronic
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Sony Music Entertainment
Associated acts	The Chainsmokers
Website	www.xylo-music.com
Members	Paige Duddy (age 21) Chase Duddy (age 31)

XYLO (stylised as XYLØ) is an electronic brother/sister duo, consisting of lead vocalist and songwriter Paige Duddy and songwriter and musician Chase Duddy.^[1] The duo were born in and are currently based in the United States, where they continue to pursue their music career. They are best known for their debut single, which was self-released through NoiseTrade, entitled "America", released in February 2015. This single eventually became the lead single of their debut extended play under the same name, which was released in February 2016.

Career

2015-16: America EP

The duo's career mainly started in February 2015, when they began to get well-known on the internet. They made an explosive internet success when they released their debut single, entitled "America". The song was self-released and was promoted through Hype Machine and NoiseTrade on 23 February 2015. The song was uploaded onto YouTube through music promoter "Mr.SuicideSheep" where it got most of the attention. The song eventually made it onto the top 10 of the Hype Machine chart and was debuted on American radio through KCRW. The song also managed to gain 250,000 views and streams on YouTube in under a week.

In June, their debut single reached nearly 1 million streams on YouTube. They also released their second song, entitled "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", on June 4, 2015.

In mid-June, the duo announced that they were producing and writing more music, which was to come soon. Then, in July 2015, they announced and premiered their third song, entitled "Afterlife", which was released on July 22, 2015 and premiered through Apple Music.

In September 2015, they featured as special guests on Oh Wonder's live show in Los Angeles, making it their first ever headline show with another artist.

In October 2015, they released their fourth song, entitled "L.A. Love Song", which was released on October 7, 2015. A month later, they announced that they were going to be taking a break and working on producing more music. The duo, during their live shows, also got signed to Sony Music Entertainment.

Going into 2016, the duo had embarked on a number of their own live shows as well as working on new music to what was eventually going to become their debut extended play. Eventually on 19 February 2016, they announced their fifth single "Bang Bang" and was premiered through Apple Music. This came with the announcement of the extended play, under the title America, and that all of their singles released so far were going to be on the extended play.

Two days before the extended play's release, they announced their sixth and final single to be released through the EP, entitled "BLK CLD", which was released 26 February 2016. The EP was eventually released on February 27, 2016 through Sony Music Entertainment. During the release, the duo launched their official VEVO channel on YouTube with the music video for their debut single "America", which sparked the single's official release, to celebrate a year since its original release.

The post-release of the extended play sparked the start of their American tour, which took place across the United States. Among that, they also said that they were going to be working on new music which is what will eventually become the duo's debut album.

On 10 June 2016, they released the America (The Remixes) EP, which includes remixes from Young Bombs and Win & Woo.^[2]

2016-present: Debut album

After the success of the debut extended play, the duo released their single "Fool's Paradise" on August 5, 2016. Upon the song's release it was described very much as an "anti-Trump song", describing his gloomy proposal to separate the country of Mexico from the United States with a wall, acting as its border.

The duo was featured on "Setting Fires" by The Chainsmokers, released as part of the Collage EP on November 4, 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

• TBA

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details, chart positions

Title	Album details
America	Released: February 26, 2016 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Format: CD, digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with showing year released, peak chart positions and album name

Title	Year	Album
"America"	2015	America EP
"Fool's Paradise"	2016	Non-Album single
"Gossip"
"Dead End Love"

As featured artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		US [3]	AUS [4]	BEL [5]	CAN [6]	DEN [7]	FRA [8]	NL [9]	NOR [10]	SWE [11]	UK [12]
"Setting Fires" (The Chainsmokers featuring XYLØ)	2016	71	—	—	35	—	—	87	—	92 [13]	55		Collage EP
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. https://soundcloud.com/xylo100
2. https://open.spotify.com/album/4odqf3eJ5PwlIj5xhqWvut
3. "The Chainsmokers - Chart history". Billboard.com. April 5, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
4. Peaks in Australia:
   • All except noted: "Discography The Chainsmokers". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
5. "The Chainsmokers Discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
6. "The Chainsmokers - Chart history". Billboard.com. March 29, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
7. "Discography The Chainsmokers". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
8. "Discographie The Chainsmokers". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
9. "Discografie The Chainsmokers". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
10. "Discography The Chainsmokers". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
11. "Discography The Chainsmokers". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
12. "The Chainsmokers - UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
13. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 November 2016.