Martin Jensen (DJ)

Martin Jensen (born 29 September 1991) is a Danish DJ and record producer best known for the 2016 single "Solo Dance". His videos feature sounds sampled from viral videos and made into tropical house mixes. He has over 10 years of experience of being club DJ, in Sunny Beach.[1] In October 2016, he was ranked 82 out of the 100 best DJs in the world by DJ Magazine. In 2018, he was ranked 56 out of the 100 best DJs in the world. In October 2019, Jensen was ranked 45 out of DJ Mag's 100 best DJs in the world placing 9 positions higher than the previous year.

For other uses, see Martin Jensen.

Martin Jensen
Martin Jensen playing live at Lollapalooza 2017
Background information
Birth nameMartin Jensen
Born (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991
Silkeborg, Denmark
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active2014–present
Labels
Associated actsBjørnskov
Websitedjmartinjensen.com

Early life

Martin was born in Silkeborg, Denmark in 1991. He trained as a contractor and machine mechanic. He worked as a seller at the machine trader Sorring Maskinhandel, which was founded by his father, Jørgen Jensen, in 1990. He started DJing at an early age, but became widely known in 2014.

Career

His first single is called "Sí", which is a remix of a Cristiano Ronaldo celebration at the 2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or, gained him a lot of popularity in many Latin countries.[2] His breakthrough came with the single "Miracles" in 2015, featuring Danish singer Bjørnskov, with more than 20 million streams on Spotify.[3] In 2016, he released the single "All I Wanna Do" which also became a success, with more than 60 million streams at Spotify.[4] His latest single "Solo Dance" from 2016, also became a success, and has so far made it into top 44 of Spotify's Global Top 50, with over 1,200,000 daily streams.[5] In 2017, Jensen released the song "Wait" featuring New York-based duo Loote.[6] In 2018, he released the singles "Pull up" and "16 Steps" (with Olivia Holt). 20 October 2018 saw the release of his first EP titled World.[7] The EP consists of the songs "Rio", "Djoba" (with DOLF), "Pharaoh", "Osaki" and "Valhalla" (with Faustix), which were released over five days starting 15 October.[7]

On April 10th 2020, he premiered "Me, Myself, Online", a live event broadcast on Twitch from Parken Stadium,[8] with a peak viewership of over 35,000 people. Following the success of the event, he presented further broadcasts from a private hangar at Billund airport on April 24th,[9] and on the rear deck of the HDMS Niels Juel (F363) on the 8th of May.

On 11 September 2020, it was announced that Jensen would replace Ankerstjerne as a judge for the fourteenth season of X Factor alongside returning judges Thomas Blachman and Oh Land.[10]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
DEN
[11]		 AUS
[12]		 AUT
[13]		 FRA
[14]		 GER
[15]		 NL
[16]		 NOR
[17]		 SWE
[18]		 SWI
[19]		 UK
[20]
"Sí" 2015 ———————55—— Non-album singles
"Night After Night" ——————————
"Miracles" 26—————————
"All I Wanna Do" 2016 11————491024——
"Solo Dance" 7401460142077177
"Middle of the Night"
(with The Vamps)		 2017 —————————44 Night & Day (Night Edition)
"Wait"
(featuring Loote)		 32——————45—— Non-album singles
"Pull Up"[27] 2018 ——————————
"16 Steps"
(with Olivia Holt)		 ——————————
"Rio"[28] ——————————
"Djoba"[29]
(with Dolf)		 ——————————
"Osaki"[30] ——————————
"Valhalla"[31]
(with Faustix)		 ——————————
"Rio"[32] ——————————
"16 Steps"[33]
(with Olivia Holt and Yxng Bane)		 ——————————
"Somebody I'm Not"[34]
(featuring Bjørnskov)		 ————————[upper-alpha 1]——
"Nobody"
(with James Arthur)		 2019 ———————738752
"Rubber Bands"[37]
(with Timmy Trumpet)		 ——————————
"Louder"[38] ——————————
"I Could Get Used to This"[39]
(with Malte Ebert)		 36———————[upper-alpha 2]——
"Carry On"[41]
(with Molow)		 2020 ——————————
"I’m Just Feelin' (Du Du Du)"
(with Imanbek)		 ———————99——
"Don't Cry for Me"
(with Alok and Jason Derulo)		 ———————9190—
"At Least I Had Fun"[42]
(with Rani)		 ——————————
"Running Back to You"
(with Nico Santos and Alle Farben)		 ————80—————
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Remixes
  • 2019: Declan J Donovan — "Vienna" (Martin Jensen Remix)[43]
  • 2020: Kid Cudi — "Day 'n' Nite" (Martin Jensen Edit)[44]
  • 2020: Gabry Ponte — "Give My All" (Martin Jensen Edit)[45]

Notes
  1. "Somebody I'm Not" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[35]
  2. "I Could Get Used to This" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[40]

References
  1. Larsen, Claus Halse. "18 millioner afspilninger på Spotify: Kender du Martin Jensen? (Danish)". Danmarks Radio.
  2. Nygaard, Kristian Dam. "Ukendt dansk dj har én million fans på Facebook: Sådan gjorde han (Danish)". Metroxpress. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  3. "Spotify".
  4. "Spotify".
  5. "Spotify".
  6. "Virala DJ star Martin Jensen releases the song "Wait" feat Loote ... - Sony Music Entertainment Sweden". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  7. News, BWW News. "Martin Jensen Celebrates South America With RIO". Broadway World Music. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. "Martin Jensen to present 'Me, Myself, Online' at Telia Parken". www.digitaljournal.com. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  9. "Martin Jensen's 'Me, Myself, Online' lands at Denmark's Billund airport for live stream event!". www.radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. "Stjerne-dj bliver ny 'X Factor'-dommer".
  11. Peak positions in Denmark:
  12. "australian-charts.com - Discography Martin Jensen". Hung Medien.
  13. "Discographie Martin Jensen - austriancharts.at". Hung Medien.
  14. "lescharts.com - Discographie Martin Jensen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  15. "offiziellecharts.de – Discographie Martin Jensen".
  16. "Discografie Martin Jensen - dutchcharts.nl". Hung Medien.
  17. "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Martin Jensen". Hung Medien.
  18. "swedishcharts.com - Discography Martin Jensen". Hung Medien.
  19. "Discographie Martin Jensen - hitparade.ch". Hung Medien.
  20. Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  21. "ifpi.dk – Musikselskaber 2017".
  22. "British certifications – Martin Jensen". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 November 2019. Type Martin Jensen in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  23. Musikindustrie, Bundesverband. "BVMI – Datenbank". www.musikindustrie.de.
  24. "FIMI – Certificazioni – FIMI". www.fimi.it.
  25. http://www.sverigetopplistan.se (Click "search all records" and view 6 April 2018. Then click "visa" on "Solo Dance")
  26. "Les Certifications – SNEP" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  27. "Pull Up – Single by Martin Jensen on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  28. "Rio - Single by Martin Jensen on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  29. "Djoba - Single by Martin Jensen & DOLF on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  30. "Osaki - Single by Martin Jensen on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  31. "Valhalla - Single by Martin Jensen on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  32. "Rio - Single by Martin Jensen on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  33. "16 Steps - Single by Martin Jensen, Olivia Holt & Yxng Bane". iTunes Store. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  34. "Somebody I'm Not (feat. Bjørnskov) - Single by Martin Jensen". iTunes Store. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  35. "Veckolista Heatseeker – Vecka 2, 11 januari 2019". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  36. "Danish single certifications – Martin Jensen & James Arthur – Nobody". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  37. "Rubber Bands - Single by Timmy Trumpet & Martin Jensen on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  38. "Louder - Single by Martin Jensen on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  39. RnMTeam (5 October 2019). "Martin Jensen links up with Malte Ebert on feelgood new single 'I Could Get Used To This'". Radio and Music. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  40. "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 41". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  41. "Carry On - Single by Martin Jensen & Molow on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  42. "At Least I Had Fun - Single by Martin Jensen & RANI on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  43. "Vienna (Martin Jensen Remix) - Single by Declan J Donovan on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  44. Kupfer, Rachel (29 January 2020). "Martin Jensen puts a club flip on Kid Cudi's 'Day 'N' Nite'". EDM.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  45. "Give My All (Martin Jensen Edit) - Single by Gabry Ponte & Martin Jensen on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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