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Daniel Adams-Ray
Daniel Adams-Ray during a concert in 2011
Daniel Adams-Ray during a concert in 2011
Background information
Birth nameDaniel David John Adams-Ray
Also known asBig-Danne
Born (1983-08-18) 18 August 1983 (age 40)
Nairobi, Kenya
GenresHip hop, pop
Occupation(s)Designer, singer
Years active2000–present
LabelsSweden Records, Lagom Records
Formerly ofSnook
Websitewww.danieladamsray.com

Daniel David John Adams-Ray (born 18 August 1983 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a Kenyan-Swedish singer and fashion designer.[1]

Background

Daniel Adams-Ray was born in Kenya to an Indonesian mother and a father of Swedish/Scottish heritage. His mother was a school administrator and his father a medical surgeon. In 1996 the family left Africa for Europe and lived for a year in the Netherlands, where he played football (soccer) with a very young Arjen Robben.[1] Later the family left to Sweden, where they lived in Lidingö,[2] an affluent suburb of Stockholm. His parents owned and operated a plastic-surgery clinic in the area.[3] Daniel Adams-Ray says he felt very much like an outsider and says he was bullied and called racist slurs. After switching high schools, he started at Viktor Rydberg Gymnasium Odenplan and met Oskar Linnros, his future partner in the band Snook.[1]

He is fluent in English, French, Dutch, German and Swedish. He also speaks quite a bit of Italian and Swahili.[4]

He is related to Swedish journalist Kersti Adams-Ray.[1]

Snook

Main article: Snook (band)
Daniel Adams-Ray as part of Snook alongside Oskar Linnros

The schoolmates and Oskar Linnros started an alternative hip hop duo group calling it Snook. The duo released two albums: Vi vet inte vart vi ska men vi ska komma dit in 2004 and Är in 2006 receiving both praise and heavy criticism. The band's unorthodox hip hop was met by comments that the band wasn't "keeping it real" and the fact that Adams-Ray spent his teenage years in Lidingö caused critics to label them "upper class rappers".[5][6] Despite some critics, the band had many hits, received awards from radio station P3,[7] The 2003 Swedish Hip-hop Awards 2003, and best Swedish band at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006. Daniel Adams-Ray won the Swedish freestyle-rap championship in 2004 and was awarded the prize for best Swedish rapper in 2005.[2]

Post-Snook

Adams-Ray and Oskar Linnros drifted apart. Adams-Ray attended the design school Berghs School of Communication[8] and started the fashion label Lagom. During a fashion show in 2009 he produced some music and this led to new songs (with him singing, not rapping). He says his music might be called Kenyan pop-disco-indie-punk.[1] Influenced range from Motown-disco, afro beat, hip-hop and early 60's surf pop.[9]

Recently he has also collaborated with fellow swede Avicii in a new song Somewhere in Stockholm, which belong to his album Stories. 3 years later, he collaborated with Avicii again on a song titled "Ghost". For this single, Adams-Ray is credited under the name HUMAN.[10]

Discography

See also: Snook (band) § Discography

Studio albums

Album Year Chart
peak 		Certification
SWE
[11]
Svart, vitt och allt däremellan 2010 2
Innan vi suddas ut 2013 4
Döda hjärtan kan slå igen 2021 24

Singles

Song Year Chart
peak 		Certification Album
SWE
[11]
"Dum av dig" 2010 16 Svart, vitt och allt däremellan
"Gubben i lådan" 1
  • GLF: 4× Platinum[12]
"Lilla lady" 2011 40
"Förlåt att jag aldrig sagt förlåt" 8
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[12]
"Håll om mig"
(with Petter) 		2013 28 Början på allt
"Precis som jag" 25 Innan vi suddas ut
"Thinking of Sunshine" 2015 73 Non-album single
"Isabel" 2016 78 För er
"Sitter på en dröm"
(with Oskar Linnros) 		25 Non-album single
"Förlorad halleluja" 2020 —[A] Döda hjärtan kan slå igen
"Bror"[14] —
"Stockholms voodoo"[15] — Non-album single
"Avundsjuk på regnet"
(featuring Miriam Bryant) 		33 Döda hjärtan kan slå igen
"Lilla USA"[16] —
"Hela dagen är inte natt"[17] —
"Tunna kläder"
(with Erik Lundin [sv]) 		2021 —[B]
"Skotthål"[19] 25
[20] 		Så mycket bättre
"Gråt inte mer" 72
[21]
"Forever Young"[22] —[C]
"Fast för alltid"[24] 79
[25]
"När jag blundar" 2022 98
[26] 		Non-album single
"Numret har ingen abonnent"[27] 2024 Non-album single

Featured singles

Song Year Chart
peak 		Album
SWE
[11]
"Pris på mitt huvud"
(Petter featuring Daniel Adams-Ray) 		2016 75 Mitt folk

Other charted songs

Song Year Chart
peak 		Album
SWE
[11]
"Svart" 2010 46 Svart, vitt och allt däremellan
"Gryningspyromanen" 52
"Döda hjärtan kan slå igen" 2021 —[D] Döda hjärtan kan slå igen

Notes

  1. ^ "Förlorad Halleluja" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[13]
  2. ^ "Tunna kläder" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[18]
  3. ^ "Forever Young" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[23]
  4. ^ "Döda hjärtan kan slå igen" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[28]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pop i cool förpackning - DN.se". Archived from the original on 24 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b "IBEYOSTUDIO - Daniel Adams-Ray gör solodebut - Mynewsdesk". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Adams Plastikkirurgi".
  4. ^ "Snook: "Är" - DN.se". Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Snook: "Är" - DN.se". Archived from the original on 30 August 2010.
  6. ^ Rayman, Sanna (26 July 2008). "Så länge händerna är i luften | SVD Ledare". Svenska Dagbladet.
  7. ^ P3 Guld hyllar veteraner och nykomlingar Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 13 January 2023. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Daniel Adams-Ray har designat en futuristisk provhytt | PLAZA Kvinna". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Daniel Adams-Ray gör solodebut! | Cityguiden Örebro – Allt om Örebro & mycket mer!". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Avicii Shares New Song He Collaborated on [Must Listen]". 10 February 2018.
  11. ^ a b c d "SwedishCharts.com Daniel Adams-Ray discography page". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 2". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Bror - Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Stockholms Voodoo - Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Lilla USA - Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Hela Dagen Är Inte Natt - Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 13". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Skotthål – Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 49". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 50". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Forever Young – Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 51" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Fast för alltid – Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 1". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  26. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 25". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  27. ^ "Numret har ingen abonnent - Single by Daniel Adams-Ray on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 25" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Adams-Ray

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