New York, NY (Top40 Charts) With the new single "Light It Up,"
Marshmello brings Tyga and
Chris Brown back together for the first time since their 2016 track, "Rumorz." The three artists wrote the infectious new party anthem together. Released today by Astralwerks, "
Light It Up" is available for download / streaming now. The official video was unveiled today in a YouTube Premiere, and saw its broadcast premiere on BET Jams and BET Hip Hop. Rolling up to the club in the custom
Marshmello truck made by RDB LA, Marshmello, Tyga and
Chris Brown proceed to light up a boring birthday celebration with an electrifying performance and a bling-laden cake. The clip was directed by Arrad, who has helmed previous videos for Tyga and Brown.
Marshmello has been nominated for three Billboard
Music Awards: Top Dance/Electronic Artist and - for his massive hit with Bastille, "
Happier" - Top Collaboration and Top Dance/Electronic Song. With nearly 10 million adjusted singles sold, "
Happier" is his biggest track to date.
Marshmello has continued his remarkable run with singles featuring Roddy Ricch, CHVRCHES, Pritam and SVDDEN DEATH plus an EP with San Francisco Bay Area rappers SOB x RBE, Roll the Dice, which was released earlier this month.
Marshmello's star continues to rise as the famously masked artist breaks boundaries across the industry. With chart-topping singles and collaborations with the likes of Bastille,
Selena Gomez, Migos, Khalid,
Logic and more,
Marshmello has clocked a staggering 2+ billion streams across Spotify alone and with over 40 million monthly listeners on the platform, he's the fourth most streamed artist in the world on Spotify. His smash single "
Happier" with
Bastille topped the charts around the world, with cumulative streams nearing one billion. Certified Platinum in the U.S., "
Happier" held the No. 1 position for three consecutive weeks on Billboard's BDS and Mediabase/Top 40
Radio Airplay chart. The song also topped Billboard's Dance/Electronic Streaming chart and Dance/Electronic
Digital Song Sales chart. His hit "FRIENDS" with
Anne-Marie peaked at #2 at Pop radio and spent over 25 weeks on the Top 40 Charts. Certified double Platinum in the U.S. and U.K. and certified triple Platinum in Canada, "FRIENDS" ranked #1 on both iTunes and Shazam's worldwide charts, with over 500 million overall streams. 2017's "
Wolves" ft.
Selena Gomez peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and #5 at Top 40 radio, and
Marshmello himself ranked #4 overall on Billboard's 2018 Dance List.
Marshmello made headlines recently when he partnered with Epic Games to throw the first ever in-game concert, inside Fortnite. The groundbreaking event drew millions of excited players who tuned in to watch the live concert at Pleasant Park, within the game. The Verge described it as an "unprecedented moment in gaming" and Forbes called it "a triumph." Recently featured on the cover of the Forbes magazine "
30 Under 30" issue, the world-renowned DJ / producer has won numerous awards, including two iHeartRadio
Music Awards, an American
Music Award and an MTV EMA Award.
Tyga is an RIAA-certified Platinum rapper who remains a hip-hop fixture with his dedicated and growing following of millions across social media. What sets Tyga apart is his authentic and statement-heavy music. His seventh studio album, KYOTO, detailed the transformation of Tyga's style, giving listeners an "808s and Heartbreak" vibe, speaking on relatable topics of relationships and breakups.
His chart-topping history includes 31 hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and sales of 638K albums, 12.2 million digital songs and 1.4 billion on-demand streams. His RIAA-Certified accomplishments include the 4x Platinum hits "
Rack City" and "
Taste" (feat. Offset), the 2x Platinum "
Faded" and five additional Gold records.
Chris Brown, a consummate entertainer who has shifted the climate of R&B culture since his 2005 debut, has sold in excess of 30 million albums worldwide and has surpassed over 10 billion audio streams across digital outlets to date. Brown has won more than 125 awards, including a GRAMMY for his album F.A.M.E. in 2011. He has amassed over 7.5 billion YouTube views - including over 40 music videos that each have more than 100 million views, earning him the title of male artist with the most Vevo certified videos ever and Diamond status from the streaming platform.
A chart-topping force, Brown has made more Billboard Hot 100 entries since the start of his career than any contemporary male singer alive to date, spending 160 consecutive weeks charting on the Hot 100. His last album, Heartbreak On A Full Moon, has been streamed over 1 billion times on Spotify and has been certified 2x Platinum. The album spent more than a year on the Billboard 200.
