Madeon

Madeon
Madeon
	Madeon performing at Belgium in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Hugo Pierre Leclercq
Also known as	Daemon; Deamon; Wayne Mont; Nomade; Earpark;
Born	30 May 1994 (age 29); Nantes, France
Genres	Electropop; house; French house; electronic; nu-disco;
Occupation(s)	DJ; music producer; singer; songwriter;
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Popcultur; Columbia; Sony; Universal; Polydor; Casablanca; Republic; Mom + Pop;
Website	madeon.net

Hugo Pierre Leclercq (French pronunciation: [yɡo pjɛʁ ləklɛʁ]; born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon (/ˈmædiən/), is a French musician, DJ, songwriter, singer and music producer from Nantes, currently based in Los Angeles.^[2] He initially came to widespread public attention at age 17 through a YouTube video, "Pop Culture", where he performed a mash-up of 39 different popular songs in real-time using a Novation Launchpad. It received millions of hits in its first few days of release.^[3] Madeon has cited the Beatles and Daft Punk as his greatest musical influences.^[3]

Madeon's first EP, The City, was released in 2012. His debut studio album, Adventure, was released in 2015, supported by a 22-stop North American tour.^[4] In 2019, Madeon released his second album, Good Faith, as part of the Good Faith Live tour.

Madeon was ranked at number 105 on DJ Mag's top DJs for 2017.^[5] In 2017, he was nominated for two Electronic Music Awards with Porter Robinson for Single of the Year and Live Act of the Year. Good Faith was nominated for a 2021 Best Electronic Album Grammy Award.^[6]

^ "welcome to UMPG @madeon !!!". Instagram.com. 12 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^ "MADEON ON GOOD FAITH, MOVING TO LOS ANGELES AND MORE [INTERVIEW]". EDM.com. 19 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference liberation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Middleton, Ryan (10 February 2015). "Madeon Announces Spring North American Headlining Tour Supporting 'Adventure'". Musictimes.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Here's the next 50 acts who just missed out on Top 100 DJs 2017". DJMag.com. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
^ "2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List". GRAMMY.com. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[1] "welcome to UMPG @madeon !!!". Instagram.com. 12 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

[2] "MADEON ON GOOD FAITH, MOVING TO LOS ANGELES AND MORE [INTERVIEW]". EDM.com. 19 November 2019.

[liberation-3] Cite error: The named reference liberation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:0-4] Middleton, Ryan (10 February 2015). "Madeon Announces Spring North American Headlining Tour Supporting 'Adventure'". Musictimes.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[5] "Here's the next 50 acts who just missed out on Top 100 DJs 2017". DJMag.com. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[Grammy-6] "2021 GRAMMYs: Complete Nominees List". GRAMMY.com. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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