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<p>The Chainsmokers is an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alexander &#8220;Alex&#8221; Pall and Andrew &#8220;Drew&#8221; Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. </p>



<p>The EDM-pop duo achieved a breakthrough with their 2014 song &#8220;#Selfie&#8221;, which became a top-twenty single in several countries. </p>



<p>The Chainsmokers were initially made up of Pall and former DJ Rhett Bixler. The Chainsmokers were re-formed as an EDM DJ duo in 2012 under the management of Adam Alpert in New York City. </p>



<p>Pall attended New York University for art history and music business while Taggart had been attending Syracuse University and was an intern at Interscope Records before the two met.</p>



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<p><strong>Full Name:</strong> The Chainsmokers</p>



<p><strong>Origin:</strong> New York City, U.S.</p>



<p><strong>Nationality:</strong> American</p>



<p><strong>Net-worth:</strong> $80 million</p>



<p><strong>Genre:</strong> EDM pop, electropop future bass</p>



<p><strong>Occupation:</strong> Electronic DJ and Production</p>



<p><strong>Members:</strong> Rhett Bixler</p>



<p><strong>Label:</strong> Disruptor, Columbia, Sony</p>



<p><strong>Career:</strong></p>



<p>The duo started out by making remixes of indie bands. In 2012, they collaborated with Indian actress and recording artist Priyanka Chopra on the single &#8220;Erase&#8221; which was followed by &#8220;The Rookie&#8221; in early 2013.</p>



<p>The duo&#8217;s first live performance was opening for Timeflies at Terminal 5 in September 2014. Their single &#8220;#Selfie&#8221;, released for free in December 2013, was picked up by Dim Mak Records who re-released it in January 2014 and eventually streamed it to Republic Records.</p>



<p> The duo achieved breakthrough success as the single charted internationally and peaked on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Pall has described the song as &#8220;life-changing&#8221; for the pair.</p>



<p> Chainsmokers released &#8220;Kanye&#8221;, featuring sirenXX, the follow-up to &#8220;#Selfie&#8221;. Seven months later, they released &#8220;Let You Go&#8221;, featuring the American synthpop group Great Good Fine Ok.</p>



<p> They signed with Disruptor Records, a joint venture label with Sony Music Entertainment by their manager Adam Alpert, in April 2015.</p>



<p>On February 5, 2016, the duo released a new single, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Let Me Down&#8221;, featuring vocals from American singer Daya, which won a Grammy award. </p>



<p>On July 29, 2016, they released &#8220;Closer&#8221;, featuring American singer Halsey, which peaked at number one in the United States and United Kingdom, in addition to charts in eleven other countries.</p>



<p>On January 17, 2018, they released their single, entitled &#8220;Sick Boy&#8221;, which became the lead single of their sophomore album. A month later, a new single, &#8220;You Owe Me&#8221;, was released on February 16.</p>



<p><strong>Members:</strong></p>



<p>Alexander &#8220;Alex&#8221; Pall was born on May 16, 1985 (age 36). He shares the role of producer and DJ alongside Andrew Taggart, performing programming, mixing and mastering songs. </p>



<p>He also co-writes and plays the piano on some songs. According to Billboard magazine, Pall was raised in Westchester County, New York as the &#8220;son of an art dealer and a stay-at-home mom.&#8221;</p>



<p>Andrew &#8220;Drew&#8221; Taggart, born December 31, 1989 (age 32), was raised in Freeport, Maine. He shares the role of producer and DJ alongside Alex Pall, performing programming, mixing and mastering. </p>



<p>He is the band&#8217;s primary songwriter, and performs vocals and guitar on some songs. His mother is a teacher and his father sold prosthetics.</p>



<p>Matt McGuire serves as the group&#8217;s drummer and music director for live shows, and currently performs with them when they go on tour. McGuire also frequently appears alongside the duo in various music videos.</p>



<p><strong>Songs:</strong></p>



<p>Memories…Do Not Open <br>Sick Boy<br>World War Joy <br>So Far So Good <br></p>



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