It may have been a long time coming but yesterday Nico & Vinz scored their first Nº1 on the UK singles chart with their debut hit “Am I Wrong”.
The track zoomed 51 places to give Norway their first chart-topper in 28 years! The last time a Norweigan act held the Nº1 spot was in 1986 when A-ha scored their one and only chart topper with ‘The Sun Always Shines On TV’ which held on to the top spot for 4 weeks. Although other Norweigan acts such as Abba, A1 and Aqua have made it to Nº1, Nico & Vinz are the first since A-ha to be completely Norweigan.
Nico & Vinz told the Official Charts company: “Wow! Thanks to all our British fans for making Am I Wrong the Number 1 single! Growing up in Oslo, we always dreamed of being at the top of the UK chart so for this now to be true is completely surreal. We are extremely grateful to you for making that happen and can’t wait to come and play it for you guys live very soon.”
Nico & Vinz started their musical career in 2009 when they were called ‘Envy’. They changed their names in January 2014 after the worldwide success of ‘Am I Wrong’. They created their music as a fusion of diverse genres from reggae to soul to pop.
The music video, directed and edited by Kavar Singh, was filmed in Maun, Botswana and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. The idea was to try and present a positive view of Africa to counteract all the negative news stories
In an interview with Good Morning America they were asked about the meaning of the song and the inspiration behind it: “Inspiration is coming from a small country, but having huge dreams and people telling you, man, that’s not realistic, come on, you can’t be on the top of America or the top of the world or whatever we dream of.”
‘Am I Wrong’ has reached the Nº1 spot in seven countries, including the US and the UK and the top 10 in over 20 countries. By the end of July 2014 the track was the most ’Shazammed’ song in the world and has been streamed more than 100 million times on Spotify.
Currently Nico & Vinz are touring the US with Bruno Mars and working on their upcoming album Blackstar Elephant which will be released this autumn.
