UAE DJ likely to top global charts… again

By Angel Chan

DUBAI 1 May 2018: Following his No 1 charting first album, Shaun Warner & Friends, UAE-based Irish artist, has surpassed expectations with a string of global hits from his second album, ‘Stay’. 

With work spanning multiple genres, the Universal Music Mena artist has surpassed the success of of his debut album with multiple tracks trending in the Middle East and across the globe. ‘Stay’, which is set to release on June 15, has already received global support over the past few weeks, with the first three singles having been streamed over 600,000 times and counting.

‘Chasing’, the first single from the new album swiftly became a global favourite in December 2017, spending eight weeks in the US Billboard Charts Top 50, the top 20 in Denmark as well as charting strongly across the Middle East.

In partnership with songwriter and producer, JVMIE, Warner became the first UAE-based artist to make it into the US Billboard Dance charts. His second single ‘Messed it up‘ was picked up by MTV across the globe and his third single ‘Turn You On‘ was trending on Anghami across the Middle East and Africa.

Accompanying these hits, ‘Stay’ also features collaborations with local and regionally based talent. Stephanie Farah, a former contestant of The Voice Arabia, partners up for a slice of summertime with their song ‘Love‘ and Vandalye front man Scott Attew delivers a disco house music anthem in ‘Dissipate‘.

Remixing for local and regional artists such as El Morabba3, Wissam Hilal and Hadi, Shaun has already established a presence for himself in the Middle East. With two other remixes [Sex On Fire & Fall into you] also featured on the US Billboard Dance charts, this UAE-based artist is taking the global electronic scene by storm.