Chris Malinchak is an American electronic musician, DJ and record producer best known for his 2013 debut single "So Good to Me", a hit in the United Kingdom.[1]

Chris Malinchak
Birth nameChris Malinchak
Born (1989-12-24) 24 December 1989 (age 35)
OriginBrooklyn, New York City, United States
GenresHouse, deep house
Occupation(s)Electronic musician, DJ, record producer
Websitewww.chrismalinchak.com

Music career

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Malinchak has produced several songs since 2012, all of which are available on YouTube. His track "So Good to Me" was released as his debut single on May 12, 2013 with an accompanying music video. This song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 2, only beaten by Daft Punk's "Get Lucky". The track sold about 73,000 copies in its debut week[2] and on July 22, 2013 acclaimed silver certification,[3] selling over 200,000 copies in the UK. On August 22, 2013, Malinchak released "So into You", a remix of "Don't Disturb this Groove", a 1987 hit by the System. Malinchak's second single, "If U Got It" was released January 24, 2014 and peaked at number 23 in the UK. His third single titled "Stranger" was released in February 2014.

Discography

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Albums

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  • Night Work (2021)
  • Weird Kid EP (2018) (Chris Malinchak & Kiesza)
  • Wash My Soul EP (2019)
  • Photograph EP (2019)

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[4]
UK Dance
[5]
BEL
[6]
GER
[7]
IRE
[8]
NL
[9]
SCO
[10]
SWI
[11]
2013 "So Good to Me" 2 2 12 65 4 6 4 33 Non-album singles
2014 "If U Got It" 23 7 71 33
"Stranger"
(featuring Mikky Ekko)
45 56
2015 "Dragonfly"
(featuring Max Schneider)
2018 "Mother"[12]
(vs. Kiesza)
"Crash"
2020 "Somebody" Night Work
"When The World Stops Turning"
"Happiness (Eternal Moment Mix)"
"Pick You Up"
2021 "Cellophane"
"The Wah Wah Song"

References

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  1. ^ Swift, Patrick (12 May 2013). "CHRIS MALINCHAK REACHES #2 IN UK TOP 40". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  2. ^ Kreisler, Lauren (12 May 2013). "Daft Punk blast through 100,000 sales barrier for third week running". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Certified Awards". Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. ^ Peak positions singles in the UK:
  5. ^ Peak positions for the dance singles in the UK:
  6. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Chris Malinchak" (in Dutch). Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  7. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  8. ^ "GFK Chart-Track". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  9. ^ "Chris Malinchak" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  10. ^ Peak positions for singles in Scotland:
  11. ^ "Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com.
  12. ^ "Mother - Single by Kiesza & Chris Malinchak". iTunes. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.