Genres Pop
Dance-pop
R&B
Soul Years active 2015–present | Instruments Vocals
Guitar | |
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Occupation(s) Singer
songwriter
musician Associated acts Jonas Blue, Fraser T Smith Record labels Universal Music Group, Virgin EMI Records Nominations Brit Award for British Single, Brit Award for British Video Similar Jonas Blue, JP Cooper, Tracy Chapman, Tobtok, Markus Schulz Profiles | ||
Dakota is a British singer based in London, who features on the Jonas Blue's 2015 version of Fast Car.
"Fast Car"
Dakota first appeared on Jonas Blue's tropical house cover of "Fast Car" in 2015, which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk". Its UK peak meant it charted higher than Chapman's original, which peaked at number five on the chart in May 1988 and a position higher upon a re-release in April 2011. It also remained in the UK Top 10 for 11 weeks. The Jonas Blue and Dakota version reached iTunes No. 1 in Germany, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, also reaching the No. 1 spot on the US viral chart on Spotify. The single has been certified Platinum in Italy and the UK, 2x Platinum in New Zealand and 3x Platinum in Australia. To date, the track has been streamed over 335 million times on Spotify, and has achieved over 199 million views on Vevo.
