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Loud Luxury's Breakthrough Hit Now 4X Platinum

Released on (Sony-distributed) Armin van Buuren's record label Armada Music, the EP track quickly became a Top 10 dance hit in over a half-dozen countries, including Canada where it peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 in July.

Loud Luxury's Breakthrough Hit Now 4X Platinum

By FYI Staff

LA-based Toronto production and DJ team Andrew Fedyk and Joe Depace, better known as Loud Luxury, enjoyed a smash hit with their breakthrough single “Body” featuring Brando (centre), underscored last night with an MMVA win in the "Song of the Summer" category.


Released on (Sony-distributed) Armin van Buuren's record label Armada Music, the EP track quickly became a Top 10 dance hit in over a half-dozen countries, including Canada where it peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 in July.

Originally certified Gold in March, Music Canada officially certified “Body” 4x Platinum ahead of a hometown performance at Toronto’s VELD Festival, where the threesome was presented with the award plaque from Sony Music Canada.

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The success of the track was underscored last night in Toronto with an MMVA win in the "Song of the Summer" category.

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Perry Bamonte of The Cure performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on June 2, 2000 in Mountain View, Calif.
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Perry Bamonte of The Cure performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on June 2, 2000 in Mountain View, Calif.

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He "was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story," the band said in a statement.

Perry Bamonte, The Cure‘s guitarist and keyboardist, died over the Christmas break, the band announced in a message posted to its website on Friday (Dec. 26). The musician was 65 years old.

“It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away after a short illness at home over Christmas,” the Grammy-nominated band began its statement. “Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm-hearted and vital part of The Cure story.”

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