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Chase & Status have had three number one tracks on the UK Dance Chart in 2007 with the double A-side "Hurt You"/"Sell Me Your Soul", and in 2008 with "Take Me Away"/"Judgement (Informer)". On 5 October 2008, they reached number 70 on the national singles chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart again with their single "Pieces" featuring vocals by Plan B. In 2009, they made number 45 with "Against All Odds" which featured UK rapper Kano. Chase & Status' first album, More Than Alot, debuted in the UK album charts at number 49 on 19 October 2008 and entered the UK dance album chart at number 2. Their album More Than Alot received the Best Album
Award at the 2009 Drum and Bass awards, Birmingham, UK. Following the success of their last album the band wanted to gain a more global success. After meeting with a long time favourite of theirs, Cloud9, they decided to move in a different direction. Together they agreed that the band should do more pop collaborations in order to achieve a more mainstream fanbase. Soon afterwards they quickly began working on the album. On 8 November 2009, the duo entered the UK Top 40 for the first time with the track "End Credits". The track was released on 2 November 2009 and featuring British musician Plan B managed to reach a peak of number 9 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was written for the movie Harry Brown,[2] which also starred Ben Drew, aka. Plan B. The duo then released "Let
You Go" on 15 August 2010, revealing it to be the second official single to be released
from their second studio album, named No More Idols according to
posters outside their album launch show at the HMV Forum in Kentish
Town on October 21. The single featured vocals from Mali and debuted
on the UK Singles Chart at number 11; marking the duo's second
consecutive Top 40 hit. "Hypest Hype" featuring Tempa T was confirmed in October 2010 to be the third single from
the album and was released as a free download from their website
on 8 November 2010; meaning it did not qualify to chart. The fourth
single from the album is the dubstep-flavoured "Blind Faith", which features Nottingham-born soul singer/songwriter Liam Bailey was released
on January 24, 2011. The album also contains a new song "Heavy" with Dizzee Rascal.[3] The album debuted at number 2 in the UK and was certified
Gold in the first week of sales by the BPI. They have also created a remix version of "Invaders
Must Die" for The Prodigy. The remix reached 53 in the Australian Aria Singles Chart and
7 in the Aria Dance Chart. They have also produced for Bajan singer
Rihanna, on her fourth album Rated R as well as for British singer
Alexandra Burke's album Overcome. Other remixes include Dizzee
Rascal's 'Sirens', Nneka's 'Heartbeat and Capleton's 'Who Dem',
renamed 'Duppy Man'. On New Year's Eve 2009 they headlined the Brixton Academy for 'Get Loaded in the Dark' alongside Simian Mobile Disco, Annie Mac, Hervé and Sub Focus.[4] Chase & Status also performed at the Australian Good Vibrations Festival in February 2010 alongside Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden, Gossip, Kid Cudi, Gym Class Heroes and The Killers.[5] They played at the Warriors Dance Festival [6] at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes on 24 July 2010. This was in support of The Prodigy, their biggest headline gig to date. Other acts that played include Pendulum, Enter Shikari and Does It Offend You, Yeah?. Chase & Status also played at the Jersey Live Festival in Jersey, Channel Islands.[7] They performed on Main stage alongside Kate Nash, Paul Weller, Sub Focus, Jaguar Skills, Professor Green, Biffy Clyro and Groove Armada. Chase & Status played as the main act at the 2010 Freshers Ball at Southampton University, Coventry University and Plymouth University.[citation needed] Chase & Status headlined the Rhythm and Vines New Years Festival,[8] in Gisborne, New Zealand, this booking following a Facebook campaign setup by two New Zealand students from The University of Otago.[9] In 2010, FOM (Formula One Management) Used the song "Let You Go" as part of their Race Edit for the 2010 F1 South Korea Grand Prix. January 1 Chase & Status Closed the HMV Institutes New Year's Eve party which featured a number of other artists including Goldie, Shy Fx & Jaguar and Skream Chase & Status are due to play at this year's V Festival (20–21 August 2011) Also, Chase and status will play this year (more precisely-in the beginning of March) at trans-music festival in St.-Petersburg, Russia. Under the unchecked data, they play there every year. Chase and Status have been confirmed as the Friday headliners for Kendal Calling 2011 and at the West Holts stage at Glastonbury Festival 2011. The duo also played the Main Stage at BBC Radio
1's Big Weekend at Carlisle on Saturday May 14th 2011. In 2009 Chase & Status
founded the independent record label MTA Records, specialising
in drum and bass and dubstep music. Artists signed to the label
include Cotti, 501, Nero, Redlight, 16bit and Sam Wire. Saul Milton (Chase) – guitar, keyboards, programming,
DJ (2003–present) Live members Rage – MC, vocals (2009–present) [edit] Discography More than Alot (2008) [edit] Tours Chase & Status Debut Live Tour
(UK, 2009)[10] [edit] Awards and nominations Drum & Bass Awards Year Nominated work Award Result NME Awards Year Nominated work Award Result Q Awards Year Nominated work Award Result UK Festival Awards Year Nominated work Award Result Virgin Media Music Awards Year Nominated work Award Result Xtra Bass Awards Year Nominated work Award Result
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