Nir Tibor ( he, ניר טיבור; born 18 June 1993), known professionally by his stage name Dennis Lloyd, is an

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, producer,

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, and

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. He is best known for his 2016 hit single "

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", which charted in several countries.

Early life and education

Nir Tibor was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

, Israel, to an Ashkenazi family. He grew up largely in

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and man ...

. Lloyd learned how to play the trumpet at age 8 and taught himself to play the guitar at 13. He attended the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in

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. At 18, he was

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into the

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and served as a combat sailor for three years.

Career

Lloyd released his first single, "Playa (Say That)", in mid-2015. Toward the end of 2015, he moved to

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, Thailand, where he stayed for a year. During his time in Bangkok, Lloyd focused exclusively on music and wrote 35 songs. After his year in Bangkok, Lloyd returned to Israel where he began releasing more music including the songs, "Snow White" and "Nevermind (Alright)". Lloyd remixed the latter song and released it as "Nevermind" in the winter of 2016. The remixed version quickly garnered success on

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, eventually peaking at number 4 on the Spotify Global Viral chart. It would eventually accumulate more than 500 million streams on Spotify and over 1.5 million Shazams. In June 2018, ''

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'' listed it as one of the "songs of summer". In June 2017, Lloyd was featured in a video on the German "Colors"

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channel, performing an acoustic version of his song "Leftovers". The video has accrued 43 million views. In March 2018, Lloyd announced the MTFKR Tour that began in May 2018 in Italy with dates across Europe and North America. The song "Nevermind" was featured in the commercial for the release of the new BMW 3 Series in 2019. Lloyd performed "Nevermind" on ''

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'' on July 24, 2018. In February 2019, Lloyd released his single " Never Go Back". "Never Go Back" received praise by various publications including ''

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'', ''Time'' and ''

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''. This single would lead into the release of Lloyd's debut EP ''Exident'' on April 5, 2019. Lloyd shared music videos for EP tracks "Never Go Back" and "GFY". Following this, Lloyd embarked on his sold-out Never Go Back tour across the United States,

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and Australia, also performing at various music festivals including Coachella, Governor's Ball and

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. In July 2019, Dennis featured on a Spotify Singles session, collaborating with guitarist

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to cover

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's " Like a Stone". On September 14, 2019, Lloyd released his song "Wild West", which was included on EA Sports' '' FIFA 20'' soundtrack.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

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