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. It was released on 29 May 2020 by

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Background

In June 2018, Kygo announced a collaboration with American rock band Imagine Dragons titled "

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". The single was released on 11 June. It streamed 362 million times on Spotify and 120 million times on YouTube, as of 2 January 2020. On 21 September, Kygo debuted his upcoming single, " Happy Now", during his set at the

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held at the

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. The single is a collaboration with

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. On 24 October, Kygo posted a clip from the single's music video on his social media account. The single was released on 26 October. It streamed 109 million times on YouTube and 330 million times on Spotify, as of 2 January 2020 In October 2018, Kygo and his manager, Myles Shear, partnered with Sony Music Entertainment and launched the Palm Tree Records label. Palm Tree Records aims to be a platform for up-and-coming artists. " Think About You" featuring American singer

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. It was released as a single on 14 February 2019, and considered timed for

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. "

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" is a song with English singer

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, released as a standalone single for the 2019 film '' Detective Pikachu''. The song was released on 19 April 2019 through

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. It has streamed 174 million times on Spotify. On 23 May 2019, Kygo released " Not OK" with American singer

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. As of 2 January 2020 its

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video has 72 million views and on

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the song has been streamed over 69 million times. On 14 June 2019, Kygo released his first Norwegian-language song, with Bergen rappers Store P and Lars Vaular called " Kem kan eg ringe". On 28 June 2019, Kygo remixed

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of Steve Winwood's song "

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". On 21 August 2019, "Higher Love" reached No. 1 position on '' Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart, making it Houston's highest-charting posthumous release to date. "Higher Love" has been streamed over 252 million times on

as of 2 January 2020. On 6 December 2019, Kygo collaborated with the Chainsmokers on a track, named "

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". On 20 January Kygo, via his socials, teased an unreleased

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track known as "Forever Yours". This track was first played by Avicii at

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2016 but never completed during his lifetime, so Kygo gave his tropical touches to the song after Sandro Cavazza, his fellow collaborator, sent him the track, and with due consent from Avicii's family. The track was released on 24 January 2020. On 23 March 2020, Kygo announced via his social media that he had completed his third album titled ''Golden Hour''. He then released the single " Like It Is", with

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and

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, on 27 March 2020. On 2 April 2020, Kygo released " I'll Wait" with vocals by

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. The next day, a music video was released starring real-life American couple

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and

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containing personal footage of their life together. On 16 April 2020, Kygo collaborated with Moroccan-English singer

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on a track titled " Freedom". On 11 May 2020, Kygo officially announced the track list for the ''Golden Hour'' album. On 15 May 2020, he released another track, with OneRepublic, titled "Lose Somebody", along with the pre-order for the album. Kygo released the sixth and final single from the album, "

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", featuring Valerie Broussard (with whom he previously collaborated on "Think About You"), on 22 May 2020.

Background

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References