UFO (Kristian Humaidan) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kristian Humaidan |
| Born | 1981 Svendborg, Denmark |
| Genres | Rap, urban music, Danish pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, rapper, musician |
| Years active | 2001 – 2011 (as UFO & Yepha) 2011 – present (as solo) |
Kristian Humaidan (born 1981, Svendborg, Denmark), better known by his stage name UFO, is a Danish singer, rapper and hip hop artist. He was part of the rap duo UFO Yepha before splitting-up and going solo. With the split, UFO is noticeably branching into Danish music rather than hip hop as in the days with Yepha.
2002–2011:As UFO and Yepha
Kristian Humaidan (known as UFO) won the freestyle championship MC's Fight Night in 2002. Soon he started collaborating as a duo with Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm (known as Yepha, born 1983)[1] through Svendborg, and later from Aarhus. They were also known as Whyyou (taking lead from first letters of their names). They had a good number of chart successes before they split-up as a duo in 2011.
They had three albums charting on the official Danish Albums Chart as follows:
- U vs. Y (2003 – reached #28)
- Ingen som os (2006 – reached #20)
- Kig mig i øjnene (2008 – reached #32)
They released many singles as UFO and Yepha including charting singles:
- "Hver dag" (2003, reached #1)
- "Næh næh" (Ufo Yepha feat. Anna David) (2008 – reached #20)
- "Stille og roligt knald pa" (2009, reached #27)
2011– : Solo career
UFO's debut album as a solo artist is Humaidan. It was released by Universal Music Denmark on 24 October 2011.
Discography
Albums
(for albums as UFO Yepha details, see UFO Yepha)
- Solo
| Year | Title | Highest position |
Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark[2] | |||
| 2011 | Humaidan | 34 |
Singles
(Selective and only charting singles) (for singles as UFO & Yepha details, see UFO & Yepha)
- UFO (Solo)
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark [2] | |||||||||
| Danish Singles | |||||||||
| 2011 | "Herligt spild af liv" | 32 | Humaidan | ||||||
| "Sindssyg" | 35 | ||||||||