This is an accepted version of this page The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart.

[6] Their debut EP, Bouquet, was released in October 2015 and featured the single "Roses", which reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

[14] Pall, who had grown up as a DJ and had been working at an art gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan at the time, was introduced to Taggart by Alpert.

[16] In 2012, they collaborated with Indian actress and recording artist Priyanka Chopra on the single "Erase" which was followed by "The Rookie" in early 2013.

[17] During an October 2016 television interview, ABC News Nightline reporter Nick Watt asked Pall and Taggart "What's with the (duo's) name?"

Seven months later, they released "Let You Go", featuring the American synthpop group Great Good Fine Ok.[23] They signed with Disruptor Records, a joint venture label with Sony Music Entertainment by their manager Adam Alpert, in April 2015.

[25] Their follow-up single "Roses", released one month later on June 16,[26] became a commercial success and has been certified multiplatinum in several countries, including the duo's native United States where it reached the top 10 of the Billboard chart.

[31][deprecated source] On February 5, 2016, the duo released a new single, "Don't Let Me Down", featuring vocals from American singer Daya,[20] which won a Grammy award.

On March 19, the group played at Ultra Music Festival,[32] where they publicly denounced presidential candidate Donald Trump.

[47] The Memories Do Not Open Tour was also announced on the same day, featuring 40 North American cities beginning in April alongside support from Kiiara and Emily Warren.

[48][49][50] They announced on Instagram that they would be taking a fan, Tony Ann who is a Berklee College of Music student, with them on the tour because they were impressed with his piano cover of their song "Paris".

[51] The official video for "Paris" was directed by Mister Whitmore and starring American fashion model Martha Hunt.

[60][61] On February 14, 2017, the duo announced during an on-screen Grammy red carpet interview that their debut album would be titled Memories...Do Not Open and would be released on April 7, 2017, via Disruptor/Sony.

[68][69][70][71] Memories...Do Not Open was released on April 7, 2017[72][73][1] and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 221,000 album-equivalent units, of which 166,000 were pure album sales.

[90] On July 27, the duo released their fifth single of the year, featuring long time collaborator Emily Warren entitled "Side Effects".

They said "We are beyond thrilled to have launched Kick the Habit Productions as we continue to bridge the gap between our overall artistic vision, the entertainment industry as a whole and our fans.

"[95] The first project which Kick the Habit Productions will be producing is a movie titled Paris and the screenplay writer is Mickey Rapkin who was inspired by the Chainsmokers' multi-platinum hit song.

[103] They also headlined Day 1 of Lollapalooza 2019, a four-day festival held in August in Chicago, where they debuted their new fully live setup they'll be using on their upcoming World War Joy Tour, consisting of keyboards, drum pads, and samplers.

The show is set to be about a 20-something musician who leaves her struggling indie rock band and working-class family to become a songwriter in Los Angeles.

They are set to executive produce the show under the production company, Kick The Habit and are working alongside writer Joy Gregory.

On July 25, 2020, the Chainsmokers and Goldman Sachs' CEO, David Solomon, who produces EDM under the stage name DJ D-Sol, headlined the charity concert in Southampton, New York.

The event was stated to follow guidelines issued by the CDC in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including attendees being required to take temperature checks for 14 days prior to the event and when entering, being provided with complementary face masks, and instructed to remain within the vicinity of their parked vehicle unless using a restroom.

[113] Its commissioner Howard Zucker questioned how the town of Southampton believed the event "was legal and not an obvious public health threat".

[110] A representative of the venue told BuzzFeed News that the mosh pit did contain a mixture of steel and retractable barriers to divide it, and that security was present to enforce the boundaries and mask requirements.

[120] On April 21, 2023, the Chainsmokers released the song "Up & Down",[121] followed by "Self Destruction Mode" and "See You Again" featuring ILLENIUM in June,[122][123] "Celular" and "My Bad" in July[124][125] and lastly, "Summertime Friends" and "Jungle" in September.

[138][13][139] Acts who have inspired the Chainsmokers' songs include Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday,[140] Taylor Swift,[141] Max Martin,[142] The xx, Beach House, and Explosions in the Sky.

[144] Billboard has referred to them as "two of the most ridiculed artists in mainstream music,"[145] while The New York Times has described them as "easily loathed",[146] Pitchfork, in an early review, mocked the duo for their "full-throated support to the tech bro lifestyle" and their use of Silicon Valley buzzwords such as "iterating", "disrupting", and "return on investment".

[148] He shares the role of producer and DJ alongside Andrew Taggart, performing programming, mixing and mastering songs.

According to Billboard magazine, Pall was raised in Westchester County, New York as the "son of an art dealer and a stay-at-home mom.