Fans of late-night ’90s R&B music Toronto-based duo DVSN will be saviors of their favorite genre, with lyrics that are dark, lascivious and intimately candid. DVSN, which is pronounced as “division,” caught the world’s attention after receiving help from fellow Toronto-based Grammy Award-winning rapper Drake, who gave them a platform to share their music. Read on to learn more about the duo and their accomplishments.
Who is DVSN? Biography
Canadian R&B duo DVSN have long kept their identities unknown in order to allow people to focus on their music rather than the creators. The pair were introduced to the world in 2015 on OVO Sound Radio and since then they have been able to make a name for themselves, both as a group and individually.
DVSN includes vocalist Daniel Daley and producer Nineteen85. Even after achieving a certain level of notoriety, not much is known about the youth and upbringing of these two men. Nineteen85 was born Anthony Paul Jefferies on July 1, 1985 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. It is not known exactly when the two men met and started working together. However, during an interview with Billboard magazine, the pair revealed that they met through music and worked together for a while before they could make their movie. official collaboration and win the hearts of fans around the world.
In September 2015, DVSN released two songs – “TheLine” and “With Me” on Soundcloud. The songs were well received and the duo got a huge boost when ‘With Me’ was played on Apple’s Beats 1 radio during the seventh OVO Sound radio show. This brought them a bigger fan base as they released two new songs – “Too Deep” in December 2015 and “Hallucinations” in March 2016, on SoundCloud and iTunes Store. The second song came just days after they were officially signed to Drake’s OVO Sound record label.
After securing a recording contract, DVSN announced in March 2016 that they would release their debut album the same month. The album, titled September 5, was first released exclusively on iTunesStore and Apple Music on March 27, 2016, before hitting stores and other online outlets on April 1, 2016. More than a year after the release of their debut album, DVSN released their sophomore work titled The Morning After on October 13, 2017. The album was supported by singles like “Think About Me”, “Don’t Choose” and “Mood”.
Family
As mentioned earlier, nothing is known about the personal lives of the two DVSN members, as they pride themselves on keeping it a secret and only letting the public know about things that pertain to their music. Following the release of their latest songs where they repeatedly used a church choir, Daley and Nineteen85 revealed that they both grew up in Christian homes and gained a lot of morality, ethics and standards for their parents.
R&B Duo Facts
1. Net worth
DVSN is said to have an estimated net worth of around $500,000. The duo were able to amass their wealth primarily through the sale of their music and proceeds from their tours. As of April 2019, the DVSN had completed four tours; He headlined the Debut Tour (2016) and Morning After Tour (2018), he performed as a supporting actor on the Summer Sixteen Tour with Drake & Future (2016) and the Boy Meets World Tour with Drake. (2017).
2. Charted Songs
DVSN have yet to be able to do a song by their own band, which managed to chart, however followed their feature on Drake’s song ‘Faithful’, which also featured Pimp C, the duo were credited with to have had a song charted. In 2016, “Faithful” peaked at number 19 on the US Rap chart and number 36 on the US R&B/Hip Hop chart.
3. Price
DVSN as a group haven’t been able to win any awards yet, even though they did manage to perform at the Soul Train Awards. One of the duo, Nineteen85, carries praise, however. In 2014 and 2015, the producer won back-to-back ASCAP Music Awards, and in 2017 he was nominated for three Grammys in the categories Producer of the Year (Non-Classical), Best Song Song (Songwriter) and Album of the Year (as producer).