Regard (DJ)
Regard is the stage name of Dardan Aliu, born July 23, 1993, in Ferizaj, Kosovo, to an Albanian family. He is a Kosovan DJ and record producer who rose to international fame in 2019 with his remix of Jay Sean’s 2008 hit “Ride It.” The remix went viral on TikTok (4.1 million views) and was released by Ministry of Sound in July 2019.
The track topped Spotify’s Viral chart in the US and drew millions of streams—over 1 million total plays on Spotify and more than 2.4 million US streams by August 2019. It entered the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart at #21 and received heavy airplay in the UK. It also reached #1 in Ireland, #2 in the UK, and #3 in Australia. TikTok highlighted Regard’s success as an example of how the platform can help artists reach a global audience.
Regard performed on the BBC’s Top of the Pops New Year’s Eve special with Jay Sean on December 30, 2019. He said the Ride It remix idea came to him after a night out and listening to the Jay Sean track.
He released “Secrets,” a collaboration with Raye, on April 23, 2020. The song reached the UK top 10 and earned a silver certification, while also charting in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland.
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