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HUGEL (DJ)

HUGEL, real name Florent Hugel, is a French Latin house DJ known for 'I Adore You', 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)', 'Movin' To The Sun' and his 'Bella Ciao' remix.

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HUGEL is the stage name of Florent Hugel, a French DJ and record producer whose music is most often filed as Latin house, with Afro house and tech house close behind.[1][2][3][4] He founded the label Make The Girls Dance Records and used its name for his club nights.[4][5][2] His first single as HUGEL came out in 2015, and his first studio album, 'Twenty One', on 26 June 2026.[6][7]

His 2018 remix of El Profesor's 'Bella Ciao' was Germany's official summer hit of that year,[8][9] and 'I Adore You' (2024), with Topic and Arash featuring Daecolm, reached No. 2 in Switzerland and No. 8 in Germany.[10][11] In 2026 'Movin' To The Sun', with Imael Angel and Ultra Naté, reached No. 2 on the UK Official Singles Chart.[12] DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs poll ranked him No. 54 in 2025, his first appearance, and No. 48 in 2026.[4][3]

Early life and name

He has called Marseille his hometown, and he told DJ Mag in 2026 that his family was of Spanish origin, from southern Spain, and that growing up around Marseille's African, Italian, Corsican, Roma and other communities shaped how he understood music.[13][2] His official biography says his mother raised him on funk, disco and soul, which NYLON called his first musical education.[14][15] NYLON reported that at seven he recorded radio mixes on cassette and traded them at school, and that at twelve he bought his first music software.[15]

Rap was his first ambition: he made beats for friends to rap over and named Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell and Kanye West as the producers he grew up with.[15][2] At about 16 he saw Carl Cox play the Marseille club Bazar, which, he told Beatportal, convinced him to pursue electronic music.[13] He told DJ Mag that his father agreed to pay for a five-day DJ course in Cannes once he had his diploma, and that he then spent his money on vinyl and made regular trips to Barcelona for Latin house records and releases by Masters At Work.[2]

NYLON described him as a former McDonald's employee, insurance salesman and estate agent who kept a day job until DJing paid enough.[15] Biographies say he developed as a DJ in Saint-Tropez, Cannes and Monaco, and Guettapen wrote that he spent about ten years as a resident club DJ before his remix success.[16][17][18]

Discogs lists Florent Hugel and Alexandre Borde as the two members of the house duo KitSch 2.0, credited with remixes from 2009 and original releases between 2011 and 2014, among them 'More Of Your Luv', 'Tonight Is The Night' and 'Housecoholic'.[19][20][21] Hung Medien credits him as a writer of 'Doors Of Your Heart' (2012) by Kitsch Crew featuring Luke Aster.[22][23] The German National Library records 2015 as the start of his work under the name Hugel.[1]

NYLON reported that his break came when he walked up to Robin Schulz's manager, Stefan Dabruck, at Amsterdam Dance Event with a demo and was signed on the spot, and that the two were still working together about ten years later.[15]

Career: Tonspiel, Warner and 'Bella Ciao' (2015–2019)

His first single as HUGEL, 'Coming Home' featuring Jimmy Hennessy, was released on 5 June 2015 by Tonspiel under licence to Warner Music, and spent one week in the German singles chart, at No. 80.[6][11][24] 'Where We Belong' with the British singer Jasmine Thompson followed on 1 April 2016 and 'Baby' on 16 June 2017.[6]

'I Believe I'm Fine', his collaboration with Robin Schulz, was released on 8 September 2017 and included on Schulz's album 'Uncovered' the same day.[24][25] It peaked at No. 29 in Germany, where it charted for 24 weeks, and No. 26 in Austria, and BVMI certified it Gold in 2018.[11][24][26] He also co-wrote Felix Jaehn's 2017 single 'Like A Riddle', and his remix of J Balvin and Willy William's 'Mi Gente' came out on 3 November 2017.[22][23][6]

In spring 2018 he remixed 'Bella Ciao', the Italian partisan song that the Netflix series 'La Casa de Papel' had brought back, in a version credited to El Profesor.[27][28][9] Guettapen reported that the remix was first given away as a free download; its lyric video went up on his YouTube channel on 17 April 2018, and Hung Medien dates the release to 27 April.[18][29][30] It peaked at No. 2 in Germany, where it stayed 39 weeks, and reached No. 1 in Austria, No. 13 in Flanders, No. 14 in Switzerland and No. 25 in France.[11][30][31]

GfK Entertainment named it the official German summer hit of 2018 and ranked it sixth on the German year-end chart, and BVMI later listed it at triple Gold.[8][9][32] Guettapen wrote that it brought him gold and platinum records across Europe and regular bookings at large festivals.[33]

'Signs' with Taio Cruz came out on 8 June 2018 and a remix of El Profesor's 'Ce Soir?' featuring Laura White on 21 September.[6][24][30] 'WTF', featuring the English singer Amber Van Day, was released on 30 November 2018 and built on a sample of Charles Aznavour's 1966 song 'Parce que tu crois', which Dr. Dre had also used.[6][34][35][33] RTL made it the theme of the 13th season of 'Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!', which began on 11 January 2019.[35]

'WTF' peaked at No. 21 in Germany and No. 26 in Austria, reached No. 12 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, where it spent 26 weeks, and was certified Gold in Austria in November 2019 and in Germany in 2020.[34][11][36][37][26] 'Mamma Mia', again with Amber Van Day, followed on 19 April 2019; 'House Music' came out on 9 August, 'Guajira Guantanamera' on 30 August, and 'I Don't Wanna Talk' with the Brazilian DJ Alok on 1 November.[6][24]

Career: 'Morenita' and the Latin house turn (2020–2023)

His 2020 releases included 'Gym Quarantine', 'Better', 'Cool' on Musical Freedom, 'I Wanna Kiss', 'Gimme Dat' and 'Can't Love Myself', and remixes for Sigala, UPSAHL and, with Damien N-Drix, Imanbek and Martin Jensen.[6] His remix of Topic and A7S's 'Breaking Me' had about 97 million Spotify streams by October 2026.[38] '4 to the Floor', a cover of Starsailor's 'Four to the Floor' made with Stefy De Cicco and Hugo Cantarra, came out on Spinnin' on 8 January 2021.[23][24]

'Morenita' featuring Cumbiafrica was released on Cr2 Records on 25 June 2021.[6] The label said it spent three weeks at No. 1 on Beatport's house chart and reached No. 5 on Beatport's main chart, and Guettapen reported that it reused a vocal by the Colombian singer Martina Camargo.[39][18] He told DJ Mag that 'Morenita' broke through in the United States in 2021 and that he did not invent Latin house but brought it renewed mainstream attention.[2] By December 2024 it had passed 100 million Spotify streams.[15]

'Eyes on You' with Quarterhead came out on Defected's D4 D4NCE on 1 October 2021.[6][16] 'El Sueno', presented by Cr2 as the follow-up to 'Morenita' with vocals by Lina Rojas of Cumbiafrica, was released on 18 February 2022.[6][39] 'Madonna', with the Berlin DJ LOVRA, was his first release on Mark Knight's Toolroom label, on 18 March 2022.[40][6] 'Castle' with Alle Farben and Fast Boy and 'Black & Blue' with Benjamin Ingrosso came out through Warner the same year.[6][24]

'Marianela (Qué Pasa)', with Merk & Kremont and Lirico En La Casa, was released on 25 November 2022 and had passed 100 million Spotify streams by December 2024.[6][15] In 2023 his sets on the Stereo Bloom stage at EDC Mexico and EDC Las Vegas and his Toolroom showcase in Miami on 25 March were released as DJ mixes.[6] 'NaNa Djon' with Francis Mercier and Victor Démé came out on Insomniac on 28 July 2023, and 'Pompi' with El Chuape and GSPR on 20 October.[6][16]

'Stay High', with Diplo and Julia Church, a reworking of Tove Lo's 'Stay High', was released on Diplo's label Higher Ground on 24 November 2023 and peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.[24][6][41][36] The 1001Tracklists ranking of producers placed him 67th in 2020, 93rd in 2021, 20th in 2022 and ninth in 2023.[42]

Career: 'I Adore You' and Ibiza (2024–2025)

His rework of Latín Mafia and Humbe's 'Patadas de Ahogado', which he told NYLON he made on a balcony in Miami, spread on Instagram and TikTok before its official release on 22 February 2024 and reached No. 41 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.[43][6][15][36] He won Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2024 Electronic Dance Music Awards.[44] 'Andalucia', with the duo GROSSOMODDO, was released on Make The Girls Dance Records on 31 May 2024, and 'La Verdolaga' featuring Totó La Momposina on Defected on 28 June.[6]

'I Adore You', with Topic and Arash and featuring Daecolm, was released on 19 July 2024, with Astralwerks as its US label.[6][45] Topic told Beatportal that the song's frame came from a session with Daecolm, A7S and Arash and that Hugel reworked and finished the production; Hugel said he found the first version too pop and rebuilt the beat so that the drums never stopped.[13] He said he first played it at a show in Germany and watched fans Shazam it during the set.[13]

It entered the Swiss chart on 28 July 2024 and peaked at No. 2, spending 114 weeks there, and peaked at No. 8 in Germany, where it charted for 107 weeks.[10][11] It also reached No. 4 in Flanders, No. 6 in Portugal, No. 8 in Austria, No. 12 in Wallonia, No. 16 in the Netherlands, No. 69 in the United Kingdom and No. 89 on the Billboard Global 200, and No. 8 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs on 18 January 2025.[24][22][46][47][36] A version with J Balvin and Ellie Goulding was released on 15 November 2024.[6][48]

In the summer of 2024 he played Ushuaïa Ibiza and Tomorrowland, the latter of which he called the most memorable moment of that summer.[28][13] 'Go Again' with Roger Sanchez came out on 30 August, and 'Forever' with Diplo, featuring Malou and Yuna, on 20 September, after Diplo used it in a widely shared video of climbing Mount Fuji.[24][6][49] On 25 October Make The Girls Dance Records issued four of his collaborations at once, 'She Babao', 'All Night', 'Elegibo' and 'Teke Teke', and 'It Feels So Good' with Matt Sassari featuring Sonique followed on Cr2 on 1 November.[6][24]

He launched the streetwear label Tafari World with his friend Tyler Adibi at Art Basel Miami in December 2024, and 'Majnuna' with GROSSOMODDO and Randoree came out on 6 December.[15][6][50] 1001Tracklists ranked him fifth among producers for 2024.[42]

At the 2025 Electronic Dance Music Awards 'Andalucia' won Afro-House Song of the Year and 'Stay High' Best Collaboration.[51][52] 'Think Of Me', his first collaboration with David Guetta, with Kehlani and Daecolm, was released on 2 May 2025 and reached No. 10 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.[53][6][36] He played as 'HUGEL & Friends' at EDC Las Vegas 2025 and on the Crystal Garden stage at Tomorrowland in July.[6]

From 26 June to 18 September 2025 he held his first Thursday residency at Hï Ibiza, under the Make The Girls Dance name; announcing it, he said he had long wanted a permanent summer home at the club.[54][52] Rolling Stone listed him among the artists with residencies at Wynn Las Vegas in 2025.[55] DJ Mag described him as Beatport's best-selling artist of 2025 and wrote that he had passed four billion streams and sold out Space Miami, Surf Club Dubai, Red Rocks and Café del Mar Thailand.[4]

'Jamaican (Bam Bam)', made with the French producer SOLTO and reworking Sister Nancy's 1982 dancehall song 'Bam Bam', was released on 7 November 2025 by MoBlack Records and Make The Girls Dance Records; mymy's piece on it is 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' and Sister Nancy.[56][6] Noise11 reported in December that it had topped Beatport's Afro house chart and reached No. 2 on Beatport's overall Top 100.[57] 'Free (You Got To Live)', a new version of Ultra Naté's 1997 hit 'Free' made with her, followed on Cr2 on 28 November, and 'Yama By Night' with DYSTINCT on 19 December.[6][58][24] Beatportal reported that he gathered more than a billion streams in 2025 alone.[59]

Career: Coachella, 'Movin' To The Sun' and 'Twenty One' (2026)

Pure Glow Radio reported in February 2026 that 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' had spread in South America through clips from Brazilian festivals and clubs.[60] It entered Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs on 31 January 2026 and peaked at No. 7 on 8 August, and reached No. 34 in the United Kingdom, No. 36 on the Billboard Global 200, No. 4 in Wallonia, No. 5 in Switzerland and the Netherlands, No. 8 in Portugal, No. 10 in Austria, No. 12 in Germany and No. 17 in Italy.[36][61][47][62][11][24]

'One Night', with French Montana and Max B, came out on 27 March 2026.[6] He made his Coachella debut in the Sahara tent on 10 April 2026, with Snoop Dogg joining him on stage, and played the Sahara again on 17 April.[63][3][64][65][42] EDMTunes listed Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, French Montana, Big Sean, Roy Woods and Murda Beatz among his Coachella guests.[64]

'Movin' To The Sun', with Imael Angel and Ultra Naté, was released on 22 May 2026 as the lead single of his album.[64][6][3][17] Hung Medien credits Hugel, Imael Angel and Late Nine's Loris Cimino and Maximilian Riehl among its writers, and Hugel and Late Nine as its producers.[66] mymy's article on how the song came together is 'Movin' To The Sun': Imael Angel's idea, Ultra Naté's voice.

The song reached No. 1 on Beatport's overall Top 100.[67][17][3] It entered the UK Official Singles Chart at No. 85 on 25 June 2026 and peaked at No. 2 on the chart dated 3 September; it also peaked at No. 2 in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, No. 4 in Wallonia, No. 5 in Italy, No. 23 in Australia and No. 27 on the Billboard Global 200.[12][66][11][24][68][47] It became his second No. 1 on Billboard's Dance Airplay chart, on the chart dated 29 August 2026, after 'Loosen Up' in 2025, and Beatportal reported that it and 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' held the top two places among the world's most-Shazamed songs at the same time.[69][59][70]

He returned to Hï Ibiza for a Thursday residency in the Theatre from 4 June to 24 September 2026.[71] On 12 June he and FISHER opened for David Guetta at the Stade de France.[72][73][59] After a listening party at Wynn Las Vegas on 20 June, he launched the album on 25 June with an afternoon show at Ushuaïa Ibiza and a night show at Hï Ibiza; he told DJ Mag that both sold out and that David Guetta joined him on stage for the album track 'Shine'.[42][74][2]

'Twenty One' was released on 26 June 2026 with 21 tracks, among them an intro and four interludes; its title counts the years since he began DJing on vinyl as a 16-year-old in Marseille.[7][17][75] Its guests included Snoop Dogg, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Big Sean, Ultra Naté, French Montana, David Guetta, Roy Woods, Donel, Barbara Doza, Malachiii, Tokischa and SOLTO.[7] It debuted at No. 1 on Spotify's Global Top Albums Debut chart and reached No. 13 in Italy, No. 23 in Switzerland and No. 32 in the Netherlands.[76][3][59][24][11]

He told DJ Mag that most of the sessions took place in Los Angeles and Miami, that Murda Beatz introduced him to other artists and that Snoop Dogg contacted him directly on Instagram.[2] After the album he released 'Temptation' with Bryson Tiller on 10 July, 'Where She Come From' with Quavo on 24 July, 'Bad Bitch' with Sexyy Red and Gatano on 21 August, 'Mami' with the Mexican singer Netón Vega on 18 September and 'H.O.U.S.E' with Snoop Dogg on 16 October 2026.[6][59][24]

His 2026 dates included the main stage of Electric Love Festival in Austria on 10 July, Tomorrowland's Crystal Garden on 24 July, back-to-back sets at Hï Ibiza with MoBlack on 23 July and Diplo on 20 August, Make The Girls Dance shows at Toronto's RBC Amphitheatre on 22 August and Brooklyn Army Terminal on 23 August, and EXIT's Sea Dance in Montenegro on 28 August.[42][6][71] He was on the cover of DJ Mag's Ibiza 2026 issue.[59][3]

Musical style

Insomniac's biography says his house music draws on Ibiza and the Latin culture he absorbed there, and Hï Ibiza describes his productions as built on classic Latin house, Afro house and other hypnotic global sounds.[14][71] Guettapen quoted him in 2022 saying that he was not a musician, that he had always loved sampling, and that his aim was records that make people dance.[18]

Many of his best-known records rebuild older songs: Aznavour's 'Parce que tu crois' in 'WTF', Martina Camargo's voice in 'Morenita', Starsailor's 'Four to the Floor', Sister Nancy's 'Bam Bam' and Ultra Naté's 'Free'.[35][18][23][56][6] He described 'Twenty One' to DJ Mag as a sonic self-portrait shaped by the cultures he grew up around, hip-hop in spirit although he is a house artist.[2] At Wynn Las Vegas he said the album covered music for beach clubs, for a restaurant in the south of France and for 6 a.m. at Space Miami.[74]

He told DJ Mag in 2026 that he played three-hour sets every week at his residency and used them to test demos sent to his label, and he told NYLON in 2024 that social media let him make hits without middlemen because radio had to follow tracks that went viral.[2][15]

Make The Girls Dance Records

Make The Girls Dance Records describes itself as a label he founded to find and launch new talent, under the slogan 'Don't do it for the money. Do it for the Latinas.'[5] He told DJ Mag that young Latin house producers began sending him tracks after 'Morenita', which led him to build the label, and that having a label with its own sound was the biggest move of his career.[2] Hï Ibiza said his residencies follow the label's focus on Afro house, Latin house, Afro Latin and classic house.[54]

Guettapen reported that he signed the duo GROSSOMODDO, Damien N-Drix and STV, to the label and brought them to EDC Las Vegas; he had made the KitSch 2.0 track 'Ass' with Damien N-Drix in 2014.[50][21] The label released his 'Andalucia', 'Majnuna', 'One Night', 'Movin' To The Sun', 'Twenty One' and 'H.O.U.S.E'.[6][7]

Residencies and festivals

DJ Mag reported in 2026 that his first time on Ibiza was the night he first played Pacha, almost ten years earlier, and that he had returned every summer since; he told the magazine that he lived on the island for about four months each season and in Miami after it.[2] Biographies list residencies at Pacha and Ushuaïa, and appearances at Tomorrowland, EDC Las Vegas, EDC Mexico, Lollapalooza, Parookaville, World Club Dome, Mysteryland and Burning Man.[14][77][78][54]

His Las Vegas residency with Wynn Nightlife covered XS Nightclub, Encore Beach Club and EBC at Night, and he told 8 News Now that the Make The Girls Dance concept was created in Las Vegas to bring a Saint-Tropez and Monaco style of night there.[64][59][3][74] In 2025 he livestreamed a set from a supermarket on Ibiza.[71] He told DJ Mag that he regarded the Hï Ibiza residency as an achievement 20 years in the making.[2]

Collaborators

  • Robin Schulz: partner on 'I Believe I'm Fine' (2017); Schulz's manager Stefan Dabruck signed him.[24][15]
  • Amber Van Day: the English singer on 'WTF', 'Mamma Mia' and Alok's 'I Don't Wanna Talk'.[6][35]
  • Topic, Arash and Daecolm: 'I Adore You' (2024); Billboard described them as a German-Croatian producer, a Swedish artist and a Zimbabwe-born, London-raised singer. Daecolm also sang on 'Think Of Me'.[45][6][53]
  • Late Nine (Loris Cimino and Maximilian Riehl): co-writers and co-producers of 'I Adore You' and 'Movin' To The Sun'.[10][66]
  • Diplo: 'Stay High' (2023), 'Forever' (2024) and a back-to-back set at Hï Ibiza in August 2026.[6][71]
  • David Guetta: 'Think Of Me' (2025), the album track 'Shine' and the Stade de France opening slot in 2026.[6][7][72]
  • Ultra Naté: 'Free (You Got To Live)' (2025) and 'Movin' To The Sun' (2026).[6]
  • SOLTO: the French producer on 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)'.[56]
  • Cumbiafrica: 'Morenita' and 'El Sueno'.[6][39]
  • GROSSOMODDO: 'Andalucia' and 'Majnuna'.[6][50]
  • Malachiii: 'Intoxicated' and 'Playboy' on 'Twenty One'.[7][2]
  • Others named in his catalogue include Tom Enzy, Damien N-Drix, Jude & Frank, Nfasis and Jenn Morel.[6]

Charts and certifications

  • 'I Believe I'm Fine' with Robin Schulz: No. 29 Germany, No. 26 Austria, No. 88 Switzerland; Gold in Germany (2018).[11][24][26]
  • 'Bella Ciao' (Hugel Remix): No. 1 Austria, No. 2 Germany (39 weeks), No. 13 Flanders, No. 14 Switzerland, No. 25 France; sixth on Germany's 2018 year-end chart; triple Gold in Germany.[11][30][31][8][32]
  • 'WTF': No. 21 Germany, No. 26 Austria, No. 12 Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs; Gold in Austria (2019) and Germany (2020).[34][11][36][37][26]
  • 'I Adore You': No. 2 Switzerland (114 weeks), No. 4 Flanders, No. 6 Portugal, No. 8 Germany (107 weeks) and Austria, No. 8 Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, No. 89 Billboard Global 200; Platinum in Germany, Platinum in Austria, Double Platinum in Canada (6 July 2026).[10][24][11][36][47][26][37][79]
  • 'Think Of Me': No. 79 Germany, No. 10 Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.[11][36]
  • 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' with SOLTO: No. 4 Wallonia, No. 5 Switzerland and the Netherlands, No. 7 Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, No. 12 Germany, No. 34 United Kingdom, No. 36 Billboard Global 200.[62][24][36][11][61][47]
  • 'Movin' To The Sun': No. 2 United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and Austria, No. 5 Italy, No. 13 Billboard Digital Song Sales, No. 23 Australia, No. 27 Billboard Global 200.[12][66][11][24][80][68][47]
  • 'Twenty One': No. 13 Italy, No. 23 Switzerland, No. 32 Netherlands, No. 73 Germany.[24][11]

Kworb counted about 5.13 billion Spotify streams for him by 19 October 2026, about 3.78 billion of them as lead artist, with 'I Adore You' his most-streamed track at about 775 million and 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' next at about 437 million.[38] On 22 October 2026 kworb showed about 37.7 million monthly Spotify listeners, against a peak of about 42.2 million.[81]

Awards and rankings

  • Electronic Dance Music Awards 2024: Breakthrough Artist of the Year.[44]
  • Electronic Dance Music Awards 2025: Afro-House Song of the Year ('Andalucia', with GROSSOMODDO) and Best Collaboration ('Stay High', with Diplo and Julia Church); 'I Adore You' was also nominated.[51][52]
  • NRJ Music Awards 2026: nominated for DJ of the Year, with 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' nominated for International Collaboration of the Year.[82]
  • DJ Mag Top 100 DJs: No. 54 (2025), No. 48 (2026).[4][3]
  • 1001Tracklists Top 101 Producers: 67th (2020), 93rd (2021), 20th (2022), 9th (2023), 5th (2024), 6th (2025).[42]

Discography

Studio album:

  • 'Twenty One' (26 June 2026, Make The Girls Dance Records). 21 tracks including an intro and four interludes.[7][24]

Singles and remixes:

  • 'Coming Home' feat. Jimmy Hennessy (5 June 2015, Tonspiel / Warner).[6]
  • 'Where We Belong' with Jasmine Thompson (1 April 2016).[6]
  • 'Baby' (16 June 2017).[6]
  • 'I Believe I'm Fine' with Robin Schulz (8 September 2017).[24][6]
  • 'Mi Gente' (Hugel Remix), J Balvin and Willy William (3 November 2017).[6]
  • 'Bella Ciao' (Hugel Remix), El Profesor (27 April 2018).[30]
  • 'Signs' with Taio Cruz (8 June 2018).[6][24]
  • 'Ce Soir?' (Hugel Remix), El Profesor feat. Laura White (21 September 2018).[30]
  • 'WTF' feat. Amber Van Day (30 November 2018).[6]
  • 'Mamma Mia' feat. Amber Van Day (19 April 2019).[6][24]
  • 'House Music' (9 August 2019).[6]
  • 'Guajira Guantanamera' (30 August 2019).[6]
  • 'I Don't Wanna Talk', Alok and HUGEL feat. Amber Van Day (1 November 2019).[6][24]
  • 'Gym Quarantine' (8 May 2020, Spinnin').[6][24]
  • '4 to the Floor' with Stefy De Cicco and Hugo Cantarra feat. Nikol Apatini (8 January 2021).[23][24]
  • 'Morenita' feat. Cumbiafrica (25 June 2021, Cr2).[6]
  • 'Eyes on You' with Quarterhead (1 October 2021, D4 D4NCE).[6]
  • 'Castle', Alle Farben and HUGEL feat. Fast Boy (21 January 2022).[6][24]
  • 'El Sueno' feat. Cumbiafrica (18 February 2022, Cr2).[6][39]
  • 'Madonna' with LOVRA (18 March 2022, Toolroom).[6][40]
  • 'Marianela (Qué Pasa)' with Merk & Kremont and Lirico En La Casa (25 November 2022).[6]
  • 'Stay High', Diplo and HUGEL feat. Julia Church (24 November 2023, Higher Ground).[24][6]
  • 'Ready To Go (My Addiction)' with Alex Guesta (12 January 2024).[24][6]
  • 'Patadas de Ahogado' (HUGEL Rework), Latín Mafia and Humbe (22 February 2024).[6][43]
  • 'Andalucia' with GROSSOMODDO (31 May 2024, Make The Girls Dance).[6]
  • 'La Verdolaga' feat. Totó La Momposina (28 June 2024, Defected).[6]
  • 'I Adore You' with Topic and Arash feat. Daecolm (19 July 2024).[6][45]
  • 'Go Again', Roger Sanchez and HUGEL (30 August 2024).[24][6]
  • 'Forever' with Diplo feat. Malou and Yuna (20 September 2024).[6][24]
  • 'It Feels So Good', Matt Sassari and HUGEL feat. Sonique (1 November 2024, Cr2).[6][24]
  • 'I Adore You' with J Balvin and Ellie Goulding (15 November 2024).[6][48]
  • 'Majnuna' with GROSSOMODDO and Randoree (6 December 2024).[6]
  • 'Think Of Me' with David Guetta, Kehlani and Daecolm (2 May 2025).[6][53]
  • 'Loosen Up' with Dawty and Preston Harris (27 June 2025). No. 1 Billboard Dance Airplay.[6][69]
  • 'PYHU (Put Your Hands Up)' with Kurd Maverick (3 October 2025, Cr2).[6]
  • 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)' with SOLTO (7 November 2025, MoBlack / Make The Girls Dance).[6][56]
  • 'Free (You Got To Live)' with Ultra Naté (28 November 2025, Cr2).[6][58]
  • 'Yama By Night' with DYSTINCT (19 December 2025).[6][24]
  • 'One Night' with French Montana and Max B (27 March 2026).[6]
  • 'Movin' To The Sun' with Imael Angel and Ultra Naté (22 May 2026).[6][66]
  • 'Body Drop' with Big Sean and Scott Storch (12 June 2026).[6][76]
  • 'Shine' with French Montana, David Guetta and Aidan Martin (25 June 2026).[6]
  • 'Temptation' with Bryson Tiller (10 July 2026).[6]
  • 'Where She Come From' with Quavo (24 July 2026).[6]
  • 'Bad Bitch' with Sexyy Red and Gatano (21 August 2026).[6]
  • 'Mami' with Netón Vega (18 September 2026).[6][59]
  • 'H.O.U.S.E' with Snoop Dogg (16 October 2026).[6][24]

Videography

Views on 22 October 2026:

  • 'Bella Ciao' (Hugel Remix), lyric video (17 April 2018): 210,131,748; official video (13 July 2018): 96,582,175.[29][83]
  • 'I Adore You', visualizer (19 July 2024): 178,061,947; lyric video (1 August 2024): 31,308,449; music video (9 October 2024): 29,227,310.[84][85][86]
  • 'WTF' feat. Amber Van Day (30 November 2018): 51,426,413.[87]
  • 'Jamaican (Bam Bam)', original mix on the MoBlack Records channel (1 November 2025): 49,560,014.[88]
  • 'Movin' To The Sun', performance clip on Ultra Naté's channel (16 July 2026): 26,345,301; release on the Make The Girls Dance Records channel (22 May 2026): 11,915,757.[89][90]
  • 'I Believe I'm Fine', on Robin Schulz's channel (8 September 2017): 20,686,924.[91]
  • 'Morenita', on the Cr2 Records channel (26 June 2021): 18,536,799.[92]
  • 'Mamma Mia' feat. Amber Van Day (3 May 2019): 8,316,964.[93]
  • 'Think Of Me', lyric video (9 May 2025): 4,746,244.[94]

References

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