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{{Short description|Belgian hip-hop duo}}
{{About|the Belgian hip-hop duo|the Yugoslav film movement|Yugoslav Black Wave}}
{{lowercase title}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = blackwave.
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
| current_members = {{plainlist|
* [[Willem Ardui]]
* [[Jay Walker (hip hop)|Jay Walker]]
}}
| origin          = [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]
| website         = {{url|https://www.blackwavedot.com/}}
| image           = Blackwave. logo.png
}}
'''blackwave.''' (also known as '''blackwavedot''') is a Belgian hip-hop duo composed of producer Willem Ardui and rapper Jay Walker. Their influences include [[The Roots]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] and [[Brockhampton (band)|Brockhampton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianleak/2018/10/11/blackwave-channel-the-best-of-smooth-90s-hip-hop-for-good-enough-video/|title=Blackwave Channel The Best Of Smooth '90s Hip-Hop For 'GoodEnough' Video|last=Leak|first=Brian|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> The group, in an interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', said "We love incorporating all kinds of different genres in our music and challenging ourselves to always try something different."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8466993/blackwave-whasgood-video|title=Blackwave Discovers 'Whasgood' in Latest Video: Exclusive|last=Kress|first=Bryan|date=25 July 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/artists/Blackwave|title=Blackwave.|website=Genius|language=en|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref>
The band released their first album, ''Mic Check'', in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variancemagazine.com/sights/8971-blackwave-swangin|title=Blackwave's New Single 'Swangin' Is What Your Weekend Needs|last=Schmitt|first=Tyler|website=Variance Magazine|language=en-gb|access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref> Their second album, ''Are We Still Dreaming?'', was released in 2019 and reached 4th place in the Belgium Top 200 Albums.<ref name="ultratop-discografie" /> Their third album, ''No Sleep in LA'', was released in 2022 and peaked in first place for one week.<ref name="ultratop-discografie" />
In 2019, blackwave. was nominated for the [[2019 MTV Europe Music Awards]] in the 'Best Belgian Act' category, losing out to MATTN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtvema.com/fr-be/votez/|title=MTV EMA 2019 VOTING|last=|first=|date=|website=www.mtvema.com|language=French|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008202234/https://www.mtvema.com/fr-be/votez/ |archive-date=2019-10-08 |access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtvema.com/articles/9srdzr/sound-the-alarm-the-2019-emas-are-set-to-serenade-seville|title=SOUND THE ALARM: The 2019 EMAs Are Set to Serenade Seville! {{!}} News {{!}} MTV EMA|website=www.mtvema.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions and details
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:22em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL<br />(FL)]]<br /><ref name="ultratop-discografie">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blackwave%2E|title=Discografie Blackwave.|website=ultratop.be|language=Dutch|accessdate=16 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Mic Check''
|
* Released: 12 May 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/blackwavedot/sets/mic-check-3|title=Mic Check|website=SoundCloud|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref>
* Label: Sony Music Entertainment Belgium
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]], [[Streaming media|streaming]]
| 161
|{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = Hands Up!
| length1 = 3:39
| title2 = That's Just Me
| length2 = 3:02
| title3 = BIG Dreams
| length3 = 3:07
| title4 = If I
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Add The Lessons
| length5 = 0:43
| title6 = The Juice
| length6 = 2:16
| title7 = Flow
| length7 = 2:59
| title8 = Caleb's Skit
| length8 = 0:42
| total_length = 20:05
| note7 = featuring Caleborate
| note8 = featuring Caleborate
}}
|-
! scope="row"| ''Are We Still Dreaming?''
|
* Released: 8 November 2019<ref>{{cite web|title=ARE WE STILL DREAMING?|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2jmO2EaoQa6Ds0P1GbwCZg|website=Spotify|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref>
* Label: Sony Music Entertainment Belgium
* Format: Digital download, streaming
| 4
|{{Track listing
| title16 = Lava
| title11 = Listen to the Kids
| title12 = Bittersweet Baby
| title13 = (whateva)
| length11 = 4:00
| title14 = home
| title15 = Up There
| title17 = Figure
| length10 = 3:16
| length12 = 3:19
| length13 = 0:45
| length14 = 4:02
| length15 = 4:16
| length17 = 3:40
| length16 = 3:20
| title10 = The Antidote
| title1 = [press start]
| title5 = Smoke Out/True Colors
| length1 = 0:06
| title2 = Realize Now
| length2 = 3:38
| title3 = GoodEnough
| length3 = 3:18
| title4 = In the Middle
| length4 = 3:45
| length5 = 3:16
| length9 = 2:56
| title6 = Elusive
| length6 = 3:41
| title7 = Arp299
| length7 = 2:31
| title8 = Lowkey
| length8 = 2:38
| title9 = SWISH
| note2 = featuring Yellow Straps
| note3 = featuring WesleyFranklin
| note6 = featuring David Ngyah
| note10 = featuring Winston Surfshirt & Benny Sings
| note12 = featuring Konteks
| note14 = featuring Caleborate
| note15 = featuring Pell, Caleborate, K1D
| total_length = 52:27
}}
|-
! scope="row"| ''No Sleep in LA''
|
* Released: 9 September 2022
* Label: black.wav, [[PIAS Recordings|PIAS]]
* Format: Digital download, streaming
| 1
|
|}
=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, showing year released and album
! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:1em;" | Year
! scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="row" | "Flow"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring Caleborate)</span>
| rowspan="5"| 2017
| rowspan="4"| ''Mic Check''
|-
! scope="row" | "If I"
|-
! scope="row" | "BIG Dreams"
|-
! scope="row" | "Hands Up!"
|-
! scope="row" | "Elusive"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring David Ngyah)</span>
| rowspan="1" | ''Are We Still Dreaming?''
|-
! scope="row" | "Swangin'"
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Whasgood?!"
|-
! scope="row" | "GoodEnough"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring Wesley Franklin)</span>
| rowspan="1" | ''Are We Still Dreaming?''
|-
! scope="row" | "never seen u"
| rowspan="5" |2019
| rowspan="1" {{N/A|Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Home"
| rowspan="2" | ''Are We Still Dreaming?''
|-
! scope="row" | "Up There"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring Pell, Caleborate, K1D)</span>
|-
! scope="row" | "These Days"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">(featuring Caleborate)</span>
| rowspan="1" {{N/A|Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "The Antidote"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">([[Winston Surfshirt]] featuring [[Benny Sings]])</span>
| rowspan="1" | ''Are We Still Dreaming?''
|}
== References ==
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[[Category:Belgian hip hop groups]]
[[Category:Belgian musical duos]]
[[Category:English-language musical groups from Belgium]]
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