DJ Rebel
DJ Rebel in 2011
DJ Rebel in 2011
Background information
Birth nameKevin Leyers
Born (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984
Edegem, Belgium
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Instrument(s)Turntables
Years active1998–present
Websitedjrebel.com

Kevin Leyers (born 22 July 1984), better known as DJ Rebel or at times just Rebel, is a Belgian DJ and record producer based in Antwerp and known for electro house, progressive house, big room house and Latin house music.

Biography

He has already been successful in Belgian night venues and the Belgian charts since 2008 when he released his bootleg release "Put Your Bucovina Up" remixing Ian Oliver's "Bucovina". Starting 2009, he has had a great number of hits in the Belgian charts the biggest being the Latin hit "Cuba" reaching number 7 in Belgium in 2011 and appearing on the German charts.

Rebel released his studio album Rebel & Friends after appearing in the Belgian Summerfestival under that name.

Rebel gained his biggest international chart success though through his 2014 remake of Klaus Badelt's 2005 composition "He's a Pirate" from the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl through his 2014 remix titled "Black Pearl (He's a Pirate)" featuring Sidney Housen. It has been a hit in France reaching No. 4 and in Switzerland reaching No. 9 in addition to becoming a hit in Belgium.

Discography

Albums

  • 2013: Rebel & Friends

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
BEL
(Fl)
[1]		 BEL
(Wa)
[2]		 FRA
[3]		 GER
 NED
Single
Top 100
[4]
2009 "U Got 2 Know" 25 21*
(Ultratip)		  –  –  –
"Never Alone" 11 26  –  – 98
"You Can Call Me Al"
(DJ Rebel & FTW)		 14 39  –  –  –
"Meneando"
(Robert Abigail & DJ Rebel feat. M.O.)		 10 38  –  –  –
2010 "Bang!!!"
(Rebel & Mystique)		 43*
(Ultratip)		  –  –  –  –
2011 "Think About the Way 2011"
(DJ Rebel feat. Jessy)		 37  –  –  –  –
"Cuba"
(Robert Abigail & DJ Rebel feat. The Gibson Brothers)		 7 22  – 55  –
"Celebration"
(Guy'Do & DJ Rebel feat. M.O.)		 33*
(Ultratip)		  –  –  –  –
2012 "You Make Me Happy"
(DJ Rebel feat. Danzel)		 40  –  –  –  –
"1, 2, 3, 4!"
(DJ Rebel & Shutterz)		 84*
(Ultratip)		  –  –  –  –
"Black Pearl (He is a Pirate)"
(DJ Rebel & Robert Abigail feat. M.O.)		 21 45  –  –  –
2013 "Let's Go!" 46 18*
(Ultratip)		  –  –  –
2014/2015 "Put Your Hands Up"  –  –  –  –  –
2015 "Music" 29 38*
(Ultratip)		 48  –  –
"Unattainable"
(Rebel feat. Puck Cyson)		 60*
(Ultratip)		  –  –  –  –
2016 "Missing"
(Rebel feat. Brooklyn Rose)		 Tip  –  –  –  –
"Let Me Love You"
(DJ Rebel & Mohombi feat. Shaggy)		 Tip  –  –  –  –

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position in above tables

Featured in
Year Single Peak positions
BEL
(Fl)
[1]		 BEL
(Wa)
[2]		 NED
Single
Top 100
[4]		 NED
Dutch
Top 40
[4]
2009 "Merengue"
(Robert Abigail feat. DJ Rebel)		 5 31 9 42*
2011 "Angel"
(Jessy feat. Kaliq Scott & DJ Rebel)		 35 79*  –  –

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

References

  1. 1 2 "DJ Rebel discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 "DJ Rebel discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "DJ Rebel discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "DJ Rebel discography". dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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