Luude
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| Birth name | Christian Benson |
| Origin | Tasmania, Australia[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Sweat It Out, Warner Music Australia |
Christian Benson, known professionally as Luude, is an Australian electronic dance music producer.[2][1] He is best known for his 2021 cover of "Down Under".
He is also half of Australian electronic duo Choomba.[2]
Christian Benson was born in Tasmania, Australia, the son of a guitar shredder, Mark. After high school, he relocated to Perth, Western Australia after being inspired by an Avicii YouTube clip encouraged him to try producing.[1]
Luude released his first single in December 2015.
On 3 September 2021, Luude released the EP 6AM.[3]
In 2021, Luude remixed Men at Work's "Down Under" as a drum and bass track. Men at Work's lead singer Colin Hay re-recorded the vocal for the track's official release in November 2021,[4] on the Sweat It Out label.[5][6] The record made the top ten in Australia and in the United Kingdom and was number one in New Zealand,[7] where by 6 February 2022, it had spent four weeks at the top, twice as many weeks as the original did in 1982.
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| Title | Year | Chart peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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| AUS [9] |
NZ [10] |
UK [11] | ||||
| "Coco Butter" (with Twerl)[12] |
2015 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Right Now" (with Fabian Mazur)[13] |
2016 | — | — | — | ||
| "Sooo"[14] | — | — | — | |||
| "La De Da"[15] | 2017 | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Leave Me"[16] | — | — | — | |||
| "Paradise" (with Twerl and Lost Boy)[17] |
— | — | — | |||
| "Sink or Swim" (with Example & Georgi Kay)[18] |
2018 | — | — | — | ||
| "Hurricane" (featuring Great News)[19] |
2019 | — | — | — | ||
| "Lava Lamp"[20] | — | — | — | |||
| "Luudooskins" (double-A sided single featuring "Arms" and "Butters")[21] |
2021 | — | — | — | 6AM | |
| "Wanna Stay" (featuring Dear Sunday)[3] |
— | — | — | |||
| "Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay) |
10 | 1 | 5 | TBA | ||
| "Big City Life" (with Mattafix) |
2022 | 55 | 2 | 8 | ||
| "Oh My" (with Issey Cross featuring Moby)[26] |
2023 | — | —[A] | 98 | ||
| "TMO (Turn Me On)" (with Bru-C featuring Kevin Lyttle) |
— | —[B] | 42 | |||
| "Pachamama" (featuring Elliphant)[29] |
2024 | — | —[C] | — | ||
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2022 | "Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay) | Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist | Nominated | [31] |
| Best Dance/Electronic Release | Won | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Down Under" (featuring Colin Hay) (Luude, Peter Hume) | Best Video | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | "Big City Life" (with Mattafix) | Song of the Year | Nominated | [32] |
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