Christopher Comstock, known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He has an image of masking himself with a white bucket. He released his debut studio album Joytime, consisting of 10 songs, via his label Joytime Collective in January 2016. One single was released from the album, titled “Keep It Mello”, featuring Mexican rapper Omar Linx, and was certified gold by the RIAA. The album peaked at number five on Billboard‘s Dance/Electronic Songs chart, number fourteen on the US Heatseeker Albums chart and forty-one on the Independent Albums chart.
Marshmello debuted on the Canadian independent record label Monstercat with the release of “Alone”, which appeared on the label’s compilation album Monstercat 027 – Cataclysm. The song’s accompanying music video, released to YouTube, has received over 1.06 billion views as of December 2018. The song became his first to debut on the Billboard as it peaked at number sixty alongside charting on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number nine and the Canadian Hot 100 at number fifty-six, which was also his first in Canada. It was also certified platinum in both Canada by Music Canada and the United States by RIAA.
He announced the Ritual Tour on Twitter, in which he performed in several countries including the United States, China, South Korea, India and Paraguay from late September 2016 until early January of the following year. The tour was accompanied with his debut on dubstep musician Skrillex’s Owsla label, with a single titled “Ritual”, in which vocalist Wrabel was featured. An official music video for the song was published to YouTube. Soon after, Marshmello launched his own record label named Joytime Collective and recruited fellow DJ and producer Slushii as the first signee on its roster.
His next single, announced on Twitter, was a collaboration with American R&B singer Khalid titled “Silence”, which was released in August 2017. The song appeared on the Top 200 in over 28 countries. It topped the Dance charts in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and charted in the Top 10 of more than fifteen countries. Additionally, it was certified multi-platinum in many countries.
He released a collaboration with British singer Anne-Marie named “Friends”, as the fifth single from Anne-Marie’s debut studio album, Speak Your Mind. The song became his highest-charting song on the Hot 100 until October 2018, peaking at number eleven. It also received a single-platinum certification in Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States alongside receiving an Australian double-platinum and a Canadian triple-platinum certification.
In August 2018, he collaborated with British band Bastille to release a single titled “Happier” in August. It became his highest charting song in Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while becoming his third number-one song on the Dance/Electronic Songs chart, where it spent a record 69 weeks at the top. The song was certified gold in Belgium, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, platinum in New Zealand and the United States, and double-platinum in Australia and Canada.
In May 2020, Marshmello collaborated with Halsey to release “Be Kind”. In July 2020, Marshmello appeared on rapper Juice Wrld’s posthumous album Legends Never Die, on the tracks “Come & Go” and “Hate the Other Side”, which reached numbers two and ten on the Billboard, respectively.
