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Also known as Christopher Comstock, Dotcom

Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello and Dotcom, is an American DJ and record producer. His songs "Silence" (featuring Khalid), "Wolves" (with Selena Gomez), "Friends" (with Anne-Marie), "Happier" (with Bastille), and "Alone" have each received multi-platinum certifications in several countries, and peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. His musical style includes groove-oriented, synth and bass-heavy electronic dance music.

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Marshmello, born Christopher Comstock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American disc jockey and record producer. He began his professional work period in 2015 and performs under the pseudonym Dotcom. His musical output spans electronic music, electronic dance music, future bass, hip hop, and progressive house. He has been affiliated with record labels including Monstercat, OWSLA, Geffen Records, and Casablanca Records.

The artist has received the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Electronic and International Dance Music Awards. His discography includes works cataloged in various music databases. Marshmello speaks English and maintains an official website.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

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Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. His songs "Silence", "Wolves", "Friends", "Happier", and "Alone" have been certified multi-platinum in several countries and appeared in the Top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100. His musical style includes groove-oriented, synth and bass-heavy electronic dance music. He is…

Known for

  • Smurfs — Turtle (voice)2025
  • Ultra Miami's 25th Anniversary — Marshmello2024
  • iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023 — Self2023
  • DAVE — Marshmello2020
  • Marshmello - Live @ Ultra Music Festival2019
  • Good Mythical Morning — Self2012
  • BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge2010
  • MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Performer1994
  • MTV Video Music Awards — Self1984
  • American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest1974

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1992
edmenglishfuture basship hopprogressive housetrap edm

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,619,047
Total plays
69,752,873

Tags

danceelectronicEDMtrappop

Christopher Comstock, better known by his stage name Marshmello, (born May 19, 1992) is an American electronic dance music producer and DJ. He first gained international recognition by remixing songs by Jack Ü and Zedd, and later collaborated with artists including Omar LinX, Ookay, Jauz and Slushii. In January 2017, his song "Alone" appeared on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2018, he released "Friends", a collaboration with British singer Anne-Marie which peaked in the top 20 in the US. <

via Last.fm · Marshmello

Key facts

Musical artist.name
Marshmello
Musical artist.image
2016 Open Beatz - Marshmello - by 2eight -DSC 4448.jpg
Musical artist.alias
Dotcom
Musical artist.caption
Marshmello performing at Open Beatz 2016
Musical artist.birth_name
Christopher Comstock
Musical artist.birth_place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Musical artist.works
Discography
Musical artist.years_active
2010–present
Social media personality.child
yes
Social media personality.youtube_display_name
Marshmello
Social media personality.youtube_years_active
2015–present
Social media personality.youtube_subscribers
58.4 million
Social media personality.youtube_views
17.6 billion
Social media personality.stats_update
March 19, 2026
Musician awards.name
Marshmello
Musician awards.wins
7
Musician awards.nominations
27
Musician awards.award1
American Music Awards

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Career
  • 2010–2015: Early beginnings on SoundCloud as Dotcom
  • 2015–2016: As Marshmello and ''Joytime''
  • 2016–2018: "Silence", "Wolves", "Friends", and ''Joytime II''
  • 2018–2023: "Happier", ''Joytime III'' and ''Shockwave''
  • 2023–present: ''Sugar Papi'', ''Mellodeath'', and upcoming projects
  • Artistry
  • Philanthropy
  • Discography
  • Awards and nominations
  • ''Billboard'' Music Awards
  • ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards
  • DJ Magazine's top 100 DJs
  • Electronic Music Awards
  • Grammy Awards
  • iHeartRadio Music Awards
  • iHeartRadio Titanium Awards
  • MTV Europe Music Awards
  • MTV Woodies
  • Radio Disney Music Awards
  • Remix Awards
  • Teen Choice Awards
  • WDM Radio Awards
  • Notes
  • References

Christopher Comstock (born May 19, 1992), known professionally as Marshmello and Dotcom, is an American DJ and record producer. His songs "Silence" (featuring Khalid), "Wolves" (with Selena Gomez), "Friends" (with Anne-Marie), "Happier" (with Bastille), and "Alone" have each received multi-platinum certifications in several countries, and peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. His musical style includes groove-oriented, synth and bass-heavy electronic dance music.

Comstock first gained a following on SoundCloud as Dotcom in 2010 initially posting mashups, remixes, and singles and gained a following in his first few years.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marshmello” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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