“Hello” is a song performed by French DJ and record producer Martin Solveig and Canadian electronic music band Dragonette, taken from Solveig’s fifth studio album, Smash (2011). The song was released as the album’s lead single on 6 September 2010 by Mercury Records.
It is Solveig’s most successful single to date, reaching number one in Austria, Belgium (Flanders), the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, while charting within the top 10 in ten other countries. It reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. Additionally, the song became Solveig’s and Dragonette’s first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 2011, eventually peaking at number 46 in June. It has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of one million units.
