Ruel
Ruel
Ruel Vincent Van Dijk
Born Ruel Vincent Van Dijk on October 29, 2002, Australian singer Ruel is an up-and-coming artist who found his big break after his dad Ralph sent a video of him covering James Bay’s “Let It Go” to Grammy Award winning producer M-Phazes.
In April 2017, they debuted their collaborative single “Golden Years”, and since then Ruel’s follow-up with a number of singles including “Don’t Tell Me”, “Dazed & Confused” and “Younger” which were all included in his debut EP, Ready.
Ruel is currently the youngest artist to win the ARIA for Breakthrough Artist, which he won at the 2018 ARIA Music Awards for his track “Dazed & Confused”. 3 of his singles have also been certified Gold by ARIA, “Don’t Tell Me”, “Dazed & Confused”, and “Younger”. He is also the youngest male singer to headline the Sydney Opera House. On September 5, 2017 Elton John played and praised Ruel on his podcast Rocket Hour. Then, on November 22, Dr. Dre featured “Don’t Tell Me” in his Above the Noise film. On November 21, 2017, he was a guest star on the podcast.