Question 1

Does Major Lazer write their own songs?

Accepted Answer

Diplo does, on all 48 tracks across the four albums, but he never writes alone. Every song carries the guest vocalist and their writers. Switch is credited on 19 tracks, all from the first two albums, Ape Drums on three and Walshy Fire on one.

Question 2

Who wrote "Lean On"?

Accepted Answer

Diplo with DJ Snake and MØ. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, topped Dance/Electronic Songs and won Top Dance/Electronic Song at the Billboard Music Awards.

Question 3

How many albums has Major Lazer released?

Accepted Answer

Four: Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do in 2009, Free the Universe in 2013, Peace Is the Mission in 2015 and Music Is the Weapon in 2020.

Question 4

Who is in Major Lazer?

Accepted Answer

Diplo, Walshy Fire, Ape Drums and America Foster. Switch co-founded the group and left in 2011, and Jillionaire was a member from 2011 to 2019.

Question 5

Which album sold the most?

Accepted Answer

Peace Is the Mission, which is certified gold in the US and UK and platinum in France. Its published US figure is 23,000 across its first three weeks.

Question 6

Which album charted highest?

Accepted Answer

Peace Is the Mission, at number 12 on the Billboard 200, selling 16,000 copies in its first week.

Question 7

Why does every song have different singers?

Accepted Answer

The group is built that way. Diplo produces and the vocals come from guests, which is why 48 tracks carry dozens of different writers and almost none of them repeat.

Question 8

What happened to Switch?

Accepted Answer

He co-founded the group with Diplo and left in 2011. He is credited on all thirteen tracks of the debut and six of Free the Universe, and on nothing after that.

Question 9

Who writes with them most often?

Accepted Answer

Jr Blender on seven tracks and Will Grands on six. MØ, Santigold and Tyshane each appear on two or three.

Question 10

Why is Piano Republik not listed here?

Accepted Answer

It is a 2023 joint album with Major League DJz, credited to both acts rather than to Major Lazer alone.