Benjamin Hav

Mads Benjamin Kortland Hav (born 12 June 1985) is a Danish rapper and musician. He debuted in 2013 with the EP Baby with producer Magnus Albert Wanscher in the duo Benal. The duo has received several awards for their releases.

In 2020, Hav became a solo artist with the albums Spice Up Your Life and Dit syge dyr. The following year, he released the album Tesla with the disco track "Den dejligste boy" which went platinum in Denmark. He received the Gaffa Award for Hip Hop Album of the Year in 2022 for the album Tesla. In recent years, he has worked as a solo artist with "Familien", his musical collective and backing band, and in 2023 he received the Gaffa Award for Livenavn of the Year 2023. His fourth studio album was released on 31 January 2025, after he announced in an interview with Euroman that it would be released on that date.

In 2026, Hav was featured as a judge on the nineteenth season of the Danish entertainment program X Factor, ultimately mentoring the winner of the season.

Early life Hav was born on 12 June 1985, in Østerbro, Copenhagen. He is the son of Danish lyricist Niels Hav, and his mother worked as a nurse and social worker. He grew up on Willemoesgade in Østerbro. He and his family originally lived in Jebjerg in Salling, but moved to Copenhagen due to his father's work. Hav has two older sisters, born in 1975 and 1972, and a younger sister born in 2001. When Hav turned 20, his mother moved out of the apartment, while he remained there. He later exchanged apartments and moved into his current home in the same building.

A year later, in 2020, Hav debuted as solo artist with his first two albums, Spice Up Your Life and Dit syge dyr. Hav and his live band Familien kicked off the tour on 26 October 2023, in Greve and finished the tour on 2 December 2023, at Royal Arena after playing 15 venues across the country.

That same year, Hav he received the Gaffa Award for Livenavn of the Year 2023, The couple has two daughters, as well as a bonus daughter from his wife's previous relationship.

Discography Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions CertificationsDEN Spice Up Your LIfe Released: 3 January 2020 Label: Sony Music Denmark 2 DEN: Gold Dit syge dyr Released: 10 January 2020 Label: Sony Music Denmark 10 Tesla Released: 5 March 2021 Label: Sony Music Denmark 5 DEN: Platinum Released: 31 January 2025 Label: Sony Music Denmark 2 DEN: Platinum

Singles Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications DEN "Air Tonight" Released: 22 March 2019 Label: Universal Music Denmark20 DEN: Platinum "Nik & Jay" Released: 26 April 2019 Label: Ung & Eksponeret8 DEN: 2× Platinum "Plastic" Released: 15 November 2019 Label: Sony Music Denmark — DEN: Platinum "Musse" Released: 3 January 2020 Label: Sony Music Denmark — DEN: Gold "Spice Up Your Life" — DEN: Gold "Tættere end vi tror" Released: 27 April 2020 Label: DR Salg1 DEN: Platinum DEN: Platinum "T-Pain" Released: 6 August 2021 Label: Sony Music Denmark31 "Cannelloni & Kød" Released: 19 November 2021 Label: Sony Music Denmark — DEN: Gold "Hvidt Flag" Released: 3 June 2022 Label: Sony Music Denmark — "Esbjerg, torden og regn" Released: 26 May 2023 Label: Sony Music Denmark — "Sirjegsindssyg" Released: 1 September 2023 Label: Universal Denmark26 "Første dag" Released: 13 October 2023 Label: Sony Music Denmark 12 DEN: Platinum "København" Released: 29 May 2024 Label: Tabu Records3 DEN: Platinum "Husk at vær' Happy" Released: 14 June 2024 Label: Sony Music Denmark40 "Du ligner din mor" Released: 27 December 2024 Label: Sony Music Denmark 1 "Portugal" Released: 22 May 2026 Label: Sony Music Denmark 14 "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.