Ray Dalton

Raymond Adrien Dalton (born May 10, 1990) is an American singer based in Seattle, Washington. He began his career as a gospel and R&B singer. Dalton gained prominence as the featured artist on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' 2011 song "Can't Hold Us", which gained popularity between 2012 and 2013, eventually topping the charts in multiple countries including the Billboard Hot 100. The song was certified platinum in the U.S. in April 2013.

Life and career Dalton's mother is Mexican American and his father is African American. Dalton spent his senior year in high school listening to Missy Elliott, Amy Winehouse, and Kanye West, according to an interview with MTV News. which was mixed by Lewis. He also announced he was working on his "own project" to be called The Dalton Show.

Dalton, Lewis, and Macklemore created the hook for "Can't Hold Us" in one day.

SNEP: Platinum ZPAV: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold

ZPAV: 2× Platinum

2025

"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory."*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications Album US AUS BEL(Fl) BEL(Wa) DEN FRA NOR NZ SWE SWI UK "Kingdom Come"(Dyno Jamz featuring Ray Dalton) 2010 — — — — — — — — — — — Dyno Jamz "Can't Hold Us"(Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton) 2011 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 4 1 4 3 RIAA: Diamond ARIA: 13× Platinum BEA: 2× Platinum IFPI DEN: 2× Platinum SNEP: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum GLF: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum

BPI: Silver IFPI DEN: 2× Platinum IFPI NOR: 4× Platinum RMNZ: Gold GLF: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum "Stronger"(Arty featuring Ray Dalton) 2016 — — — — — — — — — — — Glorious "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other charted songs As lead artist +List of other charted songs as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album CZEAir. "Thee Unknown" 2024 15 Thee Unknown

Guest appearances + List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Believe" 2018 Alex Aldea, Camila Recchio The First Mrs. Claus