The Chainsmokers are musicians.
Dance/Electronic Songs is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic dance music singles in the United States through a combination of CD single sales , digital downloads , club play and radio airplay . Electronic dance music ( also known as EDM , dance music , club music , or simply dance ) is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres made largely for nightclubs , raves , and festivals . Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s . The Chainsmokers . The EDM-pop duo achieved a breakthrough with their 2014 song '' #Selfie '' , which was a top twenty single in several countries . They have also won an American Music Award and five iHeartRadio Music Awards .