He garnered international attention with his remix of the track “I See Fire” by Ed Sheeran, which has received over 50 million plays on SoundCloud and 65 million views on YouTube and his single “Firestone” which has over 400 million views on YouTube with an additional 400 million plays on the music streaming service Spotify, as of August 2016. Kygo has accumulated over 300 million views on his music on SoundCloud and YouTube.

Kygo has since released several singles, such as “ID”, “Stole the Show”, “Here for You”, and “Stay”, which have debuted on several international charts. Kygo’s debut studio album, Cloud Nine, was released on 13 May 2016. Kygo made history on 21 August 2016 at the 2016 Rio Olympics, when he became the first house music producer to perform at an Olympics closing ceremony.