{{short description|Danish music duo}} {{about|the duo|their solo careers after splitting up|UFO (musician)|and|Yepha}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = UFO Yepha | image = | alias = Whyyou | origin = Denmark | genre = Hip Hop | years_active = 2002-2011 | label = | website = | current_members = | past_members = UFO (Kristian Humaidan)<br /> Yepha (Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm) }} '''UFO Yepha''' is a famous Danish music duo made up of Kristian Humaidan (born in 1981) known by his stage name '''UFO''' and Jeppe Bruun Wahlstrøm (born in 1983) known by his stage name '''Yepha'''. The duo was from Svendborg, then Aarhus finally moving to Copenhagen in their last years. UFO Yepha split-up in 2011. At times, the duo were also known as '''Whyyou''' (taking lead from first letters of their names "why" (Y) for Yepha and "you (U) for UFO).
==Career== Their first chart success together was "Hver dag".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rapspot.dk/tmp/arkiv/000180.php |title=RapSpot.dk: Fra "Hver Dag" til ''U vs. Y'' |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-date=2012-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421071733/http://rapspot.dk/tmp/arkiv/000180.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The singles topped the Danish Singles Chart staying seven weeks at #1.<ref>[http://acharts.us/performer/ufo_yepha aCharts.us: UFO Yepha page]</ref> Their album ''Ingen som os'' in 2006 brought further success to the hip hop duo.
The group had previously appeared on MC Clemens' second album, ''Den anden verden'' as a collective Kælderposen (alias Kældersquad) which included UFO Yepha, Rune Buoy, Jot, LX, Jesper Drejer, Ole R and DJ Rescue.
Owning their own studios, they also produced other artists, including Ali Kazim and his album ''Gadedrøm'' in addition to their own materials.
The duo moved to Copenhagen in 2008. UFO Yepha split-up in 2011.{{Cn|date=March 2017}}
==Awards== *UFO Yepha won an award of 50,000 Kr from the Danish Arts Foundation in 2006 for ''Ingen som os''. *In 2007, UFO Yepha were also nominated in two categories for the Danish Music Awards *Other nominations included Zulu Awards and Tjeck Awards. *In 2009 their music video "Næh næh" won "Best music video" at the Danish Music Awards
==After-split-up== After split-up, Humaidan (UFO) has developed a solo career on his own.
===Yepha solo career=== Meanwhile, Yepha is cooperating with various artists and most notably Morten Hampenberg & Alexander Brown being featured in a number of their releases including "Skub til taget" (2009) and "Det stikker helt af" (2011) and "Klovn" (also in 2011).
==Discography== <small>(For discographies as solo artists, refer to UFO (musician) and Yepha)</small>
===Albums=== {|class="wikitable" !width="33" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title !colspan="1"| Highest <br>position !rowspan="2"| Certification |- !align="center"| <small>[Hitlisten|DEN]<ref name="danish">[https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ufo+Yepha DanishCharts: UFO+Yepha Discography]</ref></small> |- |align="center"| 2003 | ''U vs. Y'' |align="center"| 28 | |- |align="center"| 2006 | ''Ingen som os'' |align="center"| 20 | |- |align="center"| 2008 | ''Kig mig i øjnene'' |align="center"| 32 | |}
===Singles=== <small>(Selective and only charting singles)</small> {| class="wikitable" !rowspan="2" align="center"| Year !rowspan="2" width="260" align="center"| Single !colspan="1" align="center"| Peak chart positions !rowspan="2" align="center"| Certifications !rowspan="2" align="center"| Album |- !style="width:3em;font-size:80%"| DEN<br /><ref name="danish"/> |- |2003 | "Hver dag" |align="center"| 1 | |''U vs. Y'' |- |2008 | "Næh næh" <br><small>(UFO Yepha feat. Anna David)</small> |align="center"| 20 | |rowspan="2"| ''Kig mig i øjnene'' |- |2009 | "Stille og roligt knald pa" |align="center"| 27 | |}
==See also== *UFO (musician) *Yepha
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://da-dk.facebook.com/UFOYEPHA UFO & Yepha Facebook]
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