Daft Punk
French electronic music duo
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| 2025 | Charli XCX named Daft Punk as an influence while accepting her British Dance Act award at the Brit Awards. |
| February 22 2025 | On the fourth anniversary of their split, Daft Punk officially premiered their long-leaked music video for 'Television Rules The Nation', which had previously circulated but was never officially recognized. |
| 2024 | Charli XCX interpolated Daft Punk's 'Technologic' in her song 'Guess'. |
| 2024 | Daft Punk appear in Pharrell Williams's biographical film Piece by Piece. |
| December 2024 | The 4K remaster of Interstella 5555 was shown in global theaters for one weekend. |
| June 2024 | A 4K remaster of Interstella 5555 premiered at the Tribeca Festival. |
| April 2024 | A vinyl repress of the Discovery single 'Something About Us' was released on Record Store Day. |
| February 2024 | Madame Tussauds New York unveiled wax figures of Daft Punk. |
| February 22 2024 | On the third anniversary of their split, Daft Punk announced a Twitch broadcast of Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. |
| May 12 2023 | Daft Punk released a 10th-anniversary edition of Random Access Memories with 35 minutes of previously unreleased outtakes and demos. They released 'Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)' as a single, which was described as their 'last song ever'. |
| April 2023 | Thomas Bangalter released a solo orchestral ballet score called Mythologies and gave interviews about Daft Punk's split, discussing concerns about artificial intelligence and technology. |
| February 22 2022 | One year after their disbandment, Daft Punk announced a 25th-anniversary edition of Homework, including a remix album. They also broadcast a Twitch stream of their 1997 Mayan Theater performance with previously unreleased footage. |
| 2021 | The Guardian's chief music critic Alexis Petridis named Daft Punk the most influential pop artists of the 21st century. |
| 2021 | Pitchfork cited Discovery as the centrepiece of Daft Punk's career, highlighting its influence across decades. |
| February 2021 | Announced their breakup, marking the end of the iconic electronic music duo. |
| February 22 2021 | Daft Punk released a YouTube video titled 'Epilogue' confirming their disbandment, featuring a scene from their 2006 film Electroma with a title card reading '1993–2021'. Their publicist Kathryn Frazier officially confirmed the split. |
| 2020 | Rolling Stone included Discovery at number 236 in its list of the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time'. |
| April 2020 | Footage of Daft Punk's 2006 Coachella Festival performance was featured in the documentary film Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert, released on YouTube. |
| February 22 2020 | Daft Punk officially disbanded, announcing their split with a dramatic 'Epilogue' video that symbolically ended their musical partnership after 28 years together. |
| April 9 2019 | Beginning of an electronic exhibition based on their song 'Technologic' at the Philharmonie de Paris, featuring costumes, guitars, and other elements, which ran until 11 August 2019. |
| 2018 | The duo worked with Gesaffelstein on the track 'Reset', showcasing their continued musical collaboration and production work. |
| 2018 | Participated in experimental recording sessions for a potential new album, though the project remained in limbo. |
| 2018 | A species of flatworm, Baicalellia daftpunka, was named after Daft Punk due to a part of its organism resembling a helmet. |
| January 28 2018 | Daft Punk won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for their work on 'Random Access Memories'. |
| 2017 | Daft Punk performed at the Grammy Awards wearing their signature robot costumes. |
| July 14 2017 | A Daft Punk medley was played at the Bastille Day parade in front of French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump. |
| June 21 2017 | Produced and co-wrote the song 'Overnight' by Australian band Parcels, which became their final production together. |
| May 2017 | Daft Punk collaborated with The Weeknd on his album 'Starboy', releasing the hit single of the same name which topped charts worldwide. |
| February 2017 | Launched a pop-up shop in Hollywood, California, featuring memorabilia, artwork, and costume displays. |
| February 12 2017 | Daft Punk performed with The Weeknd at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. |
| January 24 2017 | Daft Punk won two Grammy Awards - Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their collaboration with The Weeknd on 'Starboy'. |
| 2016 | Daft Punk composed the soundtrack for the movie 'Eden', a French electronic music drama about the French touch genre, which paralleled their own musical journey. |
| 2016 | Daft Punk achieves their first and only number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Starboy', a collaboration with The Weeknd. |
| 2015 | Daft Punk appeared alongside other musicians to announce their co-ownership of the music service Tidal at its relaunch. |
| 2015 | Rolling Stone ranked Daft Punk the 12th-greatest musical duo. |
| June 2015 | Documented film 'Daft Punk Unchained' was released. |
| April 2015 | Appeared in a short tribute to Nile Rodgers in a documentary about his life titled 'Nile Rodgers: From Disco to Daft Punk'. |
| 2014 | Provided additional vocals for Pharrell's single 'Gust of Wind'. |
| 2014 | 'Random Access Memories' wins five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for the single 'Get Lucky'. |
| 2014 | Performed at the Grammy Awards and accepted awards on stage in robot outfits, with Pharrell and Paul Williams speaking on their behalf. |
| March 10 2014 | An unreleased song 'Computerized', featuring Jay-Z, leaked online, which was originally intended to promote the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. |
| 2013 | Co-produced Kanye West's album 'Yeezus', creating tracks like 'On Sight', 'Black Skinhead', 'I Am a God', and 'Send It Up'. |
| 2013 | Debuted a trailer for their single 'Lose Yourself to Dance' at the MTV Video Music Awards and presented the award for 'Best Female Video' alongside Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams. |
| December 2013 | Released a music video for the song 'Instant Crush', directed by Warren Fu and featuring Julian Casablancas. |
| August 6 2013 | Scheduled appearance on The Colbert Report to promote Random Access Memories was canceled due to MTV Video Music Awards contractual obligations. |
| May 2013 | Daft Punk made a rare public appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix on behalf of the Lotus F1 Team, with cars emblazoned with their logo. |
| May 17 2013 | Released their fourth studio album 'Random Access Memories', which became critically and commercially successful. |
| February 10 2013 | At the 55th Grammy Awards, Daft Punk won multiple awards, demonstrating their critical and commercial success with their album and collaborations. |
| October 2012 | Daft Punk provided a 15-minute mix of songs by blues musician Junior Kimbrough for Hedi Slimane's Yves Saint Laurent fashion show. |
| January 19 2012 | Daft Punk was ranked No. 2 on Mixmag's Greatest Dance Acts of All Time, narrowly behind The Prodigy. |
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