Kygo became the first house music producer to perform at an Olympics closing ceremony on 21 August 2016 at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In March 2018, "Billboard" ranked Kygo 3rd on its 2018 ranking of dance musicians titled "Billboard" Dance 100. In 2018, he was ranked 32 on "DJ Mag"s top 100 DJs of the world, and in October 2019 he was ranked 42.