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| name = DJ BoBo

| image = DJ BoBo in Sofia 2018.jpg

| caption = DJ BoBo inperforming Sofia, 10 Novemberin 2018.

| backgroundimage_upright = solo_singer1.2

| birth_name = Peter René Baumann<ref name="Global Music Pulse: Switzerland"/>

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|1|5}}

| origin = [[Kölliken]], Switzerland

| genre = Pop, = {{hlist|[[electronicaPop music|Pop]], |[[reggae fusionelectronica]], |[[House music|house]], [[eurodance]]}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer-|songwriter, |rapper|dancer, |producer}}

| years_active = 1989–present

| label = {{unbulleted list|Fresh Music (1989–1993)<br>|EAMS (1994–2001)<br>|[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] (2002–2003)<br>|Yes Music (2004–present)}}

'''Peter René Baumann''' (born 5 January 1968), better known asunder his stage name '''DJ BoBo''', is a Swiss recording artistsinger, singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and music producer.<ref name="Global Music Pulse: Switzerland">{{cite webmagazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45|title=Global Music Pulse: Switzerland|workmagazine=Billboard|accessdateaccess-date=11 January 2017|date=19 November 1994}}</ref> He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as a fewseveral compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format.<ref name="Das sind die Musik-Events 2010 in Köln">{{cite web|url=http://www.koeln.de/koeln/das_sind_die_musikevents_2010_in_koeln_261235.html|title=Das sind die Musik-Events 2010 in Köln|publisher=Koeln.de|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716024937/http://www.koeln.de/koeln/das_sind_die_musikevents_2010_in_koeln_261235.html|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> DJ BoBo has also released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted high, not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories.

As a [[dance music]] producer, his first big success came with the single "[[Somebody Dance with Me]]", which borrows its melody from [[Rockwell (musician)|Rockwell]]'s "[[Somebody's Watching Me]]".<ref name="VH1: DJ BoBo">{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/bobo_dj/bio.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028135046/http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/bobo_dj/bio.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2004|title=VH1: DJ BoBo|publisher=[[VH1]]|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> After this, heBoBo charted with the singles "[[Keep on Dancing (DJ BoBo song)|Keep on Dancing]]", "[[Take Control (DJ BoBo song)|Take Control]]", "[[Everybody (DJ BoBo song)|Everybody]]", "[[Let the Dream Come True]]", "[[Love Is All Around (DJ BoBo song)|Love Is All Around]]", "[[Freedom (DJ BoBo song)|Freedom]]", "[[Pray (DJ BoBo song)|Pray]]", and "[[Flashdance... What a Feeling|What a Feeling]]", as well as "[[Chihuahua (song)|Chihuahua]]", almost all of which comprised fast-paced [[Eurodance]] sound with female vocals and [[Rapping|rap]] verses performed by RenéBoBo.

Between 1992 throughand 2007, he had 27 single chart- hits in Switzerland and Germany, and has won 10ten [[World Music Awards]] for being Switzerland's best selling artist.<ref name="Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.djbobo.ch/biografie/auszeichnungen/|title=Awards|publisher=djbobo.ch|accessdateaccess-date=17 November 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216171628/http://www.djbobo.ch/biografie/auszeichnungen/|archivedatearchive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> RenéBoBo has received numerous Gold and Platinum certifications for his singles and albumsreleases and has found success in Europe (primarily in (Germany) and [[Switzerland]]), Canada, Asia, and South America.

Peter René Baumann was born in [[Kölliken]], [[Switzerland]] in 1968, to Italian father Luigi Cipriano and Swiss mother Ruth Baumann. Initially, Baumann wanted to work in the area of confectionery and bakery.<ref name="DJ Bobo Vom Bäcker zum Popstar">{{cite web |url=http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/musik/147580/index.html|title=DJ Bobo Vom Bäcker zum Popstar|publisher=3sat.de|language=Germande|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> This, however, did not last long as his desire for dancing clicked with the development of breakdancing after his high- school graduation. Having been involved in numerous dance-contests, RenéBaumann managed to reach the top-Top 10 of the German dance-contest "Disco Kings" with his acrobatic dance style.

Baumann began his [[Disc jockey|DJ]] career in 1985, a year after which he was a runner-up in the Swiss DJ Championships.<ref name="VH1: DJ BoBo"/> He continued to work as a DJ at numerous night-clubs such as Don Paco and the Hazyland, both in Switzerland,. through which heHe gatheredgained enough experience and later decided to produce his own record. His first single "I Love You" came out in late 1989 during which time he would still spin recordswork as a DJ but focused on future releases of his own production. In 1991, DJ BoBo released two other singles, "Ladies in the House" and "Let's Groove On". The latter was a little more successful and even made it onto the first album.

RenéBaumann gained immense international popularity when he released his Europe-wide smash hit "[[Somebody Dance with Me]]" in November 1992.<ref name="VH1: DJ BoBo"/> Employing catchy refrains by [[Emel Aykanat]] as well as rap performance by himself, the single shot to number 1 in Switzerland and Sweden, while it landed in the top-Top 5 in numerous other European countries including Germany.<ref name="DJ Bobo: Somebody Dance with Me">{{cite web |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Somebody+Dance+With+Me&cat=s|title=DJ Bobo: Somebody Dance with Me|language=Germande|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=30 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="Germany's position to Somebody Dance with Me">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1993&date=19930913&x=12&y=11|title=Top 100 Single Official Media Control: September 13, 1993|language=Germande|publisher=Charts.de|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> "Somebody Dance with Me" was certified Gold in Germany for selling well over 250,000 units.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo">{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=DJ Bobo|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> His second hit, "[[Keep on Dancing (DJ BoBo song)|Keep on Dancing]]", which followed the same technique as its predecessor, reached the top-Top 5 both atin homeSwitzerland and in Germany, and landed in the top-Top 10 in other parts of Europe.<ref name="DJ BoBo: Keep on Dancing">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Keep+On+Dancing%21&cat=s|title= DJ BoBo: Keep on Dancing |publisher=Swisscharts.com}}</ref><ref name="Germany's position to Keep on Dancing">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1993&date=19930927&x=28&y=15|title=Top 100 Single Official Media Control: September 27, 1993|language=Germande|publisher=Charts.de|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The single reached a Gold status in Germany for sales of 250,000 units sold.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/> The long-awaited album, ''Dance with Me'' was released in October 1993 and remained in the charts all over Europe for quite some time, which was followed by another single, "[[Take Control (DJ BoBo song)|Take Control]]", again from his debut album,. earningIt earned him yet another Gold- award in Germany for sales of over 250,000 units, whichas the song also entered the top-Top 20 in numerous countries.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="Positions for Take Control ">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Take+Control&cat=s|title= DJ BoBo: Take Control |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> While DJ BoBo appeared to have already separated himself from [[one-hit wonderswonder]]s, he released his next single, "[[Everybody (DJ BoBo song)|Everybody]]", in the summer of 1994, which climbed as high as No. 2 in Germany and was certified Platinum for selling 500,000 units there.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="Germany's position to Everybody">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1994&date=19940808&x=33&y=11|title=Top 100 Single Official Media Control: August 8, 1994|language=Germande|publisher=Charts.de|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> "Everybody" differed from the previously released singles in terms of its structure,; it diverged from [[House music|house]], leaning towards a mixture of house and [[hip- hop]] ("[[hip house]]"), with female vocalists performing the chorus and rap verses performed again by RenéBoBo.

In the fall of 1994, his second studio album ''[[There Is a Party]]'' was released. While the album peaked at No. 4 in Switzerland where it was certified Platinum for selling over 50,000 units, it entered the topTop 10 in Germany, where it spent total of 26 weeks on the chart, eventually reaching a Gold status for selling over 250,000 units.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="DJ BoBo's Swiss certifications">{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search=Dj+Bobo|title= Hitparade.ch: Edelmetal |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="DJ BoBo: There is a Party ">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=There+Is+A+Party&cat=a|title= DJ BoBo: There is a Party |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=9 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="DJ BoBo's album positions for Germany ">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DJ+Bobo/?type=longplay|title=Chartverfolgung / DJ Bobo / Longplay|publisher=Musicline.de|accessdateaccess-date=9 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190036/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DJ+Bobo/?type=longplay|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first single "Let the Dream Come True" from the album topped the charts in Switzerland and entered the top-Top 5 in Germany, where it was certified Gold for sales over 250,000 units.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="DJ BoBo-Let the Dream Come True ">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Let+The+Dream+Come+True&cat=s|title= DJ BoBo-Let the Dream Come True |publisher=Swisscharts.com}}</ref><ref name="Germany's position to Let the Dream Come True">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1994&date=19941024&x=21&y=14|title=Top 100 Single Official Media Control: October 24, 1994|language=Germande|publisher=Charts.de|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> While the follow-up second single, "[[Love Is All Around (DJ BoBo song)|Love Is All Around]]", entered the top-Top 20 in Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, and Norway, it was certified Gold in Germany being the sixth golden record in a row.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="DJ BoBo: Love is All Around">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Love+Is+All+Around&cat=s|title= DJ BoBo: Love is All Around |publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref> During the course of this ongoing success, in 1995, DJ BoBo represented Switzerland in the [[World Music Awards]] in Monaco with his "Everybody" for, being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year.".

In the summer of 1995, DJ BoBo went on a tour which took place in most parts of Asia, which was followed by a promotional tour in Australia. Later that year, DJ BoBo also traveledtravelled all over Europe performing beforein front of as many as 400,000 spectators.

DJ BoBo released his first ballad, "[[Love Is the Price]]", in January 1996, which was introduced in [[Thomas Gottschalk]]'s TV show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]''. Baumann, laterLater that year, endedDJ upBoBo again ended up at the World Music Awards in Monaco for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year", performing there two songs back to back,; "Freedom" (which was his eighth GoldenGold Recordrecord in a row in Germany) as well as his newly released ballad "[[Love Is the Price]]".

===1996–1999: PopularityEstablished establishedpopularity===

DJ BoBo maintained his original sound and experimented with new sounds and vocal arrangements when he introduced his singing skills first on his single "Where Is Your Love", which was released in March 1998. A month thereafterlater, in April 1998, his album ''Magic'' was released which managed to stay in the No. 1 position for four consecutive weeks in his native country and earned him a Platinum- award for sales of over 50,000 units.<ref name="DJ BoBo's Swiss certifications"/><ref name="DJ Bobo: Magic">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Magic&cat=a|title=DJ Bobo: Magic|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> In Germany, the album peaked at No. 5 and spent total of 21 weeks on the chart, eventually earning the Swiss artist another Gold- award for sales of over 250,000 units.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="DJ Bobo's album positions for Germany">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DJ+Bobo/?type=longplay|title=Chartverfolgung / DJ Bobo / Longplay|language=Germande|publisher=Musicline.de|accessdateaccess-date=10 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190036/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DJ+Bobo/?type=longplay|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May of that the same year, DJ BoBo received the [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]] for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" once again for the fourth time. Soon after, his single "Celebrate" was released introducing his ''The Ultimate Megamix '99''. During this time RenéDJ BoBo and his crew were busy preparing for his "Life on Tour" concert as well as the shows of the ''Magic'', which were watched by 250,000 people in 35 concert arenas in Europe. Shortly thereafter, DJ BoBo was rewarded with yet another World Music Award for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" for the fifth time in a row.

BaumannDJ BoBo's sixth album entitled, ''Level 6'', was released in October 1999 and immediately hit the No. 1 position in the Swiss album charts,. whichIt eventually went Platinum at his home as well as Gold in Germany for sales of over 150,000 units.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="DJ BoBo's Swiss certifications"/> Two singles were released off this album, "Together" and "Lies". DJ BoBo's success continued, as once again in the spring of 2000, he received yet another trophy at the World Music Award for the sixth time in a row for being Switzerland's "Best Selling Artist of the Year".

On 2111 FebruaryOctober 20072006, DJ BoBo revealedannounced bothin thea songpress andconference the videothat he wouldhad enterapplied into therepresent [[Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest|Switzerland]] inat Helsinki,the "[[VampiresEurovision AreSong AliveContest 2007]].<ref name="Official: DJ Bobo enters Swiss selection"/>

DJ BoBo released his next album, ''Vampires,'' on 11 May 2007, which climbed as high as No. 2 on the Swiss album chart.<ref name="DJ BoBo: Vampires">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Vampires&cat=a|title=DJ BoBo: Vampires |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> The first single, "Vampires Are Alive", reached No. 3 in Switzerland and charted moderately in the rest of the German-speaking countries, but gained success in Finland, where it reached the No. 7.<ref name="DJ BoBo: Vampires Are Alive">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Vampires+Are+Alive&cat=s|title=DJ BoBo: Vampires Are Alive |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdateaccess-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> Two other singles were released, "We Gotta Hold On" and "Because of You" off the album ''Vampires''.

In 2007, RenéBoBo was chosen to sing the official 2008 [[UEFA]] Euro 2008|2008 UEFA European Football Championship]] song. On the DJ BoBohis website, heBoBo putpresented a poll on to choose which song out of two would be the official song. The public choseEventually, "OleOlé OleOlé" was chosen over "Let the Games Begin". On 11 April 2008, "Olé Olé" was released as a single, being accompanied by an album called ''Olé Olé – Party''. ''OléThe Olé – Party''album included 5five new songs, 9nine party hits, a [[Medley (music)|medley]], a newly remixed version of DJ BoBo's mega-hit "Everybody", and a new version of "Vampires Are Alive" (titled "EAPM Remix)".

DJ BoBo's album ''Fantasy'' was released on 26 February 2010,. the albumIt peaked at No. 2 in Switzerland and was certified Gold for selling over 15,000 units.<ref name="DJ BoBo's Swiss certifications"/> The two singles that were released off thisthe album, were "Superstar" and "This Is My Time".

NewA materialnew release from DJ BoBo, entitled ''Dancing Las Vegas'', was released on 25 November 2011.<ref name="Amazon.de: Dancing Las Vegas [CD+DVD]">{{cite web|title=Amazon.de: Dancing Las Vegas [CD+DVD]| website=Amazon Germany |url=https://www.amazon.de/Dancing-Las-Vegas-DJ-Bobo/dp/B005RYF4OG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1322018624&sr=1-1|title=Amazon.de: Dancing Las Vegas [CD+DVD]|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdateaccess-date=22 November 2011}}</ref> The album contains 13 tracks, whichand comes with a DVD, which in its turn is composed of six parts, including the videoclipvideo clip of the single "Everybody's Gonna Dance", released on 11 November 2011.previously<ref>{{cite nameweb|title="Amazon.de: DancingEverybody's LasGonna VegasDance [CD+DVDSingle]"/><ref>{{cite| website=Amazon Germany web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Everybodys-Gonna-Dance-DJ-BOBO/dp/B005XY9KKE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1322018624&sr=1-3|title=Amazon.de: Everybody's Gonna Dance [Single]|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdateaccess-date=22 November 2011}}</ref> released single "Everybody's Gonna Dance".

ReneBoBo released yet another studio album, called ''Circus'' on 10 January 2014, followed by ''Mystorial'' in 2016 and ''KaleidoLuna'' in 2018. As with DJ BoBo's previous studio albums, ''Circus'' and ''Mystorial'' charted in the topTop 5 in Switzerland, while ''KaleidoLuna'' charted at No. 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/album/DJ-BoBo/Circus-234418|title=Hitparade.ch:: DJ BoBo (Circus)|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Hung Medien|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218022255/http://www.swisscharts.com/album/DJ-BoBo/Circus-234418|archive-date=18 February 20192020|accessdateaccess-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

DJ BoBo became a United Nations [[World Food Programme]] National Ambassador Against Hunger in October 2006, becoming the first Swiss celebrity to take up the role. He was also a participant in the 2006 Geneva [[Fight Hunger|Walk the World]] event.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.wfp.org/node/487|title = DJ BoBo takes up the fight against world hunger for WFP|accessdateaccess-date = 19 March 2016|author = World Food Programme|authorlinkauthor-link = World Food Programme|date = 25 October 2006}}</ref>

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| before=[[six4one]]<br />with ''"[[If We All Give a Little]]"'' |

| title=[[Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest]] |

| years=2007 |

| after=[[Paolo Meneguzzi]]<br />with ''"[[Era stupendo]]"''

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