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{{Short description|Swiss singer (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = DJ BoBo
| image = DJ BoBo in Sofia 2018.jpg
| caption = DJ BoBo performing in 2018
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| birth_name = Peter René Baumann<ref name="Global Music Pulse: Switzerland"/>▼
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|1|5}}▼
▲| birth_name = Peter René Baumann<ref name="Global Music Pulse: Switzerland"/>
| origin = [[Kölliken]], Switzerland▼
▲| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|1|5}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]
▲| origin = [[Kölliken]], Switzerland
▲| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[electronica]], [[reggae fusion]], [[House music|house]], [[eurodance]]
| years_active = 1989–present▼
▲| occupation = Singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, producer
| label = {{unbulleted list|Fresh Music (1989–1993)
▲| years_active = 1989–present
▲| label = 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 under his stage name '''DJ BoBo''', is a Swiss singer
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]]|
Between 1992 and 2007, he had 27 single chart hits in Switzerland and Germany and has won ten [[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|
== Biography ==
===1985–1991: Early beginnings===
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=
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. He gained 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 work 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.
===1992–1996: Career breakthrough===
Baumann 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 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=
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 Top 10 in Germany, where it spent total of 26 weeks on the chart, eventually reaching 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|
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
BoBo released his first ballad, "[[Love Is the Price]]", in January 1996, which was introduced in [[Thomas Gottschalk]]'s TV show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]''. Later that year, DJ BoBo again ended up at the World Music Awards in Monaco for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year", performing two songs back to back; "Freedom" (which was his eighth Gold record in a row in Germany) as well as his newly released ballad "[[Love Is the Price]]".
===1996–1999:
The release of the album ''World in Motion'' in September 1996 proved not only DJ BoBo's consistent presence in the charts, but with this album, he managed to break all his previous records. It took only a few weeks for the album to reach the No. 3 position in Germany and be awarded Platinum for selling 500,000 units.<ref name="German certifications for DJ Bobo"/><ref name="Germany's position to Word in Motion">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1996&date=19961028&x=36&y=15|title=Top 100 Longplay-official Media Control: October 28, 1996|language=
In April 1997, DJ BoBo received his third World Music Award in Monaco for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" where he performed his single "[[Respect Yourself (DJ BoBo song)|Respect Yourself]]".
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 later, in April 1998, his album ''Magic'' was released which managed to stay in the No.
In May of that the same year, BoBo received the [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]] for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" for the fourth time. Soon after, his single "Celebrate" was released introducing his ''The Ultimate Megamix '99''. During this time DJ 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.
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DJ BoBo's sixth album, ''Level 6'', was released in October 1999 and immediately hit the No. 1 position in the Swiss album charts. It 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".
With the help of his co-producer Axel Breitung, BoBo managed to complete his next album, ''Planet Colors,'' released on 5 February 2001. The first single, "What a Feeling", features American singer [[Irene Cara]] and is a cover version of Cara's original hit ''[[Flashdance... What a Feeling
===2001–2005: 10-year anniversary===
[[File:DJ Bobo Köln 2005.jpg|thumb|DJ BoBo in 2005]]
As a way of celebrating his 10-year anniversary in the music business, DJ BoBo made the cover version of [[Kool and the Gang]]'s "Celebration", reviving it with modern instrumentation. The single was to represent his collection album consisting of previous hits, which he also entitled ''Celebration''. The album ''Celebration'', released in April 2002, comprised the previous hits all of which were re-recorded featuring mostly German renowned artists such as [[No Angels]] on "Where is Your Love", [[Melanie Thornton]] on "Love of My Life", [[Emilia Rydberg|Emilia]] on "Everybody", and [[A Touch of Class (band)|A Touch of Class]] on "Together". Besides DJ BoBo being Switzerland's Best Selling Recording Artist at the World Music Awards in 2002 for the seventh time, in 2002, BoBo and co-producer Axel Breitung were
DJ BoBo's next studio album called ''Visions'', released in February 2003, brought a new side to his music, which aside from the usual dance-sounds, portrayed him with more acoustic elements. Examples of this are the songs "Angel" and "Do You Remember", wherein guitars replaced the usual [[
One of BoBo's most successful singles turned out to be "Chihuahua", which was initially released in 2002 and later re-released Europe-wide. The track was produced upon the request of Coca-Cola in Spain, as they were in search of an artist who could produce an attention-drawing song for their new campaign. The track was completed within a period of ten days.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} It took only a couple of weeks for "Chihuahua" to reach No. 1 on the Spanish single chart. The song eventually reached No. 1 in both Switzerland and France.<ref name="DJ BoBo-Chihuahua (Single) ">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Chihuahua&cat=s|title= DJ BoBo-Chihuahua (Single) |publisher=Swisscharts.com}}</ref> It was certified Platinum in Switzerland for sales of over 40,000 units, and in France reached a Diamond status for sales of over one million units.<ref name="DJ BoBo's Swiss certifications"/><ref name="Diamond Singles Certifications for France">{{
===2005–2008: Eurovision Song Contest and 10th World Music Award===
[[File:ESC 2007 Switzerland - DJ Bobo - Vampires are alive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|DJ BoBo (left) performing "[[Vampires Are Alive]]" in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007]] semi-final]]
BoBo's next studio album, ''Pirates of Dance'', was released in February 2005, and included two singles called "Pirates of Dance" and "Amazing Life". The album shot straight to No. 1 in Switzerland.<ref name="DJ BoBo-Pirates of Dance (Album)">{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Bobo&titel=Pirates+Of+Dance&cat=a|title= DJ BoBo-Pirates of Dance (Album) |publisher=Swisscharts.com}}</ref> BoBo and his crew began the Pirates of Dance Tour in April 2005. They took off in Switzerland, followed by Germany and Poland, which concluded with two concerts in [[Disneyland]] and Paris. 2005 was the year that made DJ BoBo Switzerland's Best Selling Recording Artist of the Year for the 10th time.
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In past years, Switzerland's entry had not always been a Swiss national. Most notably, Canadian [[Celine Dion]] won the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1988]] representing Switzerland. In DJ BoBo's press conference, he told reporters that "It's a shame for Swiss tax payer money from the TV licence fees go to fund a foreign act, and the people should resist that."
In December 2006, the Swiss TV council announced that they had chosen BoBo out of over 200 applicants to represent Switzerland in [[Helsinki]], Finland. Following the selection, the council was criticised for not being fair towards lesser known Swiss artists.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} On 21 February 2007, DJ BoBo revealed both the song and the video for the contest: "[[Vampires Are Alive]]". Despite being one of the favorites to win the contest{{fact|date=April 2024}} according to bookmakers{{which|date=April 2024}}, the song failed to get past the semi-final stage on 12 May. It finished twentieth out of 28 semi-finalists.[[
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|
In 2007, BoBo was chosen to sing the official [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008 UEFA European Football Championship]] song. On his website, BoBo presented a poll to choose which song out of two would be the official song. Eventually, "Olé Olé" 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''. The album included five new songs, nine party hits, a [[Medley (music)|medley]], a newly remixed version of BoBo's hit "Everybody", and a new version of "Vampires Are Alive" titled "EAPM Remix".
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DJ BoBo's album ''Fantasy'' was released on 26 February 2010. It 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 released off the album were "Superstar" and "This Is My Time".
A new release from 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|
BoBo released another studio album called ''Circus'' on 10 January 2014, followed by ''Mystorial'' in 2016 and ''KaleidoLuna'' in 2018. As with BoBo's previous studio albums, ''Circus'' and ''Mystorial'' charted in the Top 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)
==Charitable work==
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|
==Discography==
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{{Main|DJ BoBo discography}}
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* ''Dance with Me'' (1993)
* ''[[There Is a Party]]'' (1994)
* ''Just for You'' (1995)
* ''[[World in Motion (DJ BoBo album)|World in Motion]]'' (1996)
* ''Magic'' (1998)
* ''Level 6'' (1999)
* ''The Ultimate Megamix '99'' (1999)
* ''[[Planet Colors]]'' (2001)
* ''Celebration'' (2002)
* ''Visions'' (2003)
* ''Live in Concert'' (2003)
* ''Pirates of Dance'' (2005)
* ''Greatest Hits'' (2006)
* ''Sweet Christmas'' (2006)
* ''Vampires'' (2007)
* ''Olé Olé - The Party'' (2008)
* ''Fantasy'' (2010)
* ''Dancing Las Vegas'' (2011)
* ''Reloaded'' (2013)
* ''Circus'' (2014)
* ''Mystorial'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DJ Bobo: Mystorial (CD) – jpc.de |url=https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/dj-bobo-mystorial/hnum/4272835 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=www.jpc.de |language=de}}</ref>
* ''KaleidoLuna'' (2018)
* ''Remixes & Unreleased Tracks'' (2020)
* ''Evolut30n'' (2022)
==References==
{{Reflist
==External links==
{{commons category|DJ BoBo}}
* {{official website|1=http://www.djbobo.ch/}}
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