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René Peter Baumann, known professionally as DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, rapper, and dancer. Born in Kölliken, Switzerland, in 1968, he began his work period in 1989. His musical output spans genres including pop music, electronica, house music, pop rap, dance, dance-pop, EDM, euro house, and eurodance. He performs primarily using his voice and has been associated with the record label Bertelsmann Music Group.
Baumann is a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and has received the Swiss Music Awards. He speaks German, Italian, and English. In addition to his music career, he has worked in the acting department. He is male and has two children.
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Film & TV
Kölliken, Switzerland
Aus der sogenannten Eurodance-Zeit ist DJ BoBo einer der wenigen Künstler, der bis heute erfolgreich Alben veröffentlicht. Er wird deswegen von Fans auch „King of Dance“ genannt, obwohl er in letzter Zeit auch mehr Elemente aus dem Pop- und Rockbereich in seine Songs einfliessen lässt. Bekannt wurde DJ BoBo mit einer Mischung aus Pop und Dancefloor.
Known for
- Grand Prix of Europe — Böckli (voice)2025
- Rhythm is a Dancer - 30 Jahre Eurodance — Self2023
- DJ BoBo - EVOLUT3ON2023
- Die Schweiz am ESC – Dramen, Siege, Emotionen — Self2020
- Quiz ohne Grenzen — Self2020
- DJ BoBo – KaleidoLuna — DJ BoBo2019
- Win Your Song — Self2018
- Andrea Berg – So nah wie nie! — Self2017
- DJ BoBo - Mystorial - 25th Anniversary Tour — DJ BoBo2017
- Ringlstetter — Self2016
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Active from
- 1968
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 387,311
- Total plays
- 3,971,061
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Peter René Baumann (born January 5, 1968), known by his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, voice actor, and music producer. He has sold an estimated 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums, along with several compilation albums featuring reworked versions of his earlier hits. His discography also includes 34 singles, many of which achieved chart success in German-speaking countries as well as other parts of Europe. <a href="https://www.last.
Key facts
- Born
- Peter René Baumann , ( 1968-01-05 ) 5 January 1968 (age 58)
- Origin
- Kölliken , Switzerland
- Genres
- Pop electronica house
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter rapper dancer voice actor producer
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Labels
- Fresh Music (1989–1993) EAMS (1994–2001) BMG (2002–2003) Yes Music (2004–present)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- René
- Family name
- Baumann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Kölliken
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Swiss Music Awards
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2007
- Genre
- electronica
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Bertelsmann Music Group
- Official website
- www.djbobo.ch
- Image
- DJ Bobo, Ergo Arena, 02.11.2024 39.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- DJ BoBo
- date of birth
- 1968-01-05
- Commons gallery
- DJ BoBo
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- social media followers
- 1000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter René Baumann (born 5 January 1968), better known under his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, voice actor and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as several compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. BoBo has also released 34 singles, 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's "Somebody's Watching Me". BoBo charted with the singles "Keep on Dancing", "Take Control", "Everybody", "Let the Dream Come True", "Love Is All Around", "Freedom", "Pray", and "What a Feeling", as well as "Chihuahua", almost all of which comprised fast-paced Eurodance sound with female vocals and rap verses performed by BoBo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “DJ BoBo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.