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Gotye
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Wouter André "Wally" De Backer (known professionally as Gotye; born 21 May 1980) is a Belgian-born Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His 2011 single "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) topped the Billboard Hot 100, as well as several international charts, and became the best-selling song of 2012. He has won five ARIA Awards and received a nomination for an MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, while its parent album — Making Mirrors (2012) — won Best Altern
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- First French Reader for Beginners
- Zweite Französische Lesebuch
- Second French Reader
- Première Lecture en Anglais Pour Débutantnt
- Première Lecture en Allemand Pour Débutants
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Sound · Bruges, Belgium
Wouter "Wally" De Backer, better known by his stage name Gotye, is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
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- Westwind: Djalu's Legacy — Self2017
- Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest1975
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1980
Discography
- Boardface2003
- Learnalilgivinanlovin2006
- Like Drawing Blood2006
- Mixed Blood2007
- Gotye2008
- Hearts a Mess2008
- Eyes Wide Open2010
- Easy Way Out2011
- I Feel Better2011
- Making Mirrors2011
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- 3,103,430
- Total plays
- 53,806,623
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Wouter "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980 in Bruges, Belgium), better known by the stage name Gotye, is an indie pop singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Victoria, Australia. Backer was born in Belgium, but moved with his family to Melbourne, Australia when he was two. Originally a member of the indie band Downstares, Backer began performing under the name Gotye in 2001 when the band disbanded. Aside from his solo work, De Backer has been a member of the indie band The Basics s
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Recent publications · Crossref
4 total works indexed
- Surgical application of tissue adhesives
· 1980 · cited 8x
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· 2024
- Results of a Proper Strategy of the Use of Donor Heart Transplant for Urgent Transplantation to a Status 1A UNOS Recipient
· 2015
- Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Intervention among Male Learners in a South African High School
· 2024
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Gotye
- Musical artist.image
- Gotye live.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Gotye performing at the Wollongong Botanic Garden in March 2008
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Wouter André De Backer
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
- Musical artist.alias
- Walter De Backer
- Musical artist.origin
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2001–present
- Musical artist.current_member_of
- The Basics
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.gotye.com
- Image
- Gotye (7751177112).jpg
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- Commons category
- Gotye
- date of birth
- 1980-05-21
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- name in native language
- Gotye
- pseudonym
- Gotye
- social media followers
- 2830000
- birth name
- Wouter André De Backer
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 2001–2004: ''Boardface''
- 2006–2009: ''Like Drawing Blood''
- 2010–2013: ''Making Mirrors'' and international success
- 2014–2019: Hiatus and preserving the Jean-Jacques Perrey legacy
- 2020: ''Live at The Songroom'' and planned fourth studio album
- Musical styles
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Wouter André "Wally" De Backer (known professionally as Gotye; born 21 May 1980) is a Belgian-born Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His 2011 single "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbra) topped the Billboard Hot 100, as well as several international charts, and became the best-selling song of 2012. He has won five ARIA Awards and received a nomination for an MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act. At the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, the song won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, while its parent album — Making Mirrors (2012) — won Best Alternative Music Album.
Gotye has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is a founding member of the Melbourne indie-pop trio the Basics, who have independently released four studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002.