TheFatRat
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Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (; born 18 March 1980), known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "glitch-hop." His 2016 extended play Jackpot reached 23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He peaked at 25 on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in February 2015.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1979
Discography
- Do Be Do Be Do2011
- Some Body2011
- Next Levels (TheFatRat remix)2012
- Do Be Do Be Do2013
- Splinter2013
- Infinite Power2014
- Unity2014
- Windfall2014
- Xenogenesis2014
- Dancing Naked2015
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- Listeners
- 598,738
- Total plays
- 13,893,446
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Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (born 1 June 1979), known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His style of music can be described as either glitch-hop or dubstep. He is best known for his 2016 extended play Jackpot which reached 23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He peaked at 15 on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in February 2015. He began making solo music under the pseudonym TheFatRat in June of 2011, a nickname given to him in his
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- Musical artist.name
- TheFatRat
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- TheFatRat in 2020
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Göttingen, Lower Saxony, West Germany
- Musical artist.years_active
- 2001–present
- Musical artist.instruments
- Piano, electronic keyboard, hang drum, synthesizer, digital audio workstation
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Göttingen
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Official website
- thefatrat.com
- Image
- TheFatRat.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1979-06-01
- birth name
- Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner
- pseudonym
- TheFatRat
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 6600000
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early life and career
- Discography
- Mixtapes
- Albums
- Extended plays
- Singles
- Songs remixed by fans
- Remixes
- Mashups
- Other songs
- List of vocalists
- References
Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (; born 18 March 1980), known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "glitch-hop." His 2016 extended play Jackpot reached 23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He peaked at 25 on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in February 2015.
==Early life and career== Büttner originally aspired to become a classical conductor. He began producing music in 2001 under his real name. He began by making background music for television, radio and advertisements and produced music for DJs.
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