DJ Ötzi
| DJ Ötzi | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gerhard Friedle |
| Also known as | DJ Ötzi Junior |
| Born | 7 January 1971 St. Johann, Tirol, Austria |
| Genres | Pop, Schlager, dance |
| Occupations | Singer, entertainer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Website | Official website |
DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle (born 7 January 1971), an Austrian entertainer and singer. Successful mainly in German-speaking countries, he is best known in the English-speaking world for his 2001 cover version of the Bruce Channel song "Hey Baby".
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
DJ Ötzi was born Gerhard Friedle in St. Johann in Tirol, where he was raised by foster parents and later by his grandmother in the nearby village of Erpfendorf in Tirol.
[edit] Musical career
He first appeared on the stage as an amateur karaoke singer in his native Tirol. Shortly after the start of his career as a singer, he was diagnosed as having cancer. However, his popularity increased, and has transcended the narrow boundaries of Austria. Two of his hits are "Anton aus Tirol" and "Hey Baby", a cover version of Bruce Channel's 1962 song.
He released a cover version of "A Ram Sam Sam", called the "Burger Dance", which peaked number-one in Germany and number 3 in Austria.
In 2006 he found success with the Volksmusik-hit "Sieben Sünden", which became a number 2 hit in Austria and "I Am the Music Man" under the pseudonym DJ Ötzi Junior, which peaked at number-one in Japan.
DJ Ötzi's stage name came from Ötzi the Iceman the name given to the 5,300 year old frozen remains of a man in Tirol's Ötztal valley was the inspiration for Friedle's stage name.
He is one of the most successful Austrian musicians (having sold ~15 million copies), next to Udo Jürgens (~100 million copies), Falco (~60 million copies) and Peter Alexander.
[edit] Personal life
In 2001 he married Sonja Kien and his daughter, Lisa-Marie, was born on September 17, 2002. She was named after Elvis Presley's daughter.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [1] |
GER [2] |
SUI [3] |
AUS [4] |
NOR [5] |
SWE [6] |
DEN [7] |
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| 2000 | Das Album (Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 2001 | Love, Peace & Vollgas | 2 | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| Never Stop the Alpenpop | — | — | — | 19 | 20 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | Today Is the Day | 3 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | Flying to the Sky | — | 72 | 50 | — | — | — | — |
| Greatest Partyhits | 5 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Ich war immer der Clown | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | I Am the Musicman (DJ Ötzi Junior) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Sternstunden | 2 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| DJ Ötzi: The Best | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Hotel Engel | 1 | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Du und ich | 7 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | Der DJ aus den Bergen | — | 35 | 34 | — | — | — | — |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [8] |
GER [9] |
SUI [10] |
UK [11] |
FRA [12] |
AUS [13] |
IRE [14] |
SWE [15] |
DEN [16] |
NED [17] |
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| 1999 | "Anton aus Tirol" (as Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | Das Album | ||||
| 2000 | "Gemma Bier trinken" (as Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 12 | 15 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | |||||
| "Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah)" | 4 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 65 | Love, Peace & Vollegas | |||||
| 2001 | "Do Wah Diddy" | 9 | 29 | 75 | 9 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | |||||
| "Love, Peace & Vollgas" | 43 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "X-Mas Time" | 7 | 54 | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |||||
| "Hey Baby" (unofficial World Cup remix) | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2002 | "Don't Ha Ha" (feat. Captain Jack) | 15 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Love, Peace & Vollgas | ||||
| "Live Is Life (Here We Go)" (feat. Hermes House Band) | 16 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 2 | 28 | 30 | 46 | 11 | 61 | Today Is the Day | |||||
| "Today Is the Day" | 19 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2003 | "Ramalamadingdong" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Flying to the Sky | ||||
| "Burger Dance" | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2004 | "Not Without Us" | 10 | 20 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | ||||
| "Tanz den Rehakles" | 43 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Kanguru Dance" | 15 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2005 | "Servus die Wadln" | 27 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2006 | "7 Sünden" (feat. Marc Pircher) | 2 | 30 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Am the Musicman" (as DJ Ötzi Junior) | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Musicman | |||||
| 2007 | "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (feat. Nik P.) | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sternstunden | ||||
| "I Will Leb'n" | 6 | 7 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2008 | "Noch in 100.000 Jahren" | 4 | 10 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hotel Engel | ||||
| 2009 | "Tränen" (with Kate Hall) | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2010 | "Fang das Licht" (with Karel Gott) | 31 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | ||||
| "Ich will mit dir fliegen" | 49 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Du und Ich | |||||
| 2011 | "Lieb ich dich" | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I Sing A Liad Für Dich" | 27 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Der DJ aus den Bergen | |||||
| "Ring the Bell" | 35 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ [1] DJ Ötzi in the Austrian albums chart
- ^ [2] DJ Ötzi in the German albums chart (search)
- ^ [3] DJ Ötzi in the Swiss albums chart
- ^ [4] DJ Ötzi in the Australian albums chart
- ^ [5] DJ Ötzi in the Norwaygian albums chart
- ^ [6] DJ Ötzi in the Swedish albums chart
- ^ [7] DJ Ötzi in the Danish albums chart
- ^ [8] DJ Ötzi in the Austrian singles chart
- ^ [9] DJ Ötzi in the German singles chart (search)
- ^ [10] DJ Ötzi in the Swiss singles chart
- ^ [11] DJ Ötzi in the British singles chart (search)
- ^ [12] DJ Ötzi in the French singles chart (search, incomplete)
- ^ [13] DJ Ötzi in the Australian singles chart
- ^ Search for Irish peaks
- ^ [14] DJ ötzi in the Swedish singles chart
- ^ [15] DJ Ötzi in the Danish singles chart
- ^ [16] DJ Ötzi in the Dutch singles chart
- ^ a b c d "Gold & Platin". IFPI (Austria). http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ a b c d "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (DJ Ötzi)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=DJ+%C3%96tzi&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
- ^ "AWARDS 2007". IFPI (Switzerland). http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2007. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
