Dieter Bohlen

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Dieter Bohlen
Bohlen
Background information
Born	February 7, 1954 (1954-02-07) (age 55)
Origin	Berne, Lower Saxony, Germany
Genre(s)	pop, eurodance
Occupation(s)	musician, record producer, songwriter, singer, guitarist
Years active	1978-present
Associated acts	Modern Talking (Thomas Anders), Blue System, C.C.Catch, Bonnie Bianco, Chris Norman, Bonnie Tyler, Les McKeown, Dionne Warwick, Smokie, Mary Roos, Marianne Rosenberg, Nino de Angelo, Mark Medlock, Al Martino, Yvonne Catterfeld, Touche, Tony Wegas, The Teens, Roy Black, Errol Brown, Engelbert, Bernd Cluver, Monza, Sunday, Alexander Klaws, Daniel Küblböck

Dieter Günter Bohlen (born February 7, 1954, in Berne, Lower Saxony, near Oldenburg) is a German musician, producer and songwriter.

[edit] Biography

He did his Abitur in Oldenburg. In 1978 Dieter Bohlen was part of Monza. In 1981 he was member of trio Sunday, and they had a hit "Hale Hey Louise", which covered several artists in Germany, for example Ricky King. From 1984 to 1987 and from 1998 to 2003, Bohlen was part of the pop duo Modern Talking as a producer, songwriter and background singer. From 1985 to 1988, he was a producer and songwriter of disco queen C.C.Catch. After the first split-up of Modern Talking in 1987, he formed Blue System. For most projects Bohlen employed background singers to produce a high-pitched chorus, if needed, and his frequent collaborator in the studio was Luis Rodriguez (listed as co-producer). Rivalen Der Rennbahn is soundtrack written by Bohlen. It was one of the best-selling albums in 1989 in Germany.

Bohlen was married to Erika Sauerland from 1983 to 1994 and has three children from this marriage. Even before he was legally divorced, he lived with – but never married – his new girlfriend Nadja Abd el Farrag AKA Naddel, a pharmaceutical laboratory assistant; she was a background dancer for Blue System at that time. In 1996, he married model and singer Verona Feldbusch but divorced her after thirty days, propelling Verona to celebrity status (she went on to host television shows such as Peep and Veronas Welt). After breaking up with Verona, he produced German boygroup Touché which was founded by one of the group's five members, Karim Maataoui. Bohlen eventually returned to Naddel, but the two split up again in 2000. Afterwards, Bohlen lived with 1979 born model Stefanie Küster until 2006. They have one son, Maurice, born mid 2005.

He met his current girlfriend Carina in Majorca, Spain, where one of the castings of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (the German version of Pop Idol) was produced.

In 1986, Bohlen wrote and produced Chris Norman's "Midnight Lady" for an episode of the German crime show Tatort, a song that became a major hit in central Europe.

He is the only foreigner ever given the title People's Artist of the USSR (in 1989). ^[1]

He has been in the jury of Deutschland sucht den Superstar for seasons 1 through 6 and has scored several major hits with the participants. He is often criticized for his controversial and insulting comments ("You sing like a garden gnome on ecstasy", "Your voice sounds like Kermit when someone treads on his behind"). Bohlen has also released two autobiographical books about his career and his women and his experiences with singers. The first book was an unprecedented success in Germany. Both books were also released as audio books.

In 2006, Bohlen issued a new album called Dieter - Der Film that was a soundtrack to a movie of the same name.

• Global sales of Bohlen's acts Modern Talking and Blue System were 125 million units.
• Global sales of all singles and albums that were produced by Dieter Bohlen exceed 165 million units.
• He lives in the village of Tötensen near Hamburg.

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[edit] No. 1 Hits in Germany

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[edit] External links

• http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/b/bohlen_dieter/diskographie/index.htm