The beginning...
DJ Bobo is a producer, composer, writer, singer and dancer in one person. The artists whose real name is René Baumann, was born on the 5th January 1968 as the son of a Swiss mother and Italian father in Kölliken (Switzerland).
DJ Bobo is 1.73 m (5 ft,81/2 in) tall and has green-brown eyes. He has no brothers or sisters.
DJ Bobo is 1.73 m (5 ft,81/2 in) tall and has green-brown eyes. He has no brothers or sisters.
DJ Bobo as well as members of his group do not smoke or drink alcohol and are really into sport. As a mater of fact he hates smell of cigarettes.
DJ Bobo loves soccer, but than you have to remember that soccer is the most popular discipline in Europe. Well...actually, he not only likes to play soccer but also finds time to play badminton and of course does skiing.
The biggest hobby of DJ Bobo is always music. When time permits he listens Michael Jackson, Elton John and Steve Wonder.
DJ Bobo is a very gentle and polite guy. He likes being with his fans, signing his pictures and posing for pictures. He is trying to be a normal, preppy guy even if his popularity makes his life pretty tough. He does not have a STAR mannier. When he is performing, one might discover how much energy is in him. His hard work has been fully recognized. He already received many gold and platinum records including the title of BEST European male Singer of 1995. His favorite song from his repertoire is "Let The Dream Come True". He has about 8 different costumes he usually uses in concerts. When in tournee he prefers to use buses over airplains. Why? Simply because he can sleep better in buses and get some relax.
As you can easily seen from his pseudonym, the multi-talent previously worked as a disc jockey. Using name "DJ Bobo" René Baumann quickly rose to become one of the really big names in the Swiss club scene. It was thereby obvious that he also uses this successful name as a producer.
The beginning of DJ Bobo career was not easy. Before his talent exploded he was trying to get many labels interested in his music, without a success. His first professional single recorded was: Let's Grove On.
1988-1993 In 1988 DJ Bobo participated in "Disco Queen/King Corporation" in a Discotheque "Tropic" located in German city Memmingen. This annual event takes place every year from 1979. DJ Bobo was nominated for a Grand Prize. Based on this, he was invited to "Top 10 Disco King" in Ibiza, where he received Third place in the category of: dance, look and style. At that time he was still using his real name. DJ Bobo was also a discjockey. Being a DJ he first gained success in Switzerland, but the decisive breakthrough came with the superhit Somebody Dance With Me (which is a cover-version of "Somebody's Watching Me), which exceeded all expectations; released at the beginning of November 1992 it made the bound on Position 1 in the Swiss Single Charts. In many countries the song reached the Top 10 and Bobo's extraordinary success was awarded with several gold discs in Australia, Germany, Israel, Sweden and of course in Switzerland.
But DJ Bobo prooved with his second hit that he is not a nine-day wonder: Keep On Dancing became number 1 in Finland, reached the Top Ten in many European countries and was awarded with Gold Discs for 250,000 singles sold in Germany. Switzerland awarded his long expected album Dance With Me and it was to be found in the European Charts for some time. Take Control - the next release - reached very high chart positions and again got Gold in Germany.
1994-1995 In 1994 then Bobo got up to position 2 of the German Single charts with his slow dance reggae Everybody, remained
there for many weeks and was awarded with the Platinum Disc for 500,000 singles sold in Germany.
In Autumn of 1994 the second album There Is A Party was released containing the whizz kid and smash hit
Let The Dream Come True which also reached Gold. Love Is All Around was released in January 1995,
gained Top 10 positions in many countries and was awarded with sixth Gold Discs in line in Germany!
In February and March of 1995 DJ Bobo was on tour in South America with great response from the fans.
When he was in Sao Paolo he performed a gorgeous dance-act in front of a 120,000 people and everybody
took active part in his lifely show.
At the beginning of May 1995 he got the World Music Award in Monaco for being the "World's best-selling Swiss
recording artist of the Year". The new single "There Is A Party" was climbing up the charts; together with the
fantastic video which was produced in Caribbean by the Miami Vice camera team.
DJ Bobo loves soccer, but than you have to remember that soccer is the most popular discipline in Europe. Well...actually, he not only likes to play soccer but also finds time to play badminton and of course does skiing.
The biggest hobby of DJ Bobo is always music. When time permits he listens Michael Jackson, Elton John and Steve Wonder.
DJ Bobo is a very gentle and polite guy. He likes being with his fans, signing his pictures and posing for pictures. He is trying to be a normal, preppy guy even if his popularity makes his life pretty tough. He does not have a STAR mannier. When he is performing, one might discover how much energy is in him. His hard work has been fully recognized. He already received many gold and platinum records including the title of BEST European male Singer of 1995. His favorite song from his repertoire is "Let The Dream Come True". He has about 8 different costumes he usually uses in concerts. When in tournee he prefers to use buses over airplains. Why? Simply because he can sleep better in buses and get some relax.
As you can easily seen from his pseudonym, the multi-talent previously worked as a disc jockey. Using name "DJ Bobo" René Baumann quickly rose to become one of the really big names in the Swiss club scene. It was thereby obvious that he also uses this successful name as a producer.
The beginning of DJ Bobo career was not easy. Before his talent exploded he was trying to get many labels interested in his music, without a success. His first professional single recorded was: Let's Grove On.
1988-1993 In 1988 DJ Bobo participated in "Disco Queen/King Corporation" in a Discotheque "Tropic" located in German city Memmingen. This annual event takes place every year from 1979. DJ Bobo was nominated for a Grand Prize. Based on this, he was invited to "Top 10 Disco King" in Ibiza, where he received Third place in the category of: dance, look and style. At that time he was still using his real name. DJ Bobo was also a discjockey. Being a DJ he first gained success in Switzerland, but the decisive breakthrough came with the superhit Somebody Dance With Me (which is a cover-version of "Somebody's Watching Me), which exceeded all expectations; released at the beginning of November 1992 it made the bound on Position 1 in the Swiss Single Charts. In many countries the song reached the Top 10 and Bobo's extraordinary success was awarded with several gold discs in Australia, Germany, Israel, Sweden and of course in Switzerland.
But DJ Bobo prooved with his second hit that he is not a nine-day wonder: Keep On Dancing became number 1 in Finland, reached the Top Ten in many European countries and was awarded with Gold Discs for 250,000 singles sold in Germany. Switzerland awarded his long expected album Dance With Me and it was to be found in the European Charts for some time. Take Control - the next release - reached very high chart positions and again got Gold in Germany.
1994-1995 In 1994 then Bobo got up to position 2 of the German Single charts with his slow dance reggae Everybody, remained
there for many weeks and was awarded with the Platinum Disc for 500,000 singles sold in Germany.
In Autumn of 1994 the second album There Is A Party was released containing the whizz kid and smash hit
Let The Dream Come True which also reached Gold. Love Is All Around was released in January 1995,
gained Top 10 positions in many countries and was awarded with sixth Gold Discs in line in Germany!
In February and March of 1995 DJ Bobo was on tour in South America with great response from the fans.
When he was in Sao Paolo he performed a gorgeous dance-act in front of a 120,000 people and everybody
took active part in his lifely show.
At the beginning of May 1995 he got the World Music Award in Monaco for being the "World's best-selling Swiss
recording artist of the Year". The new single "There Is A Party" was climbing up the charts; together with the
fantastic video which was produced in Caribbean by the Miami Vice camera team.
In Summer 1995 an extended Asia tour followed with stage acts in Seoul (South Korea), Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Their next stay was the promotion tour in Australia.
Also in 1995 DJ Bobo released an album in Argentina called "Best & New Remixes".
The "There is A Party Tour '95" started in September of 1995 with 25 people acting with a most costly tourequipment.
DJ Bobo performed an extraordinary show with a livecrew of 9 people with a perfect choreography and tramsformed each hall into one huge dance party. The success of this tour set new standards in the European dance scene: more than 35 shows in Germany alone, apparances in Eastern and Northern Europe, and as the high point, a sold-out concert for 13,000 visitors in Zurich Hallenstadion! Hurrying from stage to stage, giving interviews, press conferences and signing autographs were the main occupation for DJ Bobo and his team last autumn.
As a reward for his efforts he received enthusiastic applause and standing ovations after each concert but what made him most happy were the allover happy faces of his fans and groupies. With his shows on stage he filled his audience with enthusiasm. 90 minutes of pure Dance, based on a perfect choreography, giant firework, light effects and even a conjuring trick that really caused a sensation. During this mega event the video "Live On Stage" was shot and here you can find 60 minutes of pure Dance Entertainment. No one should fail to watch it as it really proves to be fantastic.
At the press conference after the show he presented his special album "Just For You" containing Dance Remixes of already known productions as well as the special X-Mas Song "It's Time For Christmas" and "Love Is The Price". While singing this ballad 13:000 fascinated fans were lighting their sparklers and the Hallenstadion was transformed into an ocean of little lights.
1996-1997 In January '96 DJ Bobo was awarded in Davos in Switzerland with his 8th Golden Record in line for Germany.
His success can be understood easily when reviewing 7 brilliant singles and the gorgeous album "There Is A Party".
Especially with the single "Love Is The Price" he is proving his unbelievable creativity. It is a ballad which he was
presenting to the world in the biggest and most famous game show "Wetten Dass..?" in Bremerhaven in front of
millions of viewers watching DJ Bobo and his group. But the Dance Floor King does not even think of making a pause
and is working again to improve his show and choreography. At the moment he is on the "Love is the price tour" which
began in Switzerland, was continued in Germany and was finished with a performance at the charity concert
"Hand in Hand for Children" in Frankfurt on April 7th.
The little time between his shows DJ Bobo seizes to work on further productions in the studio as a new album:
"World in Motion" is planned for release on October 7th. Of course there will be a single release before and each of
us is waiting excitedly on the song titled "Pray" DJ Bobo was presented on September 2nd.
In September 1997 the album "World in Motion - Winter Edition" was released.
1998-1999 DJ Bobo released the single "Where Is Your Love" on March 30, 1998
and the album called "Magic" was released on April 27, 1998.
In the summer of 1998 the single "Around The World" was released.
In the fall of 1998 the single "Celebrate", a typical eurodance song, was released.
In March 1999 a cd called "The ultimate Megamix '99" was released . It's a 45 minutes long megamix
with all the hits, for example "Pray", "Freedom", "Let The Dream Come True" and many others.
In April 1999 the double album "Hits & Remixes" was released. The first cd contains the
hits and the second cd contains remixes by for example Robyx and Dakeyne.
DJ Bobo released a single called "Together" on the 30 August, 1999 and
an album called "Level 6" was released on the 4th October, 1999.
Dj Bobo released a single called "Lies" in November 1999.
Dj Bobo released a video of the "Mystasia" tour. It's available in both VHS and DVD.
2000-2001 On Monday 17. April 2000 the DJ BoBo Video/DVD - THE VIDEOS & MAKING OF was released.
All 18 DJ BoBo-Video-Clips on one VHS / DVD including unreleased "making of" sequences with a total
running time of 161 minutes!. The VHS/DVD can be ordered on http://www.djbobo.ch/
René Baumann more known as DJ Bobo released a book called "Gestatten, René Baumann. The Book by DJ Bobo".
The book is an exciting portrait and was created on 144 pages with more than 200 color photos.
The first single from the DJ Bobo's new album is a duet with Irene Cara.
The single is entitled "What A Feeling" and was released on January 22, 2001.
The name of the new DJ Bobo album is "Planet Colors" and was released on February 5, 2001.
On May 14th, 2001 the single "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" with as many as six different versions was released.
The third and last single from DJ BoBo's album "Planet Colors" is his personal favorite - "Colors Of Life".
In June 2001 DJ BoBo went to the studio and produced this track over again and the date of release was
August 6th, 2001.
2002 On March 25th the single "Celebration" was released and on the 15th of April the album also called "Celebration" was released.
DJ Bobo also went on tour to celebrate 10 years as a successful artist.
DJ Bobo released a VHS & DVD called "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th Anniversary Show".
It's 160 minutes long and contains several bonusmaterials. It was released on June 10th 2002.
"Chihuahua 2002", the summerhit from DJ BoBo known from the Coca-Cola campaign from Spain 2002.
DJ Bobo released a VHS & DVD called "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th Anniversary Show".
It's 160 minutes long and contains several bonusmaterials. It was released on June 10th.
2003 DJ Bobo released the single "I Believe" on January 20th and the album "Visions" was released on February 24th.
The single "Chihuahua" was released in several countries during the spring/summer and has become a hit in several of them.
The album "Chihuahua - The Album (Special Summer Edition)" was released on July 11th.
DJ Bobo released "Chihuahua - The Remixes" in Schweiz, it's also available on the official DJ Bobo site.
DJ BoBo released a CD/DVD/VHS called "Live in Concert" on September 8th.
DJ Bobo released the single "Chihuahua" in England on the label "Fuelin Records" on September 29th.
2004 The australian edition of "Chihuahua" was released on March 21th.
2005 The single "Pirates Of Dance" was released on January 10th and the album with the same name was released
on January 31th. The album was released in 3 editions: Basic Edition, Regular Edition and Premium Edition.
The single "Amazing Life" was released on April 11th.
The DVD Pirates Of Dance - The Show was released on October 20th.
2006 DJ Bobo released a CD+DVD, Greatest Hits on March 17th. The DVD contains videos and a karaoke-function.
DJ Bobo & Sandra released the Maxi-CD Secrets Of Love on March 3rd.
2007 DJ Bobo was selected to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland. Unfortunaly he didn't qualify for the finals.
The album Vampires
was released on May 11th.
The single We Gotta Hold On, released on July 6th.
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Also in 1995 DJ Bobo released an album in Argentina called "Best & New Remixes".
The "There is A Party Tour '95" started in September of 1995 with 25 people acting with a most costly tourequipment.
DJ Bobo performed an extraordinary show with a livecrew of 9 people with a perfect choreography and tramsformed each hall into one huge dance party. The success of this tour set new standards in the European dance scene: more than 35 shows in Germany alone, apparances in Eastern and Northern Europe, and as the high point, a sold-out concert for 13,000 visitors in Zurich Hallenstadion! Hurrying from stage to stage, giving interviews, press conferences and signing autographs were the main occupation for DJ Bobo and his team last autumn.
As a reward for his efforts he received enthusiastic applause and standing ovations after each concert but what made him most happy were the allover happy faces of his fans and groupies. With his shows on stage he filled his audience with enthusiasm. 90 minutes of pure Dance, based on a perfect choreography, giant firework, light effects and even a conjuring trick that really caused a sensation. During this mega event the video "Live On Stage" was shot and here you can find 60 minutes of pure Dance Entertainment. No one should fail to watch it as it really proves to be fantastic.
At the press conference after the show he presented his special album "Just For You" containing Dance Remixes of already known productions as well as the special X-Mas Song "It's Time For Christmas" and "Love Is The Price". While singing this ballad 13:000 fascinated fans were lighting their sparklers and the Hallenstadion was transformed into an ocean of little lights.
1996-1997 In January '96 DJ Bobo was awarded in Davos in Switzerland with his 8th Golden Record in line for Germany.
His success can be understood easily when reviewing 7 brilliant singles and the gorgeous album "There Is A Party".
Especially with the single "Love Is The Price" he is proving his unbelievable creativity. It is a ballad which he was
presenting to the world in the biggest and most famous game show "Wetten Dass..?" in Bremerhaven in front of
millions of viewers watching DJ Bobo and his group. But the Dance Floor King does not even think of making a pause
and is working again to improve his show and choreography. At the moment he is on the "Love is the price tour" which
began in Switzerland, was continued in Germany and was finished with a performance at the charity concert
"Hand in Hand for Children" in Frankfurt on April 7th.
The little time between his shows DJ Bobo seizes to work on further productions in the studio as a new album:
"World in Motion" is planned for release on October 7th. Of course there will be a single release before and each of
us is waiting excitedly on the song titled "Pray" DJ Bobo was presented on September 2nd.
In September 1997 the album "World in Motion - Winter Edition" was released.
1998-1999 DJ Bobo released the single "Where Is Your Love" on March 30, 1998
and the album called "Magic" was released on April 27, 1998.
In the summer of 1998 the single "Around The World" was released.
In the fall of 1998 the single "Celebrate", a typical eurodance song, was released.
In March 1999 a cd called "The ultimate Megamix '99" was released . It's a 45 minutes long megamix
with all the hits, for example "Pray", "Freedom", "Let The Dream Come True" and many others.
In April 1999 the double album "Hits & Remixes" was released. The first cd contains the
hits and the second cd contains remixes by for example Robyx and Dakeyne.
DJ Bobo released a single called "Together" on the 30 August, 1999 and
an album called "Level 6" was released on the 4th October, 1999.
Dj Bobo released a single called "Lies" in November 1999.
Dj Bobo released a video of the "Mystasia" tour. It's available in both VHS and DVD.
2000-2001 On Monday 17. April 2000 the DJ BoBo Video/DVD - THE VIDEOS & MAKING OF was released.
All 18 DJ BoBo-Video-Clips on one VHS / DVD including unreleased "making of" sequences with a total
running time of 161 minutes!. The VHS/DVD can be ordered on http://www.djbobo.ch/
René Baumann more known as DJ Bobo released a book called "Gestatten, René Baumann. The Book by DJ Bobo".
The book is an exciting portrait and was created on 144 pages with more than 200 color photos.
The first single from the DJ Bobo's new album is a duet with Irene Cara.
The single is entitled "What A Feeling" and was released on January 22, 2001.
The name of the new DJ Bobo album is "Planet Colors" and was released on February 5, 2001.
On May 14th, 2001 the single "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" with as many as six different versions was released.
The third and last single from DJ BoBo's album "Planet Colors" is his personal favorite - "Colors Of Life".
In June 2001 DJ BoBo went to the studio and produced this track over again and the date of release was
August 6th, 2001.
2002 On March 25th the single "Celebration" was released and on the 15th of April the album also called "Celebration" was released.
DJ Bobo also went on tour to celebrate 10 years as a successful artist.
DJ Bobo released a VHS & DVD called "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th Anniversary Show".
It's 160 minutes long and contains several bonusmaterials. It was released on June 10th 2002.
"Chihuahua 2002", the summerhit from DJ BoBo known from the Coca-Cola campaign from Spain 2002.
DJ Bobo released a VHS & DVD called "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th Anniversary Show".
It's 160 minutes long and contains several bonusmaterials. It was released on June 10th.
2003 DJ Bobo released the single "I Believe" on January 20th and the album "Visions" was released on February 24th.
The single "Chihuahua" was released in several countries during the spring/summer and has become a hit in several of them.
The album "Chihuahua - The Album (Special Summer Edition)" was released on July 11th.
DJ Bobo released "Chihuahua - The Remixes" in Schweiz, it's also available on the official DJ Bobo site.
DJ BoBo released a CD/DVD/VHS called "Live in Concert" on September 8th.
DJ Bobo released the single "Chihuahua" in England on the label "Fuelin Records" on September 29th.
2004 The australian edition of "Chihuahua" was released on March 21th.
2005 The single "Pirates Of Dance" was released on January 10th and the album with the same name was released
on January 31th. The album was released in 3 editions: Basic Edition, Regular Edition and Premium Edition.
The single "Amazing Life" was released on April 11th.
The DVD Pirates Of Dance - The Show was released on October 20th.
2006 DJ Bobo released a CD+DVD, Greatest Hits on March 17th. The DVD contains videos and a karaoke-function.
DJ Bobo & Sandra released the Maxi-CD Secrets Of Love on March 3rd.
2007 DJ Bobo was selected to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland. Unfortunaly he didn't qualify for the finals.
The album Vampires
was released on May 11th.The single We Gotta Hold On, released on July 6th.
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