DJ Bobo

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After having graduated from high school Ren Baumann decided to become a confectioner's and baker's apprentice (`84). But at this time, the time of breakdance and electric boogie, he more and more felt his calling to music
In '87 he reached the top 10 of the German "Disco Kings'" with his acrobatic dance style. In Switzerland he even won the Swiss Championship in showdancing. In the year '85 DJ BoBo began his career as a DJ. Only one year after that he was runner-up in the Swiss DJ Championships.
He worked as a DJ at the discotheque Don Paco (Wohlen) and later, at the Hazyland (Luzern), he was able to pursue his interests and gather a lot of experience until he decided to produce his own record. The first DJ BoBo single "I Love You" was created (at the end of '89). This was followed by the first DJ BoBo tour which led him through various Swiss discos.
After the two singles "Ladies In The House" ('91) and "Let's Groove On", there also was a second (clubs) and third (small arenas) DJ BoBo Swiss tour.
After this enormous success in his native country, he had his unforeshadowed breakthrough with the smash hit "Somebody Dance With Me": The song which was released in early November '92 hit number one in the Swiss Single Charts in March '93. DJ BoBo was the first artist to achieve this in the last 16 years. Being in the top 10 in many countries all over the world, his extraordinary success was rewarded with a Golden Record in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in Israel and Australia.
With his second hit "Keep On Dancing" (summer '93) DJ BoBo proved that he was not only a so called 'one hit wonder': the song was number one in Finland, top 10 in many other countries, and received gold in Germany (250.000 sold singles). The long expected album "Dance With Me" was awarded a platinum record in Switzerland and remained in the charts all over Europe for quite a while. The single "Take Control" went gold in Germany and reached top positions in the charts of many countries.
In the summer of '94, DJ BoBo had a big hit with the single "Everybody" which climbed up to number 2 in the German Single Charts, stayed there for many weeks, and was awarded a platinum record for 500,000 sold units in Germany. In the fall of the same year the second album "There Is A Party" was released containing the smash hit "Let The Dream Come True" which, of course, reached gold, too. In January '95, "Love Is All Around" was released; it reached top 10 positions in many countries all over the world, and in Germany was awarded with the sixth Golden Record in a row! Within the scope of his tour in South America, which took place in February and March, DJ BoBo earned great response from his fans. At the beginning of May '95, he was presented the World Music Award in Monaco for being the 'World's best selling Swiss Artist of the Year'. The summer hit "There Is A Party" also went storming through the charts, accompanied by the fantastic video which was shot by the Miami Vice camera team.
In the summer of '95, DJ BoBo went on a tour which led him through most parts of Asia. Among other locations he also performed in the Olympic Stadium of Seoul. Then he did a promotion tour in Australia. Later that year DJ BoBo traveled all over Europe (this time accompanied by 25 technicians with extremely fancy tour equipment), fascinating more than 400,000 spectators with his new live crew of eight people and a perfect choreography.
On 14th January, 1996, DJ BoBo introduced his first ballad "Love Is The Price" in Thomas Gottschalk's TV show 'Wetten Dass. . .'. In March '96 he began his first tour in Switzerland with more than 40,000 people to enjoy ten concerts in ten days. The "Backstreet Boys" were special guests on this tour! "Freedom" was another DJ BoBo single to be awarded gold in Germany, which made him a record holder in Germany as he was the first artist in the field of 'Dance' Music who received eight Golden Records in a row.
In the summer of '96 DJ BoBo and his crew started the organization of the gigantic 'World In Motion' tour. This show, a glamorous and mixture between musical, concert and show topped all expectations. While DJ BoBo was still working on new songs (all in all 31 songs were composed; net working hours in the studio: 1054, without writing lyrics and composing), the preparations for the conception of the stage as well as the booking of the concert arenas was in full progress. For the video for "Pray" a stage was especially set up, and about 1000 fans were invited as audience.
On Michael Jackson's 'History tour' DJ BoBo and his crew were able to show their skills as support act at his concerts in Prague (160,000 people), Bucharest (35,000 people), Moscow (70,000 people) and Warsaw (70,000 people). For DJ BoBo a dream came true. However, at the same time this was a very busy period in everybody's lives as those concerts simultaneously took place with DJ BoBo's 'World In Motion' European tour (about 27 concerts in Europe's largest arenas). 'N SYNC were special guests on this tour!
With the release of the album "World In Motion" at the end of September '96 he broke all previous records. In only three weeks it achieved position three in Germany and was awarded Platinum for 500,000 sold units. In Switzerland it even leaped from 0 to 1 and was awarded Double-Platinum (100,000 sold records)! Then he went on promotion tour in Asia for twenty days. What is certainly worth mentioning here, is his appearance in Guangzhou (China) as he was the first Western artist to perform there. In March '97 DJ BoBo and his crew went on tour in South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia) for one month. With their performance on the biggest TV show in Brazil they reached more than 25 million people. Right after this the video for the single "It's My Life" was shot on one of the most beautiful islands in Venezuela. In April '97 DJ BoBo received his third World Music Award in Monaco for being the 'World's best selling Swiss Artist of the Year'.
On account of the enormous demand an additional tour of the "World In Motion" show was organized. One more time it led DJ BoBo and his crew to more than 20 arenas in Europe. In July '97 the fourth single of the CD "Shadows Of The Night" (with the brilliant insertions of the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra) was released. In September '97 a special winter edition of the CD "World In Motion" was made available containing the unreleased songs "Can You Hear Me" and the Queen remix of "Radio Gaga". At the end of March '98, he released the long expected single "Where Is Your Love". For the first time now he was able to show his singing skills, too. The video, full of the latest technical gimmicks, was shot at an old castle in Germany. All in all (rehearsals and video shooting) it took four days to realize this video. At the end of April, finally, the so far most emotional and diligent CD of DJ BoBo was available: MAGIC! The album which was equipped with a flashing red light on the cover (limited LED edition) broke every single record. Right after it was out in the stores it leaped right from zero to one in the Swiss Charts and remained there for more than four weeks. At the beginning of May DJ BoBo received the World Music Award for being the 'World's best selling Swiss Artist of the Year' for the fourth time. Even while still on the 'World In Motion' tour, DJ BoBo and his crew began planning the new Magic show. The stage, which could miraculously be turned into various sceneries, was a construction of magic dimensions: 24 m in width, 14 m in length, an additional cat walk of 15 m with a 32 m dancing area at its end.
As the Magic show's premiere was so successful in August '98, the 'life on tour' started again for DJ BoBo and his people. The gigantic show, a mixture between concert and magic, was performed in 35 concert arenas in Europe. All in all 250,000 people watched it! At the same time DJ BoBo released the third single of the Magic album: "Celebrate" (October '98).
In March '99 he surprised his fans with the CD www.djbobo.ch - The Ultimate Megamix. Right after that DJ BoBo was rewarded with the World Music Award for being the 'World's best selling Swiss Artist of the Year' for the fifth time in a row. Though DJ BoBo and his crew had already begun planning the upcoming show a long time ago, they went on the Magic open air tour in June '99 one more time, and performed the successful show again (five times).
In the meantime the album "Level 6" was created (October '99); immediately after its release it hit number one in the Swiss Charts and was awarded Platinum (Switzerland) and Gold (Germany). The pre-release "Together" reached top positions in the charts. So far Mystasia "The Land Beyond Your Dreams", DJ BoBo's current show, has fascinated more than 110'000 people in than 19 concert arenas in Europe. Simultaneously with the beginning of the new tour, the second single "Lies" was made available; it is, by the way, DJ BoBo's favorite track on the album "Level 6". On a multi-storey main stage and a second stage the height of which can be alternated the audience is given the experience of a story in five settings with almost unbelievable pyros, two extraordinary earthlings, a rainbow spanning the world 'Mystasia', ten giant monsters and a mystically flying DJ BoBo. It took one year and four months of intensive work to design and build this new dimension in the history of pop music (see also tour dates).
In spring 2000, DJ BoBo received the World Music Award once again. Being honored six times in a row is a unique record which surely will not be broken in the near future.
DJ BoBo and Axel composed, texted and produced the album "Planet Colors" within 7 months (release: 5th of February `2001). Each song is in for a color and reflects a breathtaking diversity of feelings. Among other songs "my favourite song from my younger days" the duet with Irene Cara "What A Feeling".
"Planet Colors" - The Show!!! On his sixth europe tour DJ BoBo shows why he`s being celebrated a megastar and loved a human being. DJ BoBo fascinated his visitors with a unbelievable stage show, lot`s of them said "I forgot about all my trouble". More then a million people were thrilled by the tours of the swiss man in europe. Planet Colors is gigantic ( 30 metres stagewidth, 12 dancers) with technical objects and top-class musical contents. A firework of music, pyrotechnics, spectecular dance-scenes and pure entertainment. Newest video and lightprojections, magic illusions and the hits of DJ BoBo making the viewer being a part of the show. The visitor is in the middle of a hightech-production and fascinated by the choreographies and the stagedesign as well as the costumes. This show is the ultimate spectacle to let your sences dance.
The romantic church wedding! On 9th of August `2001 at 2.30pm Ren Baumann and Nancy Rentzsch got married in the garden of the castle "Gtsch" high above Lucerne. Police, firebrigades and a private securtiy company locked the area around the castle. Lots of sightseers were forced to stay on the access roads leading to the property. The ceremony was a mixture of german, swiss and american elements. The bride was wearing a dreamdress of white silk. A veil was hiding a beautiful hairstyle with lots of flowers plaited within and she came on the red carpet accompanied by her father and two little flower girls walking towards the groom in a white suit. The ceremony started with the song "Going To The Chapel". Lots of panpipes (28 persons) and Tone, the male singer of the DJ BoBo crew, were there for the musical romantic entertainment of the ceremony. About 120 invited guests were bringing their congratulations and hundreds of red heartballoons flew into the sky
Like no other song this one hits the bull`s eye of DJ BoBo`s career. The swiss superstar gave the song a modern instrumentation and so a pop-song-revival for the first single of the album 2002 "DJ BoBo - Celebration" (release: 15th of April 2002). He didn`t want a simple collection of greatest hits so he said "I want to make something special". DJ BoBo did so, he recorded duets with No Angels "Where Is Your Love", Melanie Thornton "Love Of My Life", Emilia "Everybody", Irene Cara "What A Feeling", ATC "Together", Tone "Lonely For You" and the swiss phenomenon Gl "Tell Me Why". This album is a new demonstration: DJ BoBo dominates the charts and the showstages. He was celebrating with a big anniversary tv-show in april 2002 in the arena Oberhausen (germany) his 10-years successful in the music-business "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th anniversary show". The producer, songwriter, singer and dancer created a unique stage show for this event!
On the 8th of October DJ BoBo`s son Jamiro was born "My family is the most important thing in my life now" he says proudly. For his son and his wife Nancy he wrote the song "Do You Remember", DJ BoBo`s having a very emotional relation to this song because he wrote the song during the pregnancy of Nancy and one of the lines says "Welcome to this world my son.so if Jamiro wouldn`t have been a boy, I would have had to go back to the studio to record this line again" he says and laughs. His family is with him on the "Visions-Tour 2003 and Nancy is back on stage after her parental leave. No question: 2003 is another DJ BoBo year - to know that you need no visions.
In February 2003 was the release of DJ BoBo`s ninth album "Visions". "It was very important for me to do something new and different". So there is a new side to DJ BoBo`s music, not only the dance-sound, there are more accustic elements on this album now. Songs like "Angel" and "Do You Remember" where guitars come to the fore. But one thing didn`t change: DJ BoBo and Axel Breitung ("best producer of 2001"- echo award) are a great musical couple, so ten of the 14 songs were written and produced by the two of them.
End of march 2003 DJ BoBo took his fans on a journey in time, the "Visions"- Tour. "This is a complete new show with 16 members on stage, singers, dancers and a band. The people are travelling with us to an acherontic and eerely azteka-temple, then to a "Cartoon-World" like Roger Rabbit and then we are travelling to a "Future Western-Saloon"!" 80 costumes, 16 singers, dancers and musicians, Special Effects (light & pyrotechnique) which were designed especially for this show, 120 tons of material in 7 trucks all that is Visions.
The success of Chihuahua!!!! It all started with a enquiry of Coca-Cola spain, they were looking for an artist to produce a special song for their new campaign. The condition was, it had to be done in 10 days and it should be a mambo: a case for DJ BoBo and Axel Breitung! So there it was: the single "Chihuahua" and within a couple of weeks it was the no.1 in the spanish charts! End of march it was released in france and it entered the french charts at no.12, shortly afterwards it was no.1 in the official french top 100-charts and now it is "the summer hit of the year! Most european and also southamerican countrys are following with this huge success
With the success of Chihuahua the demand for a summer album got bigger and bigger so DJ BoBo compiled a special summer- and party album including hits from "Everybody" till "Chihuahua". So here it is "DJ BoBo - Chihuahua - The Album - Special Summer Edition"!.. width="425" height="350" ..