DJ Ötzi
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DJ Ötzi
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| Birth name | Gerhard Friedle |
| Also known as | DJ Ötzi, DJ Ötzi Junior, Anton ft. DJ Ötzi |
| Born | January 7, 1971 |
| Origin | Austria |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Schlager, Dance |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Label(s) | EMI |
| Website | http://www.dj-oetzi.com |
DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle (born January 7, 1971), an Austrian entertainer and singer.
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[edit] Biography
DJ Ötzi was born Gerhard Friedle in St. Johann in Tirol, where he was raised by foster parents and later by his grandmother. An epileptic, Friedle claims that when he was an adolescent, reading Joseph Murphy's book The Power of Positive Thinking gave his life a new direction.[citation needed]
He first appeared on the stage as an amateur karaoke singer in his native Tyrol. 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.
In 2001 he married and the year after, his daughter Lisa-Marie was born. She was named after Elvis Presley's daughter.
He released a cover version of "A ram sam sam", called the "Burger Dance", which peaked #1 in Germany and #3 in Austria.
In 2006 he found success with the Volksmusik-hit "Sieben Sünden", which was #2 in Austria and "I Am The Music Man" under the pseudonym DJ Ötzi Junior, which peaked #1 in Japan.
His birthplace of Ötz in the Ötztal valley was the inspiration for Friedle's stage name.
He is one of the most successful Austrian musicians (sold ~15 million copies), next to Falco (sold ~60 million copies) and Peter Alexander.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Title | Chart-positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT[1] | DE[2] | CH[3] | AUS[4] | NOR[5] | SWE[6] | DAN[7] | ||
| 2000 | Das Album (Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 2001 | Love, Peace & Vollgas | 2 | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Never Stop The Alpenpop | - | - | - | 19 | 20 | 15 | - |
| 2002 | Today Is The Day | 3 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Flying To The Sky | - | 72 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Greatest Partyhits | 5 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 | Ich war immer der Clown | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | I Am The Musicman (DJ Ötzi Junior) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Sternstunden | 2 | 7 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | DJ Ötzi: The Best | 4 | 31 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
[edit] Featured appearances
DJ Ötzi has made guest appearances with some albums recorded by other artists. The following is a list of albums by other artists that DJ Ötzi has appeared in.
- (2003) - Live Is Life by Hermes House Band
[edit] Singles
| Year | Name | Positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT[8] | GER[9] | CH[10] | UK[11] | FRA[12] | AUS[13] | NOR[14] | SWE[15] | DAN[16] | NED[17] | BEL[18] | JAP[19] | EU[20] | ||
| 2000 | Anton aus Tirol (as Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 2000 | Gemma Bier trinken (as Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 12 | 15 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah) | 4 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 65 | - | 1 | 36 |
| 2001 | Do Wah Diddy | 9 | 29 | 75 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Love, Peace & Vollgas | 43 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2001 | X-Mas Time | 15 | 54 | - | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Hey Baby (unofficial World Cup remix) | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Don’t Ha Ha (feat. Captain Jack) | 15 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Live is Life (Here we go) (feat. Hermes House Band) | 16 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 2 | 28 | - | 46 | 11 | 61 | - | - | - |
| 2002 | Today is the day | 15 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Ramalamadingdong | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Burger Dance | 3 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| 2004 | Not without us | 10 | 20 | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 63 |
| 2004 | Tanz den Rehakles | 43 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2004 | Kanguru Dance | 15 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | Servus die Wadln | 27 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | 7 Sünden (feat. Marc Pircher) | 2 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 166 |
| 2006 | I Am The Musicman (as DJ Ötzi Junior) | 12 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 100 |
| 2007 | Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (feat. Nik P.) | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1[21] | - | 9 |
| 2007 | I will leb'n | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ [1] DJ Ötzi in the Austrian album charts
- ^ [2] DJ Ötzi in the German album charts (search)
- ^ [3]DJ Ötzi in the Swiss album charts
- ^ [4] DJ Ötzi in the Australiaan album charts
- ^ [5] DJ Ötzi in the Norwaygian album charts
- ^ [6]DJ Ötzi in the Swedish album charts
- ^ [7]DJ Ötzi in the Danish album charts
- ^ [8] DJ Ötzi in the Austrian single charts
- ^ [9] DJ Ötzi in the German single charts (search)
- ^ [10] DJ Ötzi in the Swiss single charts
- ^ [11] DJ Ötzi in the British single charts (search)
- ^ [12] DJ Ötzi in the French single charts (search, incomplete)
- ^ [13] DJ Ötzi in the Australian single charts
- ^ [14] DJ Ötzi in the Norwaygian single charts
- ^ [15]DJ ötzi in the Swedish single charts
- ^ [16] DJ Ötzi in the Danish single charts
- ^ [17] DJ Ötzi in the Dutch single charts
- ^ [18] DJ Ötzi in the Belgian charts
- ^ [19] DJ Ötzi in the Japanese charts
- ^ APCCHART.COM © since 1988 APC-stats EU/UE
- ^ [20] "Hitparade vom 12.05.2007", BRF.be
