DJ Ötzi
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DJ Ötzi
Birth name Gerhard Friedle
Also known as DJ Ötzi, DJ Ötzi Junior, Anton ft. DJ Ötzi
Born January 7, 1971 (1971-01-07) (age 37)
Origin Austria
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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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.

Discography

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 16 - - - -
2007 DJ Ötzi: The Best 2 17 3 - - - -

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.

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 79 - - - - - - - - - 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 6 7 44 - - - - - - - - - -

References

  1. ^ [1] DJ Ötzi in the Austrian album charts
  2. ^ [2] DJ Ötzi in the German album charts (search)
  3. ^ [3]DJ Ötzi in the Swiss album charts
  4. ^ [4] DJ Ötzi in the Australiaan album charts
  5. ^ [5] DJ Ötzi in the Norwaygian album charts
  6. ^ [6]DJ Ötzi in the Swedish album charts
  7. ^ [7]DJ Ötzi in the Danish album charts
  8. ^ [8] DJ Ötzi in the Austrian single charts
  9. ^ [9] DJ Ötzi in the German single charts (search)
  10. ^ [10] DJ Ötzi in the Swiss single charts
  11. ^ [11] DJ Ötzi in the British single charts (search)
  12. ^ [12] DJ Ötzi in the French single charts (search, incomplete)
  13. ^ [13] DJ Ötzi in the Australian single charts
  14. ^ [14] DJ Ötzi in the Norwegian single charts
  15. ^ [15]DJ ötzi in the Swedish single charts
  16. ^ [16] DJ Ötzi in the Danish single charts
  17. ^ [17] DJ Ötzi in the Dutch single charts
  18. ^ [18] DJ Ötzi in the Belgian charts
  19. ^ [19] DJ Ötzi in the Japanese charts
  20. ^ APCCHART.COM © since 1988 APC-stats EU/UE
  21. ^ [20] "Hitparade vom 12.05.2007", BRF.be

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