Bastian Baker
Bastian Baker (born May 20, 1991 in Lausanne ; bourgeois Bastien Kaltenbacher ) is a Swiss singer-songwriter and guitarist .
Career
Bastian Baker got a professional contract with the ice hockey club HC Friborg-Gottéron after graduating from sports high school . He had previously started studying French and history. However, he decided to focus on the music. Claude Nobs , co-founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival , discovered Baker when he was playing in a bar in Zermatt . He made it possible for Baker to play on a small free stage at the next Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2012, Baker won the Swiss Music Award for “Best Breaking Act National” and the “ Prix Walo Newcomer”.
In 2011 he released his debut album Tomorrow May Not Be Better . It reached number 3 in the Swiss charts and was awarded platinum . The single I'd Sing for You reached number 9 and was in the Swiss charts for 36 weeks.
In 2012 he took part in the third season of the French dance show Danse avec les stars .
In 2014 he was a member of the jury for the Belgian edition of “The Voice” on the Walloon broadcaster RTBF .
On September 30, 2015, he launched his own fashion label together with heidi.com and Metroboutique.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CH
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 FR
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 BE W
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| 2011 | Tomorrow May Not Be Better |
CH3  (76 weeks)CH |
FR59 (15 weeks) FR |
BE W13 (39 weeks) BE W |
First published: September 9, 2011
New publication as Platinum Edition: April 27, 2012 |
| 2013 | Too Old to Die Young |
CH1 (47 weeks) CH |
FR152 (1 week) FR |
BE W10 (47 weeks) BE W |
First release: September 27th, 2013
Released as upgraded edition: October 24th, 2014 |
| 2015 | Facing canyons |
CH2 (24 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 6, 2015
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| 2018 | Bastian Baker |
CH2 (10 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 26, 2018
|
Collaboration albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CH
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FR
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BE W
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| 2012 | Noël's Room |
CH1 (20 weeks) CH |
- | - | |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CH
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FR
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BE W
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| 2011 | I'd Sing for You |
CH9 (34 weeks)CH |
- |
BE W11 (17 weeks) BE W |
First published: October 2011
|
| Lucky |
CH27 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 2011
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| Tomorrow May Not Be Better |
CH65 (3 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 2011
|
|
| 2012 | Hallelujah |
CH24 (13 weeks) CH |
FR18 (22 weeks) FR |
- |
First published: November 2012
|
| All my life |
CH35 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: December 2012
with Stress & Noah Veraguth |
|
| Back in My Life |
CH34 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: December 2012
with stress |
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| 2013 | 79 Clinton Street |
CH14 (12 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: June 21, 2013
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| 2014 | Follow the wind |
CH20 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 2014
|
| Dirty Thirty |
CH73 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 2014
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| Leaving Tomorrow |
CH33 (9 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 2014
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| 2015 | Everything We Do |
CH21 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: June 2015
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| Tattoo on My Brain |
CH23 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 2015
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| 2017 | Five Fingers |
CH48 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 17, 2017
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| 2018 | All around us |
CH51 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: April 20, 2018
|
| Stay |
CH42 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: October 26, 2018
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| 2020 | Here We Go |
CH50 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 6, 2020
with Yves Larock |
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- ↑ Migros Magazine, 2012
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: SonntagsZeitung: Interview 2012 (PDF; 610 kB)
- ↑ hitparade.ch: Tomorrow May Not Be Better
- ↑ schweizer-illustrierte.ch: I don't allow myself to be stressed
- ^ Bastian Baker in Dance avec les stars fourth broadcast , Schweizer Illustrierte
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: AT CH FR BEW
- ↑ a b Awards for music sales: CH
Web links
- Official website (English / French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baker, Bastian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kaltenbacher, Bastien (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |