Bomfunk MC's

Bomfunk MC's
General information
Genre (s)	Electro , hip-hop
founding	1996, 2018
resolution	2005
Founding members
MC	Raymond Ebanks
DJ	Ismo Lappalainen (until 2002)
Last occupation
MC	Raymond Ebanks
Drums	Ari Toikka
Bass , keyboard	Ville Mäkinen
DJ, keyboard	Riku Pentti (since 2002)
Keyboard	Okke Komulainen (since 2002)

Bomfunk MC’s are a Finnish electro - hip-hop group.

history

The Bomfunk MC's were founded by Ismo Lappalainen alias DJ Gismo and Raymond Ebanks alias BOW ( Brother of Words ). Ebanks has lived in Finland's capital Helsinki since childhood . DJ Gismo is from Turku .

The duo released the album In Stereo in 1999 , which reached platinum status in Finland with 90,000 units sold. The singles Uprocking Beats , Freestyler and B-Boys & Flygirls were released from the album . The single Freestyler was successful in several European countries in 2000. In the same year she was on the soundtracks for the films Haggard and Kuka lohduttaisi Viiviä? contain.

The second album Burnin 'Sneakers was released in October 2002, but it could no longer build on the old success. Only in Finland the album was represented in the charts and reached number 1 there. Four singles were released from the album.

Two years later, the album Reverse Psychology was released , which was only able to place itself in the Finnish charts and reached tenth place there.

In 2018 the band got together again and planned a summer tour for the following year. On February 18, 2019, a remake of the video was released for Freestyler 's 20th anniversary . During a festival appearance in 2019 the band introduced two new songs: "Can't Runaway" and "Mic Drop".

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FI
1999	In stereo	DE13 (12 weeks) DE	AT11 (12 weeks) AT	CH12 (17 weeks) CH	UK33 (3 weeks) UK	FI1 × 2 Double platinum (69 weeks)FI	First published: November 16, 1999
2002	Burnin 'sneakers	-	-	-	-	FI1 platinum (29 weeks)FI	First published: May 6, 2002
2004	Reverse Psychology	-	-	-	-	FI10 (8 weeks) FI	First published: September 20, 2004

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FI
1999	Uprocking Beats In Stereo	DE63 (11 weeks) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	-	UK11 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1999
	B-Boys & Flygirls In Stereo	DE18 (11 weeks) DE	AT14 (14 weeks) AT	CH20 (18 weeks) CH	-	FI5 (8 weeks) FI	First published: February 1999
	Freestyler in stereo	DE1 × 3 Triple gold (23 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (20 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (32 weeks)CH	UK2 gold (17 weeks)UK	FI4 (5 weeks) FI	First published: October 1999
2000	Other Emcee’s in stereo	-	-	-	-	FI5 (3 weeks) FI	First published: January 2000
2001	Super Electric Burnin 'Sneakers	DE58 (5 weeks) DE	AT58 (5 weeks) AT	CH59 (3 weeks) CH	-	FI1 platinum (17 weeks)FI	First published: October 2001
2002	Live Your Life Burnin 'Sneakers	DE67 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	FI1 (13 weeks) FI	First release: February 2002 feat. Max'C
	(Crack It!) Something Goin 'On Burnin' Sneakers	DE10 (17 weeks) DE	AT19 (18 weeks) AT	CH70 (8 weeks) CH	-	FI3 (14 weeks) FI	First release: June 2002 feat. Jessica Folcker
	Back to Back Burnin 'Sneakers	-	-	-	-	FI12 (3 weeks) FI	First release: October 2002 feat. Z-MC
2004	No Way in Hell Reverse Psychology	DE85 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	FI8 (8 weeks) FI	First published: August 2004
	Hypnotic Reverse Psychology	DE68 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	FI1 (5 weeks) FI	First published: November 2004

Awards for music sales

Golden record  France 2000: for the single Freestyler  Norway 2000: for the album In Stereo 2002: for the single (Crack It!) Something Goin 'On  Sweden 2000: for the album In Stereo 2000: for the single B-Boys & Flygirls

Platinum record  Australia 2000: for the single B-Boys & Flygirls  New Zealand 2000: for the single Freestyler  Netherlands 2000: for the single Freestyler  Norway 2000: for the single Freestyler 2 × platinum record  Australia 2000: for the single Freestyler  Belgium 2000: for the single Freestyler 3 × platinum record  Sweden 2000: for the single Freestyler

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × platinum3	210,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × platinum2	100,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	platinum1	750,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	4 × platinum4th	203,480	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	gold1	-	250,000	infodisc.fr
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	platinum1	15,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	platinum1	80,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	2 × gold2	platinum1	35,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	platinum1	50,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	145,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	platinum1	50,000	hitparade.ch
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	-	400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × gold7th	18 × platinum18th

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Bomfunk MC’s at laut.de.
2. ↑ Information on the soundtrack of the film Haggard
3. ↑ Information on the soundtrack of the film Kuka lohduttaisi Viiviä?
4. ↑ Bomfunk MC's are back. November 28, 2018, accessed January 13, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Telenet YUGO: Freestyler 2019 - Bomfunk MC's - YUGO Telenet. February 18, 2019, accessed March 2, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK FI

Web links

• Bomfunk MC’s at laut.de.
• Bomfunk MC's at Allmusic (English)
• Freestyler 2019 on YouTube