Fun Factory (band)

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Fun Factory
Fun Factory in Mannheim at sunshine live "The 90s - Live on Stage" (2015)
Fun Factory in Mannheim at sunshine live "The 90s - Live on Stage" (2015)
General information
Genre (s) Eurodance
founding 1990, 1998, 2007
resolution 1997, 2002
Website www.funfactorymusic.com
Current occupation
singing
 Balca (Balca Tözün)
rap
 Smooth T. ( Toni Cottura )
rap
 Steve (Stephan Browarczyk)
Rap, singing
 Ski (Anthony Freeman)
former members
singing
 Balca, also Balja (Balca Tözün)
dance
 Marie-Anett Mey
Backing vocals
 Steve (Stephan Browarczyk)
rap
 Rod D. (Rodney Hardison)
singing
 Annett Möller
singing
 Lian Ross (Josephine Hiebel)
T-Roc (Terrance Lamont Croom)
Rap, singing
 Al Walser

Fun Factory is the name of several dancefloor - groups from Germany , one after the other came in 1992 with different occupations in appearance.

history

The Fun Factory project was launched in 1990 by Rainer Kesselbauer. In 1992 the first line-up with the four musicians Balja, Steve, Rod D. and Smooth T. They landed their first successful single with Groove Me in 1993. The following year their first album was released. Before the quartet released the next album, Balja was replaced as the group's female face by the French model Marie-Anett Mey . With their second album Fun-Tastic (1994) they became known across Europe and even landed in the US charts. In 1997 Fun Factory released a best-of album, in the same year Smooth T. and Rod D. left the group and Fun Factory broke up. The two remaining members founded the follow-up project "Fun Affairs" with singer Ray Horton, but could not build on their old successes.

In 1998, a group with a new line-up was created under the name Fun Factory: Al Walser , Annett Möller , Lian Ross (Josephine Hiebel) and T-Roc (Terrance Lamont Croom). The first album, Next Generation, sold 100,000 times. The band's success was mainly limited to the Asian region. In 2002, ABC of Music was the second and last album of the new formation, which also disbanded after the record's moderate success.

In the summer of 2008, a new edition of Fun Factory started by the Bremerhaven music producer Rekardo Heilig. The group initially consisted of rapper Douglas, singer and rapper DGS, singer Diana and the dancer / singer Jenna. In 2008 the single Be Good to Me was released , in the same year the group appeared on the ZDF TV garden with Fiesta de Samba . In 2009 the project published the music video for the single Uh la la with a different line-up and performed at the We love the 90's - Part 2 concert in the König-Pilsener-Arena Oberhausen. In 2013 the record company "ZYX Music" released the single On Top of the World . B 'Bang Bang was released in 2014 and Let's Get Crunk in 2015 .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1994 Non stop! - The album DE41 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: April 24, 1994
1995 Fun-Tastic DE43 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT49 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH36 (6 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: November 13, 1995

more albums

  • 1996: All Their Best
  • 1997: The Party - Non-Stop
  • 1999: Next Generation
  • 2002: ABC Of Music
  • 2016: Back To The Factory

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1994 Close To You
Non Stop! - The album 		DE19 (15 weeks)
DE 		- - UK97 (1 week)
UK 		US46 (20 weeks)
US
First published: April 1994
Take Your Chance
Non Stop! - The album 		DE18 (14 weeks)
DE 		- CH37 (4 weeks)
CH 		- US88 (12 weeks)
US
First published: August 1994
Pain
non stop! - The album 		DE24 (12 weeks)
DE 		AT25 (3 weeks)
AT 		- - -
First published: December 1994
1995 I Wanna B With U
Fun – Tastic 		DE11 (25 weeks)
DE 		AT18 (12 weeks)
AT 		- - US45 (20 weeks)
US
First published: April 1995
Celebration
Fun-Tastic 		DE12 (21 weeks)
DE 		- - - US- 1US
First published: August 1995
Doh Wah Diddy
Fun – Tastic 		DE6th
gold
gold

(16 weeks)DE 		AT11 (12 weeks)
AT 		- - -
First published: December 1995
Sales: + 250,000
1996 Don't Go Away
Fun – Tastic 		DE37 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT31 (4 weeks)
AT 		- - US93 (4 weeks)
US
First published: 1996
Love message DE4 (20 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: 1996
as part of the charity project Love Message
I Love You
Fun – Tastic 		- AT40 (1 week)
AT 		- - -
First published: December 1996
1 Celebration and Take Your Chance were released as double A-sides in the US.

more singles

  • 1992: Fun Factory's Theme
  • 1993: Groove Me
  • 1994: Love Of My Life
  • 1997: Oh Yeah Yeah (I Like It) / We Are The World
  • 1998: Party With Fun Factory
  • 1999: House Of Love
  • 1999: Get The Rhythm
  • 1999: Next To You
  • 1999: Sha-La-La-La-La
  • 1999: Wish
  • 1999: Next Generation
  • 2001: Self Control
  • 2001: Drum Factory 2001
  • 2002: Tam Tam Taram Tam
  • 2002: Simple Song
  • 2002: I Swear
  • 2002: I'll Be There
  • 2003: Let It Happen
  • 2008: Be Good To Me
  • 2010: Shut Up!
  • 2013: On Top Of The World
  • 2014: B 'Bang Bang
  • 2015: Let's Get Crunk
  • 2016: Turn It Up

Awards

  • 1996: RSH Gold in the category "German-produced regional band of the year"
  • 2009: Steaua de Mare
  • 2011: Lifetime Music Award

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Awards: DE
  3. ↑ RSH Gold Award 1996

Web links

Commons : Fun Factory  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files