Gotye
Gotye [ ˈɡɔːti.eɪ ] (born May 21, 1980 in Bruges , Flanders ; actually Wouter Andre "Wally" De Backer ) is a Belgian - Australian singer-songwriter and drummer from Melbourne .
Life
De Backer was born in Belgium. When he was two years old, his family moved with him to Australia. He was registered for school under the English variant of his name, Walter . De Backer has been in a relationship with the Australian folk singer Tash Parker for many years.
Together with some of his classmates, including the current bass player in his live shows, Lucas Taranto, he founded the band Downstares in 1998 . When this band split up, De Backer concentrated on his solo project, for which he later used the name Gotye . According to De Backer's explanation, this is an English transcription of the first name Gauthier , which in turn represents the French variant of his Dutch maiden name Wouter (German / English Walter ).
Together with Kris Schroeder and Tim Heath, he is involved in the indie pop trio The Basics from Melbourne. His first single Learnalilgivinanlovin from the CD Like Drawing Blood was released in August 2006. In Germany, he performed at the Reeperbahn Festival in 2008 , but toured several times with The Basics. The group has released numerous albums and EPS, most recently in 2019.
In July 2011 he recorded the song Somebody That I Used to Know with the New Zealand singer Kimbra . It reached number 1 in the Australian and Belgian charts and was able to rise to the top of the charts in 24 other countries. The accompanying album Making Mirrors also reached number 1 in Australia in August 2011 and was successful in many other countries. After that, he had no plans to continue with his solo career.
In 2016 Gotye founded the “ Ondioline Orchestra” in order to preserve the musical legacy of Jean-Jacques Perrey , a French pioneer of electronic music. In 2017 the band released the song Cigale , which is dedicated to Perrey. Gotye also founded the record label Forgotten Futures in 2017. Its first publication was Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline , a compilation of rare and previously unpublished recordings by Perrey.
Awards and honors
Gotye won the ARIA Music Awards 2011 in the categories "Single of the Year", "Best Pop Release" and "Best Male Artist". In addition, he was nominated in the category regional nomination for "Asia and Pacific" at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2011 and won that same category in 2012. At the Echos 2012 , the song Somebody That I Used to Know won the "Song of the Year "echo. At the ARIA Music Awards 2012 Gotye won a total of five awards (three awards for his album Making Mirrors - Album of the Year, Best Pop Release, Best Cover Artist (together with his father Frank de Backer)) as well as Best Male Artist and Best Australian Live Act. At the 2013 Grammy Awards, he won the categories "Best Alternative Album", "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Duo / Group Performance". The latter two Grammys he received together with Kimbra for the single Somebody That I Used to Know .
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | BE F | BE W | AU | |||
2003 | Board face | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: February 2003
|
2006 | Like Drawing Blood | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
AU13
platinum
(14 weeks)AU |
First published: July 2, 2006
|
2011 | Making mirrors |
DE3
gold
(25 weeks)DE |
AT6th
gold
(17 weeks)AT |
CH10 (31 weeks) CH |
UK4th
gold
(26 weeks)UK |
US6th
gold
(46 weeks)US |
BE F3
platinum
(57 weeks)BE F |
BE W6 (53 weeks) BE W |
AU1 × 3
(44 weeks)AU |
First published: August 2011
Sales: +2,000,000 |
EPs
- 2009: Heart's a Mess
More albums
- 2007: Mixed Blood ( cover album ; first release: July 2007)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | BE F | BE W | AU | |||
2010 | Eyes Wide Open Making Mirrors |
- | - | - | - |
US96 (1 week) US |
BE F33 (4 weeks) BE F |
- | - |
First published: November 5, 2010
|
2011 |
Somebody That I Used to Know Making Mirrors |
DE1 × 3
(61 weeks)DE |
AT1 × 2
(37 weeks)AT |
CH2 × 3
(58 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 3
(63 weeks)UK |
US1 × 8
(59 weeks)US |
BE F1 × 4
(61 weeks)BE F |
BE W1 (70 weeks) BE W |
AU1 × 11
(50 weeks)AU |
First published: July 24th, 2011
feat. Kimbra ; Sales: + 10,000,000 |
More singles
- 2006: Learnalilgivinanlovin
- 2007: Hearts a Mess (Like Drawing Blood; first published 2007)
- 2009: Coming Back
With "The Basics"
Studio albums
- 2003: Get Back
- 2007: Stand Out / Fit In
- 2009: Keep Your Friends Close
- 2015: The Age of Entitlement
- 2019: BASIC
EPs
- 2005: For Girls Like You
- 2007: Lookin 'Over My Shoulder
- 2009: Like a Brother
- 2010: Wait for You
- 2014: The Lucky Country
Singles
- 2014: Call It Rhythm and Blues / Baby, Let Me In
Live albums
- 2010: / ðəˈbæzɪtʃ /
- 2013: My Brain's Off (And I Like It)
- 2017: In the Rude!
Compilations
- 2012: Ingredients
- 2013: Leftovers
Awards for music sales
|
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | 15 × platinum15th | 1,050,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | 5 × platinum5 | 150,000 | ultratop.be |
Denmark (IFPI) | gold1 | 7 × platinum7th | 100,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | 1,050,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Finland (IFPI) | gold1 | - | 6,774 | ifpi.fi |
France (SNEP) | - | platinum1 | 100,000 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
Italy (FIMI) | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 90,000 | fimi.it |
Canada (MC) | gold1 | - | 40,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 5 × platinum5 | 75,000 | radioscope.net.nz ( Memento from June 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) |
Austria (IFPI) | gold1 | 2 × platinum2 | 70,000 | ifpi.at |
Poland (ZPAV) | - | 2 × platinum2 | 40,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | platinum1 | 40,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | 3 × platinum3 | 90,000 | hitparade.ch |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | platinum1 | 40,000 | elportaldemusica.es |
United States (RIAA) | gold1 | 8 × platinum8th | 8,500,000 | riaa.com |
United Kingdom (BPI) | gold1 | 3 × platinum3 | 1,900,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 8 × gold8th | 58 × platinum58 |
literature
- At the top with eyes wide open for Goyte (sic!), Iain Shedden, The Australian, August 18, 2011 (English).
swell
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 60Sox (accessed January 15, 2012)
- ↑ a b c What became of Gotye? . Yahoo News, October 29, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020
- ↑ Will There Really Be “No New Gotye Music”? . Musicfeeds (Australia), October 20, 2014, accessed March 30, 2020
- ↑ Options Irwin Chusid: Playlist from November 16, 2016 Options . Retrieved March 30, 2020
- ↑ Gotye Makes His Return with an Ondioline. Sorry, a what? . Broadsheet (Australia), January 12, 2018, accessed March 30, 2020
- ^ Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline . Bandcamp , accessed March 30, 2020
- ↑ Winners of the 2011 Aria Awards announced. (No longer available online.) November 27, 2011, archived from the original on January 14, 2012 ; Retrieved January 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US BEF BEW AU
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Interview with Wouter De Backer
- ↑ Gavin Ryan: ARIA Albums: Soundwave Acts Debut At 1 and 2 . August 22, 2015. Accessed November 30, 2019.
- ↑ ARIA Chart Watch # 553 . auspOp. November 30, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
Web links
- Wally De Backer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gotye website
- German translation of Somebody That I Used To Know by hr3
- Analysis of the song "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye on bonedo.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gotye |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Backer, Wouter (maiden name); De Backer, Wally (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian-Australian singer and songwriter, multi-musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruges , Belgium |