Helmut Lotti

Helmut Lotti (2018)

Helmut Lotti (2007)

Helmut Lotti (* 22. October 1969 as Helmut Barthold John Alma Lotigiers in Sint-Amandsberg in Ghent ) is a Belgian crossover - and pop singer .

In 1995 he released “Helmut Lotti goes Classic”, the fastest-selling and best-selling album in Flanders . Over the next few years, Helmut Lotti became known beyond Belgium's national borders for his setting and popular interpretation of classical pieces of music. With over 13 million albums sold, he is considered the most successful singer in Flanders.

Life

Beginnings and breakthrough as a pop singer

Helmut Lotti was born as the first of three sons of Rita Lagrou and Luc Lotigiers. He came from a Catholic and musical family: his father, who left the family in 1974, is a classical tenor, while his grandfather Bart Lotigiers (1914–1995) was artistic director of the Ghent Opera from 1973. Helmut Lotti made his stage debut here in 1974 with an extra role in the operetta "Friederike" by Franz Lehár . As a child he was enthusiastic about the music of Elvis Presley and the Crooner . Since 1988 he has performed under the pseudonym "Kevin Leach" in talent competitions with Elvis interpretations.

In 1989 he took part in the “Soundmixshow” by Hendrikus “Henny” Josephus Huisman on the Dutch broadcaster KRO and took second place with his interpretation of Elvis Presley's “My Boy”. Two months after his performance, he got his first record deal with BMG Ariola and, through an employee of the record company, the stage name “Helmut Lotti”, which he himself described as “terrible” in an interview. His first manager was Roland Beirnaert.

Helmut Lotti began his career as a pop singer. The first single "Kom Nu" was released in 1989 and reached the top of the charts, the debut album "Vlaamse Nachten", which contained almost exclusively Flemish pop songs, was released the following year and was awarded gold .

Roland Beirnaert has been replaced by Piet Roelen, who has been a manager for Helmut Lotti since 1991. In 1992 Helmut Lotti's second album "Alles wat ik voel" was released, which again contained Flemish pop songs and was awarded gold just like its predecessor. Helmut Lotti was awarded a platinum record for the first time for his record "Memories", which contained well-known Flemish titles in English. For his fourth album “Just for you”, which was released in 1995 and contained English-language pop songs, Helmut Lotti worked on a large number of titles for the first time. This album was also awarded a gold record.

From pop to popular classic

Helmut Lotti and the Golden Symphonic Orchestra 2000

As early as 1994, upon request, Helmut Lotti gave concerts with a 23-piece orchestra in which he performed interpretations of classical pieces. For his interpretation of Lucio Dallas' title "Caruso" he received a standing ovation for several minutes during a performance, so that his manager Piet Roelen finally suggested recording an album with classic songs. The orchestra, with which Helmut Lotti had already worked, was enlarged and the Belgian André Walschaerts won as conductor. Since then it has accompanied Helmut Lotti on all of his albums and tours as the “Golden Symphonic Orchestra”.

“Helmut Lotti goes Classic” was recorded on September 8th and 9th, 1995 in Antwerp and was released in the same year. The album contains 18 interpretations of classical melodies or arias. Like many of Helmut Lotti's subsequent albums, it was arranged by Wim Bohets , who also plays as a pianist in the “Golden Symphonic Orchestra”. In addition to newly arranged classical melodies, for which Helmut Lotti wrote English lyrics, the album also contained classical interpretations of the Russian title "Kalinka" and Franz Lehár's "Lips Silence" as a duet with the Swedish Emma Philippa Hjälmås. With around 600,000 copies sold, “Helmut Lotti goes Classic” was the fastest and best-selling CD in Flanders at the time and was awarded platinum twelve times.

Due to the great success, the album "Helmut Lotti goes Classic II" was released in 1996 and "Helmut Lotti goes Classic III" in the following year. Both albums again contained interpretations of classical melodies and arias in a modern arrangement, which, however, were interpreted more easily than was the case on "Helmut Lotti goes Classic".

Helmut Lotti's first album to be released in Germany was “Helmut Lotti goes Classic” in 1997, which was released in Belgium in the same year under the title “Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III”. The other "Goes Classic" albums were released in Germany in 1998 and 1999. The originally first "Goes Classic" album was, however, considered obsolete in 1999 because Helmut Lotti's singing style and interpretation had changed. The Belgian album “Helmut Lotti goes Classic” was re-recorded for the German market, but also for other international releases. In Germany it appeared with slight changes in the selection of titles under the name "Helmut Lotti goes Classic III". The first three albums of the “Goes Classic” series differed in their selection of titles and the language of individual titles depending on the country of publication, so that in 2003 all three albums were released under a new title in a final version.

country	The Red Album (2003)	The Blue Album (2003)	The Castle Album (2003)
Belgium	Goes Classic (1995)	Goes Classic II (1996)	Goes Classic III (1997)
Germany	Goes Classic III (1999)	Goes Classic II (1998)	Goes Classic (1997)

While Helmut Lotti's first three “Goes Classic” albums were published in Germany, he released a double album in Belgium with a modernly arranged classical music. "Helmut Lotti goes Classic Final Edition" and "A Classical Christmas with Helmut Lotti" were released in 1998 and were the provisional end of the pure "Goes Classic" series. Both albums were also released separately. In Germany, “A Classical Christmas with Helmut Lotti” was released in 2003 under the title “The Christmas Album”.

Career in South Africa

Helmut Lotti's first international success after Belgium and the Netherlands was South Africa in 1996 . After numerous concert tours, he therefore followed the suggestion of his manager Piet Roelen to record an album with traditional African songs after a total of five classical albums in a row. The recordings for the TV special for the album “Out of Africa” were made in autumn 1999 in the Basotho Cultural Village, a village in the Qwa Qwa National Park in South Africa.

Helmut Lotti's aim was to make African music sound European without losing the African. However, there were also critics who accused Helmut Lotti of having softened the pieces of African folklore by his ingrained style and thus not living up to his own claim to hit the heartbeat of the continent .

The album, which was released in Belgium in 1999 and in Germany the following year, contained traditional titles from the continent in Afrikaans and the Bantu languages Zulu , Xhosa and Swahili, as well as popular English-language titles such as Elton John's " Circle of Life ", which is related to the African continent employ. The track "Out of Africa", which gave the album its name, was written by Helmut Lotti himself. The album “Out of Africa” stayed in the German charts for 50 weeks, making it Helmut Lotti's most successful album in Germany to date.

Latin American repertoire

"Latino Classics" was Helmut Lotti's first album, which was released in 2000 in Belgium and Germany at the same time. Like the following album "Latino Love Songs", which was released in 2001, "Latino Classics" also contained interpretations of well-known Latin American songs, among others from Cuba, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina under the accompaniment of the Golden Symphonic Orchestra. The film recordings for the TV specials of both albums were made in Mexico.

Lotti's "Tribute to the King"

In 2002 Helmut Lotti fulfilled a long-cherished wish with the album "My Tribute to the King". He started his career as an impersonator of Elvis Presley, whom he describes as his idol and has now released an album with interpretations of well-known songs by Elvis Presley. These differ significantly from the rock versions based on the original, which Helmut Lotti regularly sings as an encore at the end of his concerts and which also fill a large part of the program in his rock concerts in the casino in the Belgian seaside resort of Knokke , which he has been giving every summer since 1997 .

On the album, Helmut Lotti and arranger Wim Bohets tried to preserve the atmosphere of each track while still remaining typical of Lotti. [...] We don't want to shock the fans .

For recordings of the TV documentary, which was also being broadcast on German television at the time the new album was released, Helmut Lotti traveled to Las Vegas , Memphis , Nashville and Tupelo, among others , and met Elvis Presley's companions there. He played with Elvis Presley's guitarist Scotty Moore and his drummer DJ Fontana . “My Tribute to the King” reached number 2 in the German album charts and is thus Helmut Lotti's best-placed album in Germany to date.

Classic of Pop "in Symphony" - continuation

With his next album "Pop Classics in Symphony", Helmut Lotti remained true to his style and interpreted well-known pop and rock songs, among others by Queen , CCR , Barry Manilow and Barry Ryan , with symphonic accompaniment. In contrast to numerous earlier albums, the record released in 2003 did not contain any of Helmut Lotti's own compositions. Together with Cliff Richard he sang the duet "Danny Boy", which was also released in 2006 on Cliff Richard's album "Two's Company". The TV special for the album was recorded live at a concert on the Grand-Place / Grote Markt in Brussels.

Russian folk songs with the Golden Symphonic Orchestra and the Black Sea Cossack Choir

After interpreting African and Latin American titles, Helmut Lotti turned to Russian folk songs on his 2004 album. The title song was composed and written by Helmut Lotti himself. Helmut Lotti was musically supported on his album not only by the Golden Symphonic Orchestra, but also by the Black Sea Cossack Choir . The arrangements for the album were made by Helmut Lotti and Wim Bohets. The recordings of the TV special for the album were made in Saint Petersburg , Siberia and Moscow , where recordings were permitted on Red Square and in the Kremlin , among other places . Even before it was released, “From Russia with Love” achieved gold status with 100,000 pre-orders in Germany .

Following the publication of “From Russia with Love”, Helmut Lotti announced a longer creative break in March 2005, which was not least due to family reasons. His second marriage, in 2001, to then-student Carol Jane Poe, divorced in spring 2005. Helmut Lotti was previously married to Kimberly Grosmans from 1990 to 1997. The marriage, from the daughter Messalina (* 1991), was annulled in 1999. In May 2009 Lotti married the journalist Jelle Van Riet for the third time.

Comeback in swing and big band mode

After a break of almost two years, Helmut Lotti released the double album "The Crooners" at the end of 2006. The music of the crooners had accompanied Helmut Lotti since childhood and had a considerable influence on his own singing style. The so-called crooning is a particularly soulful interpretation of ballads with orchestra or big band accompaniment. On his album “The Crooners” Helmut Lotti concentrated less on versions of the older crooning of the 1920s, but on pieces of the modern, more jazz-heavy crooning, whose representatives included Frank Sinatra , Perry Como and Bing Crosby . The first CD under the title “The American Way” contained classics of the genre such as “Everybody Loves Somebody”, “ Just a Gigolo ” or “Blue Moon”, but with “Moon River” and “True Love” also titles that no longer existed Dated from the crooner's time, but could be interpreted accordingly. The second CD entitled "My Way" contained only Helmut Lotti's own compositions in the Crooner style. As with the previous albums, Helmut Lotti was accompanied by the Golden Symphonic Orchestra. “The Crooners” stayed at the top of the Flemish charts for ten weeks and was Helmut Lotti's eighth number 1 album in Flanders.

On the later album Soul Classics in Symphony (2018) Lotti interprets songs by, for example, Charles Trenet , Jim Croce , Frank Sinatra and Prince , but also his own works. He is accompanied again by the Golden Symphonic Orchestra , the arrangements are by Wim Bohets. Helmut Lotti recorded the duet LOVE, a composition by Bert Kaempfert , with Clare Teal , who received a BBC Jazz Award as Vocalist of the Year in 2006. The album Time to Swing reached platinum status even before it was released in Belgium.

Helmut Lotti (2013)

Return to Flemish hits

After a long musical break, Lotti's new album Mijn hart & mijn started was released in January 2013 , on which he sings in Dutch as in his early years. He composed most of the songs himself and wrote the lyrics in collaboration with the journalist Bart Vanegeren. The album, which reached number 6 in the Flemish charts, was produced by Stef Kamil Carlens.

Charitable commitment

Toots Thielemans 2006

In 1999 Helmut Lotti recorded the single Song for Kosovo with Sandra Kim and Soulsister singer Paul Michiels , the proceeds of which went to the victims of the Kosovo war . In the course of the Levenslijn project, the single Wondere Reis was created in 2000, which was sung by Helmut Lotti, Toots Thielemans , Clouseau singer Koen Wauters and Ingeborg . The proceeds from the single, which sold 30,000 copies, went to asthma research.

Sioen 2007

Together with 30 other artists, Helmut Lotti recorded the single Geef en teken in 2005 , the proceeds of which went to the flood victims in South Asia. In 2006 Helmut Lotti brought out the single Oaster Iets Scheelt in the Ghent dialect together with the Belgian singers Roland and Sioen , the proceeds of which went to the fight against poverty.

Helmut Lotti has been an ambassador for the goodwill of the UNICEF children's aid organization since 1996 . In this role he has been involved in recent years a. a. in Africa and Russia.

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Collaboration with other artists

Helmut Lotti recorded numerous duets with national and international artists. The following table provides an overview of these duets, some of which are found on Helmut Lotti's albums that were only released in individual countries.

year	Duet partner	title	album
1992	Bart Kaëll	Gek op hair	Helmut Lotti: Everything was ok
1995	Emma Philippa Hjälmås	silent lips	Helmut Lotti: Helmut Lotti Goes Classic
1996	Salvatore Adamo	Parliament D'Amore, Mariù	Helmut Lotti: Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II
	Lisa del Bo	This World Today Is A Mess	Lisa del Bo: Lisa del Bo
	Bart Kaëll, Lisa del Bo, Niels William	The great pretender	Levenslijn 2006 - De mooiste songs uit 10 edities Levenslijn (2006)
1997	Alice Libell	Mother Nature	Helmut Lotti: Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III
	Montserrat Caballé	Had to Be	Montserrat Caballé: Friends For Life
1998	Michael Junior	Panis Angelicus	Helmut Lotti: Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II (German verse)
	Lisa del Bo	Love is Life	Helmut Lotti: Helmut Lotti Goes Classic Final Edition
1999	Lisa del Bo	Sprakeloos (Flemish verse from "Love is Life")	Lisa del Bo: Best of the Sixties
	Michael Junior	Friends	Michael Junior: Dreamland
2001	Lisa del Bo	Swinging on a star	Lisa del Bo: Best of the Forties
	Arja Koriseva	All My Life: Näkemiin	Helmut Lotti: Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III (Finnish version)
2003	Freddy Birset	Et Maintenant / What Now My Love	CD single
	Izzy	Una Furtiva Lagrima	Izzy: New Dawn ; Helmut Lotti: The Red Album
	Cliff Richard	Danny Boy	Helmut Lotti: Pop Classics in Symphony
	Cliff Richard	Mary's Boy Child	Cliff Richard: Cliff At Christmas
2006	Isabelle Adam	True love	Helmut Lotti: The Crooners
	Hayley Westenra	There's a Sparkle in Your Eyes	Helmut Lotti: The Crooners
2008	Clare Teal	LOVE	Helmut Lotti: Time to Swing

In 1997 Helmut Lotti performed together with Sarah Brightman , Plácido Domingo and Riccardo Cocciante at the Christmas concert “Christmas in Vienna” accompanied by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The live recording of the Vienna City Hall concert was released in 1998 under the title "Christmas in Vienna Vol. 5". In July 1998 Helmut Lotti performed a concert by Eros Ramazzotti in Munich , where both sang the title “Musica E”. On the album “Bravo Clouseau”, which was released on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Belgian group Clouseau in 2007, Helmut Lotti can be heard with an interpretation of the band's greatest hit “Daar Gaat Ze” (international title “Close Encounter”).

Helmut Lotti also became a mentor for young artists. In 1998 he discovered Michael Junior as a talent and built him up into a child star . Michael Junior was a guest on Helmut Lotti's tours in the following years and recorded several albums.

Private life

Lotti has been married for the third time since 2009 and has been separated from his last wife since 2017. He and his first wife have a daughter.

In 2009 Lotti publicly stated that he had worn a toupee for years, which "was the decision of the management. Full hair went better with the image. ”Since December 2009, he has done without his toupee at concerts.

Own compositions

Helmut Lotti was mainly known for his cover versions with orchestral accompaniment. Almost every album also contains Helmut Lotti's own compositions, for which he wrote both the text and the melody.

year	album	Own composition
1990	Vlaamse Nights	Wachten op jou
1994	Just for you	I won't be alone , fly away
1996	Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II	I don't know why
1997	Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III	Overture 'Romance' , My Love Will Never Die
1998	A Classical Christmas with Helmut Lotti	It's Christmas
	Helmut Lotti goes Classic Final Edition	You'll be my love
1999	Out of Africa	Out of Africa
2001	Latino love songs	Hay Fiesta En La Hacienda
2002	My Tribute To The King	Thank You , If You Were Mine
2004	From Russia With Love	From Russia With Love
2006	The Crooners	all tracks on the CD My Way
2008	Time to Swing	Time To Swing , Heavenly Match On Earth , In The Arms Of A Stranger , Around You

For numerous other tracks on his albums, he contributed either the melody or the lyrics. This is particularly true of the early pop albums up to 1994.

Helmut Lotti wrote the duet "Friends", which he recorded with Michael Junior and which is on his debut album Traumland .

Helmut Lotti composed and wrote the title song “Love Belongs to Everyone” for the Belgian drama film “Dennis van Rita” (international title “Love Belongs to Everyone”), which was released in Belgium in February 2006.

criticism

Arranger and pianist Wim Bohets (left) 2007.

Helmut Lotti is an artist who polarizes. At the time of the publication of the “Goes Classic” albums, he was often referred to in the press as a star tenor, but at the same time he was denied the associated vocal qualities.

"To reduce the vocal bravura to 'higher, longer, louder' hardly corresponds to an ideal of classical singing art."

In fact, the long-lasting top note became a stylistic device often used in “Goes Classic” recordings, especially at the end of a track, but also in later albums. Looking back, Helmut Lotti, who has a vocal range of 3½ octaves, speaks of a hunt for high notes , which he regards as an attempted long-term suicide .

His voice was often criticized by critics as being unsustainable and he himself was viewed more as a kind of "pop tenor", which Helmut Lotti, who never completed a vocal training, confirmed.

“The great tenors have a classical education and also a classical sound. I, on the other hand, have a pop or maybe a musical voice. I could never sing without a microphone. "

“I'm actually not that enthusiastic about my voice. For me it is on the border between aggressive and nasal. Sometimes I have the feeling that it doesn't sound completely round and full. [...] But obviously that doesn't bother people in the least. Ultimately, it's about conviction, about feeling. "

Typical of Helmut Lotti's interpretations is the accompaniment by the Golden Symphonic Orchestra, which musically implements Wim Bohets' arrangements. The result are titles that range between classic, pop and hit music and have been criticized by the press as being too sentimental or kitschy. At the same time, the same concept for classic titles, traditionals from Africa, Latin America or Russia leads to a distinctive style, but also to a uniformity of the titles, which does not always meet the requirement of always wanting to try something new. Helmut Lotti justifies this with the expectations of his audience, among other things.

“[I] make sure that the repertoire isn't too difficult. My songs have the structure of pop music. It's easier for the audience to understand. Arias are often too difficult. Besides, I don't want to bring classical music closer to people, just the most beautiful melodies. "

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE F
1993	Memories	DE92 (1 week) DE	-	-	BE F- platinum BE F	First published: 1993 Chart entry in July 2002
1995	Just for you	-	-	-	BE F2 gold (26 weeks)BE F	First published: April 1995
	Helmut Lotti goes Classic	DE24 gold (43 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (30 weeks)AT	CH40 gold (4 weeks)CH	BE F1 × 12 Twelve times platinum (95 weeks)BE F	First published: November 17, 1995
1996	Helmut Lotti goes Classic II	DE13 gold (38 weeks)DE	AT4th platinum (23 weeks)AT	CH33 gold (9 weeks)CH	BE F1 × 10 Tenfold platinum (58 weeks)BE F	First published: November 15, 1996
1997	Helmut Lotti goes Classic III	DE5 platinum (23 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH20 (8 weeks) CH	BE F1 × 7 Seven times platinum (32 weeks)BE F	First published: October 1997
1998	Helmut Lotti goes Classic Final Edition	-	-	-	BE F1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (20 weeks)BE F	First published: October 1998
1999	Out of Africa	DE5 × 3 Triple gold (50 weeks)DE	AT6th gold (33 weeks)AT	CH11 gold (36 weeks)CH	BE F1 × 3 Triple platinum (31 weeks)BE F	First published: October 15, 1999
2000	Latino Classics	DE8th platinum (27 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (19 weeks)AT	CH17th gold (16 weeks)CH	BE F1 × 3 Triple platinum (24 weeks)BE F	First published: October 13, 2000
2001	Latino love songs	DE8th gold (20 weeks)DE	AT5 gold (24 weeks)AT	CH20th gold (17 weeks)CH	BE F2 platinum (20 weeks)BE F	First published: September 7, 2001
2002	My Tribute To The King	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (36 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (31 weeks)AT	CH11 gold (16 weeks)CH	BE F1 × 2 Double platinum (32 weeks)BE F	First published: August 2, 2002
2003	Pop Classics in Symphony	DE7th platinum (21 weeks)DE	AT6th gold (22 weeks)AT	CH13 gold (19 weeks)CH	BE F2 platinum (33 weeks)BE F	First published: September 22, 2003
2004	From Russia With Love	DE9 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (18 weeks)AT	CH42 (15 weeks) CH	BE F3 platinum (26 weeks)BE F	First published: September 20, 2004
2006	The Crooners	DE19th gold (22 weeks)DE	AT8th gold (17 weeks)AT	CH36 (15 weeks) CH	BE F1 platinum (36 weeks)BE F	First published: September 15, 2006
2008	Time to Swing	DE24 (13 weeks) DE	AT15 (7 weeks) AT	CH28 (7 weeks) CH	BE F2 platinum (25 weeks)BE F	First published: September 12, 2008
2013	Mijn hart & mijn lijf	-	-	-	BE F6 (17 weeks) BE F	First published: January 14, 2013
2015	Faith, hope & love	-	-	-	BE F8 (21 weeks) BE F	First published: November 27, 2015
2016	The comeback album	DE24 (19 weeks) DE	AT19 (11 weeks) AT	CH31 (5 weeks) CH	BE F14 (27 weeks) BE F	First published: October 21, 2016
2018	Soul Classics in Symphony	DE46 (3 weeks) DE	AT23 (2 weeks) AT	CH81 (1 week) CH	BE F1 platinum (33 weeks)BE F	First published: September 28, 2018 with Golden Symphonic Orchestra

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More albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE F
1995	Christmas In Vienna V.	DE33 (4 weeks) DE	AT26 (4 weeks) AT	-	BE F42 (5 weeks) BE F	First publication: 1995 collaboration with Plácido Domingo , Sarah Brightman and Riccardo Cocciante
1996	Christmas In Vienna - Best Of	DE60 (3 weeks) DE	AT37 (4 weeks) AT	-	-	First published: 1996 collaboration with Plácido Domingo, Josep Carreras , Luciano Pavarotti , Patricia Kaas , Charlotte Church , Vanessa Lynn Williams and Sarah Brightman
1998	Romantic	DE38 gold (16 weeks)DE	-	-	BE F2 platinum (19 weeks)BE F	First published: September 1998 compilation
1999	Romantic 2	DE- gold DE	-	-	BE F14 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: September 1999 compilation
2000	Vlaamse hits	-	-	-	BE F8 (10 weeks) BE F	First published: April 2000 compilation
2001	A Classical Christmas With Helmut Lotti	DE17 (10 weeks) DE	AT5 (11 weeks) AT	CH45 (6 weeks) CH	-	First release: November 2001 Christmas album
2006	My Favorite Classics / My Favorite Classics	DE20 (5 weeks) DE	AT11 (8 weeks) AT	CH41 (4 weeks) CH	BE F12 (9 weeks) BE F	First published: March 24, 2006 compilation

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• 1990: Vlaamse Nachten (BE:gold)
• 1992: Alles Wat Ik Voel (BE:gold)
• 1999: Chante les classiques (FR:gold)
• 1999: Chante les classiques (Vol. 2) (FR:gold)
• 2000: … In Love With You
• 2000: Love Songs
• 2010: the best

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	BE F
1989	Kom nu Vlaamse nachten	-	-	-	BE F7 (13 weeks) BE F	First published: August 1989
	Bij jou alleen Vlaamse nachten	-	-	-	BE F8 (11 weeks) BE F	First published: December 1989
1990	Waarom ik? Vlaamse nachten	-	-	-	BE F4 (13 weeks) BE F	First published: May 1990
	Vlaamse nachten Vlaamse nachten	-	-	-	BE F18 (8 weeks) BE F	First published: September 1990
	Het meisje van de buren Vlaamse nachten	-	-	-	BE F40 (8 weeks) BE F	First published: December 1990
1991	Nog één night	-	-	-	BE F32 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: June 1991
	What Kind Of Friend Alles Wat Ik Voel	-	-	-	BE F3 (15 weeks) BE F	First published: November 1991
1992	Nooit meer alleen Alles Wat Ik Voel	-	-	-	BE F28 (7 weeks) BE F	First published: April 1992
	Gek op haar Alles Wat Ik Voel	-	-	-	BE F31 (5 weeks) BE F	First publication: August 1992 with Bart Kaëll
	Vergeef me Alles Wat Ik Voel	-	-	-	BE F34 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: October 1992
1993	Ze is mijn Alles Wat Ik Voel	-	-	-	BE F35 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: January 1993
	I Should Have Known Memories	-	-	-	BE F8 (12 weeks) BE F	First published: October 1993
1994	You Don't Believe In Love No More Memories	-	-	-	BE F27 (7 weeks) BE F	First published: January 1994
1995	Why Don't You Just For You	-	-	-	BE F19 (7 weeks) BE F	First published: March 1995
	I Love You Too Just For You	-	-	-	BE F32 (7 weeks) BE F	First published: June 1995
	You and me just for you	-	-	-	BE F25 (8 weeks) BE F	First published: September 1995
	Don't Cry Little Child Helmut Lotti Goes Classic	-	-	-	BE F13 (11 weeks) BE F	First published: November 1995
1996	Caruso Helmut Lotti Goes Classic	-	-	-	BE F31 (3 weeks) BE F	First published: February 1996
	Tiritomba Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II	-	-	-	BE F3 (14 weeks) BE F	First published: October 1996
1997	You'll Win Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II	-	-	-	BE F33 (5 weeks) BE F	First published: February 1997
	Mamma Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II	-	-	-	BE F14 (5 weeks) BE F	First published: April 1997
	Shalom alechem	-	-	-	BE F21 (5 weeks) BE F	First published: September 1997
1998	You'll Be My Love Helmut Lotti Goes Classic Final Edition	-	-	-	BE F36 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: September 1998
	Panis angelicus	-	-	-	BE F15 (2 weeks) BE F	First published: December 1998 with Michael Junior
1999	Song For Kosovo	-	-	-	BE F2 (9 weeks) BE F	First published: April 1999 with Sandra Kim & Paul Michiels
	Shosholoza Out Of Africa	-	-	-	BE F24 (9 weeks) BE F	First published: August 1999
2000	Eso beso Latino Classics	-	-	-	BE F47 (1 week) BE F	First published: August 2000
2001	Quizás, quizás, quizás Latino Love Songs	-	-	-	BE F50 (1 week) BE F	First published: August 2001
2002	Suspicious Minds My Tribute To The King	DE55 (6 weeks) DE	AT58 (5 weeks) AT	-	BE F13 (10 weeks) BE F	First published: June 2002
	Such A Night My Tribute To The King	-	-	-	BE F12 (3 weeks) BE F	First published: November 2002
2003	Et maintenant / What Now My Love My Tribute To The King	-	-	-	BE F8 (11 weeks) BE F	First published: January 2003 with Freddy Birset
	Mandy Pop Classics In Symphony	DE81 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	BE F17 (7 weeks) BE F	First published: August 2003
	I'm Sailing Pop Classics In Symphony	DE73 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	BE F32 (7 weeks) BE F	First release: December 2003 with Children's Choir feat. Laura Seys
2004	Two Guitars From Russia With Love	DE86 (1 week) DE	-	-	BE F47 (2 weeks) BE F	First published: August 2004
	Far East Of The Sun From Russia With Love	DE85 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	First published: December 2004
2006	Caterina / I Don't Know How To Love You The Crooners	-	-	-	BE F40 (3 weeks) BE F	First published: August 2006
2008	Time To Swing Time To Swing	-	-	-	BE F9 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: August 2008
2012	Voed mij op Mijn hart & mijn lijf	-	-	-	BE F34 (8 weeks) BE F	First published: October 2012
2013	Je lijf is as een vuur Mijn hart & mijn lijf	-	-	-	BE F41 (5 weeks) BE F	First published: January 2013
	Veel te doen Mijn hart & mijn lijf	-	-	-	BE F56 (3 weeks) BE F	First published: April 2013
2014	Armoe	-	-	-	BE F44 (4 weeks) BE F	First published: January 2014
2015	Faith, Hope And Love Faith, Hope & Love	-	-	-	BE F4 (6 weeks) BE F	First published: October 2015
2016	Won't You Help Me Faith, Hope & Love	-	-	-	BE F7 (9 weeks) BE F	First published: January 2016
2017	I've Got Confidence The Comeback Album	-	-	-	BE F12 (5 weeks) BE F	First published: August 2017
2018	My Girl Soul Classics in Symphony	-	-	-	BE F19 (4 weeks) BE F	First published: August 2018 with Golden Symphonic Orchestra

More singles

• 2001: All My Life - Näkemiin (with Arja Koriseva )
• 2001: Cuando Calienta El Sol / You've Got A Friend
• 2002: My Happiness / Thank You
• 2004: From Russia With Love / Stenka Rasin
• 2006: Strangers In The Night / Oaster Iets Scheelt
• 2007: Alleen / Alone / On My Own
• 2007: Brabançonne
• 2013: Mijn hart & mijn lijf

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Germany 2001: for the video album Out of Africa 2004: for the video album Pop Classics in Symphony  Finland 2000: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic 2001: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III 2002: for the album My Tribute to the King 2003: for the album Pop Classics in Symphony 2004: for the album From Russia With Love 2005: for the album Latino Classics 2005: for the album Latino Love Songs  Canada 1997: for the video album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic 1999: for the video album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III 1999: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III 1999: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II  Netherlands 1997: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic II 1997: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III 2002: for the album My Tribute to the King

Platinum record  Denmark 2001: for the album Latino Classics  Europe 1998: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic 2000: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic - Blue Album 2000: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic - Castle Album  Netherlands 2000: for the album Out of Africa 2000: for the album Latino Classics 3 × gold record  Germany 2003: for the video album My Tribute to the King 2 × platinum record  Canada 1999: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic  Netherlands 1996: for the album Helmut Lotti Goes Classic 4 × platinum record  Belgium 1998: for the album Goes Classic (Final) & Classical Christmas

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)
Belgium (BEA)	3 × gold3	53 × platinum53	2,575,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	platinum1	50,000	hitlisten.nu
Germany (BVMI)	12 × gold12	6 × platinum6th	3,375,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	7 × gold7th	-	158.123	ifpi.fi
Europe (IFPI)	-	3 × platinum3	(3,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	2 × gold2	-	200,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Canada (MC)	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	310,000	musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI)	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	500,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	7 × gold7th	3 × platinum3	255,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	7 × gold7th	-	150,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	45 × gold45	72 × platinum72

Awards

Helmut Lotti on the Walk of Fame Starboulevard in Rotterdam

• 1989 - Gouden Oog as “Most Popular Singer in Flanders”
• 1995 - Sabam Hit Trophy for "Helmut Lotti goes Classic I" as the best and fastest selling record in Belgium (Flanders)
• 1996 - Gouden Oog as "Most Popular Singer in Flanders"
• 1997 - World Music Award in the category "Best Selling Benelux Artist"
• 1997 - ZAMU Award for the album of the year "Helmut Lotti goes Classic III"
• 1998 - “Goldener Roy” as “most successful cross-over artist 1997”
• 1998 - Gouden Oog in the categories “Most Popular Singer in Flanders” and “Best Event”
• 1999 - ZAMU Award for the album of the year "Out of Africa"
• 1999 - Golden Europe in the category "Classical Prize of the Year"
• 1999 - ECHO Klassik in the "Best Seller of the Year" category
• 2000 - Receives the “Golden Ticket” in Hamburg for 300,000 tickets sold in 100 concerts
• 2001 - ECHO in the "Crossover Classic" category
• 2001 - Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the category "Crossover Artist of the Year"
• 2001 - Golden Tuning Fork in the "Best Classical Musician" category
• 2001 - Crown of Folk Music in the "Crossover Artist" category
• 2001 - Admission to the "Signs of Fame" of the peace project "Fernweh-Park"
• 2002 - Golden Pen in the category "Entertainment"
• 2003 - Golden Camera in the category "Classic Pop"
• 2003 - Appointment as " Grootofficier in de Kroonorde " ("Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold") by King Albert II (presented in 2004)
• 2003 - in Hamburg he receives the platinum ticket for 750,000 tour tickets sold in Germany
• 2004 - immortalized on the Walk of Fame Starboulevard in Rotterdam
• 2007 - Multi Platinum Award for more than 12.5 million albums sold worldwide

literature

• Helmut Lotti , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 38/2003 of September 8, 2003, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
• Thierry Coljon: Helmut Lotti - Het Succesverhaal . Uitgeverij Houtekiet, Antwerp 2000, ISBN 90-5240-572-7 .
• Julie Brown: Van passie tot missie: Eight goodwill ambassadors from UNICEF . Van Halewyck, Leuven 2004, ISBN 90-5617-605-6 .
• Nina Polaschegg: Popular Classics - Classics Popular - Listener Structures and Distribution Media in Change, Cologne 2005, at the same time dissertation University of Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-412-26005-3 . (contains biographical information on Helmut Lotti)

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} With verve over vocal hurdles . Frankenpost, August 30, 2000.
2. ↑ Helmut Lotti: With Mama and Elvis to Success . Saarbrücker Zeitung, June 2000.
3. ↑ Excerpt from the program for the tour "Helmut Lotti Classics Out of Africa"
4. ↑ Sh. among others beyond Africa . Stuttgarter Zeitung, June 19, 2000.
5. ↑ A hit would be a completely wrong gift for me. Conversation with Helmut Lotti . Sächsische Zeitung, 5./6. July 2003.
6. ↑ See standaard.be
7. ↑ Helmut Lotti - Mijn Hart & Mijn Lijf on nu.nl
8. ↑ Anja Reichelt: Helmut Lotti - Ehe-aus after seven years. In: Bunte. January 17, 2017, accessed March 31, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Helmut Lotti "topless". Singer omitted from now on toupee . In: Express , October 21, 2009.
10. ↑ Effectively offered catchy tunes . In: Sächsische Zeitung , November 5, 1999.
11. ^ Met Helmut Lotti in Mexico . Dag Allemaal, October 23, 2000.
12. ↑ Helmut Lotti began a vocal training, which he broke off after six hours.
13. ↑ With verve over vocal hurdles . In: Frankenpost , August 30, 2000
14. ↑ Helmut Lotti: Elvis was my best friend. In: Reader Digest , December 2002.
15. ↑ In the press, for example, it was also referred to as the classic fabric softener : on this Helmut Lotti: Star tenor on free feet . In: Frau im Spiegel , 49/1999.
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH BEF

Web links

Commons : Helmut Lotti  - Collection of Images

• Helmut Lotti in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Website by Helmut Lotti
• Biography at google.books / dissertation University of Hamburg