Junkx

Junkx is a production team for pop music from Mülheim an der Ruhr , consisting of Dennis Bierbrodt, Stefan Dabruck , Jürgen Dohr and Guido Kramer. Her most successful release to date is the single Sugar ( Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates ) with over 3.2 million copies sold. In total, the production team has so far been able to sell more than 6.9 million records worldwide.

Career

Start of career and first successes

The production team was founded in 1997 and settled in Mülheim an der Ruhr, where they also have their own recording studio (Junkx Music Studios). Stefan Dabruck acts as the A&R manager of the production team. Dabruck initially worked in the administrative area and only appeared occasionally as an author and producer, since 2016 he has also been an integral part of the music production and produces and also writes on all the songs of the producer team. He celebrated his first chart success with Junkx in May 2016 with the author participation and production of Heatwave by Robin Schulz feat. Akon .

In the year of the merger, Junkx's first author participations and productions came out with Da Lower You Go (Striking Man) and Rock the Disco (Disko Brothers). In the first three years they only made small productions with no notable success. It wasn't until three years later that Junkx made the breakthrough with the participation of authors on Phatt Bass ( Warp Brothers vs. Aquagen ) - a sample from New Orders Confusion . The single celebrated Europe-wide chart successes and made it into the top 10 of the British single charts . The single was able to celebrate further chart successes in Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. The next two singles We Will Survive and Blast the Speakers , which Junkx also wrote for the German DJ duo Warp Brothers, also made it into the single charts. After the first notable successes, the production team were initially denied further chart hits. It wasn't until eleven years after their last chart hit Blast the Speakers that they returned to the German charts in 2012 with Life Is Always New ( The Disco Boys feat. Mimi Perez). When Life Is Always New is the first chart success of Junkx where they are involved both as writers and as a producer. In the following year, Junkx with Mammoth ( Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai ) and Body Talk (Mammoth) (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai feat. Julian Perretta ) had another European hit after many years. The single reached the single charts in Belgium, Germany, France and the Netherlands, among others. Body Talk (Mammoth) climbed to position two on the charts in Flanders and achieved gold status. This was the first time that the production team was awarded a gold record .

Cooperation with Robin Schulz and establishment

In 2015, the production team achieved their global breakthrough with the collaboration of Robin Schulz . The first joint single Sugar (Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates ) - a cover version of Baby Bash's Suga Suga - became a world hit with number one placements in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic as well as other chart successes in the UK and the United States States. So far, Sugar has received one gold and 20 platinum records worldwide and has sold over 3.2 million copies. The two successor singles Show Me Love (Robin Schulz feat. JUDGE) and Heatwave (Robin Schulz feat. Akon) also achieved high chart positions and were awarded gold and platinum records.

In September 2016 followed a short guest performance with David Guetta . For him, Junkx produced the single Would I Lie to You (David Guetta, Cedric Gervais & Chris Willis ) - a new edition of the original by Charles & Eddie from 1992. The single was in the top 10 across Europe and has so far been over-sold 535 thousand times. In October 2016, the producer collective signed a long-term “publishing contract” with BMG Rights Management together with Robin Schulz . Junkx themselves made the following statement regarding the cooperation with BMG: “BMG simply understood how we work like no other publisher. The first few weeks of cooperation have already shown how strong BMG is internationally. We have never seen anything like this in 20 years of the music industry. We look forward to working with the entire BMG team in the future. ”One month later, the single Shed a Light, a joint work by Junkx, David Guetta and Robin Schulz, and the US EDM trio Cheat Codes was released . The single has sold over 900,000 times so far.

In 2017 Junkx wrote and produced the song OK by Robin Schulz and James Blunt . The single rose to position two in the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, among others. The single Despacito ( Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee ) had to admit defeat in all three countries . However, OK is at the top of the German dance (9 weeks) and airplay charts as well as at the top of the charts in Poland , Hungary and the US dance club songs. For over 900,000 copies sold, the single has so far received two gold and eight platinum. The following publications I Believe I'm Fine (Robin Schulz & Hill ), Unforgettable (Robin Schulz & Marc Scibilia) and Oh Child (Robin Schulz feat. Piso 21 ) did not reach top 10 rankings, but developed into evergreens and reached thereby partly also gold status.

Discography

Author participations and productions

List of author participations and productions

→ Main article : List of Junkx's writings and productions

Chart successes

The following table provides an overview of the chart success in the German speaking countries and the United Kingdom and the United States, author investments are with A and productions with a P marked. In addition to the chart successes in the countries listed, the producer team achieved a notable chart success with the authors' participation Body Talk (Mammoth) ( Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Moguai feat. Julian Perretta ) in Belgium. The single rose to position two in Flanders and was awarded a gold record.

Cover to Mammoth .

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2000	Phatt Bass A Warp Brothers vs. Aquagen	DE45 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK9 (14 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 16, 2000 Original: New Order - Confusion
	We Will Survive A Warp Brothers	DE54 (6 weeks) DE	AT61 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK19 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 2000
2001	Blast the Speakers A Warp Brothers	-	-	-	UK40 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 4, 2001
2012	Life Is Always New A, P The Disco Boys feat. Mimi Perez	DE81 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: October 19, 2012
2013	Mammoth A, Dimitri Vegas P & Like Mike & Moguai	DE90 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 4, 2013
2015	Sugar A, P Robin Schulz feat. Francesco Yates	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (55 weeks)DE	AT1 platinum (44 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)CH	UK21st platinum (34 weeks)UK	US44 platinum (15 weeks)US	First published: July 17, 2015 Sales: + 3,265,000
	Show Me Love A, P Robin Schulz feat. JUDGE	DE2 platinum (28 weeks)DE	AT4th gold (23 weeks)AT	CH12 gold (19 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: November 27, 2015 Sales: + 495,000
2016	Heatwave A, P Robin Schulz feat. Akon	DE30th gold (22 weeks)DE	AT24 (16 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: May 13, 2016 Sales: + 225,000
	Would I Lie to You P David Guetta , Cedric Gervais & Chris Willis	DE2 platinum (28 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (23 weeks)AT	CH24 (24 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 30, 2016 Sales: + 560,000
	Shed a Light A, P Robin Schulz & David Guetta feat. Cheat codes	DE6th platinum (23 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (21 weeks)AT	CH19 (25 weeks) CH	UK24 gold (16 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 25, 2016 Sales: + 1,206,000
2017	OK A, P Robin Schulz feat. James Blunt	DE2 × 2 Double platinum (38 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (32 weeks)AT	CH2 × 2 Double platinum (47 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: May 19, 2017 Sales: + 1,240,000
	I Believe I'm Fine A, P Robin Schulz & Hugel	DE29 gold (24 weeks)DE	AT26 (19 weeks) AT	CH88 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 8, 2017 Sales: + 200,000
	Unforgettable A, P Robin Schulz & Marc Scibilia	DE13 gold (23 weeks)DE	AT31 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH61 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: December 22nd, 2017 Sales: + 215,000
2018	Oh Child A, P Robin Schulz feat. Piso 21	DE19th gold (19 weeks)DE	AT20th gold (17 weeks)AT	CH84 (6 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: June 22nd, 2018 Sales: + 215,000
	Right Now A, P Nick Jonas vs. Robin Schulz	DE78 (1 week) DE	-	CH72 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: August 24, 2018
	Build a House A, P Stefanie Heinzmann feat. All colors	-	-	CH38 (13 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 21, 2018
	Fading A, P All colors feat. Ilira	DE16 (27 weeks) DE	AT16 gold (21 weeks)AT	CH17th platinum (21 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: November 2nd, 2018 Sales: + 55,000
	Speechless A, P Robin Schulz feat. Erika Sirola	DE7th platinum (32 weeks)DE	AT8th platinum (27 weeks)AT	CH9 platinum (38 weeks)CH	-	-	First published: November 16, 2018 Sales: + 640,000
2019	Walk Away P Alle Farben feat. James Blunt	DE98 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: March 29, 2019
	All This Love A, P Robin Schulz feat. Harlœ	DE24 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT32 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH28 (22 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: May 3, 2019 Sales: + 215,000
2020	In Your Eyes A, P Robin Schulz feat. Alida	DE7th gold (… Where.)DE	AT7th gold (… Where.)AT	CH10 (... wk.) CH	-	-	First published: Jan 10, 2020 Sales: + 215,000
	Alane A, Robin Schulz P & Wes	DE10 (... wk.) DE	AT9 (... weeks) AT	CH10 (... wk.) CH	-	-	First published: June 19, 2020
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2015	Yellow A, P Robin Schulz feat. Disciples	DE73 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH70 (1 week) CH	-	-	Chart entry: September 25, 2015
	Number one author participations / productions	DE1/1DE	AT1/1AT	CH1/1CH	UK-UK	US-US
	Top 10 author participations / productions	DE7/8DE	AT7/8AT	CH5/5CH	UK1 / -UK	US-US
	Author participation / productions in the charts	DE19/19DE	AT14/14AT	CH15/16CH	UK5/2UK	US1/1US

Remixes

• 2010: Jean Elan - Krupa (Junkx Remix)
• 2011: Rosenstolz - We are alive (The Disco Boys Radio Mix) (with the Disco Boys )
• 2014: atb feat. Stanfour - Face to Face (Junkx Remix)
• 2014: atb with Boss & Swan - Raging Bull (Junkx Remix)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2014: for the author's participation Body Talk (Mammoth) 2019: for the author participation / production Speechless  Denmark 2017: for the author participation / production Shed a Light  France 2016: for the author participation / production Sugar 2017: for the production Would I Lie to You 2017: for the author participation / production Shed a Light 2020: for author participation / production Speechless  Italy 2017: for the author participation / production Show Me Love 2018: for the author participation / production Heatwave  Spain 2017: for the author participation / production Shed a Light

Platinum record  Belgium 2017: OK for author participation / production  France 2017: OK for author participation / production  Italy 2019: for the production Would I Lie to You 2019: for the author participation / production Speechless  Norway 2015: for the author participation / production Sugar  Poland 2016: for the production Would I Lie to You 2020: for author participation / production Speechless 2020: for author participation / production fading  Spain 2017: OK for author participation / production

2 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the author participation / production Sugar 2018: for the author participation / production Shed a Light  Italy 2018: for the author participation / production Shed a Light  New Zealand 2016: for the author participation / production Sugar  Netherlands 2015: for the author participation / production Sugar  Poland 2016: for the author participation / production Show Me Love 3 × platinum record  Italy 2017: OK for author participation / production  Canada 2016: for the author participation / production Sugar 5 × platinum record  Italy 2017: for the author participation / production Sugar

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)	-	4 × platinum4th	280,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	2 × gold2	platinum1	65,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	gold1	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	6 × gold6th	8 × platinum8th	4,400,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	4 × gold4th	platinum1	475,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	2 × gold2	10 × platinum10	550,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	3 × platinum3	240,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × platinum2	30,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	platinum1	30,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	platinum1	10,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	8 × gold8th	3 × platinum3	210,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	5 × platinum5	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold1	6 × platinum6th	155,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	gold1	platinum1	60,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	platinum1	1,011,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	platinum1	1,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	26 × gold26th	48 × platinum48

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Juergen Dohr. (No longer available online.) De.linkedin.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 10, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
2. ↑ Robin Schulz and Junkx sign with BMG. mediabiz.de, accessed on July 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Stefan Dabruck. hitparade.ch, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Warp Brothers vs. Aquagen - Phatt Bass. hitparade.ch, accessed on July 12, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Robin Schulz and Junkx sign worldwide publishing deal with BMG. bertelsmann.de, accessed on July 10, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Robin Schulz feat. James Blunt - OK (Dance). officialcharts.de, accessed on August 13, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Airplay Charts (Germany). mix1.de, accessed on August 13, 2017 . 
8. ^ Robin Schulz Chart History. billboard.com, accessed September 18, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US (search required)

Web links

• Website of Junkx
• Junkx at Allmusic (English)
• Junkx at Discogs (English)
• Junkx at hitparade.ch