Ralf Christian Mayer

Ralf Christian Mayer is a German musician , songwriter and music producer .

Life

In his youth, Mayer completed an apprenticeship as a retail salesman in a music shop and did community service . At the same time, he played in various pop-rock formations and recorded his first pieces using four-track cassette recorders and a U87 studio microphone . Mayer has been the owner of the Tucan Studio recording studio in Kornwestheim ( Baden-Württemberg ) since 1999 .

Musical career

Musical beginnings

By chance came Mayer in contact with the owner of the Tucan Studios and was from that with the mixing of advertising music commissioned. This was well received, so that Mayer worked regularly for the studio in the following years. In 1988 the first album Mayer produced was released. This is the album It's Nice Noise by the German folk rock band Vaseline Joystick. They were awarded the Federal Rock Prize for their album. Shortly afterwards it became a little quiet around him before two albums produced by him were released in 1993. First he produced House of Sounds for the German Gothic band The Tors of Dartmoor. Shortly thereafter, The Coalminers 'Beat was the first major production for Sony Music Entertainment , the German Irish folk band of the same name, The Coalminers' Beat . For his first major album, Mayer had a budget of 150,000 D-Marks .

Breakthrough and successes with Clueso

Mayer celebrated his first successes as a music producer together with Clueso . In 2006 he produced his third studio album Far Away and was able to celebrate chart successes with the album for the first time. The album reached position twelve in Germany, stayed in the charts for 13 weeks and was awarded a gold record in 2009 for over 100,000 copies sold. The success followed with two more albums with Clueso. So much was released in 2008 , the album reached number three in Germany, as well as chart listings in Austria and Switzerland. The album was awarded three gold awards in Germany for over 300,000 units sold. 2011 appeared with In and of itself the third album. The album barely missed the top of the chart in Germany and was awarded platinum for 200,000 copies sold. The last two albums were not just about production, Mayer also worked as the author of many pieces.

Establishment and further successes

The success with Clueso led to collaborations with other well-known artists. In 2007 he produced, among other things, the Party Hitmix Vol. 2 by Pur . The single was able to place itself in the German single charts for seven weeks. In 2009 he produced the album Another Lover by the German singer-songwriter Mariha . In 2011 he participated in two pieces on Cassandra Steen's album Mir so nah . In 2012 Mayer started a collaboration with the Rhineland-Palatinate pop singer Mark Forster . He produced his debut album, Karton, and Forster's second studio album, Bauch und Kopf . Most recently, on April 1, 2016, the single Wir sind Groß was released, another collaboration between the two of them, in which Mayer also acts as an author, which will be found on Forster's third album; In addition, the piece will be the official contribution to the coverage of the 2016 European Football Championship by ZDF . Between the two projects with Forster, Mayer produced the album Nix without a reason for Pohlmann.

In addition to his work as an author and music producer, Mayer made a name for himself in terms of mastering and programming. Here he worked for DJ Thomilla , Die Fantastischen Vier , Massive Töne , Bob Sinclar , Lou Bega , Camouflage , Ferris MC , Xavier Naidoo , ASD , Andreas Gabalier and many more.

Discography

Remixes

• 2000: Till Brönner - Everything Happens to Me (Benztown Mix)

Author participations and productions

→ Main article : List of author participations and productions by Ralf Christian Mayer

Mayer in the charts as author and producer

year	Title artist	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, artist , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2006	Chicago P Clueso	DE60 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: April 21, 2006
2008	Not an inch A, P Clueso	DE15 (11 weeks) DE	AT48 (1 week) AT	-	First published: February 15, 2008
	Take away A, P Clueso	DE79 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: May 30, 2008
	Nobody thinks of you A, P Clueso	DE83 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 3, 2008
2009	Winner A, P Clueso	DE21st gold (34 weeks)DE	AT46 (11 weeks) AT	CH91 (1 week) CH	First published: April 3, 2009 Sales: + 150,000
2010	For you A, P Pohlmann.	DE93 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: September 10, 2010
2011	Too fast past A, P Clueso	DE38 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: March 11, 2011
2012	On the way P Mark Forster	DE49 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: May 18, 2012
	To you (far away) P Mark Forster	DE64 (1 week) DE	-	-	First published: October 19, 2012
2014	Au revoir A, P Mark Forster feat. Sido	DE2 diamond (65 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (50 weeks)AT	CH6th platinum (41 weeks)CH	First published: May 9, 2014 Sales: + 1,045,000
	Flash me A, P Mark Forster	DE11 platinum (47 weeks)DE	AT10 (33 weeks) AT	CH- platinum CH	First published: December 12, 2014 Sales: + 330,000
2015	Belly and head A, P Mark Forster	DE15th gold (24 weeks)DE	AT69 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: August 21, 2015 Sales: + 150,000
2016	We're big A, P Mark Forster	DE3 platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT18th gold (20 weeks)AT	CH16 platinum (20 weeks)CH	First published: April 1, 2016 Sales: + 445,000
	Choirs A, P Mark Forster	DE2 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (24 weeks)AT	CH7th platinum (37 weeks)CH	First published: October 28, 2016 Sales: + 435,000
2017	Anyway A, P Mark Forster	DE22nd platinum (31 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (28 weeks)AT	CH23 gold (27 weeks)CH	First published: April 21, 2017 Sales: + 425,000
	Kogong A, Mark Forster P	DE34 gold (17 weeks)DE	AT7th gold (16 weeks)AT	CH9 gold (18 weeks)CH	First published: September 22nd, 2017 Sales: + 225,000
2018	Like a Lion A, P Mark Forster feat. gentleman	DE38 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH64 (1 week) CH	First published: April 13, 2018
	Once A, P Mark Forster	DE24 (18 weeks) DE	AT39 (9 weeks) AT	CH56 gold (8 weeks)CH	First published: October 5th, 2018 Sales: + 10,000
2019	194 countries A, P Mark Forster	DE13 (... weeks) DE	AT14 (... weeks) AT	CH48 (16 weeks) CH	First published: September 13, 2019
2020	The day after tomorrow A, P Mark Forster	DE7 (... weeks) DE	AT10 (... wk.) AT	CH18 (... weeks) CH	First published: May 1, 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:
2017	Whispers A, P Mark Forster	-	-	CH93 (1 week) CH	Chart entry: May 28, 2017

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  AT  CH Number one author DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH Top 10 author DE4thDE AT6thAT CH3CH Author in the charts DE16DE AT11AT CH10CH

DE  AT  CH Number one producer DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH Top 10 producer DE4thDE AT6thAT CH3CH Producer in the charts DE19thDE AT11AT CH10CH

Awards for music sales

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	3,000,000	musikindustrie.de
Austria (IFPI)	5 × gold5	-	-	75,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	-	130,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	11 × gold11	8 × platinum8th	diamond1

Web links

• Ralf Christian Mayer at Discogs
• Tucanstudio