Ray Watts

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Ray Watts 2017
Ray Watts 2017
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Strada della musica
  AT 13 01/14/2001 (17 weeks)
Fiesta Amigos
  AT 13 05/20/2001 (7 weeks)
Rock the Indians
  AT 30th 10/14/2001 (8 weeks)
Discotheque Cupid
  AT 17th 03/17/2002 (6 weeks)
Why? (Little Girl) (with Fillini)
  AT 12 01/26/2003 (15 weeks)
What U Get Is What UC (with Cortez & Lemon Juice)
  AT 8th 02/22/2004 (14 weeks)
Murder (Boom, Boom) (with Cortez & Lemon Juice)
  AT 6th 08/01/2004 (10 weeks)
Maria (with Lemon Juice & Amax Deejayz)
  AT 59 10/06/2006 (2 weeks)
Angels (feat. X-Ray)
  AT 18th 04/18/2014 (11 weeks)
Queen of Lisbon (feat.GG)
  AT 15th 04.09.2015 (15 weeks)
Her Soul (feat.DJ Amato & Felicia Lu)
  AT 21st 01/29/2016 (5 weeks)
Vegas (feat. GG)
  AT 30th 06/17/2016 (9 weeks)

Ray Roberts Clayton Watts (born December 10, 1970 in Linz ) is an Austrian singer , composer , producer , DJ and publisher . He has already composed over 1000 songs. He is also the owner of the WattsMusic record company.

Childhood and youth

Watts was already on stage with his father at the age of three and founded a band with two schoolmates as a child. At the age of 14 he published his first self-composed and texted single Knock , which was already played on Ö3 .

Career

With his then partner Bianca , he appeared as Bianca and Ray . With love songs like To the End of the World and Solo Conte , they were together guests at popular shows like Wenn die Musipiele or the Grand Prix of Folk Music . After the professional and private separation, his Salzburg career began as a music producer. He worked for and with DJ Ötzi , Die Paldauer , Die Edlseer , Leona Anderson , Kurt Elsasser , Petra Frey and many more. That he produced album Magic Moments by DJ Ötzi won in Austria platinum status.

X ray

He appears in clubs under the artist name X-Ray and has chart positions with his pop songs. With his single Strada della musica , he was nominated nationally in 2001 for the Amadeus in the single of the year category. His second hit Fiesta Amigos was included in the compilation Bravo Hits 33 before it was released . The following singles also all achieved top 20 placements in the sales charts. With the title What U Get Is What UC he was in the top 10 of the Austrian sales charts for two weeks, this title was placed in numerous countries around the world.

Ray Watts

Ray Watts has been appearing as an artist under his real name since 2014. All four singles previously released under this name ( Angels, Queen of Lisbon, Her Soul, Vegas ) reached the top 30 of the Austrian sales charts. With the song “ Vegas feat. GG "was Ray Watts' testimonial for RTL 2 Austria in 2016. At the end of 2018 he released the single "Love is on Fire" together with Ron Glaser & The Ridin´Dudes.

Activity as a producer

Ray Watts is the sole and managing owner of Watts Music GmbH. He composes, writes and produces, among others, for the following artists (selection):

  • Francine Jordi
    • Hold me one more time
  • DJ Ötzi
    • Drink Gemma beer
    • Christmastime
    • four tracks from the album Sternstunden (platinum status in Germany)
  • Anna-Maria Zimmermann ( DSDS finalist)
    • Single The First Kiss and album
  • Naddel and Kurt Elsasser
    • Album white horses
  • Greg Bannis
    • Album Hot Chocolate Girl

swell

  1. Chart sources Austria: Chart discography X-Ray / Ray Watts
  2. Testimonial

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