Robin Schulz
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Robin Schulz (born April 28, 1987 in Osnabrück ) is a German DJ and producer .
He won the ECHO four times and was nominated for a Grammy .
Life
By 2013: Commercial breakthrough with Waves
Electronic music has played a major role in Robin Schulz's life since early youth. His father was a renowned DJ in the 1980s. Schulz himself bought his first record player when he was 15.
He gained notoriety in 2013 through various remixes of popular hit singles. The remix of the Dutch top ten hit Waves by Mr. Probz got a lot of attention on his SoundCloud page. His version was released as a single in Germany in early 2014 and shortly afterwards in Austria and Switzerland. The mix reached number one on the single charts in all three countries. The song was then released across Europe. It was also number one in Great Britain, Sweden and Norway and number three in Finland, Denmark and France. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Remix Recording category at the end of the year .
2014: Prayer
At the beginning of 2014, Schulz posted another remix on his SoundCloud page, which also quickly achieved a high number of views. He had chosen the song Prayer in C by the French folk pop duo Lilly Wood & the Prick , which was previously only available as an album track. In June 2014 Schulz's remix was released as a single in German-speaking countries and immediately reached number 1 in the charts. After three weeks it had gold status in Germany . In addition, according to evaluations by GfK , the remix was named “Summer Hit 2014”. In April 2020, the remix finally received a diamond record in Germany for one million copies sold, making Prayer in C one of the best-selling singles in Germany .
On September 6, 2014, he released a remix of Alligatoah's song Willst du , which made it into the single charts of German-speaking countries. On September 15, 2014, in cooperation with British singer Jasmine Thompson Schulz's first original composition, Sun Goes Down, was released . This sold half a million times and climbed, among other things, into the top 3 in all German-speaking countries. On September 19, 2014, he released the debut album Prayer , which was not only a national top 10 but also achieved international success. In addition to new productions, it also includes titles by other musicians.
2015: Sugar
In April 2015, the single Headlights was released with the Californian singer-songwriter Ilsey. Robin Schulz's second studio album Sugar was released on September 25, 2015 . The single of the same name, on which the Canadian singer-songwriter Francesco Yates can be heard, was released on July 17, 2015. It is the cover version of a song by the American rapper Baby Bash . The track topped the official single charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition, it achieved a third placement in the USA. The song has over two million sales.
On September 18, 2015, Yellow was released, the third advance single (promo single) from his second studio album Sugar . The song was released in collaboration with the producer duo Disciples . This achieved a single chart placement in Germany and Switzerland. The album was released a week later. Sugar was able to surpass the success of Prayer in the German-speaking countries, in Switzerland the album reached number 1 . The single also hit the official album charts in the United States . On this single release, Schulz worked for the first time with the German producer team Junkx as an author and producer, with whose help all Schulz publications were created from now on. In the run-up to this, the producer trio was already involved in mastering and programming work such as Sun Goes Down and Headlights for Schulz.
On November 27, 2015, Show Me Love was the fourth single from the album. This was sung by the German pop singer Richard Judge. In Germany and Austria, the song moved into the top 10. In Switzerland Show Me Love was ranked 12th. They were awarded a gold record in all three countries.
2016: Heatwave & Shed a Light
With Heatwave , the last single from Sugar was released on May 13, 2016 . The song was created in collaboration with the American singer Akon . The studio session took place parallel to those for Akon and DJ Antoines Holiday . While initially there was no success, it later moved into the upper half of the chart for Germany and Austria. In Germany, it was also awarded for 200 thousand units sold.
Shed a Light was released on November 25, 2016. He produced this single in collaboration with the French DJ and producer David Guetta and the US EDM trio Cheat Codes . Incontrast to its predecessor, themixture of dance-pop and deep-house reached the singles charts again in Great Britain and moved back into the top 10 of a number of European countries, but only landed in the middle of the French charts. Awarded a platinum record in Italy in the spring of the following year. It was also recognized in the UK for 200,000 units sold. After a lyric video, the accompanying music video, which was praised for its creativity, was released in early January 2017.
2017: Documentary & OK
On February 24, 2017, a documentary entitled Robin Schulz - The Movie about Schulz's life and work as a disc jockey premiered in Hamburg . A month later he performed at the Ultra Music Festival. There he premiered, among other things, a second collaboration with Jasmine Thompson and the song OK , which was created in collaboration with James Blunt . OK was released as a single on May 19, 2017 . The single reached number two in the German and Swiss single charts. The song is the second single from Robin Schulz 'third studio album Uncovered . The third single, I Believe I'm Fine, followed on September 8, 2017. Three weeks later, the release of Uncovered followed . At the end of the year, Unforgettable was the fourth single from the album.
Since 2018: Various single releases
Another release from his third studio album was released on June 22, 2018. Schulz re-recorded the song Oh Child with the Colombian Latin pop band Piso 21 and released this version as a single.
On August 23, 2018, Robin Schulz released the song Right Now with the American actor, singer and songwriter Nick Jonas . It's a mix of electro pop and Latin American style elements.
The single Speechless , a collaboration with Finnish singer Erika Sirola , was released on November 16, 2018 . The accompanying music video was shot in Mumbai ( India ). With All This Love , the second single was released on May 3, 2019, which has not yet been found on any Schulz album. This is a collaboration with the US R&B singer Harlœ .
On September 13, 2019 Schulz released the single Rather Be Alone , which was created in collaboration with the Greek DJ and producer Nick Martin and the US singer Sam Martin . The music video for it was released on October 7, 2019, which continues the story of All This Love and in which Toni Garrn can be seen as an actress.
In January 2020, Schulz released another single, In Your Eyes . This is a collaboration with the Norwegian singer-songwriter Alida . The accompanying music video continues the story of the two previous singles. On May 29, 2020, the second single of the calendar year was released, Oxygen . It is a collaboration with the Swedish singer-songwriter Winona Oak . Oxygen is the first single to be released under Schulz's newly founded music label Mentalo Music. Three weeks after the release of Oxygen , Schulz and Wes released a new edition of their 1997 single Alane . On July 17, 2020, an official remix of Bob Marley's Sun Is Shining by Robin Schulz was released. The remix made it to number 91 on the Swiss charts, in Germany and Austria a chart entry was denied.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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Dance
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| 2014 |
Prayer Tonspiel / Warner Music |
DE7th  (47 weeks)DE |
AT10 (12 weeks) AT |
CH4th  (51 weeks)CH |
UK86 (2 weeks)UK |
US42 (19 weeks) US |
Dance3 (34 weeks) Dance |
First published: September 16, 2014
Sales: + 405,000 |
| 2015 |
Sugar Tonspiel / Warner Music |
DE3 (45 weeks)DE |
AT4 (15 weeks) AT |
CH1 (37 weeks) CH |
- |
US154 (8 weeks) US |
Dance5 (4 weeks) Dance |
First published: September 25, 2015
Sales: + 150,000 |
| 2017 |
Uncovered Tonspiel / Warner Music |
DE11 (34 weeks) DE |
AT19 (16 weeks) AT |
CH12 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
Dance12 (1 week) Dance |
First published: September 29, 2017
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Awards (selection)
- 2015: ECHO - Dance national
- 2016: ECHO - Dance national
- 2016: ECHO - Best National Act Abroad
- 2016: "Grand Prix" award of the Paris Music Video Festival for Sugar as best music video
- 2016: Spotify Award “Most viral Track of the Year” for the single Sugar
- 2018: ECHO - Dance national
Web links
- Robin Schulz on soundcloud.com
- Official website
- Robin Schulz at Discogs (English)
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- ↑ The Hitschmied , n-tv.de
- ↑ List of official remixes by Robin Schulz on discogs.com, accessed on April 18, 2014
- ↑ Release details of the single CD on discogs.com
- ↑ Charts Germany week 9 ( memento from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on musikmarkt.de on February 25, 2014
- ↑ Tom Bullmann: Osnabrück DJ Robin Schulz at the top of the charts in the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on March 5, 2014, accessed on April 10, 2014
- ↑ Mr. Probz's "Waves" Heading for No1 This Weekend on mtv.co.uk on April 23, 2014
- ↑ Weekly Singles Review ( Memento from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on uk.celebrity.yahoo on April 21, 2014
- ↑ Robin Schulz second number one with “Prayer in C” ( memento from June 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on musikmarkt.de on June 17, 2014
- ↑ Robin Schulz: Gold for “Prayer In C” ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Renzo Wellinger, Musikmarkt, July 10, 2014
- ↑ GOLD / PLATINUM database. musikindustrie.de, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz: Debut album “Prayer” will be released on September 19th. on warnermusic.de, accessed on September 6, 2014
- ↑ Francesco Yates. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Francesco Yates at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Robin Schulz: An exciting look behind the scenes: "Robin Schulz - The Movie" celebrates on February 24th. Premiere. February 17, 2017, accessed October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Credits / In Your Eyes (feat. Alida) / Robin Schulz. listen.tidal.com, January 10, 2020, accessed January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Winona Oak & Robin Schulz - Oxygen. listen.tidal.com, May 29, 2020, accessed June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Robin Schulz's own label Mentalo Music starts with the song “Oxygen” with Winona Oak. warnermusic.de, May 29, 2020, accessed June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Credits / Alane / Robin Schulz. listen.tidal.com, accessed June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Bob Marley Ft Robin Schulz - Sun Is Shining. discogs.com, accessed August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Bob Marley feat. Robin Schulz - Sun Is Shining. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Federal Association of the Music Industry: ECHO | Dance National. Accessed April 12, 2018 .
- ^ Federal Association of the Music Industry: ECHO | National Act abroad. Retrieved February 8, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schulz, Robin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German DJ and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |