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Timati (2012)

Timati (born August 15, 1983 in Moscow ; real name Timur Ildarowitsch Junussow , Cyrillic : Тимур Ильдарович Юнусов) is a Russian rapper and singer of Tatar descent.

biography

Timati comes from a wealthy family. His father Ildar Junussow is an ethnic Tatar . His mother Simona Junussowa (née Tschernomorskaja) has Jewish roots.

Timati attended music school as a teenager and learned the violin . He broke off studying at a Moscow business school. In 1995 he went to Los Angeles . There he got to know hip-hop and R'n'B , which shaped his later musical direction. With his first band, the hip-hop project VIP 77 , he was only able to achieve small successes underground .

2004–2008: Breakthrough in Russia

After participating in the fourth season of the casting show "Factory of Stars" in 2004, he founded the Banda group together with three other participants . Their debut album New People was one of the most successful albums in Russia in 2005.

In 2006 he started his solo career. His first solo album, Black Star by Timati , made it into the Russian album charts. The single release W Klube was voted "Best Club Song" in 2007. The track Schara (somewhat heat) was the title song of a Russian film in which Timati also had a role. Also in 2007 he played his first leading role in a movie (" Gitler kaput! "). In addition, he dubbed several feature films, including a. Surf's Up .

The single Forever was in the Russian charts in 2007 and 2008, where it rose to number 25. In 2008, Timati recorded the song Get Money with Nox. In the same year Timati and DJ Smash released the single Moscow Never Sleeps . In 2009 Timati presented his album "The Boss". He dedicated a song to his friend Ratmir, who was killed in a car accident.

2009: First successes outside of Russia

Timati gained international fame in 2009 through his collaboration with the US rapper Snoop Dogg , the joint single Get Your Groove On reached the charts in several European countries , including number 62 in Germany and number 21 in Belgium . A remix was released a few weeks later -Single with versions of house DJs like DJ Antoine or Remady .

In 2008 and 2009 he was one of the nominees for the MTV Europe Music Awards in the category "Best Russian Act". In 2010 Timati released the song I'm on You together with Diddy Dirty Money . In addition, countless other singles like I'll Be Waiting (Я буду ждать), SSL (Сколько Стоит Любовь) or Love You with Busta Rhymes .

2011: Worldwide breakthrough with DJ Antoine

With the title Welcome to St. Tropez , Timati landed a summer hit in the entire German-speaking region in 2011. The track was remixed by the Swiss DJ Antoine and the US singer Kalenna and was initially popular in clubs. A little later it entered the sales charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and many other countries around the world and achieved top 10 status in many countries. In addition, the trio has been awarded several gold and platinum records . The following singles with DJ Antoine, such as I'm On You , Happy Birthday or Amanama (Money), were also great successes.

This makes him the most successful pop act from Russia since the girl band tATu and only the second Russian act to reach the German top 10. The remix also gained popularity in Belgium and France and hit the charts.

2012: Studio album SWAGG

At the end of 2011 he signed a record deal with the dance label Kontor Records . He made himself particularly interesting at Kontor through the numerous collaborations with DJ Antoine and DJ MEG, both of whom are under contract there. Along with the contract, he announced a new studio album.

On June 22nd, 2012, the third studio album, SWAGG , was released, on which, in addition to the most successful old songs, there are also new songs such as Not All About the Money or Match Me . Guest musicians included Timbaland , Matisse & Sadko , Craig David , Shontelle and Snoop Dogg . It also includes remixes by DJ Antoine , Bodybangers , B-Case and PH Electro , among others . SWAGG was able to enter all charts after just one week. Including 31st place in Germany and 17th place in Switzerland.

The first release was Not All About the Money , in which he was supported by the American singer Max C as well as singer Grooya, rapper Timbaland and the DJ duo La La Land. It was able to achieve high chart positions, including 29th place in Germany, 32nd place in Austria and 7th place in Switzerland. The second release is called Forever , this was recorded with Mario Winans and was released in 2007, but the DJ team FlameMakers remixed it in 2012 and the track was therefore released again. The single could not reach chart positions. Match Me was released on September 14, 2012. He recorded this song with the Swedish singer and rapper J-Son . The title track was produced by DJ Antoine and Mad Mark . The fourth single was Sex in the Bathroom . Here acts Craig David with. In November, all songs on the album were released as single tracks or promo singles in the Russian iTunes store.

In spring 2013, a re-release of the song Groove On from 2009 in collaboration with US rapper Snoop Dogg was released via Kontor Records . There were new remixes from CJ Stone and Re-Fuge, as well as from Funkastarz together with D-Jastic. The remixes by DJ Antoine and Mad Mark , Remady and Virtual Vault , which were already on the original release, were also available together with the original versions. None of these versions reached the charts.

In addition to his own music, Timati runs the hip-hop label Black Star Inc. , several clubs in Moscow and a fashion label .

2019: Moscow

In 2019 Timati released a song called Moscow. Among other things, he praises the city of Moscow as “a city where no gay parades take place”. Within a few days he received 1.48 million dislikes on YouTube. He then took the song offline. Timati is known for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and enjoying performing with him. The guest rapper Guf distanced himself from the song in retrospect.

Black Star Inc.

Timati has its own music label, which is called Black Star Inc. carries. The entire label, which has the musicians Natan, Мот, L'One, MC Doni and Timati under contract, works together and goes on tour together. The so-called Black Star Mafia travels across America and Europe.

Private life

Timati and his ex-girlfriend Alena Shishkova have a daughter who was born in 2014.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2006 Black Star by Timati
The Black Star Inc. 		- - -
First published: November 30, 2006
2009 The Boss
The Black Star Inc. 		- - -
First published: November 13, 2009
2012 SWAGG
Kontor Records 		DE31 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT60 (1 week)
AT 		CH17 (7 weeks)
CH
First published: June 22, 2012
2016 ОЛИМП - - -
First published: April 27, 2016

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2009 Groove On
The Boss / SWAGG 		DE62 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: December 18, 2009
( feat.Snoop Dogg & Big Ali )
Welcome to Saint-Tropez
The Boss / SWAGG 		- - CH45 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: January 23, 2009
(feat.Blue Marine)
2011 Welcome to St. Tropez
WOW / 2011 / Welcome to DJ Antoine 		DE3
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(56 weeks)DE 		AT4th
gold
gold

(48 weeks)AT 		CH2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(56 weeks)CH
First published: March 21, 2011; Sales: + 405,000
(vs. DJ Antoine feat. Kalenna)
2012 I'm on You
SWAGG / Welcome to DJ Antoine 		DE50 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH67 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: February 21, 2012
(feat. P. Diddy , DJ Antoine & Dirty Money)
Not All About the Money
SWAGG 		DE29 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH7 (9 weeks)
CH
First published: June 15, 2012
(feat. La La Land, Timbaland & Grooya)

More singles

2006:

  • V Klube (feat. DJ Dlee)
  • Schara (feat. Nasty)

2007:

2008:

  • Moscow Never Sleeps (feat.DJ Smash )
  • Kiev, Odessa, Moskva (feat.Geegun)

2009:

  • Love You ( feat.Busta Rhymes & Mariya)
  • Limb by Limb ( feat.Xzibit )
  • Sexy Bitch (feat.Kalenna Harper)
  • Cosmos (feat. BK)
  • Classmate (feat. Geegun)

2010:

  • I'll be waiting
  • Time (feat. DJ Dlee & BK)

2011:

  • Party Animal (feat. DJ MEG)
  • Money in the Bank (feat. Eve )
  • Focusy [Tricks] (feat. DJ Smash)
  • Hollywood (feat. Evii)

2012:

  • Moscow to California (with DJ MEG & Sergey Lazarev)
  • Sex in the Bathroom (feat. Craig David )
  • 8 Days a Week (with Jean-Roch)

2013:

Promo singles

The promo singles are all songs from his album SWAGG that were released as single tracks on iTunes . They were not available as maxi CDs. In addition, they were not decoupled worldwide.

2012:

  • Top of the World
  • Tonight (feat. Shontelle )
  • Forever (feat. Mario Winans ; mixed by FlameMakers)
  • Be my girl
  • Amanama (vs. DJ Antoine )
  • Get Money (feat. Mims & Mann )
  • My Life (feat. Matisse & Sadko)
  • Last call
  • Money in da Bank (feat. Eve ; mixed by Bodybangers )
  • Match Me (feat. J-Son )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The St. Petersburg Times, January 18, 2008
  2. ↑ ultrabop.be: Chart data Get Your Groove On (accessed December 20, 2009)
  3. ↑ Chart statistics on hitparade.ch
  4. ↑ Article on germanchartblog in July 2011
  5. ↑ Popschredder 5 August 2011
  6. ↑ https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/1-48-millionen-dislikes-und-jede-quote-spott-pro-putin-rapper-knackt-negativrekord-auf-youtube/25003292.html
  7. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
  8. ↑ Awards for music sales: DE AT CH
personal data
SURNAME Timati
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Тимати (Russian); Junussow, Timur Ildarowitsch (real name); Юну́сов, Тиму́р Ильда́рович (real name in Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian rapper
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow