Yanou

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Yanou (real name Yann Peifer ; * 1974 in Bad Kreuznach ) is a German DJ and music producer .

Music career

In the second half of the 1990s, Peifer first attracted attention when he and Michael Urgacz as Beam & Yanou landed several hits in Germany and Switzerland.

In 2001, the collaboration came with DJ Sammy and the Dutch singer Thu . Together they recorded the hit Heaven by Bryan Adams from the 1980s in a dance version. They had a number 1 hit in Great Britain and reached the top 10 in Germany and the USA, among others.

In the Netherlands, he then worked as a producer for the Idols candidates.

He also founded the Cascada project as a singer with DJ Manian and Natalie Horler . In 2004 the trio had their first international hit with Miracle and the following year they had their worldwide breakthrough with Everytime We Touch , which was as successful as Heaven .

Manian and Yanou founded their own label Zooland Records in 2005 , with which they not only market Cascada and other projects of their own, but also other dance artists.

Other artists with whom Yanou worked and released singles are Liz Kay , Yves Larock and the rapper Tony T, with whom he started the RIO project together with Manian in 2007 .

Discography

Chart successes in the single charts

year Title
project 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, project , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1997 On y va
with Michael Urgacz as " Beam & Yanou " 		DE72 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: August 8, 1997
1998 Paraíso
with Michael Urgacz as "Beam & Yanou" 		DE74 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: September 21, 1998
2000 Rainbow of Mine
with Michael Urgacz as "Beam & Yanou" 		DE30 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH84 (1 week)
CH 		- -
First published: January 17, 2000
Sound of Love
with Michael Urgacz as "Beam & Yanou" 		DE64 (5 weeks)
DE 		- CH90 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: July 17, 2000
2001 The Free Fall
with Michael Urgacz as "Beam & Yanou" 		DE74 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: March 5, 2001
Heaven
DJ Sammy & Yanou feat. do 		DE10 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH39 (12 weeks)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)UK 		US8th
gold
gold

(27 weeks)US
First published: November 3, 2001
Sales: + 1,435,000
2002 On and On
Yanou presents Thu 		DE68 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: August 18, 2002
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE1DE AT-AT CH-CH UK1UK US1US
Singles in the charts DE7thDE AT1AT CH3CH UK1UK US1US

Web links

RIO
Tony T. (from 2008-2012)


Studio albums

Shine On (The Album) • Sunshine • Turn This Club Around • Turn This Club Around (Deluxe Edition) • Ready or Not

Mix tapes

Cool (RIO Radio Edit) • Children of the Sun (RIO Remix) • Mundo Samba (RIO Edit) • Turn the Tide (RIO Remix) • Like A Prayer (RIO Remix) • Brighter Day (RIO Radio Edit) • 1234 (RIO Remix) • Rock This Club (RIO Remix) • Je Ne Sais Pas (RIO Video Edit) • My Life Is a Party (RIO Edit) • Supernova (RIO Radio Edit) • Tonight (RIO Radio Edit) • Maria (I Like It Loud) (RIO Radio Edit)

Compilation albums

Greatest hits

Singles

De Janeiro • Shine On • When the Sun Comes Down • After the Love • Serenade • Something About You / Watching You • One Heart / Can You Feel It / Lay Down • Hot Girl • Like I Love You • Miss Sunshine • One More Night • Turn This Club Around • Animal • Party Shaker • Summer Jam • Living in Stereo • Ready or Not • Megamix • Komodo (Hard Nights) • One in a Million

Featurings

Night nurse

personal data
SURNAME Yanou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peifer, Yann (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German DJ and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Kreuznach