DJ Bobo is 1.73 m (5 ft,81/2 in) tall and has green-brown eyes. He has no brothers or sisters.
DJ Bobo as well as members of his group do not smoke or drink
alcohol and are really into sport. As a mater of fact he hates smell of
cigarettes.
DJ Bobo loves soccer, but than you have to remember that
soccer is the most popular discipline in Europe. Well...actually, he
not only likes to play soccer but also finds time to play badminton and
of course does skiing.
The biggest hobby of DJ Bobo is always music.
When time permits he listens Michael Jackson, Elton John and
Steve Wonder.
DJ Bobo is a very gentle and polite guy. He likes being with his fans, signing his pictures and posing for pictures. He is trying to be a normal, preppy guy even if his popularity makes his life pretty tough. He does not have a STAR mannier. When he is performing, one might discover how much energy is in him. His hard work has been fully recognized. He already received many gold and platinum records including the title of BEST European male Singer of 1995. His favorite song from his repertoire is "Let The Dream Come True". He has about 8 different costumes he usually uses in concerts. When in tournee he prefers to use buses over airplains. Why? Simply because he can sleep better in buses and get some relax.
As you can easily seen from his pseudonym, the multi-talent previously worked as a disc jockey. Using name "DJ Bobo" René Baumann quickly rose to become one of the really big names in the Swiss club scene. It was thereby obvious that he also uses this successful name as a producer.
The beginning of DJ Bobo career was not easy. Before his talent exploded he was trying to get many labels interested in his music, without a success. His first professional single recorded was: Let's Grove On.
But DJ Bobo prooved with his second hit that he is not a nine-day wonder: Keep On Dancing became number 1 in Finland, reached the Top Ten in many European countries and was awarded with Gold Discs for 250,000 singles sold in Germany. Switzerland awarded his long expected album Dance With Me and it was to be found in the European Charts for some time. Take Control - the next release - reached very high chart positions and again got Gold in Germany.
there for many weeks and was awarded with the Platinum Disc for 500,000 singles sold in Germany.
In Autumn of 1994 the second album There Is A Party was released
containing the whizz kid and smash hit
Let The Dream Come True which
also reached Gold. Love Is All Around was released in January 1995,
gained Top 10 positions in many countries and was awarded with sixth
Gold Discs in line in Germany!
In February and March of 1995 DJ Bobo was on tour in South America with
great response from the fans.
When he was in Sao Paolo he performed a
gorgeous dance-act in front of a 120,000 people and everybody
took active part in his lifely show.
At the beginning of May 1995 he got the World Music Award in Monaco for
being the "World's best-selling Swiss
recording artist of the Year".
The new single "There Is A Party" was climbing up the charts; together with
the
fantastic video which was produced in Caribbean by the Miami Vice
camera team.
In Summer 1995 an extended Asia tour followed with stage acts in Seoul
(South Korea), Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Their next stay was the
promotion tour in Australia.
Also in 1995 DJ Bobo released an album in Argentina called "Best & New Remixes".
The "There is A Party Tour '95" started in September of 1995 with
25 people acting with a most costly tourequipment.
DJ Bobo performed
an extraordinary show with a livecrew of 9 people with a perfect choreography
and tramsformed each hall into one huge dance party. The success of this tour
set new standards in the European dance scene: more than 35 shows in Germany
alone, apparances in Eastern and Northern Europe, and as the high point, a
sold-out concert for 13,000 visitors in Zurich Hallenstadion! Hurrying
from stage to stage, giving interviews, press conferences and signing
autographs were the main occupation for DJ Bobo and his team last autumn.
As a reward for his efforts he received enthusiastic applause and standing ovations after each concert but what made him most happy were the allover happy faces of his fans and groupies. With his shows on stage he filled his audience with enthusiasm. 90 minutes of pure Dance, based on a perfect choreography, giant firework, light effects and even a conjuring trick that really caused a sensation. During this mega event the video "Live On Stage" was shot and here you can find 60 minutes of pure Dance Entertainment. No one should fail to watch it as it really proves to be fantastic.
At the press conference after the show he presented his special album
"Just For You" containing Dance Remixes of already known productions as
well as the special X-Mas Song "It's Time For Christmas" and "Love Is
The Price". While singing this ballad 13:000 fascinated fans were
lighting their sparklers and the Hallenstadion was transformed into an
ocean of little lights.
His success can be understood easily when reviewing 7 brilliant singles and the gorgeous album "There Is A Party".
Especially with the single "Love Is The Price" he is proving his unbelievable creativity. It is a ballad which he was
presenting to the world in the biggest and most famous game show "Wetten Dass..?" in Bremerhaven in front of
millions of viewers watching DJ Bobo and his group. But the Dance Floor King does not even think of making a pause
and is working again to improve his show and choreography. At the moment he is on the "Love is the price tour" which
began in Switzerland, was continued in Germany and was finished with a performance at the charity concert
"Hand in Hand for Children" in Frankfurt on April 7th.
The little time between his shows DJ Bobo seizes to work on further
productions in the studio as a new album:
"World in Motion" is planned
for release on October 7th. Of course there will be a single release
before and each of
us is waiting excitedly on the song titled "Pray"
DJ Bobo was presented on September 2nd.
In September 1997 the album "World in Motion - Winter Edition" was released.
and the album called "Magic" was released on April 27, 1998.
In the summer of 1998 the single "Around The World" was released.
In the fall of 1998 the single "Celebrate", a typical eurodance song, was released.
In March 1999 a cd called "The ultimate Megamix '99" was released . It's a 45 minutes long megamix
with all the hits, for example "Pray", "Freedom", "Let The Dream Come True" and many others.
In April 1999 the double album "Hits & Remixes" was released. The first cd contains the
hits and the second cd contains remixes by for example Robyx and Dakeyne.
DJ Bobo released a single called "Together" on the 30 August, 1999 and
an
album called "Level 6" was released on the 4th October, 1999.
Dj Bobo released a single called "Lies" in November 1999.
Dj Bobo released a video of the "Mystasia" tour. It's available in both VHS and DVD.
All 18 DJ BoBo-Video-Clips on one VHS / DVD including unreleased "making of" sequences with a total
running time of 161 minutes!. The VHS/DVD can be ordered on http://www.djbobo.ch/
René Baumann more known as DJ Bobo released a book called
"Gestatten, René Baumann. The Book by DJ Bobo".
The book is an exciting
portrait and was created on 144 pages with more than 200 color photos.
The first single from the DJ Bobo's new album is a duet with Irene Cara.
The single is entitled "What A Feeling" and was released on January 22, 2001.
The name of the new DJ Bobo album is "Planet Colors" and was released on February 5, 2001.
On May 14th, 2001 the single "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" with as many as six different versions was released.
The third and last single from DJ BoBo's album "Planet Colors" is his personal
favorite - "Colors Of Life".
In June 2001 DJ BoBo went to the studio and
produced this track over again and the date of release was
August 6th, 2001.
DJ Bobo also went on tour to celebrate 10 years as a successful artist.
DJ Bobo released a VHS & DVD called "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th Anniversary Show".
It's 160 minutes long and contains several bonusmaterials. It was released on June 10th 2002.
"Chihuahua 2002", the summerhit from DJ BoBo known from the Coca-Cola campaign from Spain 2002.
DJ Bobo released a VHS & DVD called "DJ BoBo - Celebration - The 10th Anniversary Show".
It's 160 minutes long and contains several bonusmaterials. It was released on June 10th.
The single "Chihuahua" was released in several countries during the spring/summer and has become a hit in several of them.
The album "Chihuahua - The Album (Special Summer Edition)" was released on July 11th.
DJ Bobo released "Chihuahua - The Remixes" in Schweiz, it's also available on the official DJ Bobo site.
DJ BoBo released a CD/DVD/VHS called "Live in Concert" on September 8th.
DJ Bobo released the single "Chihuahua" in England on the label "Fuelin Records" on September 29th.
on January 31th. The album was released in 3 editions: Basic Edition, Regular Edition and Premium Edition.
The single "Amazing Life" was released on April 11th.
The DVD Pirates Of Dance - The Show was released on October 20th.
DJ Bobo & Sandra released the Maxi-CD Secrets Of Love on March 3rd.
The album Vampires 
was released on May 11th.
The single We Gotta Hold On, released on July 6th.
New from DJ Bobo is the single Because Of You
on October 19th.
