23 Facts About DJ BoBo

DJ BoBo has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as several compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format.

DJ BoBo has received numerous Gold and Platinum certifications for his releases and has found success in Europe, Canada, Asia, and South America.

DJ BoBo continued to work as a DJ at numerous night-clubs such as Don Paco and the Hazyland, both in Switzerland.

DJ BoBo gained enough experience and later decided to produce his own record.

In 1991, DJ BoBo released two other singles, "Ladies in the House" and "Let's Groove On".

DJ BoBo's second hit, "Keep on Dancing", which followed the same technique as its predecessor, reached the Top 5 both in Switzerland and in Germany, and landed in the Top 10 in other parts of Europe.

Later that year, DJ BoBo travelled all over Europe performing in front of as many as 400,000 spectators.

DJ BoBo released his first ballad, "Love Is the Price", in January 1996, which was introduced in Thomas Gottschalk's TV show Wetten, dass.

Shortly after the release of World in Motion, DJ BoBo went on a promotional tour in Asia for 20 days, which was followed up by a one month-tour in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.

DJ BoBo maintained his original sound and experimented with new sounds and vocal arrangements when he introduced his singing skills first on his single "Where Is Your Love", which was released in March 1998.

Shortly thereafter, DJ BoBo was rewarded with yet another World Music Award for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" for the fifth time in a row.

DJ BoBo's success continued, as in the spring of 2000, he received yet another trophy at the World Music Award for the sixth time in a row for being Switzerland's "Best Selling Artist of the Year".

Besides DJ BoBo being Switzerland's Best Selling Recording Artist at the World Music Awards in 2002 for the seventh time, in 2002, BoBo and co-producer Axel Breitung were recognised as the "Best Producers of 2001"during the Echo awards for being the most-talented musical team.

In 2003, DJ BoBo received yet another World Music Award for being Switzerland's Best Selling Artist of the year.

DJ BoBo released his greatest hits album in 2006, which contained reworked versions of some of his previous songs, and some remaining in their original package.

On 11 October 2006, DJ BoBo announced in a press conference that he had applied to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

On 21 February 2007, DJ BoBo revealed both the song and the video for the contest: "Vampires Are Alive".

DJ BoBo released his next album, Vampires, on 11 May 2007, which climbed as high as No 2 on the Swiss album chart.

In 2007, DJ BoBo was chosen to sing the official 2008 UEFA European Football Championship song.

On his website, DJ BoBo presented a poll to choose which song out of two would be the official song.

DJ BoBo released another studio album called Circus on 10 January 2014, followed by Mystorial in 2016 and KaleidoLuna in 2018.

DJ BoBo became a United Nations World Food Programme National Ambassador Against Hunger in October 2006, becoming the first Swiss celebrity to take up the role.

DJ BoBo was a participant in the 2006 Geneva Walk the World event.