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.jpg) Tujamo in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Matthias Richter |
| Born | 18 January 1988 Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Genres | Electro house |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Spinnin', Universal Music Group, Mixmash Records, Dim Mak Records, Ultra Music, Smash the House |
Matthias Richter (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ʀɪçtɐ]; born 18 January 1988), better known by his stage name Tujamo, is a German DJ and electro house music producer. Tujamo, along with Plastik Funk and Sneakbo, released the single "Dr. Who!", which peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] He also had a hit with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake,[2] "Boneless", which charted at #49 on the German Singles Chart and #42 on the Austrian Singles Chart.
Background
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Tujamo was born Matthias Richter in 1988 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia.[3] He began DJing at age 17 and in 2006 participated in and won a talent competition hosted by Club Index in Schüttorf, where he became a resident DJ.[3] He began using the Tujamo moniker that same year and released his debut single, "Mombasa", in 2011.[3] His first hit, "Who", was originally released in 2011 in collaboration with Plastik Funk, also from Germany.[3] It became a large hit at the Winter Music Conference, a Miami house club.[3] In 2014, his single "Boneless", released in collaboration with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, charted at number 49 on the German Singles Chart[3] and number 42 on the Dutch Singles Chart.[4] The same year, he reworked "Who" as "Dr. Who!" with vocals from British rapper Sneakbo and it charted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, receiving support from Avicii, Tiësto, Fedde Le Grand and Steve Aoki.[3] He has also remixed songs by Bob Sinclar, Peter Gelderblom and Wynter Gordon and has played all over Germany and globally, including South America,[3] Turkey, Brazil and Russia.[5] Some of his other singles include "How We Roll", "Do It All Night", "Back 2 You" and a cover version of Laserkraft 3D's "Nein Mann".[6]
Beatport
[edit]In 2019, Tujamo became the all-time best-selling artist of the electro house genre at Beatport.[7]
Discography
[edit]Charted singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [8] | AUT [9] | BEL [10] | FRA [11] | NLD [12] | POL [13] | UK | US | ||||
| "Who" (with Plastik Funk) | 2012 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Boneless" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake) | 2013 | 49 | 42 | 73 | 96 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Hey Mister" | 2014 | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dr. Who!" (with Plastik Funk featuring Sneakbo) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | |||
| "Nova" (vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Felguk) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Delirious (Boneless)" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake featuring Kid Ink) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | Neon Future.I | ||
| "S.A.X." (with Laidback Luke) | 2015 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Booty Bounce" | — | — | 101 | 118 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cream" (with Danny Avila) | — | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Booty Bounce" (with Taio Cruz) | 2016 | 83 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | ||
| "Drop That Low (When I Dip)" | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | |||
| "Boom!" | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Riverside (Reloaded)" (with Sidney Samson) | 2018 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lonely" (with Vize and Majan) | 2020 | 34 | 52 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
Non-charted singles
[edit]2009
- Beat Back
2010
- Switch It
- Mombasa
2011
- Do It All Night
- Back 2 You (with Robell Parker)
2012
- How We Roll
- Crump
2014
- Darth Theme (by John Williams)
2015
- Beat Back (Crazy Flute Mix)
- All Night (with Jacob Plant; Fly Eye)
2016
- Keep Pushin' (featuring Inaya Day; Spinnin' Records)
2017
- Make U Love Me (Spinnin' Records)
- One On One (featuring Sorana; Spinnin' Records)
2018
- Body Language (featuring Miranda Glory and Haris; Spinnin' Records)
- Funk You (with La Fuente; Spinnin' Records)
- With U (Official Untold Festival Anthem 2018) (featuring Karen Harding; Spinnin' Records)[14]
- Jook It (with Salvatore Ganacci featuring Richie Loop; Spinnin' Records)[15]
- Say What You Wanna (Spinnin' Records)[16]
2019
- Get Up (Musical Freedom)[17]
- Candy on the Dancefloor (Spinnin' Records)[18]
- Getting Money (featuring 808Charmer; Spinnin' Records)[19]
- Hell Yeah (Smash the House)[20]
- Drop It (with Lukas Vane; Spinnin' Records)[21]
- Shake It (with Nø Signe; Spinnin' Records)[22]
2020
- One Million (with Lotten; Spinnin' Records)[23]
- Taking You Home (with Kelvyn Colt; Universal Music)[24]
- Enough of You (Universal Music)[25]
2021
2022
- Down (Spinnin' Records)[28]
- Click (Musical Freedom)
- Clap Your Hands (with JORD) [Spinnin' Records]
- Techno Party (with VINNE and Murotani) [Revealed Recordings]
- Better Safe Than Sorry (Spinnin' Records)
- Pump It Up (with 3 Are Legend (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki) and Jaxx & Vega featuring Black & White Brothers) [Smash the House / DIM MAK]
2023
- IFLDM (with The Stickmen Project and Sleepwalkrs featuring GLASGOW KI$$) [Spinnin' Records]
- Drop That Low (When I Dip) [with Kid Ink] [Spinnin' Records]
- Vida Loca (with Antoine Delvig) [Spinnin' Records]
- Get Get Down (with Rudeejay and Da Brozz) [Spinnin' Records]
- Energy (with Jay Hardway featuring Bay-C) [Spinnin' Records]
- Turn It Up! (The Crew Motorfest Official Trailer) [Spinnin' Records]
- Freak (with Azteck and Inna) [Smash the House / Global Records]
Remixes
[edit]2010
- Tujamo – Auf gehts (Tujamo Remix)
- Shemian – 24 Hours (Tujamo Remix)
- Jochen Pash – From London to Detroit (Tujamo Remix)
2011
- Disfunktion – Dead Pixels (Tujamo Remix)
- Jim Tonique & Patrick Bryze – Better World (Tujamo Club Mix)
- Housepussies – Zora In Red (Tujamo Remix)
- Horny United featuring Philippe Heithier – Only You (Tujamo Remix)
- Ralph Good featuring Polina Griffith – SOS (Tujamo Remix)
- Boogie Pimps – Knocking (Tujamo Remix)
- Peter Gelderblom featuring Dominica – I Gotta Let U Go (Tujamo Remix)
- Tiko's Groove featuring Gosha – I Can't Get Nothing (Plastik Funk & Tujamo Remix)
- Fragma – Toca's Miracle (Tujamo Remix)
- Plastik Funk & Fragma – What Love Can Do (Tujamo Remix)
2012
- Bob Sinclar – Groupie (Tujamo Remix)
- Bastian van Shield – Nobody (Tujamo Remix)
- Dubvision – All By Myself (Tujamo Remix)
- Federico Scavo & Andrea Guzzoletti – Strump (Tujamo Remix)
2013
- Major Lazer – Jet Blue Jet (Tujamo Remix)
2014
- Laidback Luke & Martin Solveig – BLOW (Tujamo Remix)
- Deadmau5 – The Reward Is Cheese (Tujamo Remix)
- Jack Ü featuring Kiesza – Take Ü There (Tujamo Remix)
2015
- Laidback Luke featuring Goodgrip – Rocking With The Best (Tujamo Remix)
- Pep & Rash – Rumors (Tujamo Remix)
- Showtek featuring MC Ambush – 90s By Nature (Tujamo Remix)
- Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike featuring Ne-Yo – Higher Place (Tujamo Remix)
- Martin Solveig featuring Sam White – +1 (Tujamo Remix)
2017
- David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne – Light My Body Up (Tujamo Remix)
- David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber – 2U (Tujamo Remix)
2019
2020
- Debonair Samir – Samir's Theme (Tujamo Remix)
2021
- Sigma & Louis III – Anywhere (Tujamo Remix)
Awards and nominations
[edit]Top 100 DJs
[edit]| Year | Rank[31] |
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| 2015 | 95 |
| 2016 | 78 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2020 | 40 |
| 2021 | 36 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2023 | 54 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2014-04-05 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Mainstream Success Tujamo Talks About Staying True To Your Own Brand of Music". Popspoken.com. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Artist Biography by John D. Buchanan. "Tujamo | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Discographie Tujamo". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Interview: Das Fremdwort Ruhe: Tujamo im Gespräch – Update-City". Ostwestfalen.update-city.de. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Ministry of Sound presents. Tujamo @ AIR, 東京都 - 2014.05.09 (Fri) | iFLYER.tv (アイフライヤー)". iFLYER.tv. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Beatport Electro House bestsellers (alltime) at BeatStats
- ^ "Tujamo" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Tujamo discography". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Tujamo discography". ultratop.be (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Tujamo discography". lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Tujamo discography". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
- "Lonely": "AirPlay Top: 12.09. – 18.09.2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
- ^ "WITH U (feat. Karen Harding) OFFICIAL UNTOLD FESTIVAL ANTHEM 2018 – Single by Tujamo on iTunes". iTunes Store (US). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ Torodoksi, James (31 August 2018). "Interview: Tujamo Discusses Salvatore Ganacci Collaboration 'Jook It'". We Rave You. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Say What You Wanna – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Get Up – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Candy On the Dancefloor – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ "Getting Money (feat. 808Charmer) – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "Hell Yeah – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Drop It – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Shake It – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "One Million – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Taking You Home – Single by Tujamo & Kelvyn Colt on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ Fabrick, Mark (13 November 2020). "Tujamo drops polished new club single 'Enough of You'". Your EDM. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ "I Don't Wanna Go – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Nasty – Single by Tujamo & PBH & Jack on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Down – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Grapevine (The Remixes) – Single by Tiësto". iTunes Store. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "WTF (feat. Amber Van Day) [The Remixes] – EP by HUGEL on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ Top100DJs Archive at DJMag.com
External links
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Media related to Tujamo at Wikimedia Commons
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