| DJ Ötzi | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gerhard Friedle |
| Also known as | DJ Ötzi Junior |
| Born | 7 January 1971 St. Johann, Tirol, Austria |
| Genres | Pop, Schlager, dance |
| Occupations | Singer, entertainer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | EMI |
| Website | Official website |
DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle (born 7 January 1971), an Austrian entertainer and singer. Successful mainly in German-speaking countries, he is best known in the English-speaking world for his 2001 cover version of the Bruce Channel song "Hey Baby".
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DJ Ötzi was born Gerhard Friedle in St. Johann in Tirol, where he was raised by foster parents and later by his grandmother in the nearby village of Erpfendorf in Tirol. An epileptic, Friedle claims that when he was an adolescent, reading Joseph Murphy's book The Power of Positive Thinking gave his life a new direction.
He first appeared on the stage as an amateur karaoke singer in his native Tirol. Shortly after the start of his career as a singer, he was diagnosed as having cancer. However, his popularity increased, and has transcended the narrow boundaries of Austria. Two of his hits are "Anton aus Tirol" and "Hey Baby", a cover version of Bruce Channel's 1962 song.
In 2001 he married and the year after, his daughter Lisa-Marie was born. She was named after Elvis Presley's daughter.
He released a cover version of "A Ram Sam Sam", called the "Burger Dance", which peaked #1 in Germany and #3 in Austria.
In 2006 he found success with the Volksmusik-hit "Sieben Sünden", which became a #2 hit in Austria and "I Am the Music Man" under the pseudonym DJ Ötzi Junior, which peaked at #1 in Japan.
His birthplace of Ötz in the Ötztal valley was the inspiration for Friedle's stage name.
He is one of the most successful Austrian musicians (having sold ~15 million copies), next to Udo Jürgens (~100 million copies), Falco (~60 million copies) and Peter Alexander.
| Year | Title | Chart-positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT [1] |
DE [2] |
CH [3] |
AUS [4] |
NOR [5] |
SWE [6] |
DAN [7] |
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| 2000 | Das Album (Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 2001 | Love, Peace & Vollgas | 2 | 23 | 23 | — | — | — | — |
| Never Stop the Alpenpop | — | — | — | 19 | 20 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | Today Is the Day | 3 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | Flying to the Sky | — | 72 | 50 | — | — | — | — |
| Greatest Partyhits | 5 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Ich war immer der Clown | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | I Am the Musicman (DJ Ötzi Junior) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | Sternstunden | 2 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| DJ Ötzi: The Best | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Hotel Engel | 1 | 26 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | Du und ich | 7 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | Der DJ aus den Bergen | - | - | - | — | — | — | — |
DJ Ötzi has made guest appearances with some albums recorded by other artists. The following is a list of albums by other artists that DJ Ötzi has appeared in.
| Year | Name | Positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT [8] |
GER [9] |
CH [10] |
UK [11] |
FRA [12] |
AUS [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] |
DAN [16] |
NED [17] |
BEL [18] |
JAP [19] |
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| 2000 | "Anton aus Tirol" (as Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — |
| "Gemma Bier trinken" (as Anton feat. DJ Ötzi) | 12 | 15 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | — | |
| "Hey Baby (Uuh, Aah)" | 4 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 65 | — | 1 | |
| 2001 | "Do Wah Diddy" | 9 | 29 | 75 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Love, Peace & Vollgas" | 43 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "X-Mas Time" | 7 | 54 | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Hey Baby" (unofficial World Cup remix) | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | "Don't Ha Ha" (feat. Captain Jack) | 15 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Live Is Life (Here We Go)" (feat. Hermes House Band) | 16 | 15 | 26 | 51 | 2 | 28 | — | 46 | 11 | 61 | — | — | |
| "Today Is the Day" | 19 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2003 | "Ramalamadingdong" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Burger Dance" | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | "Not Without Us" | 10 | 20 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Tanz den Rehakles" | 43 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Kanguru Dance" | 15 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | "Servus die Wadln" | 27 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | "7 Sünden" (feat. Marc Pircher) | 2 | 30 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Am the Musicman" (as DJ Ötzi Junior) | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 2007 | "Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)" (feat. Nik P.) | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1[20] | — |
| "I Will Leb'n" | 6 | 7 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | "Noch in 100.000 Jahren" | 4 | 10 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | "Tränen" (with Kate Hall) | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | "Fang das Licht" (with Karel Gott) | 31 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Ich will mit dir fliegen" | 49 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2011 | "Lieb ich dich" | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Sing A Liad Für Dich" | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ring the Bell" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |