Schnuffel

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Schnuffel (German pronunciation: [ˈʃnʊfəl]; English: Snuggle, French: Lapin Câlin) is an animated kind, gentle, fun-loving rabbit made at the end of 2007 for the marketing of one of the German media company Jamba! ringtones, yet the first concepts of the Schnuffel character were born in July 2nd.^[1] The ringtone was turned into a song by Sebastian Nussbaum and Andreas Wendorf and recorded under the title Kuschel Song ("cuddling song").^[2] The single was released in February 2008 and the ringtone rabbit made it immediately to the top of the German and European charts.^[3] After the song went to the top of the Austrian charts and to number 2 in Switzerland, plans were made to release the song internationally. Translations in 11 languages and 11 albums have been released.

Schnuffel was introduced into the US market on January 17, 2010. The Schnuffel ringtone commercial currently airs on MTV, MTV2, Comedy Central, Teen Nick, and ABC Family.

Due to a rise in Greek interest, Schnuffel has turned to their market producing previous albums in Greek. These are not carbon copies of the original albums as minor tweaks in the track list and provided media have been made. With the switch to the Greek market Sony has not been producing these CDs, instead the Greek label Heaven Records has taken their spot.^[4]

Voice

Schnuffel Bunny is voiced by Michaela Dean in English.

Certifications

Singles:
AT: 1x Gold "Kuschelsong" (15,000 copies) ^[5]
DE: 1x Platinum "Kuschelsong" (350,000 copies) ^[6]

DE: "Kuschelsong" was the 4th best-selling single of 2008 ^[7]

Album:
AT: 1x Gold "Ich hab dich lieb" (10,000 copies) ^[5]
DE: 1x Gold "Ich hab dich lieb" (100,000 copies) ^[8]

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions											Album
Year	Title	DE	AT	CH	FR	PL	BE	NL	SE	NO	LT	EU	Album
2008	"Kuschel Song"/"Snuggle Song"	1	1	2	—	15	21	30	52	6	1	7	"Ich hab' Dich lieb"
	"Ich hab' Dich lieb" (I love you)	23	13	80	—	90	—	—	34	—	12	91
	"Häschenparty" (Bunnyparty) (featuring Michael Wendler)	16	29	—	29	—	—	—	—	—	10	24
	"Schnuffels Weihnachtslied" (Schnuffel's Christmas song)	23	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	"Winterwunderland"
2009	"Piep Piep" (Beep Beep)	54	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	"Komm Kuscheln"
2011	"DubiDubi Du" (Doo bee doo bee doo) ^[9]
	"Tut, Tut, Tut" (Toot Toot Toot) (only ringtone) ^[10]
	"Jingle Bells" (featuring other Jamba stars) ^[11]

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
Year	Title	DE	AT	CH	HU	GR	PT	EU
2008	"Ich hab' Dich lieb" (I love you)	11	1	50	6	—	—	37
2008-2009	"Winterwunderland" (Winterwonderland)	44	18	—	—	4	—	—
2009	"Komm Kuscheln" (Come cuddle)	78	20	—	40	6	—	—

Audio books

Produced and written by Kai Hohage, the audio-book series already sold over 250.000 copies. ^[12]

2008: Das Geheimnis der Möhre (The secret of the carrot)
2009: Die bezaubernde Prinzessin (The charming princess)
2009: Die kleinen Purzelsterne (The little shooting stars)
2010: Kuschelbox 1 (containing the first three audio books)
2010: Der Schatz im Glitzersee (The treasure in the glittering sea)
2010: Die kleine Schneefee (The little snow fairy)
2011: Das Baby-Einhorn (The baby unicorn)
2012: Knuddelbox 2 (containing 4th, 5th and 6th audio books)
2013: Abenteuer auf der Trauminsel (Adventure at the dream-island)^[13]

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