Peter René Cipiriano Baumann (born 5 January 1968), better known as DJ BoBo, has sold 14 million records worldwide. He has released 16 studio albums, as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. DJ BoBo has released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted quite high, not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories.
As a dance music producer, his first big success came with the single "Somebody Dance with Me", which borrows its melody from Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me. After this, he charted well with the singles "Keep on Dancing", "Take Control", "Everybody", "Let the Dream Come True", "Love Is All Around", "Freedom", "Pray" and "What a Feeling", as well as "Chihuahua", almost all of which comprised fast-paced Eurodance techno sound with female catchy refrains and rap performed by René. Between 1992 through 2007, he had 27 single chart-hits in Switzerland and Germany, and has won 10 World Music Awards for being Switzerland's best selling artist. René has received numerous Gold and Platinum certifications for his singles and albums and has found success in Europe (primarily in Germany and Switzerland), Asia and South America.
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications SWI AUT FINPeak positions for Finland: For all except those indicated below: For Dance with Me: For There Is a Party: GER HUN SWE Dance with Me Released: 7 October 1993 Label: Fresh Music, Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP, Digital download 4 16 6 18 12 15 There Is a Party Released: 21 October 1994 Label: Fresh Music, Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP 4 17 6 9 — 41 SWI: Platinum GER: Gold World in Motion Released: 30 September 1996 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette 1 2 9 3 1 — POL: Gold SWI: 2× Platinum GER: Platinum Magic Released: 14 April 1998 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP 1 8 — 5 9 — SWI: Platinum GER: Gold Level 6 Released: 4 October 1999 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP 1 24 — 11 10 — SWI: Platinum GER: Gold Planet Colors Released: 5 February 2001 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette 2 27 — 4 33 — SWI: Platinum Visions Released: 24 February 2003 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Sony Music Formats: CD, Cassette 3 — — 11 — — SWI: Platinum Pirates of Dance Released: 31 January 2005 Label: Yes Music (Edel) Formats: CD, digital download 1 — — 13 — — Vampires Released: 28 May 2007 Label: TBA, Warner Formats: CD, digital download 2 74 — 15 — — SWI: Gold Fantasy Released: 26 February 2010 Label: TBA, Warner Formats: CD, digital download 2 43 — 10 — — SWI: Gold Dancing Las Vegas Released: 25 November 2011 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, digital download 4 — — 61 — — Circus Released: 10 January 2014 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, digital download 3 — — 23 — — Mystorial Released: 23 September 2016 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, digital download 5 73 — 13 — — Kaleidoluna Released: 21 September 2018 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 9 — — 25 — — Evolut30n Released: 11 November 2022 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 7 — — 22 — — Evolut30n Released: 11 November 2022 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 7 — — 22 — — The Great Adventure Released: 16 January 2026 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 10 — — 27 — — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications SWI AUT FIN GER HUN Just for You Released: 6 October 1995 Label: Fresh Music, Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP 5 26 28 25 7 SWI: Platinum The Ultimate Megamix '99 Released: 22 March 1999 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP 2 — — 20 — Celebration Released: 15 April 2002 Label: DJ Bobo Records (Sony Music) Formats: CD 2 18 — 4 35 Chihuahua: The Album Released: 27 June 2003 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Arista Formats: CD 1 — — — — SWI: Platinum Greatest Hits Released: 17 March 2006 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Ministry O (Edel) Formats: CD, digital download 1 58 — 11 — SWI: Gold Olé Olé: The Party Released: 2008 Label: Yes Music (Warner) Formats: CD, digital download 11 — — 85 — Best Of Released: 2014 Label: Yes Music (Warner) Formats: CD, digital download 52 — — — — 25 Years - Greatest Hits Released: 2017 Label: Yes Music (Warner) Formats: CD, LP, digital download 11 — — 40 — "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.
Remix albums Title Album details Peak chart positions SWI GER Reloaded Released: 20 September 2013 Label: Yes Music (Warner Music) Formats: CD, digital download 6 53
Live album(s) Title Album details Peak chart positions SWI GER Live in Concert Released: 8 September 2003 Label: DJ Bobo Records (Sony Music) Formats: CD 28 36
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album SWI AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Keep on Dancing": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Everybody": "There Is a Party": "Freedom": AUT BEL FINPeak positions for Finland: For all except those listed below: For "Everybody": For "Let the Dream Come True": For "Love Is All Around": For pre-1995 FRA GER NDL NOR SWE "I Love You" 1989 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles "Ladies in the House" 1990 — — — — — — — — — — "Let's Groove On" 1991 — — — — — — — — — — Dance with Me "Somebody Dance with Me" 1992 1 13 3 32 5 — 4 3 3 1 AUS: Gold AUT: Gold GER: Gold SWE: Gold "Keep on Dancing" 1993 2 54 7 — 1 — 5 9 9 7 GER: Gold "Take Control" 4 — 9 — — — 12 18 — 21 GER: Gold "Everybody" 1994 3 85 24 35 1 — 2 12 — 20 GER: Platinum "Let the Dream Come True" 1 49 6 19 1 — 4 11 — 11 GER: Gold There Is a Party "Love Is All Around" 1995 16 24 13 18 7 42 10 36 17 14 GER: Gold "There Is a Party" 13 89 29 9 — 35 17 24 — — GER: Gold "Freedom" 4 93 7 — 7 — 8 22 — 31 GER: Gold "Love Is the Price" 1996 11 — 13 — 12 — 11 — — — Just for You "Pray" 2 — 6 15 2 - 3 — — — GER: Gold World in Motion "Respect Yourself" 16 — 23 — 7 — 31 — — — "It's My Life" 1997 7 — 16 — 17 — 16 — — — "Shadows of the Night" 7 — 25 — — — 23 — — — "Where Is Your Love" 1998 3 — 20 — — — 21 — — — Magic "Around the World" 23 — — — — — 55 — — — "Celebrate" 8 — — — — — 48 — — — The Ultimate Megamix 99 "Together" 1999 4 — 34 — — — 26 — — — Level 6 "Lies" 48 — — 14 — — 73 — — — "What a Feeling" (with Irene Cara) 2001 2 — 11 — — — 3 — — — Planet Colors "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" 25 — — — — — 60 — — — "Way to your Heart" — — — — — — — — — — "Colors of Life" 37 — — — — — 75 — — — "Celebration" 2002 14 — 48 — — — 29 — — — Celebration "Chihuahua" 1 73 48 8 12 1 19 41 15 10 SWI: Platinum FRA: Diamond Visions "I Believe" 2003 13 — 61 — — — 18 — — — "One Vision, One World" — — — — — — — — — — "Pirates of Dance" 2005 3 — 43 — — — 16 — — — Pirates of Dance "Amazing Life" 27 — — — — — 48 — — — "Secrets of Love" (with Sandra) 2006 5 — 39 — — — 13 — — — Greatest Hits "Vampires Are Alive" 2007 3 — 62 — 7 — 24 — — — SWI: Gold Vampires "We Gotta Hold On" 24 — — — — — — — — — "Because of You" — — — — — — 47 — — — "Olé Olé" 2008 12 — — — — — 58 — — — Olé Olé "Superstar" 2010 14 — 72 — — — 41 — — — Fantasy "This Is My Time" — — — — — — — — — — "Volare" 2011 — — — — — — — — — — Circus "Everybody's Gonna Dance" 72 — — — — — 70 — — — Dancing Las Vegas "La Vida Es (Una Flor)" 2012 — — — — — — 81 — — — "Somebody Dance with Me (Remady 2013 Mix)"(feat. Manu-L) 2013 4 — — — — — — — — — Reloaded "Take Control (2013)"(with Mike Candys) 6 — 60 — — — 67 — — — "Everybody (2013)"(with Inna) 60 — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
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