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===2013–present: Breakthrough===
===2013–present: Breakthrough===
In August 2013 he released his debut single "Sommer am Meer".<ref name="iTunesSommer">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/sommer-am-meer-ep/id677647389|title="Sommer am Meer - EP" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes|work=iTunes}}</ref> He came to prominence in 2015 through his remix of Jamaican artist [[Omi (singer)|OMI]]'s song "[[Cheerleader (song)|Cheerleader]]". The single was an international hit for him topping the charts in Germany, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was also a very popular wedding dance<ref>{{Cite web|title = DJ Kamayo Entertainment - The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County|url = http://www.djkamayo.com/#!Best-NEW-Wedding-Dance-Songs-2015/cc56/561f25fd0cf2c3576e5ec5d7|website = DJ Kamayo Entertainment - The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}</ref> song in the United States. In November 2014 he released the single "Shine".<ref name="iTunesShine">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/shine-feat.-freddy-verano/id944072563|title="Shine (feat. Freddy Verano & Linying) - Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes|work=iTunes}}</ref> In March 2015 he released the single "Dance with Me".<ref name="iTunesDancewithMe">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/dance-me-feat.-thallie-ann/id978056237|title="Dance With Me (feat. Thallie Ann Seenyen) - Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes|work=iTunes}}</ref> In April 2015, he released a remix of [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] and [[Chaka Khan]] classic "[[Ain't Nobody]]" retitled "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" featuring the vocals of [[Jasmine Thompson]] (based on an earlier charting version of the song by Thompson). The remix was an international pan-European hit topping the German Singles Chart. He is now signed to [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]].<ref name="PB"/> In July 2015 he released the single "Eagle Eyes".<ref name="iTunesEagleEyes"/>
In August 2013 he released his debut single "Sommer am Meer".<ref name="iTunesSommer">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/sommer-am-meer-ep/id677647389|title="Sommer am Meer - EP" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes|work=iTunes}}</ref> He came to prominence in 2015 through his remix of Jamaican artist [[Omi (singer)|OMI]]'s song "[[Cheerleader (song)|Cheerleader]]". The single was an international hit for him topping the charts in Germany, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was also a very popular wedding dance<ref>{{Cite web|title = DJ Kamayo Entertainment - The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County|url = http://www.djkamayo.com/#!Best-NEW-Wedding-Dance-Songs-2015/cc56/561f25fd0cf2c3576e5ec5d7|website = DJ Kamayo Entertainment - The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}</ref> song in the United States. In November 2014 he released the single "Shine".<ref name="iTunesShine">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/shine-feat.-freddy-verano/id944072563|title="Shine (feat. Freddy Verano & Linying) - Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes|work=iTunes}}</ref> In March 2015 he released the single "Dance with Me".<ref name="iTunesDancewithMe">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/dance-me-feat.-thallie-ann/id978056237|title="Dance With Me (feat. Thallie Ann Seenyen) - Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes|work=iTunes}}</ref> In April 2015, he released a remix of [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] and [[Chaka Khan]] classic "[[Ain't Nobody]]" retitled "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" featuring the vocals of [[Jasmine Thompson]] (based on an earlier charting version of the song by Thompson). The remix was an international pan-European hit topping the German Singles Chart. He is now signed to [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]].<ref name="PB"/> In July 2015 he released the single "Eagle Eyes".<ref =/>


===Eff===
===Eff===

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Felix Jaehn
Felix Jaehn at Airbeat One Festival 2015
Felix Jaehn at Airbeat One Festival 2015
Background information
Birth nameFelix Jähn
Born (1994-08-28) 28 August 1994 (age 30)
Hamburg
Genres
Occupations
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active2012–present
Labels
Websitefelix-jaehn.com

Felix Jaehn (Germanized as Felix Jähn), born 28 August 1994) is a German DJ and record producer specialising in tropical house.[1] Jaehn was born in Hamburg and raised in Schönberg, near Wismar in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. He took violin lessons at age of 5 and began his DJ career at 16. Jaehn lived in London for a year, where he attended a Point Blank Music College at the age of 17.[2][3] Afterwards he briefly studied Business Administration at Humboldt-University in Berlin.[4]

Career

2013–present: Breakthrough

In August 2013 he released his debut single "Sommer am Meer".[5] He came to prominence in 2015 through his remix of Jamaican artist OMI's song "Cheerleader". The single was an international hit for him topping the charts in Germany, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was also a very popular wedding dance[6] song in the United States. In November 2014 he released the single "Shine".[7] In March 2015 he released the single "Dance with Me".[8] In April 2015, he released a remix of Rufus and Chaka Khan classic "Ain't Nobody" retitled "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" featuring the vocals of Jasmine Thompson (based on an earlier charting version of the song by Thompson). The remix was an international pan-European hit topping the German Singles Chart. He is now signed to Universal Music.[3] In July 2015 he released the single "Eagle Eyes".[9]

Eff

Mark Forster during 1LIVE event (2015)

In 2015, Jaehn launched Eff, a music duo project made up of German singer Mark Forster (real name Mark Cwiertnia, born 11 January 1984) as vocalist and Jaehn as DJ and producer. The two met in an event in Vienna in 2015. Eff is a reference to Felix and Forster. Their debut single as Eff was "Stimme" that has topped the German Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks, also charting in Austria and Switzerland.

Discography

Main article: Felix Jaehn discography

References

  1. ^ "Like it or Not, Kygo's Tropical House is the Sound of the Summer".
  2. ^ Popsprite.com: Hamburgs neuer Stern Felix Jähn Template:De icon
  3. ^ a b "Student Success: March 2015 – Felix Jähn, Anna Kay and R3WIRE". Point Blank London. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Der Glücksbringer". Kulturspiegel. 2014-06-27. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  5. ^ ""Sommer am Meer - EP" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes". iTunes.
  6. ^ "DJ Kamayo Entertainment - The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County". DJ Kamayo Entertainment - The Best Wedding DJs in Ventura County. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  7. ^ ""Shine (feat. Freddy Verano & Linying) - Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes". iTunes.
  8. ^ ""Dance With Me (feat. Thallie Ann Seenyen) - Single" von Felix Jaehn in iTunes". iTunes.
  9. ^ "„Eagle Eyes (feat. Lost Frequencies & Linying) - Single" von Felix Jaehn auf Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-12-25. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 83 (help)
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