Short introduction
Dieter Günter Bohlen was born in Berne on February 7th, 1954. He grew up with his parents on a farm in East Frisia. Dieter Bohlen completed his schooling with the Abitur at the commercial high school of the vocational schools in Oldenburg. He then studied business administration in Göttingen and successfully completed his studies in 1978 with a degree in business administration. The musical talent was already evident in school. At that time he was already successfully writing songs and in the late 1970s received a contract with the Hamburg music publisher Intersong. After a few unsuccessful attempts, his breakthrough came in 1984 as a singer in the duo “Modern Talking” with Thomas Anders. At the same time, he worked as a music producer and wrote film music, for example for some episodes of the crime scene.
Early life
Dieter Günter Bohlen was born on February 7th, 1954 in the small town of Berne in Lower Saxony. He grew up with his brother Uwe on a farm with their parents Hans and Edith. The family later moved to Oldenburg in the Eversten district. Dieter Bohlen went to school here and it was during this time that he wrote his first songs. At the request of his parents, he studied business administration and graduated in 1978 with a degree in business administration. That wasn't his destiny. He now worked for the Hamburg music publisher Intersong. The duo Monza, which he founded with Holger Garbode, had only moderate success. In 1980 he switched to the Berlin record company Hansa as a producer. He also started a career as a solo artist with the name Steve Benson. He released three songs, none of which made it into the top 100. So he let this attempt die. After he joined the group Sunday, they had an appearance on the ZDF hit parade in 1982. That year he started working with Thomas Anders. The songs recorded for this in German were unsuccessful. He then produced his songs in English from 1984 and brought them out together with Thomas Anders as the Duo Modern Talking. The first song “You're my heart, you're my soul” landed at number 1 in the German charts. This is how Dieter Bohlen's career began. He then produced his songs in English from 1984 and brought them out together with Thomas Anders as the Duo Modern Talking. The first song “You're my heart, you're my soul” landed at number 1 in the German charts. This is how Dieter Bohlen's career began. He then produced his songs in English from 1984 and brought them out together with Thomas Anders as the Duo Modern Talking. The first song “You're my heart, you're my soul” landed at number 1 in the German charts. This is how Dieter Bohlen's career began.
Career
Success came with the Duo Modern Talking in 1984. He produced five songs with Thomas Anders that landed at number 1 on the charts. Across Germany's borders, they were successful in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In 1987 the two artists fell out and from then on they went their separate ways. At that time his fortune was already one million euros. After the separation, Dieter Bohlen worked under the name Blue System. He continued to write many pieces for other performers. His discovery, the singer CCCatch, was a success. He wrote the theme music for some Schimanski Tatorte from Duisburg. 1986 began a very successful period. For the crime scene “the swap” he wrote the song “Midnight Lady” that the singer of the group “Smokie” Chris Norman sang. It became a number one song. For the series “Rivals of the Racetrack”, he composed all of the music. The album sold very well in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He wrote the new theme music for the ARD sports show, which gave him a short live performance. He took part in the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson in 1989 and won the preliminary rounds with his songs in Germany and Austria. In 2010 he celebrated great success as the producer of the singer Andrea Berg. The album “Schwerelos” took first place in the album charts and was rewarded three times platinum. The following year he was able to repeat this victory with the album “Adventure”. Dieter Bohlen uses pseudonyms in his productions in order not to be tied to a particular musical genre. In 2019 he decided to release the album “Dieter Feat. Bohlen- Das Mega Album ”. It placed in the top ten of the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In the same year, after sixteen years of abstinence, there is a stage comeback. In the citadel in Berlin Spandau, he sings the songs from the album live on stage.
An important point in Dieter Bohlen's career is his almost 20 years of work as a juror for the casting show DSDS. It starts in 2002. Here he is often noticed by his spontaneous comments on the individual appearances. A year later he produced the song “We have a dream” with the ten finalists from the first season, which became the best-selling single of the year. The cooperation with the participants works very well. Dieter Bohlen receives 1.2 million euros for each season of DSDS. His level of awareness increases thanks to many advertising contracts that he concludes with Unilever, Müller Milch, Wiesenhof and many others, for example. The second season of DSDS, which appeared in 2004, was not as successful as the first. For the winner of the fourth season, Mark Medlock, he composed the winning song. Here a collaboration developed that resulted in several albums. Dieter Bohlen wrote the winning titles for the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth seasons. These songs consistently landed at number 1 in the German single charts. The success has always remained true to him, with one exception, in 2015 the winning title only reached a nineteenth place in the German charts. After the eighteenth season, in March 2021, RTL announced the end of Dieter Bohlen as a member of the DSDS jury. According to RTL, the reason is that DSDS has gradually lost market share at a high level over time. For this reason, they decided on a new concept and a new jury in order to hit the nerve of the audience and portray it. Dieter Bohlen wrote the winning titles for the ninth and tenth seasons. These songs consistently landed at number 1 in the German single charts. The success has always remained true to him, with one exception, in 2015 the winning title only reached a nineteenth place in the German charts. After the eighteenth season, in March 2021, RTL announced the end of Dieter Bohlen as a member of the DSDS jury. According to RTL, the reason is that DSDS has gradually lost market share at a high level over time. For this reason, they decided on a new concept and a new jury in order to hit the nerve of the audience and portray it. Dieter Bohlen wrote the winning titles for the ninth and tenth season. These songs consistently landed at number 1 in the German single charts. The success has always remained true to him, with one exception, in 2015 the winning title only reached the nineteenth place in the German charts. After the eighteenth season, in March 2021, RTL announced the end of Dieter Bohlen as a member of the DSDS jury. According to RTL, the reason is that DSDS has gradually lost market share at a high level over time. For this reason, they decided on a new concept and a new jury in order to hit the nerve of the audience and portray it. in 2015, the winning title only reached a nineteenth place in the German charts. After the eighteenth season, in March 2021, RTL announced the end of Dieter Bohlen as a member of the DSDS jury. According to RTL, the reason is that DSDS has gradually lost market share at a high level over time. For this reason, they decided on a new concept and a new jury in order to hit the nerve of the audience and portray it. in 2015, the winning title only reached a nineteenth place in the German charts. After the eighteenth season, in March 2021, RTL announced the end of Dieter Bohlen as a member of the DSDS jury. According to RTL, the reason is that DSDS has gradually lost market share at a high level over time. For this reason, they decided on a new concept and a new jury in order to hit the nerve of the audience and portray it.
Dieter Bohlen has also been on the jury for the RTL casting show “Das Supertalent” since the first broadcast in 2007. This activity also ended in March 2021.
The career of this all-rounder rests on several pillars. He's also written some books that way. In 2002 he wrote his autobiography “Not as the Truth” with the photojournalist Katja Kessler. This book became a bestseller and in 2003 was awarded the “golden feather” media prize.
The biography was published as a cartoon, which is called "Dieter - the film". The broadcaster RTL broadcast this film.
A little-known side of this talent is the designer Dieter Bohlen. He successfully designed a wallpaper collection for the wallpaper manufacturer Pickhardt & Siebert.
Dieter Bohlen never stood still in his private life. He married his girlfriend Erika Sauerland in 1983 and has two sons and a daughter from this marriage. In 1989 the divorce came. He then entered into a relationship with Nadja Abd el Farrag. This lasted until 2000, interrupted by a brief marriage with Verona Feldbusch in 1996. From 2001, Estefania Küster was his new girlfriend. He has a son with her. The two separated in 2006. He met Fatma Carina Walz and is with her to this day. The two have a son and a daughter.
Career highlights
The all-rounder Dieter Bohlen is hardly lacking in success. The five songs that he wrote, produced, and sang along for Modern Talking in 1984 all landed at number one on the German single charts. In 1985, as the most successful producer and composer, he received the golden tuning fork. He already received the VIVA-Comet for “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1998. At this point in time, Dieter Bohlen had already written many successful songs for the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson. He was also in great demand with his film music in film and television. But Dieter Bohlen received a lot of recognition not only for his music. His biography “Nothing but Truth” received the German Book Prize in 2003 and “Die Goldene Feder” in the same year. 2003 was a special year for Dieter Bohlen in terms of awards. He received the Media Control Award “25 Years of Medial Control”. The Bambi in the “Pop national” category was also presented to him this year. The men's magazine GQ named him “Man of the year”. The streak of success did not end. In 2004 he received the Echo Music Prize for the song “We have a dream” that he recorded with the ten finalists from the 2003 DSDS season. He was awarded in the categories of “Single of the Year” and “Best National Producer”. The handover of the Platinum Otto was an unforgettable highlight. This prize is given by the readers of the youth magazine Bravo. Dieter Bohlen received this recognition in 2008 for his life's work. The Bambi in the “Pop national” category was also presented to him this year. The men's magazine GQ named him “Man of the year”. The streak of success did not end. In 2004 he received the Echo Music Prize for the song “We have a dream” that he recorded with the ten finalists from the 2003 DSDS season. He was awarded in the categories of “Single of the Year” and “Best National Producer”. The handover of the Platinum Otto was an unforgettable highlight. This prize is given by the readers of the youth magazine Bravo. Dieter Bohlen received this recognition in 2008 for his life's work. The Bambi in the “Pop national” category was also presented to him this year. The men's magazine GQ named him “Man of the year”. The streak of success did not end. In 2004 he received the Echo Music Prize for the song “We have a dream” that he recorded with the ten finalists from the 2003 DSDS season. He was awarded in the categories of “Single of the Year” and “Best National Producer”. The handover of the Platinum Otto was an unforgettable highlight. This prize is given by the readers of the youth magazine Bravo. Dieter Bohlen received this recognition in 2008 for his life's work. In 2004 he received the Echo Music Prize for the song “We have a dream” that he recorded with the ten finalists from the 2003 DSDS season. He was awarded in the categories of “Single of the Year” and “Best National Producer”. The handover of the Platinum Otto was an unforgettable highlight. This prize is given by the readers of the youth magazine Bravo. Dieter Bohlen received this recognition in 2008 for his life's work. In 2004 he received the Echo Music Prize for the song “We have a dream” that he recorded with the ten finalists from the 2003 DSDS season. He was awarded in the categories of “Single of the Year” and “Best National Producer”. The handover of the Platinum Otto was an unforgettable highlight. This prize is given by the readers of the youth magazine Bravo. Dieter Bohlen received this recognition in 2008 for his life's work.
Information on possessions
Dieter Bohlen owns a villa in Tötensen in the Rosengarten community near Hamburg. This has been known to a large audience since the attack on this villa in 2006. Today surveillance cameras are installed here and the windows and doors are secured with bulletproof glass. Dieter Bohlen also hired a security service. A Finca in Cala Ratjada on Mallorca is used as a summer home. This is where the pop titan, as the press likes to call him, spends the summer months with his family. He loves to go fast. His partner Carina Walz gave him a 150 hp motorboat that lies here. His possessions also include two superlative cars. A Wiesmann GT MF4 that brings a speed of almost 300 km / h to the road. It has a value of approx. 150,000 EUR. He also owns a Mercedes Benz SLS AMG with 571 hp. This vehicle, equipped with gullwing doors, costs 180,000 EUR. The exclusive advertising contract that he signed with the Camp David company also contributed to the expansion of Dieter Bohlen's assets. He only wears clothes from this company and has designed his own “rowing club” collection for them. With regard to his fortune, he has a clear idea of what to do with it. He recommends investing in equity funds such as ETFs. He considers a world index such as the MSCI World to be good because the risk is so spread across many companies. He advises against buying individual shares due to the higher risk. The exclusive advertising contract that he signed with the Camp David company also contributed to the expansion of Dieter Bohlen's assets. He only wears clothes from this company and has designed his own “rowing club” collection for them. With regard to his fortune, he has a clear idea of what to do with it. He recommends investing in equity funds such as ETFs. He considers a world index such as the MSCI World to be good because the risk is so spread across many companies. He advises against buying individual shares due to the higher risk. The exclusive advertising contract that he signed with the Camp David company also contributed to the expansion of Dieter Bohlen's assets. He only wears clothes from this company and has designed his own “rowing club” collection for them. With regard to his fortune, he has a clear idea of what to do with it. He recommends investing in equity funds such as ETFs. He considers a world index such as the MSCI World to be good because the risk is so spread across many companies. He advises against buying individual shares due to the higher risk. With regard to his fortune, he has a clear idea of what to do with it. He recommends investing in equity funds such as ETFs. He considers a world index such as the MSCI World to be good because the risk is so spread across many companies. He advises against buying individual shares due to the higher risk. With regard to his fortune, he has a clear idea of what to do with it. He recommends investing in equity funds such as ETFs. He considers a world index such as the MSCI World to be good because the risk is so spread across many companies. He advises against buying individual shares due to the higher risk.
Famous quotes
There are many sayings from Dieter Bohlen. He is very spontaneous with his opinion. He says he has no problem with himself because he always says what he thinks. Dieter Bohlen had many relationships with women. He doesn't see that as a flaw. His opinion on this is that he doesn't care what the public thinks. He always acts according to his heart and when he meets a girl who is only twenty-one years old, he does not consider whether she is socially acceptable. Dieter Bohlen has a clear attitude towards the goals of his life. He wanted to achieve something and so he was convinced early on that he wanted to get rich. He says he never wanted to go to the garbage disposal because he wanted to make real money and not be a loser.
Another saying says that the only woman who listens to Dieter Bohlen is in his car from the navigation system. About his unconventional way of dealing with people, he said that crazy people belong in show business because otherwise, he doesn't have to be. About the somewhat declining sales of Modern Talking songs, he believed that no one would go to the music store and put a gun to people's heads to get them to buy the records. Dieter Bohlen is known to have no lack of self-confidence. He says of himself that he is Elton John von Tötensen or that he suspects that Mozart if he were still alive today, would do something similar to himself. His sayings in the show DSDS are well known. He doesn't mince his words. So he said that not everyone is a superhero who thinks he's great. A book called “Meine Hammersprüche” has been published about his sayings.
Tips for success
Dieter Bohlen did it and amassed a huge fortune. As a tip for people who also want to be successful, he states that you always have to be dissatisfied and restless in order to be able to create something imaginative. He is convinced that if you stop working on yourself, you are lost. For him, that equates to artistic unemployment. The first impression a person makes is also important. Dieter Bohlen believes that there is no second chance for it. You have to think carefully about how you will affect your counterpart in order to be able to preserve your chances. His opinion is that only unconditional will opens the doors to you. It says how to get there if you don't have a clear destination. Dieter Bohlen is convinced of himself and leaves no doubt about it. For him, someone who has self-doubt is a wimp. He works without ceasing, because satisfaction kills creativity. Actually, the vernacular says about taste cannot be argued. According to Dieter Bohlen, it works, but not with people who have no taste. He likes to measure himself against others and discuss his music with his fans while walking on Mallorca.
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