Tujamo | |
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.jpg) Tujamo in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Matthias Richter |
| Born | 18 January 1988 Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Genres | Electro house |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Spinnin', Universal Music Group, Mixmash Records, Dim Mak Records, Ultra Music, Smash the House |
Matthias Richter (German pronunciation: [maˈtiːas ʀɪçtɐ]; born 18 January 1988), better known by his stage name Tujamo, is a German DJ and electro house music producer. Tujamo, along with Plastik Funk and Sneakbo, released the single "Dr. Who!", which peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] He also had a hit with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake,[2] "Boneless", which charted at #49 on the German Singles Chart and #42 on the Austrian Singles Chart.
Tujamo was born Matthias Richter in 1988 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia.[3] He began DJing at age 17 and in 2006 participated in and won a talent competition hosted by Club Index in Schüttorf, where he became a resident DJ.[3] He began using the Tujamo moniker that same year and released his debut single, "Mombasa", in 2011.[3] His first hit, "Who", was originally released in 2011 in collaboration with Plastik Funk, also from Germany.[3] It became a large hit at the Winter Music Conference, a Miami house club.[3] In 2014, his single "Boneless", released in collaboration with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, charted at number 49 on the German Singles Chart[3] and number 42 on the Dutch Singles Chart.[4] The same year, he reworked "Who" as "Dr. Who!" with vocals from British rapper Sneakbo and it charted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, receiving support from Avicii, Tiësto, Fedde Le Grand and Steve Aoki.[3] He has also remixed songs by Bob Sinclar, Peter Gelderblom and Wynter Gordon and has played all over Germany and globally, including South America,[3] Turkey, Brazil and Russia.[5] Some of his other singles include "How We Roll", "Do It All Night", "Back 2 You" and a cover version of Laserkraft 3D's "Nein Mann".[6]
In 2019, Tujamo became the all-time best-selling artist of the electro house genre at Beatport.[7]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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| GER [8] |
AUT [9] |
BEL [10] |
FRA [11] |
NLD [12] |
POL [13] |
UK | US | ||||
| "Who" (with Plastik Funk) |
2012 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Boneless" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake) |
2013 | 49 | 42 | 73 | 96 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Hey Mister" | 2014 | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dr. Who!" (with Plastik Funk featuring Sneakbo) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | |||
| "Nova" (vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Felguk) |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Delirious (Boneless)" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake featuring Kid Ink) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | Neon Future.I | ||
| "S.A.X." (with Laidback Luke) |
2015 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Booty Bounce" | — | — | 101 | 118 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Cream" (with Danny Avila) |
— | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Booty Bounce" (with Taio Cruz) |
2016 | 83 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | ||
| "Drop That Low (When I Dip)" | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | |||
| "Boom!" | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Riverside (Reloaded)" (with Sidney Samson) |
2018 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lonely" (with Vize and Majan) |
2020 | 34 | 52 | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
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| Year | Rank[31] |
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| 2015 | 95 |
| 2016 | 78 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2020 | 40 |
| 2021 | 36 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2023 | 54 |
