DJ Antoine

DJ Antoine was born in Sissach, Basel-Landschaft on June 23, 1975.

In 1995, he opened a club, House Café, in Basel. He initially focused on Rap before switching genres to dance/electronic.

In 1998, he released his first album, DJ Antoine – The Pumpin' House Mix. In 2001, he won his first gold award for his album Houseworks 1. He has released over 50 albums.

Since 2003, he has been hosting a weekly radio show that is broadcast worldwide.^[1]

In 2001, he received an Ericsson Dance Music Award for Most Successful Artist of the Year 2000 in the category House / UK Garage / Progressive House.^{[citation needed]} In 2006, he released his live album DJ Antoine – Live in Moscow and in 2007 released the single This Time. All Around the World Records signed the single "This Time" in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, he released DJ Antoine –Stop!. The album's theme focuses on juvenile violence. For this album, he won a Swiss Music Award for Best National Dance Album in 2009. In 2010, his album DJ Antoine – 2010 was certified platinum. It was nominated for a Swiss Music Award in the category Best National Dance Album. In 2012, he won a Prix Walo in the 'DJ/Dance' category.^[2]

In the studio, Antoine works with his long-time business partner Fabio Antoniali, also known as "Mad Mark".^{[citation needed]} He has remixed tracks for musicians such as Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Pitbull, Sean Paul, Afrojack, Cyndi Lauper, Robin S., and Roberto Blanco.^{[citation needed]} In 2010, he produced songs for Timati, Snoop Dogg, DJ Smash, and Bob Sinclar.^{[citation needed]} That same year, house artist Mr. Mike joined the team as a vocalist, also accompanying Antoine to selected performances.

In 2011, he collaborated with Russian rapper Timati and American singer Kalenna on the hit single Welcome to St. Tropez, which was released in Germany and Austria by the German dance label Kontor Records. It became a top-5-hit in the German-speaking scene. His 2012 single Ma Chérie sold over 1 million units and earned several gold and platinum awards, and an MTV European Music Award for Best Swiss Act in 2012.^[3][4] Both singles and another collaboration with P. Diddy, Timati, and Dirty Money called I'm On You were included on his 2011 gold-certified album Welcome To DJ Antoine.

Antoine and his studio partner Mad Mark produced four more albums which charted in Switzerland and other European countries. His 2013 album Sky Is the Limit reached the top of Switzerland's album charts and the top 10 in Germany. It was certified platinum in Switzerland and gold in Germany. Holiday, a 2015 collaboration with American singer Akon, was featured on his 2016 album Provocateur, charting in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, and Belgium.^[5]

Antoine has worked with brands including Maurice Lacroix, Perrier-Jouët "Belle Epoque" champagne, and SuitArt. He has also collaborated with companies such as Sony Ericsson, Campari, Moonlight, Edo Popken, Chrysler, Dodge, Maybach, Cadillac, HTC, Moët Hennessy, J. Lindeberg, Paco Rabanne and Pro7.^{[citation needed]} In 2015, he was a jury member on Deutschland sucht den Superstar.

Antoine manages his own production and booking companies Global Productions GmbH and Global Bookings. He founded his own lifestyle company Konrad Lifestyle AG in 2016. His team consists of ten employees, based in Switzerland.

He has sold over 8,000,000 units^[6] of singles and albums and also runs his label Houseworks.

Studio albums

• Stop! (2008)
• 2008 (2008)
• A Weekend at Hotel Campari (2008)
• 2009 (2009)
• Superhero? (2009)
• 17900 (2009)
• 2010 (2010)
• WOW (2010)
• 2011 (2011)
• Welcome to DJ Antoine (2011)
• Sky Is the Limit (2013)
• We Are the Party (2014)
• Provocateur (2016)
• The Time Is Now (2018)

• Official website