TheFatRat

TheFatRat
Birth name Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner
Also known as TheFatRat
Born (1979-06-01) 1 June 1979
Göttingen, Germany
Genres Electronic dance music, Glitch Hop
Occupation(s) Record producer, musician
Years active 2001–present
Labels Universal Music Group, Spinnin Records, Tasty, Seeking Blue, independent[1]
Associated acts Laura Brehm, Anjulie, Lola Blanc
Website Official Website

Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (born 1 June 1979), known as TheFatRat, is a German record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "glitch-hop".[1] He is best known for his 2014 song "Unity," which has more than 100 million views on YouTube,[2] and his 2016 Jackpot EP which reached #23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[3] As of September 2018, his YouTube channel has over 3 million subscribers and over 615 million views.[4]

Music career

In his youth, Büttner practiced the flute at the age of four, the piano at the age of 6, and participated in music classes at his school.[5]

Büttner began producing music in 2001 under his real name. He began by making background music for television, radio and advertisements and produced music for DJs.

In July 2011, he began making solo music under the pseudonym "TheFatRat," a nickname given to him in his youth.[6] His career began with the release of his first EP, Do Be Do Be Do.

Büttner's music is popular within YouTube, and has been used in over 1.5 million YouTube videos.[7] Some of his music has been accompanied by vocalist Laura Brehm.[8]

His single "Unity" was included on the album Sounds of Syndication Vol. 1[9] curated by Tom Cassell, one of the most subscribed streamers on Twitch.tv.[10]

In November 2016, Büttner released his second EP, Jackpot on the Universal Music label.[7] The EP reached #23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[3] In December 2016, Büttner started a record label, The Arcadium, in collaboration with Universal Music.[11]

In June 2017, he released the single "Fly Away" featuring vocalist Anjulie.[12] In July, he performed at the Electric Forest Festival.[13] In October 2017, he released the single "Oblivion" featuring vocalist Lola Blanc.[14]

In July 2018 he released his debut album ‘’Warrior Songs,’’ a concept album inspired by the video game ‘’Dota 2’’.

He is currently signed onto Casablanca Records, which is owned by Universal Music Group.

Discography

EPs

YearTitleInformationPeak chart positions
US
Dance
[3]
2011 Do Be Do Be Do –
2016 Jackpot 23

Singles

Singles[lower-alpha 1]
Title Date Album Label Views
(YouTube)		 Plays
(SoundCloud)
"Some Body" 2011 Do Be Do Be Do EP N/A N/A 0.1M
"Less Than Three" 0.1M
"Do Be Do Be Do" 2.3M 0.3M
"Splinter" 2013 N/A Spinnin Records 0.2M[17] N/A
"Dancing Naked" Melofaktur UG 2.7M 0.6M
"Infinite Power!" 2014 Rocket League OST 12M 1.5M
"Unity" Sounds of Syndication Vol. 1 124M 8.0M
"Windfall" Tasty Album 001 - Entree Tasty Records 23M 3.9M
"Xenogenesis" 13M 6.2M
"Never Be Alone" 2015 18M 3.2M
"Time Lapse" N/A Melofaktur UG 43M 3.4M
"Telescope" Taking You Higher Pt. 4 Seeking Blue 6.1M 0.8M
"Monody"
(feat. Laura Brehm)		 N/A Melofaktur UG 100.8M 17M
"The Calling"
(feat. Laura Brehm)		 2016 37M 4.2M
"No No No" 31M 1.6M
"Youtubers Life Rap"
(with Kronno Zomber)		 0.75M 0.4M[18]
"Monody" (feat. Laura
Brehm) (Radio Edit)		 Universal Music 1.7M N/A
"Jackpot" Jackpot EP 17M N/A
"Epic" 4.5M N/A
"Prelude" 3.1M N/A
"Elegy" 3.4M N/A
"Fly Away"
(feat. Anjulie)		 2017 N/A 58M N/A
"Oblivion"
(feat. Lola Blanc)		 11M 0.07M
"Mayday"
(feat. Laura Brehm)		 2018 N/A 9M 0.09M
"Warrior Song" DOTA 2 Music Pack 2M
"Origin"
"Ascendancy"
"Nemesis"
"Elevate"
"Origin (Reprise)
"Kingdom Come"
"Mad Moon Falling"
"Threnody"
"Envelope"
"Reminiscence"
"Afterlife"
Total 615M 51M

Remixes

Year Artist Song
2012 Flo Rida Very Good Feeling
Avicii Next Levels
The Knocks Brightside
Gotye Somebody That I Used to Know
Foster the People Don't Stop
Martin Solveig The Night Out
Static Revenger Turn The World On
Pacific Air Float
Chris Brown Don't Wake Me Up
2013 The Knocks The Feeling
Diplo Set It Off (ft. Lazerdisk Party Sex)
Singularity The Tide (ft. Steffi Nguyen)
Atlas Genius If So
Strange Talk Picking Up All The Pieces
Icona Pop All Night
2015 Sound Remedy We Are The Dream
2018 MarieMarie Salt is My Sugar

Mashups

Year plase Artists Tracks
2012 Do Harder Be Faster TheFatRat Do Be Do Be Do
Daft Punk Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Drive Space Junk PrototypeRaptor Drive Hard
Wolfgang Gartner Space Junk

VIPs, Instrumentals, and Other

Year Song Note
2013 Dancing Naked Piano
2015 Never Be Alone Acapella
2016 Monody Stems
Radio Edit
Remix for Rolling Sky
2017 Prelude VIP w/ JJD
Fly Away Instrumental
Oblivion Instrumental

Official remixed songs

Year Song Note Remixer
2017 The Calling feat. Laura Brehm Da Tweekaz
Fly Away feat. Anjulie Inukshuk
JJD

The Arcadium releases

Year Title Artist EP EA
2017 "Prelude" TheFatRat & JJD VIP Edit
"Beacon" Faux Tales
"Vestige" Stephen Flores
"Lazer Beam" Pure 100% &
Dream Hackers
2018 "Go 4 it" Nitro Fun Closure EP
"Leader" Nitro Fun &
Glacier Leaders		 Closure EP
"Keygen" Nitro Fun &
Trinergy		 Closure EP
"Alright" Ghost'n'Ghost
"Atlas" Faux Tales Alpha 9 Remix
"Sugar High" JJD
"Her Requiem" SHANNI
"Awe" PrototypeRaptor
"Moonlight" Stephen Flores
"Resplendent" Geoplex
"Through Glass" Articulate
"Origins" Faux Tales
"Aphrodite" Neptunica
"We Got This" Han Young
"Always With You" ColBreakz & Loxive
"Delphinium" Saiph
"Our Last Time" Becko
"Levitation" Mabeha

References

  1. 1 2 Bein, Kat (12 July 2016). "Go Your Own Way: How German Producer TheFatRat Finds Creative Freedom in Label Independence". Billboard.com. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8X9_MgEdCg
  3. 1 2 3 "TheFatRat Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  4. ↑ https://youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheFatRat
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zBppB1oZW0
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zBppB1oZW0
  7. 1 2 "TheFatRat Releases 'Jackpot' EP". BroadwayWorld.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "TheFatRat Releases 'Monody' feat. Laura Brehm". BroadwayWorld.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  9. ↑ http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/twitch-streamer-curated-album
  10. ↑ https://socialblade.com/twitch/top/100/followers
  11. ↑ "The Arcadium". YouTube. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "TheFatRat - Fly Away feat. Anjulie". YouTube. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.electricforestfestival.com/artist/thefatrat/
  14. ↑ "TheFatRat - Oblivion (feat. Lola Blanc)". YouTube. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Do Be Do Be Do - EP by TheFatRat | The Fat Rat | Free Listening on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  16. ↑ "Jackpot - EP by TheFatRat on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  17. ↑ "Spinnin' Records". YouTube.
  18. ↑ "Kronno Zomber Official". SoundCloud.
  1. ↑ SoundCloud plays are to be rounded down to the nearest 0.1 million (hundred thousand). All SoundCloud information is to be taken from this reference: "TheFatRat". SoundCloud. . Views and plays under 100,000 will be rounded down to the nearest 10,000. Views and plays will be rounded down to the nearest 0.1 million (hundred thousand) if under 10 million. Views and plays over 10 million will be rounded down to the nearest million. Views and plays over 50 million will be rounded down to the nearest ten million. All YouTube information is to be taken from this reference: "TheFatRat". YouTube. YouTube data are valid as of August 2018 and SoundCloud data are valid as of October 2017.
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