Tujamo Explained

Tujamo
Birth Name:	Matthias Richter
Birth Date:	18 January 1988
Birth Place:	Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Genre:	Electro house
Years Active:	2005–present
Label:	Spinnin', Universal Music Group, Mixmash Records, Dim Mak Records, Ultra Music, Smash the House

Matthias Richter (pronounced as /de/; 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.

Background

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. He began using the Tujamo moniker that same year and released his debut single, "Mombasa", in 2011. His first hit, "Who", was originally released in 2011 in collaboration with Plastik Funk, also from Germany. It became a large hit at the Winter Music Conference, a Miami house club. In 2014, his single "Boneless", released in collaboration with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, charted at number 49 on the German Singles Chart 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. He has also remixed songs by Bob Sinclar, Peter Gelderblom and Wynter Gordon and has played all over Germany and globally, including South America, 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]

Beatport

In 2019, Tujamo became the all-time best-selling artist of the electro house genre at Beatport.^[7]

Discography

Charted singles

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Year	Peak chart positions								Certifications	Album
GER ^[8]	AUT ^[9]	BEL ^[10]	FRA ^[11]	NLD ^[12]	POL ^[13]	UK	US
"Who" (with Plastik Funk)	2012	—	—	43	—	—	—	—	—		rowspan="5"
"Boneless" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake)	2013	49	42	73	96	—	—	—	—	RIAA: Gold
"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	—	—	—	—	—		rowspan="8"
"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.

Non-charted singles

2009

• Beat Back

2010

• Switch It
• Mombasa

2011

• Do It All Night
• Back 2 You (with Robell Parker)

2012

• How We Roll
• Crump

2014

• Darth Theme (by John Williams)

2015

• Beat Back (Crazy Flute Mix)
• All Night (with Jacob Plant; Fly Eye)

2016

• Keep Pushin' (featuring Inaya Day; Spinnin' Records)

2017

• Make U Love Me (Spinnin' Records)
• One On One (featuring Sorana; Spinnin' Records)

2018

• Body Language (featuring Miranda Glory and Haris; Spinnin' Records)
• Funk You (with La Fuente; Spinnin' Records)
• With U (Official Untold Festival Anthem 2018) (featuring Karen Harding; Spinnin' Records)^[14]
• Jook It (with Salvatore Ganacci featuring Richie Loop; Spinnin' Records)^[15]
• Say What You Wanna (Spinnin' Records)^[16]

2019

• Get Up (Musical Freedom)^[17]
• Candy on the Dancefloor (Spinnin' Records)^[18]
• Getting Money (featuring 808Charmer; Spinnin' Records)^[19]
• Hell Yeah (Smash the House)^[20]
• Drop It (with Lukas Vane; Spinnin' Records)^[21]
• Shake It (with Nø Signe; Spinnin' Records)^[22]

2020

• One Million (with Lotten; Spinnin' Records)^[23]
• Taking You Home (with Kelvyn Colt; Universal Music)^[24]
• Enough of You (Universal Music)^[25]

2021

• I Don't Wanna Go (Universal Music)^[26]
• Nasty (with PBH & Jack; Spinnin' Records)^[27]

2022

• Down (Spinnin' Records)^[28]
• Click (Musical Freedom)
• Clap Your Hands (with JORD) [Spinnin' Records]
• Techno Party (with VINNE and Murotani) [Revealed Recordings]
• Better Safe Than Sorry (Spinnin' Records)
• Pump It Up (with 3 Are Legend (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki) and Jaxx & Vega featuring Black & White Brothers) [Smash the House / DIM MAK]

2023

• IFLDM (with The Stickmen Project and Sleepwalkrs featuring GLASGOW KI$$) [Spinnin' Records]
• Drop That Low (When I Dip) [with Kid Ink] [Spinnin' Records]
• Vida Loca (with Antoine Delvig) [Spinnin' Records]
• Get Get Down (with Rudeejay and Da Brozz) [Spinnin' Records]
• Energy (with Jay Hardway featuring Bay-C) [Spinnin' Records]
• Turn It Up! (The Crew Motorfest Official Trailer) [Spinnin' Records]
• Freak (with Azteck and Inna) [Smash the House / [[Global Records]]]

Remixes

2010

• Tujamo – Auf gehts (Tujamo Remix)
• Shemian – 24 Hours (Tujamo Remix)
• Jochen Pash – From London to Detroit (Tujamo Remix)

2011

• Disfunktion – Dead Pixels (Tujamo Remix)
• Jim Tonique & Patrick Bryze – Better World (Tujamo Club Mix)
• Housepussies – Zora In Red (Tujamo Remix)
• Horny United featuring Philippe Heithier – Only You (Tujamo Remix)
• Ralph Good featuring Polina Griffith – SOS (Tujamo Remix)
• Boogie Pimps – Knocking (Tujamo Remix)
• Peter Gelderblom featuring Dominica – I Gotta Let U Go (Tujamo Remix)
• Tiko's Groove featuring Gosha – I Can't Get Nothing (Plastik Funk & Tujamo Remix)
• Fragma – Toca's Miracle (Tujamo Remix)
• Plastik Funk & Fragma – What Love Can Do (Tujamo Remix)

2012

• Bob Sinclar – Groupie (Tujamo Remix)
• Bastian van Shield – Nobody (Tujamo Remix)
• Dubvision – All By Myself (Tujamo Remix)
• Federico Scavo & Andrea Guzzoletti – Strump (Tujamo Remix)

2013

• Major Lazer – Jet Blue Jet (Tujamo Remix)

2014

• Laidback Luke & Martin Solveig – BLOW (Tujamo Remix)
• Deadmau5 – The Reward Is Cheese (Tujamo Remix)
• Jack Ü featuring Kiesza – Take Ü There (Tujamo Remix)

2015

• Laidback Luke featuring Goodgrip – Rocking With The Best (Tujamo Remix)
• Pep & Rash – Rumors (Tujamo Remix)
• Showtek featuring MC Ambush – 90s By Nature (Tujamo Remix)
• Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike featuring Ne-Yo – Higher Place (Tujamo Remix)
• Martin Solveig featuring Sam White – +1 (Tujamo Remix)

2017

• David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne – Light My Body Up (Tujamo Remix)
• David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber – 2U (Tujamo Remix)

2019

• Tiesto – Grapevine (Tujamo Remix)^[29]
• Hugel – WTF (Tujamo Remix)^[30]

2020

• Debonair Samir – Samir's Theme (Tujamo Remix)

2021

• Sigma & Louis III – Anywhere (Tujamo Remix)

Awards and nominations

Top 100 DJs

Year	Rank^[31]
2015	95
2016	78
2017	46
2018	46
2019	43
2020	40
2021	36
2022	35
2023	54

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014-04-05 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive . . 31 March 2014.
2. Web site: Mainstream Success Tujamo Talks About Staying True To Your Own Brand of Music . Popspoken.com . 16 February 2016.
3. Web site: Artist Biography by John D. Buchanan . Tujamo | Biography . AllMusic . 4 July 2014.
4. Web site: Discographie Tujamo . austriancharts.at . 4 July 2014.
5. Web site: Interview: Das Fremdwort Ruhe: Tujamo im Gespräch – Update-City . Ostwestfalen.update-city.de . 30 May 2012 . 4 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020113450/http://ostwestfalen.update-city.de/interview-tujamo-ego-bastian-van-shield-_id2958.html . 20 October 2014 .
6. Web site: Ministry of Sound presents. Tujamo @ AIR, 東京都 - 2014.05.09 (Fri) | iFLYER.tv (アイフライヤー) . iFLYER.tv . 18 April 2014 . 4 July 2014.
7. https://www.beatstats.com/artists/list/list-alltime-genre17 Beatport Electro House bestsellers (alltime)
8. Web site: Tujamo . . 5 April 2018 . de.
9. Web site: Tujamo discography . Hung Medien . austriancharts.at . 5 April 2018 . German.
10. Web site: Tujamo discography . Hung Medien . ultratop.be . 5 April 2018 . Dutch.
11. Web site: Tujamo discography . Hung Medien . lescharts.com . 5 April 2018 . French.
12. Web site: Tujamo discography . Hung Medien . dutchcharts.nl . 5 April 2018 . Dutch.
13. Peak chart positions for singles in Poland:
    • "Lonely": Web site: AirPlay Top: 12.09. – 18.09.2020. ZPAV. Polish. 21 September 2020.
14. Web site: WITH U (feat. Karen Harding) OFFICIAL UNTOLD FESTIVAL ANTHEM 2018 – Single by Tujamo on iTunes. iTunes Store (US). 3 August 2018 . 3 August 2018.
15. Web site: Interview: Tujamo Discusses Salvatore Ganacci Collaboration 'Jook It' . Torodoksi . James . 31 August 2018 . We Rave You . 2 September 2018.
16. Web site: Say What You Wanna – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music. . 2 November 2018 . 4 November 2018.
17. Web site: Get Up – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . . 24 January 2019.
18. Web site: Candy On the Dancefloor – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 22 February 2019 . 28 February 2019.
19. Web site: Getting Money (feat. 808Charmer) – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 14 July 2019.
20. Web site: Hell Yeah – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 11 August 2019.
21. Web site: Drop It – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 21 September 2019.
22. Web site: Shake It – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 18 December 2019.
23. Web site: One Million – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 22 March 2020.
24. Web site: Taking You Home – Single by Tujamo & Kelvyn Colt on Apple Music . Apple Music . 17 August 2020.
25. Web site: Fabrick . Mark . 13 November 2020 . Tujamo drops polished new club single 'Enough of You' . https://web.archive.org/web/20201120144157/https://www.youredm.com/2020/11/10/tujamo-drops-polished-new-club-single-enough-of-you/ . 20 November 2020 . 20 November 2020 . Your EDM.
26. Web site: I Don't Wanna Go – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . Apple Music . 12 March 2021.
27. Web site: Nasty – Single by Tujamo & PBH & Jack on Apple Music . Apple Music . 13 January 2022.
28. Web site: Down – Single by Tujamo on Apple Music . Apple Music . 9 March 2022.
29. Web site: Grapevine (The Remixes) – Single by Tiësto. iTunes Store. 7 January 2019 . 7 January 2019.
30. Web site: WTF (feat. Amber Van Day) [The Remixes] – EP by HUGEL on Apple Music ]. iTunes Store . 15 February 2019 . 23 February 2019.
31. https://djmag.com/top100djs Top100DJs Archive