Felix Kurt Jähn (born 28 August 1994), known professionally as Felix Jaehn (), is a German DJ and music producer specializing in

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. He achieved international success with his

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's song "

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", which topped the charts in multiple countries and reached number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2015.

Early life

Jaehn was born in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

and raised in Schönberg, near

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, Germany. He took violin lessons at age of 5 and began his DJ career at 16. Jaehn lived in London for a year, where he attended Point Blank Music College at the age of 17. Afterwards he briefly studied Business Administration at Humboldt-University in Berlin.

Career

2013–present

He began his career in the early 2010s. In August 2013, he released his debut single "Sommer am Meer". In November 2014, he released the single "Shine". In March 2015, he released the single "Dance with Me". In April 2015, he released a remix of

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and

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classic " Ain't Nobody" retitled "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" featuring the vocals of

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(based on an earlier charting version of the song by Thompson). The remix was an international pan-European hit topping the German Singles Chart. He is now signed to

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. In July 2015, he released the single "Eagle Eyes". In 2017, he collaborated with Mike Williams for the single "Feel Good", released through

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. He is arguably best known for remixing Jamaican singer

's song "

". The single was an international hit, topping the charts in Australia, Germany, Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Canada, Mexico, Denmark, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was also known as a popular wedding dance song in the United States. Airbeat One 2015 Felix Jaehn by Denis Apel-1242

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In 2018, NOTD and Jaehn released the single " So Close", with a music video that starred ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit cover girl

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. In February of the same year, he released his debut studio album, '' I''. The album features guest vocals by

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, Alma, and

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Eff

In 2015, Jaehn launched Eff, a music duo project made up of German singer Mark Forster (real name Mark Cwiertnia, born 11 January 1984) as vocalist and Jaehn as DJ and producer. The two met in an event in Vienna in 2015. Eff is a reference to Felix and Forster. Their first and only single as Eff was "Stimme" that has topped the German Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks, also charting in Austria and Switzerland.

Personal life

Jaehn came out as

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in an interview for ''

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'' in February 2018, stating "sometimes I was more interested in girls, sometimes more interested in boys." In February 2021, Jaehn confirmed in an interview with radio station

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that he has been in a relationship with a man since summer 2020 and that the two met via

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Discography

* '' I'' (2018) * '' Breathe'' (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaehn, Felix German DJs 1994 births Musicians from Hamburg Living people Tropical house musicians Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Bisexual men Bisexual musicians German LGBT musicians LGBT DJs German LGBT artists Electronic dance music DJs Remixers