Bastien Kaltenbacher (born 20 May 1991), better known as Bastian Baker, is a Swiss singer-songwriter.

Career

Born in

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to a professional hockey player father, Bastian wanted to become a professional hockey player in the footsteps of his father and played on Swiss National League's Juniors Elite A side "Lausanne 4 Clubs" under the name Bastien Kaltenbacher. But interested in music as well, he joined the school choir in Villeneuve, and was given solo roles. A father of a friend saw him in a performance in 2010 during a social gathering and offered to produce his songs. His first single "Lucky" produced by Richard Meyer (aka Swayd) was launched in March 2011 and charted in the Swiss Singles Chart. He took part in Caprices Festival in April 2011 and at

Montreux Jazz Festival The Montreux Jazz Festival (formerly Festival de Jazz Montreux and Festival International de Jazz Montreux) is a music festival in Switzerland, held annually in early July in Montreux on the Lake Geneva shoreline. It is the second-largest annu ...

on 16 July 2011 releasing his debut album, ''

Tomorrow May Not Be Better ''Tomorrow May Not Be Better'' is the debut album by Swiss singer-songwriter Bastian Baker. It was released in Switzerland on 9 September 2011 on Phonag record label. Three singles were released from the album, "I'd Sing for You", "Lucky" and th ...

'', on 9 September 2011. The album reached No. 3 in the Swiss album charts and topped the Romandie Charts and earned him in 2012, the "Best Breaking Act" award during

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, the official Swiss Music Awards in French language. After that success, he was invited to perform in French television's ''

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''. His album ''Tomorrow May Not Be Better'' was released in France on 27 April 2012 and his single "Lucky" gained success in France as well. From 13 October to 10 November 2012, he took part in

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of ''

Danse avec les stars ''Danse avec les stars'' (''DALS''; ) is the French version of the British reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show was first broadcast on TF1 on 12 February 2011, the parti ...

'' partnering with Katrina Patchett finishing 7th out of 10 participating stars. Baker was the opening act for all dates of

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's 2018 Now Tour and performed " Party for Two" with her during her set. On 20 August 2020, Baker was officially signed to a one-year contract by third-tier

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team HCV Martigny of the MySports League and was introduced to the media at a press conference that same day.

Personal life

Baker was born to hockey player Bruno Kaltenbacher and school teacher Magali, and has two sisters, Margaux and Marine. Marine is also pursuing a music career as MARYNE.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Notes

*A "Lucky" did not enter the

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, but peaked at number 26 on the Wallonia

Ultratip Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium. Ultratop is a non-profit organization, created in 1995 on the initiative of the Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA), the Belgian member organiza ...

chart, which acts as a 50-song extension to the Ultratop 50. *B "Hallelujah" did not enter the

, but peaked at number 5 on the Wallonia

chart, which acts as a 50-song extension to the Ultratop 50.

References

External links

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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Bastian Swiss male songwriters 1991 births Living people Musicians from Lausanne Sportspeople from Lausanne 21st-century Swiss male singers MTV Europe Music Award winners