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", which reached number one in the UK in 2002. His career started with ex-wife Marie-José van der Kolk in the making of his first singles, under the stage name of DJ Sammy featuring Carisma.

Career

DJ Sammy started his music career in 1984 in pubs and dance clubs of

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. During this time he completed training as a sound technician at the Mallorca Music College. In 1991, he met dancer Marie-José van der Kolk and they performed at Zorba's Club in Palma. In 1992, DJ Sammy became

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at the Joy Palace Club in Arenal and Marie Jose was a resident dancer there. In November 1995, DJ Sammy released his first single " Life Is Just a Game" with Marie-José who started singing. The track became a Top 10 hit in the Spanish

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. Other singles, such as " You're My Angel" and " Prince of Love", have been popular in the German record chart. In June 1998, DJ Sammy released his debut album, '' Life Is Just a Game''. DJ Sammy founded his own music

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, Super M Records, as well as the Gamba Music Company. In 2002, Sammy released the album, ''

'' with charting singles released such as "Sunlight" and

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's " The Boys of Summer". In 2005, his next album was '' The Rise'', with charting singles such as " Rise Again" which was featured on the 2004 movie soundtrack, '' It's All Gone Pete Tong'', and a cover of

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". In 2007, Sammy collaborated with

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, remixing his song "Tired of Being Sorry", the second track from his hit album, ''Insomniac''. Following this success, in April 2007,

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released the song "Superstar", produced and co-written by Sammy. The song was her biggest hit since "Soy Yo". On

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's album '' Premonición'', Sammy wrote and produced the track "Aquí Ahora". He also worked on

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' album, '' Sin Miedo''. He toured the world with the Balearic Masters tour, which commenced at the end of 2007. He took his protégé, writer and singer, Nyah, who featured on the tracks "

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", "Feel the Love", "Animal", and "Look for Love" co-produced by

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. In June 2013, Sammy released the single such as "Shut Up and Kiss Me" with a vocalist The Jackie Boyz, the music video is directed by Mark Feuerstake. In July 2020, Sammy released the single "This Is Who We Are" with Australian vocalist Chloe Martin.

Personal life

Bouriah has a daughter, Saphira María (born 10 February 2005), from his previous marriage with van der Kolk who is also a singer and performs as Firefox alongside her mother.

Discography

Studio albums

DJ mixes

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Official Site

MyClubRoom Radio Show & Podcast (weekly), hosted by DJ Sammy
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DJ Sammy Biography on Central Station Records

DJ Sammy Biography on Sing365
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