Carlprit

Carlprit

Carlprit
Background information
Birth name Rudi Schwamborn
Born (1986-05-20) 20 May 1986
Origin Zimbabwe
Genres Electronic dance, hip hop, Eurodance
Occupation(s) Rapper, singer-songwriter, music manager
Associated acts Cascada, Mondotek, Yann Peifer, Laurent Wolf, Michael Mind, Ian Carey, Alexandra Stan
Website www.youtube.com/Carlprit

Carlprit (born 20 May 1986) is a Zimbabwean rapper, actor, songwriter and music manager. He has performed and written for acts such as Cascada, Alexandra Stan and Laurent Wolf. He is best known for his song "Fiesta" as well as his appearance in Cascada's 2009 hit single "Evacuate the Dancefloor". The title sold over three million copies worldwide and reached the top 20 on Billboard charts, making Carlprit the first person of Zimbabwean origin to have a song on the top U.S. Billboard charts.[1][2][3]

Early life

Carlprit was born in Avenues, Harare, to a Zimbabwean mother and German father. He grew up at 20 Tom Ward Ave., Cotswold Hills, Mabelreign, Harare. He attended North Park Primary School and Ellis Robins Boys' High School before leaving Harare to live with one of his older brothers in Germany. The youngest of five siblings, Carlprit is the younger brother of rapper Metaphysics of Söhne Mannheims.

Early career

Carlprit first started releasing records in early 2000 after moving to Germany. In 2003, he appeared on his brother's record [The Universe], from the album Digital Garden. After that, he released numerous unofficial mix tape remixes throughout his neighborhood, but was unable to receive any real recognition due to the language barrier that he faced in Germany. Drawing on his older brother's dealings with multi-platinum German band [Söhne Mannheim's], Carlprit tried to set up his own Hustlers Academy imprint in 2006 with entrepreneur and friend, Dahoud Faron. The label soon broke apart due to creative differences. Without a label and unable to get signed, Carlprit performed club hosting appearances and created YouTube releases as a way of gaining recognition. It was during this time that he met [Tarantado], an up-and-coming rapper from Wuppertal, DedeBeat|DEDE, who later produced and recorded most of Carlprit's first solo mix tape,[Hustlers Academy].

International success with Cascada (2009)
"Evacuate the Dancefloor" (2009)
Evacuate the Dancefloor was Schwamborn's first performance with a major label
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In 2009 Carlprit went under the management of his older brother Metaphysics, from the band [Söhne Mannheim's]. Carlprit was then presented to ZooLand Records. Zooland producer Yann Peifer recognized his potential and offered to try him out on a new project they were working on. Three weeks later, "Evacuate the Dance floor"was produced with Carlprit featuring in the music video, which was filmed in [Los Angeles]. The song was then released in June 2009, where it topped charts internationally the song went platinum in the U.S., and reached number one in the UK and the Netherlands.[4]

Solo work and collaborations (present)

Solo work Carlprit released his first official single "See You At The Top", in 2010. The song features the U.K brother duo Bkay and kazz. The song was released independently on Gandanga Records and Pyramid Music. It was featured on the hit German television show Model WG and reached first position in South Africa on the Channel Os request show. In 2011, Zooland and Universal records released Carlprit's second solo single, "1234". The video was directed by Dany Wild and featured Miss Victoria Kern as the female vocalist. His third solo single, "Fiesta," was widely considered his most successful, reaching number one in the French air play charts, the top 100 in Germany, France and Switzerland's single sales charts and over 5 million YouTube views. Fiesta was produced by Michael Mind Project and Markus Shultz and features vocals recorded and written by CVB. After the success of Fiesta, Carlprit dropped his next solo single, "Here We Go" in early 2013 and "Party Round the World", which was to be released on 8 November 2013.

Collaborations Carlprit has worked with top acts including Mike Candys (djmag's 67th best DJ in the world in 2013), Michael Mind Project, Alexandra Stan, Laurent Wolf, Darius and Finlay, Shaun Baker, R.I.O, U-Jean, Ian Carey, Victoria Kern, the Bodybangers, Modana, DJ Sasha Dith, DJ Manian, Whigfield, Tony T, Yanou, Italobrothers and the band Irresistible.

Discography

Carlprit solo

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
[5]		 AUT
[6]		 SWI
[7]		 FR
[8]
Fiesta 2012 53 – 45 39 Singles only
Here We Go (Allez Allez) 2013 59 43 – —
Remember to Forget (feat. Jaicko) 2014 46 64 61 —

Guest appearance

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
[5]		 AUT
[6]		 SWI
[7]		 UK
[9]		 US
[10]		 FR
[8]
Evacuate the Dancefloor (with Cascada) 2009 5 6 7 1 25 5 Evacuate the Dancefloor
One More Time (with Bodybangers & Linda Teodosiu) 2011 – – – – – 161 Non-Album Singles
Do What You Do (with Klaas) 2012 – 65 – – – —
Do It All Night 2k12 (with Darius & Finlay & Nicco) 34 21 11 – – — Summer Is Here
Club Go Mad (with Modana) – 43 – – – – Non-Album Singles
Don't Stop the Dancing (mit Manian) – 48 55 – – 75 Hands Up Forever
Saturday Night 2013 (with Whigfield) 2013 83 – – – – — Single only
Brand New Day (with Mike Candys & Evelyn) – 68 42 – – — Smile Together...In the Mix

Other singles

As lead artist

Modana & Carlprit

Other collaborations

References

  1. ↑ "Zim Carlprit takes US by storm". Zimbabwe Chronicle. 2010-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Rudi Schwamborn is the Biggest Carlprit of them All". The Zimbo Jam. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Carlprit". Last.fm. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  4. ↑ Recording Industry Association of America. RIAA. Retrieved on 2011-10-15.
  5. 1 2 "Chartverfolgung / Carlprit". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  6. 1 2 "Discografie Carlprit". austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  7. 1 2 "Diskografie Carlprit" (select "Charts" tab). hitparade.ch (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  8. 1 2 "Diskografie Carlprit" (select "Charts" tab). lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  9. ↑ "Discography Carlprit" (select "Singles" tab). The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Discography Carlprit" (select "Charts" tab). billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved 2013-09-14.

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