Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (born 1 June 1979), known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "

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". He is best known for his 2016 extended play ''Jackpot'' which reached 23 on the

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chart. He peaked at 15 on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in February 2015.

Music career

Büttner began producing music in 2001 under his real name. He began by making background music for television, radio and advertisements and produced music for DJs. In 2010, Büttner produced the song

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for

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, which became a number-one single in France. Around that time, he also produced the song "Audubon Ballroom" on

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's album '' Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1'', which charted at #5 on the ''Billboard'' 200. In July 2011, he began making solo music under the pseudonym TheFatRat, a nickname given to him in his youth. His career began with the release of his first EP, ''Do Be Do Be Do''. By 2016, Büttner's music was used in over 1.5 million YouTube videos. His single "Unity" was included on the album ''Sounds of Syndication Vol. 1'' curated by

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, one of the most subscribed streamers on

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. In November 2016, Büttner released his second EP, ''Jackpot'' on the

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label. The EP reached #23 on the

chart. In December 2016, Büttner started a record label, The Arcadium, in collaboration with

. In June 2017, he released the single "Fly Away" featuring vocalist

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. In July, he performed at the

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. In October 2017, he released the single "Oblivion" featuring vocalist

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. In March 2018, he released the single "MAYDAY". In July 2018, he released "Warrior Songs", a music pack for the video game ''

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. In December 2018, he posted a video about how YouTube's content ID system is " broken", as one anonymous user known as Ramjets claimed all the earnings for his song "The Calling" and YouTube refused to settle the dispute. The claim was removed by YouTube later. In February 2020, ''

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'' made a 10-minute documentary about Büttner and his career titled, ''TheFatRat: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Him''. They released this within their article, "TheFatRat: Meet the EDM DJ who's elevated video game music to high art." On 7 February 2020, Büttner released a

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music video on YouTube starring himself and Maisy Kay for Büttner's song, "The Storm," which he performed with Kay. The music video was filmed in

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, with Surtshellir Cave on the first day, Hekla Mountain on the second day, and Hjörleifshöfði on the third and final day. Accompanying the music video is a game for mobile dubbed ''The Storm - Interactive'', where one can play through the story of the video.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:FatRat 1979 births Living people German record producers German electronic dance music musicians Musicians from Göttingen Electronic dance music DJs Monstercat artists Spinnin' Records artists Universal Music Group artists