Tobee (* June 24, 1985 in Geislingen an der Steige; real name Tobias Riether[3]) is a German party pop singer, concert promoter, and dentist.
In his youth, Tobias Riether learned to play several instruments and took singing lessons. At 15, he founded a rock cover band, and at 18, he won a talent competition in party music and became the lead singer of a show band from Baden-Württemberg.
He achieved his first success in 2006 with his self-written song “Die Ina.” He found producers at Xtreme Sound in Cologne, who included the song on numerous party compilation albums. The following year, he had a hit with “Banane, Zitrone,” which landed on the Ballermann Hits compilation and led to him becoming a regular performer at the Bierkönig in Mallorca. Further hits followed, including remakes of “Lotusblume,” originally by The Flippers, “Westerland” by Die Ärzte, and “Eine weiße Rose” by the Kastelruther Spatzen.
In 2008, major label EMI signed Tobee and produced the song ’72, ’80, ’96, 2008 for the European Football Championship, which, at least in its title, was reminiscent of the hit ’54, ’74, ’90, 2006 by Sportfreunde Stiller for the Football World Cup two years earlier. This gave Riether his first chart hit, reaching number 70 in the German singles charts. Tobee has since become an established entertainer at both summer and winter parties.
In the summer of 2009, the singer had his second chart success together with Chris Andrews. Andrews’ 1969 hit “Pretty Belinda” was given a German chorus and an added element of a sinking inflatable boat, transforming it into a summer party hit.
In the summer of 2014, his single “Blau wie das Meer” (Blue like the Sea) was released, and since its release, he has had to deal with accusations of plagiarism. The single bears strong similarities to the song of the same name by the group Mr. Hurley & die Pulveraffen.
His song “Helikopter 117 (Mach’ den Hub Hub Hub),” released in December 2017, which entered the German single charts on March 8, 2019, received a gold record in October 2020 for 200,000 units sold and a platinum record in July 2023. It is a cover of the song “Medicopter Mainz17” (based on the television series Medicopter 117 – Every Life Counts), which became popular at the 2017 Medimeisterschaften (a medical student festival) and held the number one spot on the German Spotify Viral Charts for an extended period that year.[5][6][7]
In addition to his career as a singer, Tobee runs his own label, “Brainstall,” and is active as a producer for other artists, such as DJ Düse, Vroni, Daaan, and Danito Lopez.
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