Introduction
Matthias Richter ([maˈtiːas ʀɪçtɐ]; born 18 January 1988 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia), better known by his stage name Tujamo, is a German electro house music producer, who along with Plastik Funk and Sneakbo released the single "Dr. Who!", which peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. He also had a hit with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, "Boneless", which charted at #49 on the German Singles Chart and #42 on the Austrian Singles Chart.
Background
Tujamo was born Matthias Richter in 1988 in Detmold, Germany. He began DJing at age 17 and in 2006 participated in and won a talent competition hosted by Club Index in Schüttorf, where he became a resident DJ. He began using the Tujamo moniker that same year and released his debut single, "Mombasa", in 2011. His first hit, "Who", was originally released in 2011 in collaboration with Plastik Funk, also from Germany. It became a large hit at the Winter Music Conference, a Miami house club. In 2014, his single "Boneless", released in collaboration with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake, charted at number 49 on the German Singles Chart and number 42 on the Dutch Singles Chart. The same year, he reworked "Who" as "Dr. Who!" with vocals from British rapper Sneakbo and it charted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart, receiving support from Avicii, Tiësto, Fedde Le Grand and Steve Aoki. He has also remixed songs by Bob Sinclar, Peter Gelderblom and Wynter Gordon and has played all over Germany and globally, including South America, Turkey, Brazil and Russia. Some of his other singles include "How We Roll", "Do It All Night", "Back 2 You" and a cover version of Laserkraft 3D's "Nein Mann".
Beatport
In 2019, Tujamo became the all time best-selling artist of the electro house genre at Beatport.
Discography
Charted singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER |
AUT |
BEL |
FRA |
NLD |
UK | US | ||||
| "Who" (with Plastik Funk) |
2012 | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Boneless" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake) |
2013 | 49 | 42 | 73 | 96 | — | — | — |
| |
| "Hey Mister" | 2014 | — | — | 79 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dr. Who!" (with Plastik Funk featuring Sneakbo) |
— | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | |||
| "Nova" (vs. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Felguk) |
— | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Delirious (Boneless)" (with Steve Aoki and Chris Lake featuring Kid Ink) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 90 | Neon Future.I | ||
| "S.A.X." (with Laidback Luke) |
2015 | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Booty Bounce" | — | — | 101 | 118 | — | — | — | |||
| "Cream" (with Danny Avila) |
— | — | — | 117 | — | — | — | |||
| "Booty Bounce" (with Taio Cruz) |
2016 | 83 | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | ||
| "Drop That Low (When I Dip)" | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | |||
| "Boom!" | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | |||
| "Riverside (Reloaded)" (with Sidney Samson) |
2018 | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Non-charted singles
2009
- Beat Back
2010
- Switch It
- Mombasa
2011
- Do It All Night
- Back 2 You
2012
- How We Roll
- Crump
2014
- Darth Theme (by John Williams)
2015
- Beat Back (Crazy Flute Mix)
- All Night
2016
- Keep Pushin'
2017
- Make U Love Me
- One On One
2018
- Body Language
- Funk You
- With U (Official Untold Festival Anthem 2018)
- Jook It
- Say What You Wanna
2019
- Get Up
- Candy on the Dancefloor
- Getting Money
- Hell Yeah
- Drop It
- Shake It
2020
- One Million
- Lonely
Remixes
2010
- Tujamo - Auf gehts (Tujamo Remix)
- Shemian - 24 Hours (Tujamo Remix)
- Jochen Pash - From London to Detroit (Tujamo Remix)
2011
- Disfunktion - Dead Pixels (Tujamo Remix)
- Jim Tonique & Patrick Bryze - Better World (Tujamo Club Mix)
- Housepussies - Zora In Red (Tujamo Remix)
- Horny United featuring Philippe Heithier - Only You (Tujamo Remix)
- Ralph Good featuring Polina Griffith - SOS (Tujamo Remix)
- Boogie Pimps - Knocking (Tujamo Remix)
- Peter Gelderblom featuring Dominica - I Gotta Let U Go (Tujamo Remix)
- Tiko's Groove featuring Gosha - I Can't Get Nothing (Plastik Funk & Tujamo Remix)
- Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Tujamo Remix)
- Plastik Funk & Fragma - What Love Can Do (Tujamo Remix)
2012
- Bob Sinclar - Groupie (Tujamo Remix)
- Bastian van Shield - Nobody (Tujamo Remix)
- Dubvision - All By Myself (Tujamo Remix)
- Federico Scavo & Andrea Guzzoletti - Strump (Tujamo Remix)
2013
- Major Lazer - Jet Blue Jet (Tujamo Remix)
2014
- Laidback Luke & Martin Solveig - BLOW (Tujamo Remix)
- Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese (Tujamo Remix)
- Jack Ü featuring Kiesza - Take Ü There (Tujamo Remix)
2015
- Laidback Luke featuring Goodgrip - Rocking With The Best (Tujamo Remix)
- Pep & Rash - Rumors (Tujamo Remix)
- Showtek featuring MC Ambush - 90s By Nature (Tujamo Remix)
- Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike featuring Ne-Yo - Higher Place (Tujamo Remix)
- Martin Solveig featuring Sam White - +1 (Tujamo Remix)
2017
- David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne - Light My Body Up (Tujamo Remix)
- David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber - 2U (Tujamo Remix)
2019
- Tiesto - Grapevine (Tujamo Remix)
- Hugel - WTF (Tujamo Remix)
Awards and nominations
Top 100 DJs
| Year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 95 |
| 2016 | 78 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 43 |