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David Brandes (born December 9, 1968 in Basle as David Brändle) is a Swiss-born German songwriter and producer. Brandes has written and produced for many artists, including E-Rotic, Bad Boys Blue, Chris Norman, Indiggo, Lemon Ice and Vanilla Ninja. He also had two hits in Europe personally during 1994, with "Heartbreak Angel" and "Heartless Dancer".
In 2005 it was revealed that Brandes had bought hundreds of his own CDs (Gracia, Vanilla Ninja, Virus Incorporation) to manipulate the charts.[1] The musicians produced by Brandes were banned from the German Top 100 for three months. In contrast to Vanilla Ninja, Gracia continued her co-operation with Brandes.
Due to his managing both Gracia and Vanilla Ninja, at the time, Brandes had two songs in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with Gracia's "Run & Hide" for Germany and Vanilla Ninja's "Cool Vibes" for Switzerland.
References
- ^ "Musik-Charts manipuliert?" (in German). TV magazine. 24 March 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050405091715/http://www.sat1.de/tvmagazine/akte/themen/aktuell/36598/. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
External links
- David Brandes discography at Discogs
Preceded by
Sven LõhmusManager of Vanilla Ninja
2003-2005Succeeded by
Christoph HelbigLyane Leigh · Raz-Ma Taz · Jeanette Christensen · Terence D’Arby · David Brandes · Felix Gauder Albums Sex Affairs (1995) · The Power of Sex (1996) · Mambo No. Sex (Kiss Me) (1999) · Dancemania Presents E-Rotic Megamix (2000)Singles "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex" (1995) · "Fred Come to Bed" (1995) · "Sex on the Phone" (1995) · "Die geilste Single der Welt" (1998)Related articles This article on a songwriter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article on a record producer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.