The Baseballs
The Baseballs | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Rock and Roll Rockabilly Voc'n'Roll[1] |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | JMC Music and Warner Music |
| Members | Sam (Sven Budja) Digger (Rüdiger Brans) Basti (Sebastian Raetzel) Back-up band Lars Vegas (guitar) Klaas Wendling (upright bass) Jan Miserre (piano) Tomas Svensson (drums) |
| Website | www.the-baseballs.com |
The Baseballs are a German rock and roll band founded in Berlin in 2007. They became popular with rock cover versions of modern hits such as "Umbrella" by Rihanna and "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry. The band members are only credited by their first names (Sam, Digger and Basti).[2] Their version of "Umbrella" was a hit in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Iceland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway and got into the charts in all seven countries.[3][4][5][6][7]
Their debut album, Strike!, was produced by JMC Music[8] and released in May 2009 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria,[9] in October 2009 in Finland,[10] in December 2009 in Sweden,[11] in February in Norway[12] and in March 2010 in The Netherlands. It reached #15 in Austria, #6 in Germany, #2 in Switzerland and The Netherlands, #1 in Finland, #1 in Sweden and #1 in the Norwegian album charts. In the UK it was released on Rhino Records UK on May 17, 2010.[3][4][13][14][15]
The band re-released the album in 2010 as Strike! Back! The lead single is a rockabilly version of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars." The video features the band rocking a 1950s prom.[16]
In the UK, The Baseballs have appeared on ITV1's The David Dickinson Show, Magic Numbers and This Morning. In Ireland, The Baseballs have appeared on RTÉ's The Late Late Show.[17] In Australia the group appeared on Channel 9's Hey Hey It's Saturday [18] In New Zealand they appeared on TVNZ's Good Morning [19]
In 2010 the band supported guitarist Jeff Beck on his "Emotion and Commotion" tour as his opening act.[20]
On first August 2011 The Baseballs released together with General Mills – the producer of the ice cream Häagen-Dazs – within a advertising campaign with Cosma Shiva Hagen a free download of the song "Wha Wha" – which was written especially for the campaign. The track is freely available and can be downloaded from the german site of the brand Häagen-Dazs.[21]
Discography
 | This section needs additional citations for verification. (September 2011) |
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER[22] | AUT[23] | SUI[24] | FIN[25] | SWE[26] | NOR | DEN | NLD[27] | BEL (Vl)[28] | UK[29] | FRA | ITA | |||
| 2009 | Strike!
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6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 55 | |
| 2010 | Strike! Back!
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82 | 19 | — | 10 | — | 43 | — | ||||||
| 2011 | Strings 'n' Stripes
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5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 74 | |||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER[37] | AUT[38] | SWI[39] | FIN[25] | SWE[26] | NOR[40] | ICE[41] | NLD[27] | UK[42] | ES | ||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||
| "Umbrella" | 43 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 124 | 38 | FIN: Platinum[43] | Strike! | |
| "Hot n Cold" | 68 | 65 | 52 | 7 | — | — | — | 99 | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "Last In Line" | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strike! Back! | |
| "Chasing Cars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 | "Candy Shop" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strings 'N' Stripes | |
| "Hello" | 100 | 41 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "This is a Night (Het is een Nacht)" (feat. Guus Meeuwis) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | |||
| "Wha Wha" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Promotional[21] | ||
Awards
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| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMMA Awards | Best selling Album | Won |
| ECHO Awards | Best National Newcomer[44] | Won | |
| 2011 | EBBA Awards | Germany (The Baseballs - Strike) | Won |
| Public Choice Award | 2011 | Won | |
| ECHO Awards | Most successful Act on foreign country, national[45] | Won |
References
- ^ Official Facebook Page
- ^ Official biography
- ^ a b The Baseballs in the German charts
- ^ a b The Baseballs in the Swiss charts
- ^ The Baseballs in the Austrian charts
- ^ The Baseballs in the Finnish single chart
- ^ "Umbrella" in the Swedish charts
- ^ Switzerland charts
- ^ Official discography (German)
- ^ Warner Music News (Finnish, accessed 17th November 2009)
- ^ Swedish release.
- ^ Norwegian release.
- ^ Strike! on the Finnish album chart
- ^ "Strike!" on the Swedish album chart
- ^ "Strike!" on the Dutch album chart
- ^ http://www.covermesongs.com/2010/08/the-baseballs-go-rock-and-roll-prom-with-snow-patrols-chasing-cars.html
- ^ http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/1015/thelatelateshow.html
- ^ www.youtube.com/watch?v=E45n-JTnZHw The Baseballs - Umbrella "Hey Hey It's Saturday"
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EarOOyF6-jU The Baseballs interview - TVNZ's "Good Morning"
- ^ "On Tour with guitar legend Jeff Beck in October | The Baseballs". thebaseballs.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ a b Häagen-Dazs.de Häagen-Dazs-Song as a free Download
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Baseballs,The / Longplay". musicline.de. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit". ifpi.fi. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ a b "swedishcharts.com - Discography The Baseballs". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl - Discografie The Baseballs". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Baseballs". chartstats.com. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ^ "Baseballs" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Baseballs; 'Strike')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ "Warner Music Germany - News - The Baseballs". warnermusic.de. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "Norwegian album certifications – The Baseballs – Strike" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2010" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Strike!')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Austrian album certifications – The Baseballs – Strike! Back" (in German). IFPI Austria.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Baseballs,The". musicline.de. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Icelandic Singles Chart
- ^ Chart Log UK 2010 Weekly Updates (scroll down to Baseballs - artists in alphabetical order)
- ^ "Baseballs" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ^ "ECHOPop.de". ECHO Awards. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "ECHOPop.de". ECHO Awards. Retrieved 31 August 2011.