Clueso
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Clueso at the 1LIVE Krone 2016.
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| Birth name | Thomas Hübner |
| Born | April 9, 1980 |
| Origin | Erfurt, Germany |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Website | www |
Thomas Hübner (born April 9, 1980), better known by his stage name Clueso (pronounced [klyˈzo]), is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. Born in Erfurt, he started performing at the age of 15. His first album Text und Ton was released in 2001. In 2011, Clueso released his album An und für sich, which reached number 2 on the German Top 100.
In 2016, he released his latest album Neuanfang, peaking at number 1 on the German Top 100.
His music is notable for being a mix of hip hop, pop and electronic music, and sometimes reggae.
Clueso, named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther, started making music in 1995. In 1998 he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl Clüsolo was released on BMG Ufa the same year. In 1999 he moved to the 10vor10-Studios in Köln with Welskop. A year later he signed a label contract at Four Music and released Text und Ton in 2001. Around that time he performed with Curfew at the MTV HipHop Open in Stuttgart and at Beats for Life in Köln.
In 2002, Clueso moved back to Erfurt and recorded the Rowdy-Club-Tape 2002. One year later, he started producing his second album Gute Musik, which translates to "good music" (featuring Blumentopf, Steer M, Tilmann Jarmer, Delhia, Tim Neuhaus and Jürgen Kerth), which was finished by 2004. It does not contain any English tracks and concentrates on singing rather than rapping.
In 2005, Clueso represented Thuringia in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, with the song "Kein Bock zu gehen", placing 7th with 63 points. The same year he was the partner of Start Ab, the "biggest non-commercial remix contest in Europe".
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