Bob Sinclar, mistaken many times as "Sinclair" (born Christophe Le Friant, 10 May 1967) is a Grammy Award-nominated French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions.

Career history

Sinclar started DJing in 1986, when he was 18 years old, specialising in funk and hip-hop music, with the name Chris The French Kiss. His first club hit was "Gym Tonic", which was co-produced by Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, featuring vocals illegally taken from a Jane Fonda fitness tape. The Bob Sinclar persona was based on a character from Philippe de Broca's film Le Magnifique.

Le Friant is famous for popularising the "French touch" of house music, with heavy use of sampled and filtered disco strings. His track "I Feel For You", a tribute to French musician Cerrone, from his second album Champs Elysées, hit #9 in the UK Top 40. On track "Darlin'", he worked with vocalist James "D-Train" Williams.

Le Friant has also worked under other pseudonyms. Under the aliases The Mighty Bop and Reminiscence Quartet, he has dabbled in hip-hop and acid jazz. He also created the Africanism project, where an ensemble of artists produce house music with a combination of Latin, jazz, African and tribal flavours.

In 2005 he scored a hit with the single "Love Generation", that reached #1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and the German Media Control Single Charts in 2006. The song was a huge success throughout Europe, also peaking at no. 2 in the Dutch Top 40 and it stood 39 weeks in the Ultratop 50 in Belgium. It also became one of the official anthems for the World Cup 2006 held in Germany. The follow-up hit was "World, Hold On", that features Steve Edwards and also managed to chart in the top ten in most of the European countries. "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" followed on 22 August 2006.

The remix of "World, Hold on" by E-Smoove was nominated for a Grammy 2007 in the category Remixed Recording. Also, "World, Hold On" topped in Billboard Magazine as Number One Hot Dance Club Play Single of 2006, beating Madonna and Christina Aguilera. The fourth single of the album Western Dream, called "Tennessee" was supposed to be released in April 2007, but has been canceled due to the rumour of a new album being released.

His latest album is Soundz of Freedom. It came out in France on 21 May 2007. The remix of "Rock This Party" reached number 1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Charts.

Discography

Singles

as The Mighty Bop

• 1994 "Les Jazz Electroniques EP"
• 1995 "Messe Pour Les Temps"
• 1996 "Ult Violett Sounds EP"
• 1998 "Feelin' Good"
• 2002 "I Go Crazy"
• 2003 "Lady", with Duncan Royas Africanism
• 2000 "Bisou Sucré"
• 2000 "Do It", with Eddie Amador
• 2001 "Kazet"
• 2002 "Viel Ou La"
• 2004 "Amour Kéfé"
• 2004 "Kalimbo"
• 2004 "Steel Storm", with Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• 2005 "Summer Moon", with David Guetta
• 2006 "Hard", with The Hard Boys
• 2007 "Meu Carnaval", with Rolando Fariaas Bob Sinclar

most tracks are co-produced by Cutee B

• 1996 "A Space Funk Project"
• 1996 "A Space Funk Project II"
• 1997 "Eu Só Quero um Xodó", with Salomé de Bahia
• 1998 "Gym Tonic", with Thomas Bangalter
• 1998 "My Only Love", with Lee Genesis #56 UK
• 1998 "Super Funky Brake's Vol. I"
• 1998 "The Ghetto"
• 1998 "Ultimate Funk
• 2000 "I Feel For You", with Cerrone's Angels #9 UK, #33 ITA
• 2000 "Darlin'", with James "D-Train" Williams #46 UK
• 2000 "Greetings From Champs Elysées EP" #125 UK
• 2001 "Freedom" , with Gene Van Buren #79 UK
• 2001 "Ich Rocke"
• 2001 "Save Our Soul"
• 2002 "The Beat Goes On", with Linda Lee Hopkins #33 UK
• 2003 "Kiss My Eyes", with Camille Lefort #67 UK, #22 US HotDanceMusic/ClubPlay.
• 2003 "Prego", with Eddie Amador
• 2003 "Slave Nation"
• 2004 "Sexy Dancer", with Cerrone's Angels
• 2004 "Wonderful World", with Ron Carroll
• 2004 "You Could Be My Lover", with Linda Lee Hopkins
• 2005 "Love Generation", with Gary Pine — #2 ()EURO 200 #2 (NL), #3 FR, #3 ITA, #1 AUS, #1 GER, #12 UK, #8 RU, #1 CZ, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #11 US Hot Dance Airplay.
• 2006 "Generación Del Amor" (Spanish Version) — #1 ESP
• 2006 "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)", with Steve Edwards — #5 (NL), #2 FR, #8 CZ #1 ESP, #19 AUS, #9 UK, #4 RU, #1 US Hot Dance Club Play Singles, #10 US Hot Dance Airplay, #48 US Pop Airplay
• 2006 "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)", with Dollarman and Big Ali — #3 FR, #11 CZ, #3 UK, #7 AUS, #2 US Hot Dance Club Play.
• 2007 "Tennessee", with Farell Lennon #21 ITA, #27 CZ
• 2007 "Everybody Movin'", with Ron Carroll — #3 GER, #1 ESP
• 2007 "Give A Lil' Love" — #10 ITA , #19 PL, #27 ESP
• 2007 "Sound of Freedom", with Gary Pine and Dollarman — #14 UK, #1 UK Indie, #24 CZ
• 2007 "What I Want", with Fireball #52 UK
• 2007 "Together", with Steve Edwards - #63 PL, #4 ROM
• 2008 "W.W.W. (What A Wonderful World)", with Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll

Hit singles

Year	Single	Chart positions									Album
		UK	MEX	SPA	FRA	ITA	AUS	GER	NL	Europe
1999	"My Only Love" (featuring Lee Genesis)	56	-	-	78	-	-	-	-	-	Champs Elysées
2000	"I Feel for You"	9	-	-	44	33	-	94	-	-	Champs Elysées
2001	"Darlin'" (featuring vs. Cutee B., James "D-Train" Williams)	46	-	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	Champs Elysées
2003	"Kiss My Eyes"	67	-	-	34	-	-	-	-	67	III
	"The Beat Goes On"	33	-	-	22	-	-	-	-	32	III
2005	"Love Generation" (featuring Gary Pine)	12	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	Western Dream
2006	"World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)" (featuring Steve Edwards)	9	2	1	2	4	19	19	5	4	Western Dream
	"Hard" (with The Hard Boys)	-	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" (featuring Cutee B, Dollarman & Big Ali)	3	3	1	3	11	6	18	9	3	Western Dream
2007	"Tennessee" (featuring Farrell Lennon)	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	104	Western Dream
	"Everybody Movin'" (featuring Ron Carroll & Mz Toni)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	Western Dream
	"Give a Lil' Love" (featuring Duane Harden & Gary Pine)	-	-	2	-	10	-	-	-	86	Western Dream
	"Sound of Freedom" (featuring Cutee B., Gary Pine & Dollarman)	14	4	3	6	7	22	44	11	20	Soundz of Freedom
	"Meu Carnaval" (presents Africanism, featuring Rolando Faria)	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"Together" (featuring Steve Edwards)	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	7	-	Soundz of Freedom
	"The Rhythm of the Night" (vs Habakus Whistle, featuring Corona)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-
	"What I Want" (pres. Fireball)	52	-	1	6	-	-	-	7	34	Soundz of Freedom
2008	"W.W.W. (What A Wonderfull World)" (vs Axwell, The Chicago Superstars & Ron Carroll)	76	-	2*	-	-	-	-	20*	-

Albums

as Bob Sinclar

• 1998 Paradise
• 2000 Champs Elysées
• 2003 III
• 2004 Enjoy
• 2005 In The House (Various Artists Mix CD)
• 2006 Western Dream
• 2007 Soundz of Freedom
• 2007 Bob Sinclar: Live At The Playboy Mansion
• 2008 Dancefloor FG Winter 2008 (Mixed by Bob Sinclar)
• 2008 DJ Bob Sinclar 08as The Mighty Bop (with Alain Ho)
• 1995 La Vague Sensorielle
• 1995 The Mighty Bop Meets DJ Cam & La Funk Mob, with DJ Cam and La Funk Mob
• 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues
• 1996 Autres Voix, Autres Blues
• 2000 Spin My Hits
• 2002 The Mighty Bopas Reminiscence Quartet (with Alain Ho and Sebastian Tellier)
• 1994 Ritmo Brasileiro
• 1995 Psycodelico
• 1999 More Psycodelicoas Yellow Productions (with Alain Ho and Cutee B.)
• 1994 A Finest Fusion Of Black Tempoas Africanism (see all members on discogs.com)
• 2001 Africanism Allstars Vol. I, as Africanism
• 2004 Africanism Allstars Vol. II, as Africanism
• 2005 Africanism Allstars Vol. III, as Africanism
• 2006 Africanism Allstars Vol. IV, as Africanism

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

External links

• Official site
• Interview with Bob Sinclar
• Bob Sinclar on The Mag