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Sven Väth

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Sven Väth (born 26 October 1964) is a German DJ and electronic music producer. He is a three-time DJ Awards winner, with a career in electronic music spanning over 30 years. The release of the single "Electrica Salsa" with OFF in 1986 launched his career. Known as "Papa Sven" by his fans, Väth became one of Germany's pop stars in the 1990s, establishing two nightclubs in Germany and founding his own company, Cocoon, which includes a booking agency, record label, and event management branch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sven Väth is the 1,280th most popular musician (up from 1,295th in 2019), the 4,375th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,486th in 2019) and the 69th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sven Väth ranks 1,280 out of 3,175Before him are Alexi Laiho, Thurston Moore, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Albert Collins, Julius Katchen, and Antonio Janigro. After him are Noodles, John Mellencamp, Vladimir Spivakov, Geoff Emerick, Big Joe Turner, and Alexander Gradsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Sven Väth ranks 210Before him are Paco Tous, Amy Brenneman, Luciano Floridi, Hiroshi Abe, Paul Le Guen, and Chieko Homma. After him are Jim Jordan, Penelope Ann Miller, Magnus Wislander, Saud Al-Shuraim, Giuseppe Giannini, and Naoto Ohshima.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sven Väth ranks 4,377 out of 7,253Before him are Günter Bernard (1939), Philip, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1570), Heinrich von Sybel (1817), Sylvester Groth (1958), Manfred Burgsmüller (1949), and Oscar Kreuzer (1887). After him are Theodor Benfey (1809), Eberhard Diepgen (1941), Adolph Strecker (1822), Boris Papandopulo (1906), Martin Mutschmann (1879), and Gottfried August Homilius (1714).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Sven Väth ranks 69Before him are Johann Peter Salomon (1745), Elly Ney (1882), Eberhard Weber (1940), Manfred Eicher (1943), Klaus Doldinger (1936), and Jaki Liebezeit (1938). After him are Oliver Shanti (1948), Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682), Ralph Siegel (1945), Jörg Michael (1963), Markus Grosskopf (1965), and Peter Brötzmann (1941).