Klaus Derendorf
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Klaus Derendorf, also known as "Klaus D," is a Los Angeles based record producer and songwriter with millions of worldwide record sales to his credit including two Number 1 albums on the Billboard Charts.
in Seattle, Washington recording rock bands in the 1990’s. He spent most of the 90’s as a guitarist and songwriter in Los Angeles recording as well as touring with a variety of artists before focusing exclusively on producing and songwriting. Klaus credits 15 time Grammy winning producer David Foster
and A&R executive Jaymes Foster for giving him his first production jobs at the Warner Music Group.
After participating in the beginning of the TV-Idol era with the Pop Stars USA project, which launched Eden’s Crush, Klaus went on to produce Carlos Santana’s
album Shaman
as well as many other contemporary albums.
Klaus was elected to the board of governors of the L.A. Chapter of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) for the term of 2010-2012, and is actively involved in all current industry issues as well as the election process of The Grammys.
's 'Closer', Australia's Stephanie McIntosh
's 'Tightrope', Eden's Crush
's 'Popstars' (feat. Nicole Scherzinger
) and many others.
In 2008, Klaus has reportedly been working on tracks with such stars as Delta Goodrem
, Beto Cuevas
, British artists Tiffany Page
, Amy Pearson
and Australian rockers Michael Paynter
and The Androids
.
Recently he has been writing and producing records with Oprah and David Foster
protege Charice
, The X Factor (UK)
judge Cheryl Cole
of UK act Girls Aloud
, Latin stars Anahi
and Christopher Uckermann
, formerly of RBD
, and several other artists.
Beto Cuevas
's debut album featuring 2 tracks co-written by Klaus was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2009.
Cheryl Cole
's track "Didn't I" , produced by Klaus, and co-written with Cole and Andrea Remanda was released as the B-Side to Cheryl's solo debut single "Fight for this Love
" and debuted at Number 1 in UK and Ireland in October 2009 selling just under 300.000 copies in its first week.
Charice's debut album was released by Warner Music on May 11, 2010 and debuted in the Top 10 Billboard 200 album charts.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?tag=chscr1#/charts/billboard-200?tag=chscr1
The album also reached Number 1 on the Japanese charts in summer 2010.
In November 2010 Klaus was asked by Sony Music and X Factor
Producers to write and produce the winner's single for the X Factor Australia finalists.
On November 15th 2010 Australian TV network Channel 7 aired a segment with Klaus and the final 4 finalists.
Klaus produced and co-wrote the winners single "Somewhere in the world
" for X Factor winner Altiyan Childs
, which was released on SyCo
/ Sony Music on November 23rd 2010 and instantly debuted at Number 1 on iTunes. http://www.undercover.fm/news/12866-altiyan-childs-maintains-chart-lead-in-australia
In February 2011 Klaus produced and co-wrote the debut single "Heal" by 15-year-old German teen sensation Andrea Renzullo
, finalist on another SyCo
Television show, Germany's Got Talent ("Das Supertalent
"). According to media reports, Sony Music released the single in March 2011.
On October 1st 2011 Klaus's record "One Thousand Voices
", the new theme song of the hit TV show "The Voice
", debuted at Number 1 in The Netherlands.The song was recorded and performed by the judges of "The Voice of Holland
" for the 2nd season of the show, with Klaus co-writing and co-producing the record.
Rumored to be a perfectionist, Klaus often hires top mixers such as Chris Lord-Alge
, Manny Marroquin
and Dave Pensado for his records.
Early Years
Klaus is of German descent but was raised in several different countries due to his family living and working abroad. Klaus is fluent in English, Spanish and German and credits his musical diversity to different influences from the US, Europe and Latin America. He picked up the guitar at age 9 and began playing and writing songs in junior high school bands from age 13, eventually settling in Los Angeles.Career
After finishing high school, Klaus started working with producer Rick ParasharRick Parashar
Rick Parashar is a music producer who came to prominence in the early 1990s through his work with grunge bands such as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and Blind Melon. Parashar co-founded London Bridge Studio with his brother, Raj...
in Seattle, Washington recording rock bands in the 1990’s. He spent most of the 90’s as a guitarist and songwriter in Los Angeles recording as well as touring with a variety of artists before focusing exclusively on producing and songwriting. Klaus credits 15 time Grammy winning producer David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
and A&R executive Jaymes Foster for giving him his first production jobs at the Warner Music Group.
After participating in the beginning of the TV-Idol era with the Pop Stars USA project, which launched Eden’s Crush, Klaus went on to produce Carlos Santana’s
Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
album Shaman
Shaman (album)
Shaman is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. Shaman was released on October 22, 2002 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 298,973. It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA and Gold in Greece....
as well as many other contemporary albums.
Klaus was elected to the board of governors of the L.A. Chapter of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) for the term of 2010-2012, and is actively involved in all current industry issues as well as the election process of The Grammys.
Work
Notable producing and writing credits include Josh GrobanJosh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
's 'Closer', Australia's Stephanie McIntosh
Stephanie McIntosh
Stephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006.-Background:McIntosh attended Firbank and then Melbourne Girls...
's 'Tightrope', Eden's Crush
Eden's Crush
Eden's Crush is a former girl group based in Los Angeles created on the American television series Popstars which aired on AOL Time Warner's WB television network in early 2001, and promoted on the AOL on-line service...
's 'Popstars' (feat. Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
) and many others.
In 2008, Klaus has reportedly been working on tracks with such stars as Delta Goodrem
Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
, Beto Cuevas
Beto Cuevas
Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
, British artists Tiffany Page
Tiffany Page
Tiffany Page is an English singer-songwriter based in London, and currently signed to no record company. Her debut single "Walk Away Slow" was released on 15 March 2010, and her album was scheduled for August 2010...
, Amy Pearson
Amy Pearson
Amy Elizabeth Pearson is an English singer-songwriter. Her debut album, "Who I Am", was released April 2008.- Early life :Pearson was born on 19 July 1985 in Birmingham, England...
and Australian rockers Michael Paynter
Michael Paynter
Michael Paynter , is an Australian singer-songwriter. Paynter has released four singles, "Closer", "A Victim Song", "Love the Fall" and "How Sweet It Is", from his upcoming debut studio album, This Welcome Diversion is set for a release in 2011.-Early life:Paynter began playing instruments from a...
and The Androids
The Androids
The Androids are a rock band from Australia. Fronted by guitarist Tim Henwood . While their 2002 single, "Do It With Madonna", was commercially their most successful release - peaking at #4 in the Australia ARIA Singles Chart and #15 in the UK Singles Chart; their second and third singles, "Here...
.
Recently he has been writing and producing records with Oprah and David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
protege Charice
Charice Pempengco
Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco , popularly known by the mononym Charice, is a Filipino recording artist and actress who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she released her first international studio album Charice in 2010...
, The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
judge Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...
of UK act Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
, Latin stars Anahi
Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...
and Christopher Uckermann
Christopher Uckermann
Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann , better known as Christopher Uckermann, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the pop band RBD.-Biography:...
, formerly of RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
, and several other artists.
Beto Cuevas
Beto Cuevas
Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
's debut album featuring 2 tracks co-written by Klaus was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2009.
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...
's track "Didn't I" , produced by Klaus, and co-written with Cole and Andrea Remanda was released as the B-Side to Cheryl's solo debut single "Fight for this Love
Fight for This Love
"Fight for This Love" is a song by British recording artist Cheryl Cole, taken from her debut studio album, 3 Words. Initially, the song was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as the lead single on 16 October 2009 by Fascination Records however, in 2010 it was also released in Europe as the...
" and debuted at Number 1 in UK and Ireland in October 2009 selling just under 300.000 copies in its first week.
Charice's debut album was released by Warner Music on May 11, 2010 and debuted in the Top 10 Billboard 200 album charts.
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200?tag=chscr1#/charts/billboard-200?tag=chscr1
The album also reached Number 1 on the Japanese charts in summer 2010.
In November 2010 Klaus was asked by Sony Music and X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
Producers to write and produce the winner's single for the X Factor Australia finalists.
On November 15th 2010 Australian TV network Channel 7 aired a segment with Klaus and the final 4 finalists.
Klaus produced and co-wrote the winners single "Somewhere in the world
Somewhere in the World (song)
"Somewhere in the World" is a song by season two winner of The X Factor Australia, Altiyan Childs. Serving as the lead single from his self-titled debut album, "Somewhere in the World" was released as a download-only single following his win on the X Factor on 22 November 2010...
" for X Factor winner Altiyan Childs
Altiyan Childs
Altiyan Juric , best known by his stage name Altiyan Childs, is an Australian singer-songwriter. He was the winner of the second season of The X Factor Australia in 2010. After X Factor ended, Childs subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia...
, which was released on SyCo
Syco
Syco Entertainment, often known as simply Syco , is a global joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment focused on the production and exploitation of music, television, film and digital content...
/ Sony Music on November 23rd 2010 and instantly debuted at Number 1 on iTunes. http://www.undercover.fm/news/12866-altiyan-childs-maintains-chart-lead-in-australia
In February 2011 Klaus produced and co-wrote the debut single "Heal" by 15-year-old German teen sensation Andrea Renzullo
Andrea Renzullo
Andrea Renzullo is a German singer and was a participant who finished 4th in season 4 of Das Supertalent.-Early life:Andrea Renzullo was born to Italian parents...
, finalist on another SyCo
Syco
Syco Entertainment, often known as simply Syco , is a global joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment focused on the production and exploitation of music, television, film and digital content...
Television show, Germany's Got Talent ("Das Supertalent
Das Supertalent
Das Supertalent is the German talent show and part of the internationally successful Got Talent franchise, presented by Marco Schreyl, who was joined by Daniel Hartwich from the second season onwards...
"). According to media reports, Sony Music released the single in March 2011.
On October 1st 2011 Klaus's record "One Thousand Voices
One Thousand Voices
"One Thousand Voices" is a single by the coaches of the Dutch television programme The Voice of Holland. The song was released on 16 September 2011. The song was written by Tjeerd Oosterhuis, Klaus Derendorf, Hiten Bharadia and Alfred Tuohey and was produced by Oosterhuis and Derendorf.It reached...
", the new theme song of the hit TV show "The Voice
The Voice (TV series)
The Voice is a multinational singing competition television franchise. The series started in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland in 2010, followed by an American debut series called The Voice in April to June 2011...
", debuted at Number 1 in The Netherlands.The song was recorded and performed by the judges of "The Voice of Holland
The Voice of Holland
The Voice of Holland is a Dutch reality singing competition, created by media tycoon John de Mol, and currently airing on RTL4 in the Netherlands. Hosted by Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk it is currently the number 1 show in the Netherlands, with increasing ratings from 1.6 to 3.0 million viewers...
" for the 2nd season of the show, with Klaus co-writing and co-producing the record.
Rumored to be a perfectionist, Klaus often hires top mixers such as Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge
Chris Lord-Alge is a mixer who has worked on various albums. He is the brother of Tom Lord-Alge, another audio engineer. Chris Lord-Alge is known for his extreme use of dynamic range compression in both hardware and software plug-in versions....
, Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin, born 21 September 1971 in Guatemala, is a Grammy winning mixing engineer. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was nine due to the Guatemalan Civil War....
and Dave Pensado for his records.
Artist links
- Shaman (album)Shaman (album)Shaman is the sixteenth studio album by Santana. Shaman was released on October 22, 2002 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 298,973. It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA and Gold in Greece....
- Closer (Josh Groban album)Closer (Josh Groban album)Closer is the second studio album and third overall album by vocalist Josh Groban, released in November 2003. Much like his first studio album, half of Closers songs are sung in English, with the remainder sung in various other languages .The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200...
- Tightrope (Stephanie McIntosh album)Tightrope (Stephanie McIntosh album)Tightrope is the debut album from Australian pop singer Stephanie McIntosh, which was released on 11 September 2006, and re-released on 19 March 2007...
- So Do I Say Sorry First?So Do I Say Sorry First?"So Do I Say Sorry First?" is a pop rock song written by Klaus Derendorf, Stephanie McIntosh and Tom Nichols, produced by Derendorf and Nichols for McIntosh's debut album Tightrope. It was released as the album's third single on 3 March 2007 in Australia...
Billboard chart links
- Number-one albums of 2002 (USA)Number-one albums of 2002 (USA)The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.-Chart history:...
- Number-one albums of 2004 (U.S.)