Bosse

Bosse is the stage name of chart-topping German musician Axel Bosse, as well as the name of his rock & roll backup band. Born on February 22, 1980, in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Axel Boss signed his first record contract in 1997 as the 17 year-old frontman of the German band Hyperchild. The group released its debut album, Easily, in 2002, and enjoyed a minor hit with their cover of Black's 1987 hit "Wonderful Life." The band broke up one year after Easily's release, with Axel Bosse rebranding himself as a mononymous solo act in 2003. Backed by drummer Björn Krüger, pianist Tobias Philippen, guitarist Thorsten Sala, and bassist Theofilos Fotiadis, Bosse debuted in 2005 with Kamikazeherz, followed one year later by Guten Morgen Spinner. Neither album appeared on the German charts, and 2009's Taxi stalled at Number 96. Things changed in 2011, when Bosse cracked the Top 10 for the first time with Wartesaal. Charting at Number 9, Wartesaal was followed by 2013's Kraniche, which climbed to Number 4 and eventually went gold. Now a leading light in Germany's rock & roll revival, Bosse topped the charts with 2016's Engtanz, which also peaked at Number 28 in Austria, and returned to the Number 1 spot once again with 2018's Alles int Jetzt. The album Sunnyside followed in 2021, charting at Number 3 in Germany and producing the hit singles "Wild nach deinen Augen," "Sunnyside," and "Der Sommer."

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