TheFatRat

Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (born 1 June 1979), known professionally as TheFatRat, is a German DJ, record producer and musician. His style of music can be described as either glitch-hop or dubstep. He is best known for his 2016 extended play Jackpot which reached 23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart. He peaked at 15 on Billboard's Next Big Sound chart in February 2015. He began making solo music under the pseudonym TheFatRat in June of 2011, a nickname given to him in his youth. His career began with the release of his first EP, Do Be Do Be Do. TheFatRat is enormously popular on YouTube, currently boasting one of the largest followings for an artist in his genre with 9 million fans worldwide, about 5 million on YouTube. TheFatRat’s forward-thinking approach to lift copyright restrictions on his music has led to him having been featured in 25 million videos - collectively accounting for over 30 billion unique views on YouTube alone. Over the years he has become one of the most top-charting acts in dance music, having had multiple singles remain in the iTunes top50 for over 3 years straight. He has had his music synched-to-screen for popular video games like the top-grossing DOTA 2, Rocket League and Game for Peace and has planted himself as the go-to artist for ESports brands like ESL and Dreamhack, playing live arena events with 15K spectators. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.