Quarterhead

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Quarterhead
Years active2010 –present
MembersJosh Tapen
Janik Riegert

Quarterhead is a songwriting, production and artist duo from Germany started by Josh Tapen and Janik Riegert in 2010.

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Career

Originally formed as a band their international breakthrough happened in 2020 with the electronic dance song "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes" together with the French DJ duo Ofenbach and the American singer Norma Jean Martine. The song reached gold and platinum status in 10 countries and got streamed over 500 million times. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The song was written in their last session before the first lockdown of the Corona pandemic in February 2020.

Other releases include collaborations with Nelly Furtado, [5] Cheat Codes, [6] Hugel, Kiddo, Robin Schulz, [7] Felix Jaehn and Sabrina Carpenter.

In the years before the breakthrough Quarterhead wrote and produced in the background for artists like Ofenbach, Ella Henderson, LUM!X, Gabry Ponte, Dubdogz, Ilira or Benjamin Ingrosso.

The duo is currently signed to Virgin Records [8] / Universal and Kobalt Music in London.

Discography

Singles

2016: Like I Do(feat. Jake Reese)

Remixes

Songwriting & Production

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