Quarterhead

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Quarterhead
Years active2010–present
MembersJosh Tapen
Janik Riegert

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

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Career

The duo's international breakthrough happened in 2020 with the electronic dance song "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes" together with French DJ duo Ofenbach and American singer Norma Jean Martine. The song reached gold and platinum status in 10 countries and over 500 million streams. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The song was written in their last session before the first lockdown of the COVID-19 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

Remixes

Songwriting and production

References

  1. "Datenbank: BVMI". www.musikindustrie.de. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. "Les certifications". SNEP (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  3. "Ofenbach & Quarterhead feat. Norma Jean Martine "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes" | IFPI". ifpi.dk. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  4. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  5. All Good Things (Come To An End) [Nelly Furtado x Quarterhead], 2021-05-28, retrieved 2022-01-31
  6. Franke, Tim. "Quarterhead & Cheat Codes feat. KIDDO – Lucky". Dance-Charts.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  7. Ali (2020-12-20). "Robin Schulz remix the EDM hit 'Head Shoulders Knees & Toes'". EKM.CO. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  8. "Quarterhead unterschreiben bei Virgin". beta.musikwoche.de. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  9. "ECHO - Wir kommen ! - dieLochis | Official Website". dielochis.de. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 2022-01-31.