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Scooter

A German musical collective formed in 1993, performing electronic dance music. The group is famous in many countries of the world, including thanks to English-language lyrics (with isolated exceptions) and song and composition titles. Along with such collectives as Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Modern Talking, Rammstein, Scorpions, Boney M., Scooter is one of the most successful musical groups in the history of Germany. Total sales of the collective's albums and singles exceed 30 million copies. The group has been awarded more than 80 gold and platinum album and single records. In 2009, the group's song "Ti Sento" from the album Under The Radar Over The Top entered the top ten of the German music chart for the 23rd time. Since the inception of this chart in 1956, this result is a record. In second place, with 13 entries, are Modern Talking and Xavier Naidoo. The most successful Scooter albums outside of Germany are Jumping All Over the World, which took first place in the charts in England and received a platinum record in that country in 2008, as well as The Stadium Techno Experience, which earned gold status in three countries in 2003. The most successful album in Germany was Under the Radar Over the Top, which took second place in the chart in 2009. Among the most successful singles of the group, "Hyper Hyper", "Move Your Ass!", "Friends", "Back in the U.K.", "I’m Raving", "Fire", "How Much is The Fish?", "Faster Harder Scooter", "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)", "The Logical Song", "Nessaja", "Weekend!", "Maria (I Like It Loud)", "The Question Is What Is the Question?", "I’m Lonely" stand out. Scooter is a musical trio, but since the foundation, an "invisible" fourth member of the collective has been manager Jens Thele. He and frontman H.P. Baxxter are the only ones who remained in the group from the original lineup. The change of the third participant every few years is tied in Scooter historiography to the opening of the next "chapter" in their creative work.