David Jost

David Jost
Born (1972-08-12) August 12, 1972 (age 51)
Hamburg, West Germany
GenresPop, rock, dance, electronica
Occupation(s)Music producer, singer-songwriter, DJ
Websitedavidjost.com

David Jost (born August 12, 1972) is a German music producer, singer-songwriter, and DJ born in Hamburg.[1] His career has a track record of 74 platinum, 108 gold records, and 14 No. 1 hits.[2] He's worked with artists like Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Tokio Hotel,[3][4] Limp Bizkit, Selena Gomez, Nelly Furtado, Keri Hilson, Aura Dione, and Adam Lambert. For his work as a songwriter, Jost was named Germany's best songwriter (Rock & Pop) by the GEMA (the German equivalent to the ASCAP/BMI).[5] For Tokio Hotel, Jost has composed, produced, and mixed six No. 1 singles and three No. 1 albums.[6]

Even though Jost managed several careers as a big media artist, he rarely answers interviews for the press and is known for principally never giving TV interviews.[7] Jost is working in Los Angeles as of 2012.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Hamburger Morgenpost Article "Hamburgs Hit-Macher"". Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Kobalt Music Publishing" (PDF). Kobaltmusic.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. ^ "BILD Newspaper Article". 4 June 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Starflash Magazine Article". Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Official GEMA Blog Entry "Deutscher Musikautoren Preis 2010"". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Focus Magazine Article". Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. ^ "David Jost - Hit-Maker". www.mopo.de. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  8. ^ "EMI Publishing Press release: Tokio Hotel Produzent DAVID JOST erreicht mit dem Hit "I LIKE", von Keri Hilson Goldstatus" (PDF). EMI Publishing. Retrieved 27 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "David Jost brings Pop Siren into the charts". Hamburger Morgenpost. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2012.

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