“Sing my song” participant Clueso: private life, career, successes

Clueso is a successful German singer, rapper and producer. The film character “Inspector Clouseau” gave him the stage name. Everyone who knows his music knows that the musician with the soft blue eyes is a real poet.

In the 10th season of Clueso proves that he can also interpret the songs of other artists “Sing my song – the exchange concert” on the VOX station. He already moved Silbermond singer Stefanie Kloß to tears here.

Here’s everything you need to know about singer Clueso.

Clueso’s profile

The career of Clueso

Thomas Hübner alias Clueso was born and grew up in Erfurt. He has a brother who is also a musician. Thomas Hübner was already part of the hip-hop scene at the age of 15 and still performed as “Clüso”.

After school he began an apprenticeship as a hairdresser, which he broke off in 1998. In the same year met his future manager.

In 2000 he signed his first recording contract with the “Fanta 4” label “Four Music” and went public under the stage name “Clueso”.

His first album “Text und Ton” was released in 2001. Numerous performances with his live band followed. In 2004 the second album with more singing and less rap was released: “Gute Musik”.

In 2005, Clueso entered the Bundesvision Song Contest for Thuringia with his single “Kein Bock zu geh’n” and finished seventh. In the same year he was sent around the world by the Goethe Institute as an “ambassador for a young, lively Germany”: he had performances in Italy, and later to New Zealand and Australia.

In 2008 he performed again at the Bundesvision Song Contest and this time took second place. Numerous other albums followed. In 2015 he separated from his band and performed with changing casts in the future.

In 2018, Clueso sang the song for the World Cup: “Together” with the Fantastischen Vier and released his eighth album “Handbaggage”. Singles with Capital Bra, KC Rebell and Andreas Bourani followed.

In 2020 and 2021 Clueso had to postpone his planned tour of Germany due to the corona pandemic. This could finally start in September 2022.

In 2022, Clueso took part in “Sing my song – the exchange concert” for the first time. From April 25, 2023 he will be there for the second time and will swap songs with Johannes Oerding, Stefanie Kloß and Montez, among others.

Clueso private

Clueso doesn’t reveal much about his personal life. In a conversation with “DB Mobil” – the customer magazine of Deutsche Bahn – he spoke about his difficult childhood. He received psychiatric treatment as a child for his hyperactivity.

He now has the disease under better control. He tries to put his energy into his music. However, he would still not tolerate standing still.

Clueso currently lives in a condominium in Erfurt. He rarely talks about his relationship status. In the ninth season of Sing meine Song, he reveals that he’s never said the magic three words “I love you.”

Music by Clueso

Many refer to Clueso as a “cuddle singer” because his songs are often romantic and quiet. But not all of his more than 250 written songs are about love: rap, hip-hop and pop are also genres that Clueso uses.

His most successful singles include “Winner” (2009), “New Beginning” (2016) and “Flugmodus” (2020). His latest single is “Mond” with singer ELIF.

So far, Clueso has released 9 albums: