Redigerer Gotye

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'''Wouter «Wally» De Backer''' (født [[21. mai]] [[1980]] i [[Brugge]] i [[Belgia]]) kjent under artistnavnet '''Gotye''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|oː|t|i|eɪ}}), er en belgisk-født australsk [[Instrumentalisme|instrumentalist]], [[Vokalist|sanger]] og [[låtskriver]]. Artistnavnet «Gotye» er en omskrivning av uttalen til «Gauthier», den franske [[Kognat (lingvistikk)|versjonen]] av  Gotyes fødenavn «Wouter».

Gotye har utgitt tre studioalbum på eget label, og ett album med remikser av låter fra sine to første album. Han er en av grunnleggerne av indiepop-trioen The Basics, som har gitt ut fire studioalbum og flere andre titler sider 2002. Stemmen hans har blitt sammenlignet med stemmene til [[Peter Gabriel]] og [[Sting]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Pareles|first=Jon|date=22. oktober 2011|title=Gotye Fans Turn Out to Sing Along|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/gotye-fans-turn-out-to-sing-along/|accessdate=9. februar 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fuentes|first=Catherine|date=30. januar 2012|title=Song Premiere: Gotye's Eighties-Inspired 'Somebody That I Used To Know'|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-premiere-gotyes-eighties-inspired-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-20120130|accessdate=9. februar 2012|archive-date=2017-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905050817/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-premiere-gotyes-eighties-inspired-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-20120130|url-status=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Stephen|date=22. januar 2012|title=First Listen: Gotye, 'Making Mirrors'|work=[[NPR]]|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/01/22/145476681/first-listen-gotye-making-mirrors?ps=mh_fl|accessdate=9. februar 2012}}</ref> Gotyes 2011-singel «[[Somebody That I Used to Know]]» nådde førsteplassen på amerikanske [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], den femte australske artisten til å oppnå dette, og den andre belgisk-fødte artisten siden [[Jeanine Deckers|The Singing Nun]] i 1963).<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Hot 100 Songs & New Music: 1 – 10 Songs &#124; Billboard Music Charts|website=Billboard.com|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/song/gotye-featuring-kimbra/somebody-that-i-used-to-know/26109637|accessdate=16. september 2012}}</ref> Han har vunnet fem [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA Awards]] og ble nominert til en [[MTV Europe Music Awards]] for beste asiatiske og oseaniske nummer i 2011. To år senere vant han tre [[Grammy Award|Grammy-priser]]. Gotye har uttalt han han enkelte ganger føler seg «mindre som en musiker, men mer som en kjelepinker».<ref>{{cite web|title=Gotye: 'Less Of A Musician, More Of A Tinkerer'|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/04/07/150008792/gotye-less-of-a-musician-more-of-a-tinkerer|accessdate=1. juli 2012}}</ref>

== Bakgrunn ==
Han ble født i Brugge i Belgia i 1980 og flyttet til Australia med familien to år senere.<ref name="smh">{{cite web|last=Mathieson|first=Craig|date=30. september 2011|title=Man in the mirror|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/man-in-the-mirror-20110929-1kxsz.html|accessdate=1. mars 2012}}</ref> Familien bodde først i [[Sydney]], før de bosatte seg i Montmorency, en forstad til [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite interview|last=Dye|first=David|date=18. april 2012|title=Gotye Interview|work=Conversations from the World Cafe|publisher=WXPN-FM / The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania|url=https://www.npr.org/player/embed/150507105/155559450}}</ref> Foreldrene valgte å bruke den engelske versjonen av fornavnet hans, Walter, da han ble innskrevet på skolen.

Som ungdom fikk De Backer lidenskap for musikk og lærte seg flere instrumenter, blant andre piano og trommer. I tenårene dannet han bandet Downstares<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Biography – Gotye|work=iTunes|publisher=Apple Pty Ltd|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/gotye/id161541223|accessdate=14. juli 2011}}</ref> sammen med tre skolevenner.<ref>{{cite web|date=januar 2011|title=Interview|work=Beat|url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/2011/01/11/gotye/footscray-community-art-centre-gotye-laneway-festival-music-feature-national-theatre?quicktabs_1=0|accessdate=14. juli 2011|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6IIgF5JAv?url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/2011/01/11/gotye/footscray-community-art-centre-gotye-laneway-festival-music-feature-national-theatre?quicktabs_1=0|url-status=dead}} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.beat.com.au/music/2011/01/11/gotye/footscray-community-art-centre-gotye-laneway-festival-music-feature-national-theatre?quicktabs_1=0 |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2019-04-06 |arkiv-dato=2012-03-15 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315230618/http://www.beat.com.au/music/2011/01/11/gotye/footscray-community-art-centre-gotye-laneway-festival-music-feature-national-theatre?quicktabs_1=0 |url-status=yes }}</ref> Han studerte siden ved [[University of Melbourne]], der han tok en [[Bachelor of Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumni.news.unimelb.edu.au/gotye-grabs-number-one-hit-us|title=Gotye grabs number one hit in the US|website=Alumi.news.unimelb.edu.au|accessdate=2019-04-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216100307/http://alumni.news.unimelb.edu.au/gotye-grabs-number-one-hit-us|url-status=dead}} {{Kilde www |url=http://alumni.news.unimelb.edu.au/gotye-grabs-number-one-hit-us |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2019-04-06 |arkiv-dato=2012-12-16 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216100307/http://alumni.news.unimelb.edu.au/gotye-grabs-number-one-hit-us |url-status=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://djmaniac.blogspot.com/|title=Early Gotye bio listed on ManiaC music blog|publisher=Blogger|date=|accessdate=14. juli 2011|archive-date=2011-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083222/http://djmaniac.blogspot.com/|url-status=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7569000/7569760.stm|title=Interview|website=Bbc.co.uk|date=19. august 2008|accessdate=14. juli 2011|first=Kev|last=Geoghegan}}</ref>
I 2001 spilte De Backer inn sine første låter og ga ut en CD med fire spor, inkludert sangen «Out Here in the Cold».<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2yLfCF_OZY|title='Out Here in the Cold' film clip|website=YouTube.com|date=|accessdate=14. juli 2011}}</ref> Omtrent samtidig møtte han sangeren og låtskriveren Kris Schroeder, og de to dannet bandet [[The Basics]]. Bandet ga ut fire album i årene 2004–2010. Siden ga han ut flere studioalbum på egen hånd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s1641949.htm|title=Triple J Feature Album – 'Like Drawing Blood'|website=Abc.net.au|date=19. mai 2006|accessdate=27. september 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/kingsmill/audience_albums.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304073109/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/kingsmill/audience_albums.htm|archivedate=4. mars 2007|title=Triple J 2006 Best Album audience poll|publisher=ABC.net.au}}</ref>

I 2010 etablerte han et platestudio i en låve på foreldrenes gård og spilte inn sitt tredje album, inkludert låten «Eyes Wide Open»<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/gotyes-mirrored-vision/2116370.aspx|title=Gotye's Mirrored Vision|publisher=Bendigo Advertiser|date=|accessdate=30. mars 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/industry/2011/03/24/apra-reveals-song-of-the-year-contenders-award-details|title=APRA reveals song of the year contenders, award details|publisher=The Music Network|date=|accessdate=30. mars 2011}}</ref> I juli 2011 slapp han oppfølgersingelen «[[Somebody That I Used to Know]]» sammen med New Zealand-musikeren [[Kimbra]].<ref name="undercover.fm">[http://www.undercover.fm/news/14797-gotye-debuts-new-album-at-the-opera-house Gotye Debuts New Album at the Opera House] {{Wayback|url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/14797-gotye-debuts-new-album-at-the-opera-house |date=20110907015200 }}, undercover.fm</ref> Sangen ble svært suksessrik, godt hjulpet av anbefalinger fra [[Ashton Kutcher]] og [[Lily Allen]] via Twitter,<ref>{{cite web|title=Twitter / MrsLRCooper : Love this video...|url=https://twitter.com/MrsLRCooper/status/94463921272004608|publisher=[[Twitter]]|accessdate=9. februar 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jolly|first=Nathan|title=Ashton Kutcher gets behind Gotye|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2011/07/21/ashton-kutcher-gets-behind-gotye|work=The Music Network|accessdate=9. februar 2012|date=21. juli 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jolly|first=Nathan|title=Lily Allen joins Gotye praise chorus|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2011/07/25/lily-allen-joins-gotye-praise-chorus/|work=The Music Network|accessdate=9. februar 2012|date=25. juli 2011}}</ref> Singelen solgte til 11 ganger platina i Australia og 8 ganger platina i USA. Sangen nådde også førsteplass på singellister i 18 land, inkludert Australia, Belgia, Nederland, Tyskland, Storbritannia og USA.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gotye+feat.+Kimbra&titel=Somebody+That+I+Used+To+Know&cat=s|tittel=norwegiancharts.com - Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know|besøksdato=2019-04-06|verk=norwegiancharts.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/news/allnews/Kimbrawinsthe2011VandaYoungSongwritingCompetition!.aspx|title=2011 Vanda and Young Songwriting Competition – Winners Announcement|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association|date=15. juli 2011|accessdate=16. juli 2011|archive-date=2012-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925070615/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/news/allnews/Kimbrawinsthe2011VandaYoungSongwritingCompetition!.aspx|url-status=yes}}</ref>

Den store suksessen gjorde at avisen ''Australian'' tok Gotye med på sin liste over de 50 mest innflytelsesrike australske kunstnere<ref>{{cite news|title=The audience holds the power|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/top50/2013/the-audience-holds-the-power/story-fnh53dls-1226601890238|accessdate=21. mars 2013|newspaper=The Australian|year=2013}}</ref> og kalte låten for «en av de mest suksessrike sangene i australsk musikkhistorie».<ref>{{cite news|title=Gotye|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/top50/2013/gotye/story-fnh53dls-1226597507339|accessdate=21. mars 2013|newspaper=The Australian|year=2013}}</ref>

I mai 2017 lanserte De Backer et nytt platemerke, Forgotten Futures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/69511|title=WFMU: Irwin Chusid: Playlist from November 30, 2016 (Gotye features tracks from forthcoming Perrey album)|website=Wfmu.org|accessdate=30. desember 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://jean-jacquesperrey.bandcamp.com|title=Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline, by Jean-Jacques Perrey|website=Jean-Jacques Perrey|accessdate=22. september 2018}}</ref> 

== Diskografi ==

=== Album ===

* ''Boardface'' (2003)
* ''Like Drawing Blood'' (2006)
* ''Making Mirrors'' (2011)

== Priser og nominasjoner ==
[[Fil:Gotye.jpg|høyre|miniatyr|Gotye under Golden Plains Festival i 2007.]]
{| class="wikitable"
!År
!Pris
!Nominert for
!Kategori
!Resultat
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|AIR Awards<ref>{{cite web|title=Awards History – 2006 – The Blacket Hotel, Sydney|url=https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|publisher=[[Australian Independent Record Labels Association]]|accessdate=10. mars 2016|archive-date=2016-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310102536/https://www.air.org.au/awards/history|url-status=yes}}</ref>
|Seg selv
|Most Outstanding New Independent Artist
|{{won}}
|-
|ARIA Music Awards<ref name="ARIAGotye">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?text=gotye|title=ARIA Awards History - Gotye|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|accessdate=5. desember 2015}}</ref>
|''Like Drawing Blood''
|Best Independent Release
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007
| rowspan="6" |ARIA Music Awards<ref name="ARIAGotye" />
| rowspan="5" |''Mixed Blood''
|Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Male Artist
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Dance Release
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Independent Release
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Cover Art
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="1" |«Heart's a Mess»
|Best Video
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="8" |2011
| rowspan="7" |ARIA Music Awards<ref name="ARIA2011Wins">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2011|title=2012 ARIA Awards Winners By Year – 2011|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|accessdate=30. november 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174953/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2011|archivedate=14. oktober 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" |«Somebody That I Used to Know»
|Single of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|Highest Selling Single
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Pop Release
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Video (Natasha Pincus)
|{{won}}
|-
|Engineer of the Year ([[François Tétaz]])
|{{won}}
|-
|Producer of the Year (seg selv)
|{{won}}
|-
|Seg selv
|Best Male Artist
|{{won}}
|-
|[[MTV Europe Music Awards]]
|Seg selv
|Best Asia and Pacific Act
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="20" |2012
| rowspan="2" |Los Premios 40 Principales
|«Somebody That I Used to Know»
|Mejor Canción Internacional en Lengua No Española
|{{nom}}
|-
|Seg selv
|Mejor Artista Revelación 2012
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |APRA Music Awards
| rowspan="2" |«Somebody That I Used to Know»
|Song of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|Most-played Australian work
|{{won}}
|-
|Seg selv
|Songwriter of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Teen Choice Awards]]
|Seg selv
|Choice Breakout Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |«Somebody That I Used to Know»
|Choice Rock Song
|{{nom}}
|-
|Choice Break-Up Song
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[MTV Europe Music Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |Seg selv
|Best Australia & New Zealand Act
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Asia and Pacific Act
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Push Act
|{{nom}}
|-
|«Somebody That I Used to Know»
|Best Song
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[American Music Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |Seg selv
|Favorite Alternative Rock Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best New Artist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |ARIA Music Awards<ref name="ARIA2012Wins">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2012|title=2012 ARIA Awards Winners By Year|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|accessdate=30. november 2012}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" |''Making Mirrors''
|Album of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Pop Release
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Cover Artist (Frank de Backer, seg selv)
|{{won}}
|-
|Engineer of the Year (François Tétaz)
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Male Artist (seg selv)
|{{won}}
|-
|Seg selv
|Best Australian Live Act
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |2013
|APRA Music Awards
|«Somebody That I Used to Know»
|Most Played Australian Work Overseas<ref name="2013MPAWO">{{cite web|url=http://www.apraamcos.com.au/awards/2013-awards/apra-music-awards/most-played-australian-work-overseas/|title=Most Played Australian Work Overseas|publisher=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) &#124; Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)|year=2013|accessdate=12. april 2015|archive-date=2015-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401155202/http://www.apraamcos.com.au/awards/2013-awards/apra-music-awards/most-played-australian-work-overseas/|url-status=yes}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|[[People's Choice Awards]]
|Seg selv
|Favorite Breakout Artist
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Grammy Award|Grammy Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |«Somebody That I Used to Know» <small>(med [[Kimbra]])</small><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Gotye-and-Kimbra-nominated-for-Grammy/tabid/418/articleID/279483/Default.aspx|work=3 News NZ|title=Gotye and Kimbra nominated for Grammy|date=10. desember 2012|accessdate=2019-04-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413200720/http://www.3news.co.nz/Gotye-and-Kimbra-nominated-for-Grammy/tabid/418/articleID/279483/Default.aspx|url-status=dead}} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Gotye-and-Kimbra-nominated-for-Grammy/tabid/418/articleID/279483/Default.aspx |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2019-04-06 |arkiv-dato=2013-04-13 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413200720/http://www.3news.co.nz/Gotye-and-Kimbra-nominated-for-Grammy/tabid/418/articleID/279483/Default.aspx |url-status=yes }}</ref>
|Record of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|''Making Mirrors''
|Best Alternative Music Album
|{{won}}
|-
|2018
|Helpmann Awards
|Gotye Presents a Tribute to [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]]
|Best Australian Contemporary Concert
| {{won}}
|}

== Referanser ==
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== Eksterne lenker ==  
* {{Offisielt nettsted}}
* {{Filmperson}}
* {{Musikklenker}}
* {{Somelenker}}
* [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gotye-mn0001471865 Gotye] på [[AllMusic]]
* [https://archive.today/20130104083318/http://www.filmedinsert.com/n/gotye Gotyes musikkvideoer]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120820064316/http://www.mp4.com.pl/index.php?str=artf&no=9642 Gotyes fulle diskografi] 


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