Bastien Kaltenbacher (born 20 May 1991), better known as Bastian Baker, is a Swiss singer-songwriter.
Career
Born in
Lausanne to a professional hockey player father, Bastian wanted to become a professional hockey player in the footsteps of his father and played on Swiss National League's Juniors Elite A side "Lausanne 4 Clubs" under the name Bastien Kaltenbacher.
But interested in music as well, he joined the school choir in Villeneuve, and was given solo roles. A father of a friend saw him in a performance in 2010 during a social gathering and offered to produce his songs. His first single "Lucky" produced by Richard Meyer (aka Swayd) was launched in March 2011 and charted in the Swiss Singles Chart. He took part in Caprices Festival in April 2011 and at Montreux Jazz Festival on 16 July 2011 releasing his debut album,
Tomorrow May Not Be Better, on 9 September 2011. The album reached No. 3 in the Swiss album charts and topped the Romandie Charts and earned him in 2012, the "Best Breaking Act" award during
Prix Walo, the official Swiss Music Awards in French language. After that success, he was invited to perform in French television's
Taratata. His album
Tomorrow May Not Be Better was released in France on 27 April 2012 and his single "Lucky" gained success in France as well.
From 13 October to 10 November 2012, he took part in season 3 of Danse avec les stars partnering with Katrina Patchett finishing 7th out of 10 participating stars.
Baker was the opening act for all dates of Shania Twain's 2018 Now Tour and performed "Party for Two" with her during her set.
On 20 August 2020, Baker was officially signed to a one-year contract by third-tier ice hockey team HCV Martigny of the MySports League and was introduced to the media at a press conference that same day.
Personal life
Baker was born to hockey player Bruno Kaltenbacher and school teacher Magali, and has two sisters, Margaux and Marine. Marine is also pursuing a music career as MARYNE.
Discography
Albums
Singles
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| 2011
! scope="row" | "I'd Sing for You" | — | | rowspan="3" Tomorrow May Not Be Better
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| 2012
! scope="row" | "Hallelujah" | 18 | | Non-album release |
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| 2013
! scope="row" | "79 Clinton Street" | — | | Too Old to Die Young |
| 2014
! scope="row" | "Follow the Wind" | — | |
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| 2015
! scope="row" | "Everything We Do" | — | | Facing Canyons |
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| 2017
! scope="row" | "Five Fingers" | — | | |
| 2018
! scope="row" | "All Around Us" | — | | Bastian Baker |
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| 2020
! scope="row" | "Here We Go"
(with Yves Larock) | — | | |
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. |
Notes
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A "Lucky" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 26 on the Wallonia Ultratip chart, which acts as a 50-song extension to the Ultratop 50.
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B "Hallelujah" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 5 on the Wallonia Ultratip chart, which acts as a 50-song extension to the Ultratop 50.
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