Life and music

The son of Luc and Rita (née Lagrou) Lotigiers, Lotti was born Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers in Ghent, Belgium, and began his singing career with a visual and singing style in an obvious imitation of Elvis Presley, and was described as "De Nieuwe Elvis" (in Dutch) or "The New Elvis". His first two albums were Vlaamse Nachten ("Flemish Nights", 1990) and Alles Wat Ik Voel ("All That I Feel", 1992). After a few more albums, he changed direction in 1995 with the first of what became a long series of "Helmut Lotti Goes Classic" albums, which proved to increase his popularity. Since 2000 he has also made successful recordings in traditional Latino, African and Russian-style music.

Helmut Lotti sings fluently in his mother language Dutch, as well as Afrikaans, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian. He has sold over 13 million albums worldwide and received over 90 platinum and 70 gold albums.

Lotti does volunteer work as an ambassador for UNICEF. Lotti took part in the 0110 concerts against racism, organised by Tom Barman.

Discography

Title	Date of release
Vlaamse Nachten / Flemish Nights	1990
Alles Wat Ik Voel / All That I Feel	1992
Memories	1993
Just For You	1994
Helmut Lotti goes Classic	1995
Helmut Lotti goes Classic II	1996
Helmut Lotti goes Classic III	1997
Romantic	1998
Helmut Lotti goes Classic Final Edition	1998
Romantic 2	1999
Out of Africa	1999
Vlaamse hits / Flemish hits	2000
Latino Classics	2000
Latino Love Songs	2001
My Tribute To The King	2002
Pop Classics in Symphony	2003
From Russia With Love	2004
Meine geliebte Klassik / My Favorite Classics	2006
The Crooners	2006
Time To Swing	2008
Mijn Hart & Mijn Lijf	2013

Out of Africa (Helmut Lotti)

In his 'Out of Africa' album, African and African themed songs are arranged for symphony orchestra, choir, and soloist. It was recorded with the Golden Symphonic Orchestra at the Bosotho Cultural Village in the Maluti Mountains in South Africa.

Track Listing:

1. Out of Africa
2. Asimbonanga
3. Malaika
4. Circle Of Life
5. Qongqothwane
6. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
7. Shosholoza
8. Umakoti
9. Jikela Emaweni Hamba
10. Tula Tula
11. Sarie Marais
12. Kumbaya My Lord
13. Pata Pata
14. African Sunrise
15. Minapendawe
16. My Angel
17. Nkosi Sikelele Africa
18. Jay Jay Coolay

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