Gotye Bio

Belgian born Wally De Backer is Gotye. He has adopted Australia as his home and it’s certainly not unlike us Aussies to claim him for ourselves! An incredible artist, he has the ability to play many musical instruments to an extraordinary level while mixing and producing his own music at home.

With the combination of his music and talented vocal ability, the results are songs that reflect styles and sounds of the past, but demonstrate a distinctly contemporary outlook.

Since his teenage years in Australia, Gotye has been playing music for good sized crowds, often in underage gigs around Melbourne. As he developed his musical talent, this alternative artist started to gain popularity through radio station Triple J. His first single Learnalilgivinanlovin was released in August 2006. Since then he’s never looked back.

Gotye Achievements:

- Album “Like Drawing Blood” featured by Triple J in May 2006 and voted Number 1 in the listeners poll of the Best Album of 2006.

-  “Like Drawing Blood” has been certified Platinum.

- September 2006, Gotye was nominated for an ARIA award for best independent release for his album Like Drawing Blood.

- 2007, Gotye won the ARIA for best male artist. As a result of the publicity of the nomination, “Like Drawing Blood” re-entered the ARIA album chart.

- 2008 Like Drawing Blood was named iTunes UK Album of the Year.

- 2009 Gotye – “Hearts A Mess” came in at #77 in Triple J Hottest 100 of all time, voted by the Australian public.