WEDJS German house music producer Robin Schulz became an overnight sensation when he scored an international smash hit with his very first commercial release, a lush remix of "Waves" by Dutch rapper . It hit number one in six European countries and number three in six more, and his follow-up, a club-ready remix of French indie pop duo 's "Prayer in C," was even more successful, going to number one in ten European countries. A string of successful singles and albums followed including 2021's IIII. It wasn't as though Schulz hadn't paid his dues, however. Born on April 28, 1987, in Osnabrück, he began DJ'ing at the tender age of 17, influenced by the likes of , , , and . By 20, he had his own club night, which he ran for two years before the yen to make his own music led him into production. Schulz experimented for several years before uploading his tracks to YouTube, where his melodic, bouncy pop-house sound earned him millions of views. After the success of his first two singles, his third, "Willst Du" (Do You Want To), a remix of a satirical track by German rapper , was released in September 2014, and his debut album, Prayer, followed later that month. Having made his name with remixes, Schulz was not about to mess with the formula, and the album consisted almost entirely of his remixes of other artists' songs, with only a few original productions. Later that year, his remix of "Waves" by became a massive dancefloor hit, followed by the even greater success of his remix of 's "Prayer in C." Schulz released the single "Headlights" in 2015, along with the sophomore album Sugar. His "Shed a Light" single -- a collaboration with and -- was issued in 2016. The song spawned a pair of remix EPs and nearly 200 million streams. The track also appeared the following year on Schulz's full-length Uncovered, which included the single "OK" featuring . A second single, "Oh Child" with , arrived in 2018. He scored another hit that year with "Speechless" featuring before returning with the 2019 single "All This Love," which featured Harlœ. More non-album singles followed, including 2019's "Rather Be Alone" with and , and 2020's "In Your Eyes" featuring and "Alane" with Wes. Toward the end of the year, Schulz issued the first track -- the KIDDO-featuring "All We Got" -- from his fourth album, IIII, which was released at the beginning of 2021. Among his many collaborations throughout that year was the hit "One More Time" featuring . ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi