Trivia

Also composed some music for the legendary German TV series Inspecteur Derrick (1974).

His autobiography "Nichts als die Wahrheit" (lit. "Nothing but the Truth") was published in 2002 and became the year's bestselling book in Germany. Its successor "Hinter den Kulissen" (lit. "Behind the Scenes") caused a huge outrage among celebrities because he openly talked about the entertainment industry and many colleagues.

Lived for years - prior to and after marrying Verona Pooth - with German Playboy model Nadja Abd el Farrag.

Most successful producer/songwriter in German music biz with more than 500 gold and 50 platinum records.

Children: Marc (b. 9 July 1985), Marvin Benjamin (b. 21 December 1988) and Marielin (b. 23 February 1990) with Erika Bohlen; Maurice Cassian (b. 7 July 2005) with Estefania Küster; Amelie (b. March 2011) and Maximilian (b. September 2013) with Carina Walz.

Separated from Estefania Küster shortly after their son Maurice Cassian was born (August 2006).

His former mother-in-law, mother of his first wife Erika, died about 2004 and was buried in Dransfeld near Göttingen, Lower-Saxony, Germany.

Studied economics at the University of Göttingen.

Lives on his mansion near Hamburg.

Global sales of all records he has produced exceed 165 million units.

Formed the pop duo "Modern Talking" with Thomas Anders in 1984. They split up in 1987, but tried a successful comeback in 1998 and performed until 2003. Although being criticized for playing the same song in countless different versions, they had several number 1 hits through Europe such as "You're my heart, you're my soul" (1985), "Cheri Cheri Lady" (1985) and "Brother Louie" (1986).

In December 2006, two men entered his house, fettered his girlfriend Carina and two employees and forced him to give them about 60,000 Eur. After he had managed to escape and call the police, the offenders fled. The public considered it quite unusual that he was interviewed by tabloid "Bild" and TV network RTL just two hours after the crime had happened.

After making fun and offending some candidates vulgarly as juror on Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002), a German federal agency, comparable to the FCC in the US, announced an investigation (January 2007).

Copyright expert Paul Hertin from Berlin repeatedly claimed that Bohlen plagiarized several songs and thus breached copyright. For example, Hertin says that Bohlen used the melody of Babyface's "What If" for the production of Yvonne Catterfeld's "Für dich". Based on Hertin's expert assessment regarding the plagiarism allegations, the Berlin prosecutor's office initiated a preliminary investigation against Bohlen, which was dropped.

In 2011, he founded the clothing label "Needs Clothing" along with Felix Werner, and in 2013, he released a line of wallpapers through P+S.

In 2005, he released a perfume named Provocation.

Bohlen has been on Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol and American Idol, since the show was launched in 2002. He often makes blunt and controversial comments, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and their singing abilities (such as "You sing like a garden gnome on ecstasy" or "Your voice sounds like Kermit getting his arse kicked"), which led to comparisons with Simon Cowell in the German-speaking press.

After Bohlen produced six unsuccessful singles in German for Schlager singer Thomas Anders from 1982 to 1984, they founded the pop duo Modern Talking. The band topped the German singles chart five times in a row with "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", "You Can Win If You Want", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", and "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love)", and were also successful in other European countries as well as in Asia and Africa.

According to an article by the Manager Magazine in 2018, Bohlen has a net worth of EUR250 million, making him one of the thousand richest Germans.

Between 2002 and 2008, Bohlen published five books, ranging from autobiographies to advice books.