- Born
- Birth nameWouter De Backer
- Nicknames
- Gaultier
- Gotye
- Height6′ 3½″ (1.92 m)
- Gotye is a Belgian-born Australian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter.
Gotye has released three studio albums independently and one album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. He is a founding member of the Melbourne indie-pop trio The Basics, who have independently released four studio albums and numerous other titles since 2002. His voice has been compared to those of Peter Gabriel and Sting.
Gotye's 2011 single 'Somebody That I Used to Know' reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the fifth Australian-based artist to do so and the second born in Belgium (after The Singing Nun in 1963). He has won five ARIA Awards and received a nomination for an MTV EMA for Best Asia and Pacific Act. On 10 February 2013, he won three Grammy Awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards Show: Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for 'Somebody That I Used to Know' and Best Alternative Music Album for Making Mirrors.
The Australian newspaper identified Gotye in its "top 50 most influential Australians in the arts" list; the selection was largely based upon the success of the 'Somebody That I Used to Know' song and the publication described the composition as "one of the most successful songs in Australian music history".
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- His birth name is Wouter, which is Flemish for Walter. When he moved to Australia, he began to go by Walter or Wally. His stage name, Gotye, is derived from Gauthier, the French form of Wouter.
- Performs under the stage name Gotye.
- His stage name Gotye is pronounced "go-ti-yeah".
- The Gotye song "Easy Way Out", from his 2011 album "Making Mirrors", was background music in a bar scene from an episode of Prime Suspect (2011) titled Shame (2011).
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