Helmut Lotti (born Helmut Lotigiers on October 22, 1969), is a Belgian popular singer and songwriter. The son of Luc Lotigiers and Rita Lagrou, he was born 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 Dutch and Afrikaans, English, French, German, Russian, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. He has sold over 13 million albums worldwide and received over 90 platinum and 70 gold albums.
He does volunteer work as an ambassador for UNICEF. Lotti has vowed to take part in the 0110 concerts against racism and the extreme right, organised by Tom Barman.
[edit] 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
