Editing David Hasselhoff (section)

===1990s===

Following the breakthrough success of ''[[Looking for Freedom (album)|Looking for Freedom]]'', Hasselhoff embarked on his second tour, The Freedom Tour, which took around April and May 1990, across West Germany and Switzerland. In August of that year, Hasselhoff released his fourth studio album, ''[[Crazy for You (David Hasselhoff album)|Crazy for You]]'', which topped the charts in Austria and Switzerland, as well as reached the top-ten in West Germany, eventually becoming Hasselhoff's biggest-selling album in his career. In September 1991, Hasselhoff released his fifth studio album, ''[[David (David Hasselhoff album)|David]]'', which matched the success of its predecessor, with both the album and its lead single "Do The Limbo Dance" reaching number one in Austria. That same year, in order to promote ''David'', Hasselhoff embarked on his third tour, the Dreams Come True Tour, which took around November and December 1991, across Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In late 1991, two compilation albums were released: ''Looking for Freedom'' and ''For You'', with the former album including hits from 1989 and 1990, and the latter including hits from 1985 to 1987; however, both albums failed to chart. In September 1992, Hasselhoff released his sixth studio album ''[[Everybody Sunshine]]'', which became his last album being produced by [[Jack White (producer)|Jack White]], who collaborated with Hasselhoff since 1988. Though the album was certified Gold in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, it failed to reach the commercial heights of his three previous albums, ''Looking for Freedom'', ''Crazy for You'' and ''David''.

In November 1993, Hasselhoff released his seventh studio album ''[[You Are Everything (album)|You Are Everything]]'', which also met with moderate success in Europe, though it reached the top-ten in Austria and was certified Gold. The songs "If I Could Only Say Goodbye" and "Wir zwei allein" became hits in Europe, with the former becoming his first [[UK Singles Chart|UK chart entry ever]] peaking at number 35, and the latter becoming another top-ten hit in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. That same year, he released the single "Pingu Dance" based on the children's show ''[[Pingu]]'', and his fourth compilation album, ''Crazy for You'', which contains several hits from 1989 to 1991, however, both releases failed to chart. In 1994, Hasselhoff toured across Germany in order to promote ''You Are Everything''. That same year, he was scheduled to perform a concert on [[pay-per-view]] from Atlantic City. The concert was expected to help his singing career in the United States. However, on the night of the concert, [[O. J. Simpson]] was involved in his [[slow-speed chase]] in southern California. Viewership of the concert was significantly lower than expected due to the live coverage of the chase, and the event was ultimately a $1.5&nbsp;million loss.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hasselhoff|first=David|author-link=David Hasselhoff|title=Making Waves |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton Ltd|date=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=clk4AgAAQBAJ&q=%22david%20hasselhoff%20and%20his%20friends%2C%20live%22&pg=PT190|access-date=July 16, 2015|isbn=9781444717372}}</ref> Hasselhoff joked that "90 million people watched O. J. and three people watched me, including me and my mom and my dad".<ref name="access20160318">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r2-NrFtofc | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/4r2-NrFtofc| archive-date=2021-10-28|title=David Hasselhoff: How O.J. Simpson's Infamous Car Chase Ruined His Pay-Per-View Event |date=March 1, 2016|type=video |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Following this, Hasselhoff released his eighth studio album ''Du'', which became Hasselhoff's first studio album not to receive any certification in Europe, and also met with moderate success on European charts.

In 1995, Hasselhoff released four greatest hits albums, including his self-titled fifth compilation album, ''David Hasselhoff'', released on April 11, 1995, in the United States, which became his first album in eight years since ''[[Lovin' Feelings]]'' (1987) to be released in the US. The record includes several songs from the albums ''You Are Everything'' and ''Du''. A new recording, called "Fallin' in Love", was released as the only single from the album. To promote ''David Hasselhoff'', Hasselhoff performed for the first time "Fallin' in Love" on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' aired on April 13, 1995. As attempting to launch his singing career in the US, both the album and the single "Fallin' in Love" were commercially unsuccessful, as failed to enter any ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' chart. His sixth and seventh compilation albums, ''Watch Out for the Bay'' and ''Is Everybody Happy'' were released in mid-1995, with the former album including songs from 1985 to 1987; and the latter, from 1989 to 1991; however, both albums failed to chart as well. His eighth compilation album, ''[[Looking for... the Best]]'' was released in October 1995, which contains 18 greatest hits from 1989 to 1994, including the hits "[[Looking for Freedom (song)|Looking for Freedom]]" (1988), "Crazy for You" (1990), "Do The Limbo Dance" (1991), "Everybody Sunshine" (1992), "Wir zwei allein" (1993) and "Du" (1994), as well as the US single "Fallin' in Love" (1995), and a new recording, titled "I Believe" with [[Laura Branigan]]. The album charted in Austria, peaking at number 50.

Two years later, in 1997, Hasselhoff signed with [[Polydor Records]] and released his ninth studio album, ''Hooked on a Feeling''. The album became Hasselhoff's least successful album to that point in his career, becoming his first studio album that failed to chart in Germany. In 1999, a ninth compilation album was released, ''Watch Out for Hasselhoff''.