Oerding was discovered in 1999, when he performed at a local in. The musician is dating Ina Müller, his starsign is Capricorn and he is now 38 years of age. The following year, Oerding's second album was released. There, he met singer-songwriter Michy Reincke, his neighbor at his new home in , who garnered Oerding his first gigs. Oerding has two brothers and two sisters.