Editing David Hasselhoff (section)

===2000s===

Between 2001 and 2004, two more compilations were released, ''The Very Best Of'' and ''Greatest Hits''. Seven years after the release of ''Hooked on a Feeling'', Hasselhoff returned to the music scene with his tenth studio album, ''[[Sings America|David Hasselhoff Sings America]]'', released in August 2004, with the album performing slightly better on European charts, peaking at numbers 11 and 27 in Austria and Germany, respectively. That same year, Hasselhoff released his eleventh studio album, which became his first Christmas album, ''[[The Night Before Christmas (album)|The Night Before Christmas]]''. The album met with negative reviews and failed to enter any chart. In 2006, Hasselhoff released "[[Jump in My Car#David Hasselhoff version|Jump in My Car]]", which debuted at number three on the [[UK Singles Chart]], becoming Hasselhoff's first and only top-ten single in the UK. It also became his first and only [[ARIA Charts|Australian chart entry]], peaking at number 50.

In May 2006, Hasselhoff was mentioned in an interview of [[Dirk Nowitzki]], an [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] star playing for the [[Dallas Mavericks]] and a native of Germany. Nowitzki was asked what he does to concentrate when shooting foul shots. Dirk replied that he sings "Looking for Freedom" to himself. He meant this as a joke but it was thought to be a serious answer. Shortly thereafter, Hasselhoff attended the May 26, 2006, Mavericks home playoff game where they faced the [[Phoenix Suns]] in the NBA Western Conference Finals. Interviewed by [[Craig Sager]], Hasselhoff stated he was as much a fan of Nowitzki as Nowitzki was a fan of him. In The [[2006 NBA Finals]], fans of the [[Miami Heat]] in the [[American Airlines Arena]] held up facial photos of Hasselhoff and chanted his name when Nowitzki went to the foul line. On August 2, 2006, he proclaimed himself "King of the Internet" in a tongue-in-cheek advertisement for [[TalkTalk Business|Pipex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pipexhoffworld.com/ |title=The Powered By Pipex commercial |access-date=February 9, 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307113025/http://www.pipexhoffworld.com/ |archive-date=March 7, 2007 }} featuring David Hasselhoff</ref> In December 2008, he sang the [[national anthem]] at the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[2008 Las Vegas Bowl|Las Vegas Bowl]]. Although the game was televised live by [[ESPN]], the station chose not to broadcast Hasselhoff's performance.<ref>[https://www.tmz.com/2008/12/21/oh-say-can-you-see-the-hoff "Oh Say Can You See the Hoff?"], TMZ.com, December 22, 2008.</ref> In 2008, a twelfth compilation was released under the title of ''Das Allerbeste''.