Adel Tawil

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Adel Tawil
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Tawil performing in 2019
Background information
Birth nameAdel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil
Born (1978-08-15) 15 August 1978 (age 44)
Berlin, West Germany
Genres
Years active1996–present
Website adel-tawil.de

Adel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil (born 15 August 1978) is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German duo Ich + Ich and a former member of the boy band The Boyz.

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Early life

Tawil was born in Berlin. His father Salah Tawil is Egyptian and his mother is Tunisian. He is the first born of three, having a younger brother, Hatem, and a sister, Rascha.

Musical career

During the end of the 1990s, Tawil was part of the German boyband The Boyz. Since 2004, he and Annette Humpe formed the duo known as Ich + Ich. They have released three albums, Ich + Ich (2005), Vom Selben Stern (2007) and Gute Reise (2009).

In 2007, Tawil teamed up with rapper Azad and released the song "Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)", [1] which is the opening theme for the German version of Prison Break . He made another solo appearance with Tobias Schenke for the song "Niemand hat gesagt".

In 2007, Tawil held three spots in the top ten with two released singles and one album.

On 8 November 2013, he released his first solo album, Lieder, in Germany, and also toured in 2014. [2]

Personal life

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Tavil in 2013

In 2011, Tawil married his longtime girlfriend Jasmin Weber in a private ceremony in Berlin. [3] In 2014, they were separated. He currently lives with his girlfriend Lena.

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
GER
[4]
AUT
[5]
SWI
[6]
Lieder 4617
So schön anders
  • Released: 21 April 2017
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
153
  • BVMI: Gold [7]
Alles lebt
  • Released: 21 June 2019
  • Label: Okapi, BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
7177
Spiegelbild
  • Released: 3 March 2023
  • Label: Okapi, BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
75033

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[4]
AUT
[5]
SWI
[6]
"Lieder"2013216
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum [7]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [8]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [9]
Lieder
"Aschenflug"
(featuring Prinz Pi & Sido)
183341
"Weinen"20145738
"Zuhause"
(featuring Matisyahu)
23664
  • BVMI: Gold [7]
"Kartenhaus"78
"Wenn du liebst"2015
"Unsere Lieder"33Non-album single
"Bis hier und noch weiter"
(featuring KC Rebell & Summer Cem)
2017237297So schön anders
"Ist da jemand"1293
  • BVMI: Gold [7]
"Gott steh mir bei"
"Eine Welt eine Heimat"
(featuring Youssou N’Dour & Mohamed Mounir)
"So schön anders"
"Polarlichter"
(featuring MoTrip)
"Flutlicht"2018Non-album single
"Tu m'appelles"
(featuring Peachy)
20194830Alles lebt
"Neues Ich"

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[4]
AUT
[5]
SWI
[6]
"Niemand hat gesagt"
(Tobias Schenke featuring Kane)
200385The Dome Vol. 26
"Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)"
(Azad featuring Adel Tawil)
200711213
  • BVMI: Gold [7]
Blockschrift
"Stadt"
(Cassandra Steen featuring Adel Tawil)
20092331
  • BVMI: Platinum [7]
Darum leben wir
"Der Himmel soll warten"
(Sido featuring Adel Tawil)
20102428
  • BVMI: Gold [7]
MTV Unplugged Live aus'm MV
"Ich will nur dass du weißt"
(SDP featuring Adel Tawil)
2015154141
  • BVMI: 3× Gold [7]
Zurück in die Zukunst
"Zuhause ist die Welt noch in Ordnung"
(Sido featuring Adel Tawil)
8047
  • BVMI: Gold [7]
VI
"Vielleicht"
(Gestört aber GeiL featuring Adel Tawil)
201938Non-album-single

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References

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