Anna Rossinelli

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Anna Rossinelli
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Anna Rossinelli at the Openair auf dem Bundesplatz 2012, Bern
Background information
Born (1987-04-20) 20 April 1987 (age 38)
Origin Basel, Switzerland
Genres Pop
Years active2000–present
Labels Sony Music
MembersAnna Rossinelli

Georg Dillier

Manuel Meisel
Website http://www.annarossinellimusic.com

Anna Rossinelli (born 20 April 1987 in Basel) is a Swiss singer-songwriter. Rossinelli is part of a pop-soul trio band of her name. Georg Dillier and Manuel Meisel are also part of the trio. [1]

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Music career

Eurovision Song Contest

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Anna Rossinelli at Eurovision 2011

On 11 December 2010, Rossinelli won the Swiss national final (Die grosse Entscheidungs Show), with the song In Love for a While and represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany. [2] On 10 May 2011, she joined the first semifinal of the show. She entered the finale successfully thanks to the jury vote. [3] Unfortunately, Switzerland ended up last that year.

2011-present: Bon Voyage and present

On 14 October 2011, Rossinelli released the lead single from her debut album Joker. It was written by Phillipa Alexander, Ellie Wyatt, Alex Ball, Vicky Nolan. It was produced by Fred Herrmann. She released her debut album Bon Voyage on 9 December 2011.

On 6 March 2013, her next single was published. Let It Go is the first single from her upcoming album, Marylou which was released on 3 May 2013 and debuted at number one.

On 7 February 2014, Rossinelli re-release her album Marylou under the new title Marylou Two with the bonus tracks Shine In The Light , Let It Go (Live) , Vagabonds (Live) , Reconcile and Shine In The Light (Piano Version) . [4] The Swiss television studio SRF used the single Shine in the Light as their official song for the broadcast of the 2014 Winter Olympic. [5]

After the fifth album Takes Two To Tango , Anna Rossinelli released a fifth album on the 18 January 2019. The album had singles such as Union , Jewellery , Feel It and Hold Your Head Up , which was also the lead single of the album White Garden . Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the tour accompanying this album was cancelled. At the end of 2022, the band announced a new album called Mother for the upcoming summer. On 22 February 2023, the "Mother"-Tour was announced after the release of the album in the fall of that year.

Discography

Albums

Year [6] TitlePeak chart positionsAlbum Details
SWI
[7]
2011 Bon Voyage 10

(10 Weeks)

Released, 9 December 2011
2013 Marylou 1

(9 Weeks)

Released, 3 May 2013
2014 Marylou Two 7

(8 Weeks)

Released, 4 February 2014
2015Takes Two to Tango7

(9 Weeks)

Released, 27 November 2015
2019White Garden1

(7 Weeks)

Released, 18 January 2019
2023Mother3

(3 Weeks)

Released, 22 September 2023

Singles

Year [8] SinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
SWI
[7]
2011 In Love for a While 3Non-album single
Joker Bon Voyage
2012See What You've Done
2013 Let It Go 26Marylou
2014 Shine in the Light 4Marylou Two
2015Bang Bang BangTakes Two to Tango
2018Hold Your Head Up88White Garden
2020Victoria Line19Non-album single

available on Pegasus' album Unplugged

2024OverNon-album single
2025Heat
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

References

  1. "Band". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. Escudero, Victor. "Switzerland has chosen Anna Rossinelli". European Broadcasting Union . Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  3. "First Semi-Final: The qualifiers and their Final starting positions!". European Broadcasting Union . Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  4. "Anna Rossinelli Marylou Two incl. "Shine in The Light" Album Release 07.02.2014". Anna Rossinellis Official Facebook Page. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  5. "Anna Rossinelli singt den Olympia-Song live im SRF 3 Studio" (in German). SRF. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  6. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
  7. 1 2 "Anna Rossinelli - Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch.
  8. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2025-05-07.
Preceded by Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2011
Succeeded by