Sarah Connor is a German pop singer. She rose to prominence after she signed with X-Cell Records in 2000 and released her debut album Green Eyed Soul (2001) the following year. She followed it with a series of successful albums, including Unbelievable (2002), Key to My Soul (2003), Naughty but Nice (2005), Christmas in My Heart (2005), Soulicious (2007), Sexy as Hell (2008) and Real Love (2010). Several songs from these albums became hit singles on the pop record charts, including the number-one hits "From Sarah with Love", "Music is the Key", "Just One Last Dance", "Living to Love You" and "From Zero to Hero". In 2015, Connor's first German language project Muttersprache became her second chart-topper after a decade.
Jeanette Biedermann is a German singer, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in the greater Berlin area, Biedermann began performing as a member of a troupe of acrobats in a children's circus at the age of six. She later attended beauty school before dropping out to pursue her music career following her participation and win of the Bild-Schlagerwettbewerb competition in 1998. The following year, Biedermann placed fourth in the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest and was propelled to stardom when she was cast in a main role in the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. In 2000, she made her musical breakthrough with her first two full English-language albums Enjoy! (2000) and Delicious (2001).
Floor Jansen is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is the third and current lead vocalist of Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
Silbermond is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle.
The TMF Awards were an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF.
Ilse Annoeska de Lange, better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. In 1998, she gained fame with her single 'I'm Not So Tough', which later became multiple platinum in The Netherlands. Other hits were "Miracle", "So Incredible" and "The Great Escape".
Jan Smit is a Dutch singer, television host, and actor. Smit mostly sings songs in the Dutch language, in a genre known as palingsound. In addition to his solo career, in 2015 Smit joined the schlager trio KLUBBB3, and in 2017 The Toppers. As a TV presenter, he has worked on programs like the Beste Zangers and Sterren Muziekfeest op het Plein Since 1999, Smit has been serving as an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages.
Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu was a German jazz and pop musician.
Stefanie Fabienne Heinzmann is a Swiss pop singer and television personality. She gained public interest in early 2008 when she won SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, a talent contest hosted in Stefan Raab's late-night-show TV total on the German ProSieben network. Following her win, Heinzmann released her debut single "My Man Is a Mean Man," which debuted straight atop the Swiss Singles Chart and became a top ten hit in Austria and Germany. Her pop soul-influenced album Masterplan was released in March 2008 and made it to the top ten in Austria and Germany, also reaching number one in Switzerland, where it was certified platinum by the IFPI for more than 30,000 copies sold.
This is the discography of German pop singer Nena.
Beste Zangers, formerly De beste zangers van Nederland, is a Dutch reality television show by public broadcaster AVROTROS. The first series was aired between 5 July and 30 August 2009 and was hosted by Edsilia Rombley. She was first replaced by singer and actor Victor Reinier before Jan Smit became the permanent host from 2012 to 2019.
Toppen af Poppen is a Danish reality television series broadcast on Danish television station TV 2 as part of The Best Singers series and is based on the Dutch series De beste zangers van Nederland. Ten seasons have been broadcast thus far with the inaugural series launched on 7 February 2011.
Lieber so is the sixth studio album by German recording artist Yvonne Catterfeld, released by Columbia Records and Sony Music on 22 November 2013 in German-speaking Europe. While production of the album was overseen by Roland Spremberg, several musicians contributed to Lieber so, including producers Marcus Brosch and Christian "Crada" Kalla as well as rappers Kitty Kat and Sera Finale, Jennifer Rostock keyboarder Joe Walter, and Swiss pop singer Mia Aegerter.
"Lieber so" is a song by German recording artist Yvonne Catterfeld, recorded for her same-titled sixth studio album (2013). It was written by Marcus Brosch and Katharina "Kitty Kat" Löwel and produced by Roland Spremberg. A melancholic folk pop ballad, the song's lyrics revolve around the breakdown of a relationship with the female protagonist expressing her love for a man whom she attempts to leave. The instrumentation of "Lieber so" includes an acoustic guitar, a cello and a glockenspiel.
Gregor Meyle is a German singer-songwriter. He first rose to prominence when he auditioned for the talent contest TV Total, hosted in Stefan Raab's late-night-show TV total in late-2007, eventually finishing in second place behind Stefanie Heinzmann.
Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert is a German reality television series produced by Schwartzkopff TV Productions and broadcast on German television station VOX. Part of The Best Singers series, it is based on the Dutch series De beste zangers van Nederland. The inaugural series launched on 22 April 2014.
"Hey" is a song by German recording artist Andreas Bourani. It was written by Bourani along with Julius Hartog, Jasmin Shakeri, and Philipp Steinke for his second album Hey (2014), while production was helmed by the latter. The ballad was released as the album's fourth and final single. It reached the top thirty in Germany and the top forty on the Swiss Singles Chart upon its December 2015 release. A live cover version of "Hey", recorded by pop singer Yvonne Catterfeld during her performance on the second season of reality television series Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of The Best Singers series, had previously reached the top twenty on the German Singles Chart.
De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland, was a launching pioneer programme of the series De beste singer-songwriter abbreviated as DBSSW. It was a music contest program in Dutch broadcast on Dutch television channel VARA and BNN, in cooperation with radio station 3FM, where DJ and broadcaster Giel Beelen hosts the search for best Dutch singer-songwriter talents. The jury included Giel Beelen, Frans "Spike" van Zoest, Vince van Reeken, Jacqueline Govaert (Krezip), Eric Corton, Gerard Ekdom and Sanne Hans. The series was launched on 25 June 2012. The contestants would be tested in their singing and songwriting abilities in various music genres and their ability to work as duos and in bands.
Purple is the third studio album by German recording artist Leslie Clio. Released on 19 May 2017 in German-speaking Europe, it marked her debut with the Embassy of Music label following her departure from Vertigo Records. Coinciding with Clio's appearance on the fifth season of the reality television series Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German adaptation of The Best Singers series, a deluxe edition of Purple is expected to be released on 25 May 2018.
"If I Wasn't Your Daughter" is a song by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was written by Meyer-Landrut along with Vincent Stein, Nico Wellenbrink, Jamie Hartman, and Konstantin Scherer. The ballad was released on 6 June 2017, coinciding with its stage premiere on the fourth season of the Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of The Best Singers series.
