Andreas Bourani

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Andreas Bourani
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Bourani at the Global Citizen Festival 2017
Background information
Also known asAndreas Stiegelmair
Born (1983-11-02) 2 November 1983 (age 40)
Augsburg, West Germany
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2011–present
Labels Vertigo Berlin
Website bourani.de

Andreas Bourani (born Stiegelmair; 2 November 1983) is a German pop singer and songwriter.

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Career

Bourani was born to Egyptian [1] parents and adopted as an infant by a German family in Augsburg, in the southwest of Bavaria. As a youth, he attended high school at St. Stephan and studied at the private music school Downtown Music Institute. In 2008, he moved from Munich to Berlin. In 2010, he received a recording contract with Universal Music and performed as an opening act for Philipp Poisel and Culcha Candela on their 2010 arena tours.

In June 2011, Bourani released his debut album Staub & Fantasie . It reached number 23 on the German Albums Chart and spawned the hit single "Nur in meinem Kopf" which became a top 20 hit in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. [2] In Germany, the single was certified gold for sales of more than 150,000 copies. [3] In September 2011, he represented Bavaria in the Bundesvision Song Contest with his second single "Eisberg". He finished tenth in the competition. He then toured with Unheilig and was featured in one of their charting hits "Wie wir waren".

In April 2013, he was nominated for the German Music Authors' Prize in the Best Pop Text category. [4] Bourani's second studio album, Hey , was released in May 2014 and spawned the single "Auf uns" which topped the German and Austrian Singles Chart. The song was also used in the trailer for the film Die Mannschaft which documents the German National Football Team's win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In May 2015, Bourani along with Xavier Naidoo, Yvonne Catterfeld and others appeared in the second season of Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert , the German The Best Singers adaption. [5] The same month, it was announced that Bourani would replace Sunrise Avenue lead vocalist Samu Haber as a judge in the fifth season of The Voice of Germany . [6] He is the official voice of Maui in the German dub of Moana.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positionsCertifications
GER
[7]
AUT
[8]
SWI
[9]
Staub & Fantasie
  • Released: 10 June 2011
  • Label: Vertigo Berlin
  • Formats: CD, digital download
232722
Hey
  • Released: 9 May 2014
  • Label: Vertigo Berlin
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
333

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Hey (Live)
  • Released: 30 October 2015
  • Label: Vertigo Berlin
  • Formats: CD, DVD, digital download

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[7]
AUT
[8]
SWI
[9]
"Nur in meinem Kopf"2011161315 Staub & Fantasie
"Eisberg"4756
"Wunder"2012
"Auf uns"2014112
  • BVMI: Diamond [10]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum [11]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [12]
Hey
"Auf anderen Wegen"4529
  • BVMI: Platinum [10]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold [11]
"Ultraleicht"2015457150
"Hey"304636
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
TitleYearPeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[7]
AUT
[8]
SWI
[9]
"Wie wir waren"
(Unheilig featuring Andreas Bourani)
20123260Lichter der Stadt
"Astronaut"
(Sido featuring Andreas Bourani)
2015111
  • BVMI: Platinum [10]
  • IFPI SWI: Gold [12]
VI
"Radio Song (MTV Unplugged 2)"
(Udo Lindenberg featuring Andreas Bourani)
2019MTV Unplugged 2: Live vom Atlantik
"Willkommen Zurück"
(Clueso featuring Andreas Bourani)
202191Album
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

TitleYearPeak positionsAlbum
GER
[7]
"Schlaflied"201548 Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 2

Filmography

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