Mehrzad Marashi
Mehrzad Marashi (Persian مهرزاد مرعشی, born September 20, 1980, Iran ) is a German soul and R & B singer of Iranian descent. He is the winner of the seventh season of the talent show Germany sucht den Superstar. Initially Marashi also appeared under the name Marasco.
- 2.1 Studio albums
- 2.2 Singles
Life
Mehrzad Marashi grew up to the age of six on in the Iranian capital Tehran. His father was in the military profession in the Shah's time. 1986 the family emigrated for political reasons, to Germany, where Hamburg became their new home. With 13 years Marashi joined the gospel choir of his school. At the comprehensive school horn he passed the diploma. Subsequently, he studied at the Academy for four semesters singer voice and piano, but he missed two semesters for a degree.
As a result, he made several attempts to enter the music business foot. Under the stage name Marasco he published at Warner Music Group in 2006 first self-produced recordings, their commercial success, however, failed to materialize. A recording that was released as a single, She's Gone is a cover version of the song She's Like the Wind by Patrick Swayze.
Before he competed in American Idol, he had a karaoke bar, but went into bankruptcy. The last six months he lived on unemployment benefit II Marashi describes himself as apolitical, but feels connected to the Iranian people. He is wearing today in appearances like the green wristband of Iran's protest movement of 2009.
Germany sucht den Superstar
In 2009 he applied for the seventh season of the talent show Germany sucht den Superstar, from which he emerged as the winner. In the final he beat out Menowin, although this was in all the previous theme shows the caller's number one votes, except in the top 15 show, where Mehrzad Marashi won the first place. Just before the final, the Bild newspaper had called on their readers to vote for Marashi.
On April 10, 2010 Marashi made of a live broadcast of American Idol his girlfriend to marry him, to those accepted. On 7 July 2010, the two were married in Hamburg.
One day after the end of the final show with the song reached Marashi Do not Believe number one in the German download charts. He presented at the same time a new download record, until then, no other song sold in Germany within a day more often than Marashi Do not Believe by. A few weeks later he set another record by than any American Idol winner was longer previously represented by his single in the charts.
Career after American Idol
On 21 May 2010, his single Sweat ( A La La La La Long) was published in collaboration with Mark Medlock. The song is a cover version of the same title by Inner Circle. He was introduced live on 23 May 2010 as part of Wetten, dass. ?. On 11 June 2010 appeared Marashis first solo album New Life, which contains ten further addition to the two already released songs. A planned tour was canceled in August 2010. As a reason for the cancellation was given the low demand for Concert tickets. A few days later it was announced that Marashi and Dieter Bohlen would not cooperate further. Also moderated in August 2010 Marashi The Dome. In February 2011 Marashi opened in Hamburg's Poppenbuettel the dance school Mehrzads art of dance as well as a recording studio.
On 24 June 2011 Marashis second solo album Change Up was released. The first single from the album Beautiful World was released on 10 June 2012 and held for a week at number 85 in the German charts. On 9 December 2011, the song One night, the Marashi himself wrote, published. In 2012 he founded his own label M8. On December 24, 2012 published Marashi digital Freetrack insane.