Groove Coverage
Groove Coverage is a German dance project, which is the basic formation of the Munich-based singer Melanie " Mell " Münch, Verena Rehm and Markus Schaffarzyk aka DJ Novus from Landshut.
With twelve singles in the German Top 50, including three sold in the top 10, four albums and more than five million records worldwide ( only two million in China), include Groove Coverage up to now the most successful German dance artists.
- 2.1 Studio albums
Band History
Musical debut
The project was founded in summer 2001 by DJ Novus in cooperation with Suprime Music (Axel Konrad ). Then in 2002 the band signed to Universal Music Germany. To the production team include Axel Konrad, Ole Wierk, Verena Rehm, David Sobol ( Betty Blitzkrieg ) and Lou Bega, who has worked on over 13 titles of the band since 2002. The single Are U Ready? popped straight into the Top 20 of the Dance and Club charts at home and abroad.
Shortly thereafter, the producer Axel Konrad and Ole Wierk were aware of the then 20 -year Ingolstädterin Melanie Münch and asked them to give them some songs in the studio take. It was the first commercially successful single Moonlight Shadow. Henceforth Münch was the voice of the band. But since this was busy family planning, took over the then 18 year old Verena Rehm and 2003 all appearances the band. Even today Rehm works as a songwriter, producer and second vote for the band. Münch stands since 2003 even on the stage and has since been seen in the music videos.
The third single, a cover version of Mike Oldfield 's classic Moonlight Shadow, the formation succeeded the final breakthrough. Groove Coverage increased on 1 July 2002 in the top 10 of the German Media Control Charts and acquired in the sixth chart week rank three, were awarded a gold disc for over 250,000 records sold, as well as a nomination at the Echo. Apart from Germany, managed the project with the single Moonlight Shadow also in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Australia in the official charts.
Simultaneously with the fourth single God Is a Girl, which reached number eight among others the German charts, top 10 in Poland, as well as first place in China, published Groove Coverage the end of November 2002, their first album Cover Girl, it ranked managed 39 in Germany and number 43 in Austria. In addition, renewed nomination at ECHO
Second album and other successes
In March 2003 the fifth single The End appeared, then the associated album 7 Years and 50 Days was released in March 2004. First, however, appeared the song Poison, a cover version of Alice Cooper's classic from 1989. The single held eleven weeks in the top -20 in the German single charts and peaked in third place Austria and the Netherlands rank 51 The band got after one year waiting period from Alice Cooper permission to retake the title. The version of the band was the most commercially successful cover of Cooper since 1989. 7 Years and 50 Days, the third single from the album in April 2004 made it to number 16 in the German single charts. The album managed at the same time the jump to rank 15 in the German album charts and was in Austria at position 12, which are also coupled out as a single pop ballad She is a cover of the Christmas song star over Bethlehem by Alfred Hans Zoller. The song was as on the original album 7 Years and 50 Days? (Question mark ) listed. It originally contained no text, but has been upgraded for the Special Edition of the album again. When first published ballad of the band She boarded the German charts on 9 August 2004 and managed to once again a Top 20 entry in Germany, as well as in Austria. The sixth and final single from the album Runaway made it into the top 20 in the German single charts. In the video for the song reporter Kai Ebel plays a small role. Ebel has been a big fan of the band.
Large international success
Mid-2005 with their album reached Groove Coverage 7 Years and 50 Days in Asia Platinum status. In Indonesia 7 Years and 50 Days in 2005 was the most successful album. With the song Poison from the year 2003, she also made it into the charts of Great Britain, Ireland and Spain, which provided the band with their first chart entry in these new territories. In China, the song God Is a Girl was downloaded in April 2007, more than 1.5 million times, reached rank one and thus was the most successful song of the year. Groove Coverage were in the Chinese edition of Wetten, dass. loaded as one of the few international guests. DJ Novus and singer Mell played there in front of around 580 million viewers.
Decline in record sales and pause
In August 2005, the ninth single from the album Holy Virgin appeared. This title is a cover version of the title Fata Morgana of the Austrian group Erste Allgemeine uncertainty from the year 1986. The music video shows a photo model Kader Loth in the lead role. The song made it to Austria ranked 12th The next single on the radio, a cover version of the song Man in the Moon of the group The Prince from 1991, was released in early March 2006. Previously translated Groove Coverage a stand against illegal downloading of music tracks and published on the Internet the alleged song on the radio, which later turned out to be Let it Be, from the album 21st Century. The original of the song gained in Germany Rank 21 The eleventh Single 21st Century Digital Girl is a system modeled on 21st Century Digital Boy by Bad Religion remake and managed only on rank 41 of the top 100. The third album 21st Century was published to coincide with the single on 8 July 2006. In Germany, the album was ranked 39 in Austria at the 24th In both charts, the album, however, passed quickly from the charts.
The Single Because I Love You was released in November 2007, as the first greatest hits album, in addition to all the hit singles, two new tracks and exclusive remixes included. The album was not able to past successes and missed the introduction to the German album top 100. This was followed by a publication interval of about three years.
Comeback in 2010 and 2011
In September 2010, the band launched a comeback after almost three years. To this end, she moved to Sony Music Germany / Columbia Dance.
On 1 October 2010 the new single Innocent was released by Sony Music Entertainment. This is a cover of Mike Oldfield (like Moonlight Shadow ) and Anita Hegerland. Previously, on 18 August 2010, have been posted on YouTube several auditions continue the single climbed to third in the German DJ Charts. In the Media Control Charts to Innocent was able to place on rank 38.
A new single, Angeline, a cover of lotus flower, with which already landed a hit Flipper in the 1980s, was released in April 2011. The song gained several DJ, club and dance charts high rankings, as well as in the Music Load singles chart number one. In the Media Control Single Charts Angeline debuted at number 22 and was in the week of release highly placed German title. The song stayed over 17 weeks in the Top - 50 of the Media Control Charts Germany and made in the 12th week again to enter the top 30 of the Austrian charts.
Riot on the Dancefloor, 2012
On 16 March 2012, the single Think About the Way appeared together with the rapper Rameez. In the charts the single reached 54th place on March 30, 2012 released their fourth studio album, Riot on the Dancefloor. The new album failed just like the Greatest Hits album to enter the German album top 100, and earned harsh criticism from the media.
On June 10, 2012 occurred Groove Coverage titled Riot on the Dancefloor on the ZDF television garden. This was published on 20 July 2012 as the fourth single from the album. The accompanying music video was filmed in Berlin. The single reached number 91 in Germany and number 72 in Austria. On March 31, 2013 ( Easter Sunday ) singer Melanie Münch joined the Easter Rave in Oberhausen in front of over 6500 people. Accompanied by two dancers they were the most successful songs of the band for the best.
Tell me, 2014
On January 31, 2014 Tell Me was released as a new single by the band, it's a cover of the song Always on My Mind by Brenda Lee, who became popular mainly due to the versions of Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys. The band kicking off a new beginning after the last single was able to place only at number 91 on the charts. For this switched Groove Coverage of Columbia Dance to the sub-label Epic with Sony Music Germany. In the German Top 50 Dance Tell Me debuted at rank 48. In addition, the song placed in the Austrian DJ charts at number 10, the song failed to enter the German Top 100 and could not carry on a grand success.
Discography
Studio albums
Awards
- Dance Music Award 2003: in the category " Most Successful Dance Act National "
- 2002: in the category "Newcomer Award"