Joana Zimmer

Joana Zimmer ( born October 27, 1982 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German singer. From birth, Joana Zimmer is blind. She lived with her family in the United States and England.

Life

At the age of four, she returned with her ​​family to Germany. Your high school she made ​​in 1999 at the Brandenburg School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in King Wusterhausen.

The age of 15 she performed in Berlin in various jazz clubs. With the help of selbstangespartem money they took on a demo, with which they competed in recording studios and eventually came under contract with Universal Music.

In the spring of 2005 came with I Believe ( Give a Little Bit) out their debut single, with which they could be placed in several countries in the charts. Joana Zimmer in 2005 reached number two on the German single charts in May. The song is a cover version of a hit by Marcella Detroit of 1993.

For the debut album My Innermost of the artist known producers and songwriters such as Burt Bacharach, Andreas Carlsson, Gary Barlow, Dietmar Kawohl and Nik Kershaw wrote songs. The second single I've Learned to Walk Alone was released on August 29, 2005 and reached number 38 of the singles chart. Their third single, Let's Make History comes from the pen of Team3. The ballad is a duet with the successful Latin singer David Bisbal and reached number 53 in the German single charts.

On the published in 2006 CD Come Together - a tribute to BRAVO interpreted the Art Garfunkel hit Bright Eyes. For the launched in November 2006 ARD telenovela Red roses she sings the theme song This Is My Life.

The second album The Voice in Me was released on December 29, 2006. It was produced as the first album in the LaCarr Studios in Stockholm by Nick Nice and Pontus Söderqvist. Even with the second album top songwriters such as Desmond Child, Rick Nowels, Marjorie Maye & Andy Marvel, Richard " Biff " Stanard, Alex Gerin gas have contributed title.

Besides her work as a singer room was already a model on the catwalk. Room is also an ambassador for the Christian Blind Mission. In 2004 the singer participated in the Berlin Marathon.

On 30 May 2008 the third album was released under the title of Showtime. Then Joana Zimmer interprets their favorite songs from the 1970s and 1980s. Title from Billy Joel to George Michael were from UK producers such as Brio Taliaferro ( Sugababes, James Blunt ), Pete Kirtley ( Mutya Buena, Monrose ) and Valicon (Silver Moon) re-arranged. She has recorded title along with Xavier Naidoo, Stefan Gwildis and Boyz II Men. The album was produced in London and Berlin. Songs from the new album were (until October 2008) presented live on five benefit concerts for the CBM. On 25 October, she also sang at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport during the charity gala "Bye bye Tempelhof " in favor of children's lives eV

2009 Joana Zimmer was to experience in numerous live performances in Germany. On August 23, she performed at the Fantastival in Dinslaken together with the Ahn Trio on, and on August 29, she performed at the Louis Braille Festival in Hannover. Among other things, she lived in Spring six weeks in the house of Marcella Detroit, the songwriter of I Believe, as well as several months in Nashville to work on new songs. Songwriter Toby Gad ( If I Were a Boy, Big Girls Do not Cry ) and songwriter Diane Warren ( Un - Break My Heart, I Do not Want to Miss a Thing ) have sent her songs she in September 2009 in New York has taken. She also works in New York in the recordings for the song Lost in the crowd, the theme song of a movie. In October, she has filmed a guest appearance on the telenovela Red Roses.

In early February 2010, she has starred in another appearance in the series. The broadcast of the episode in April will also be the TV premiere of the new single Till You're Gone, which appeared in mid-June.

Their album Miss JZ appeared on 25 June 2010 by Edel Records. In the ARD docu-soap "Mad About Sea " can be seen towards the end of the second season in some episodes the singer.

In 2012 she participated in the RTL show Let's Dance part as a candidate, where she was eliminated in the 9th show in the quarterfinals. Your professional dance partner was Christian Polanc. In March 2012, her album Not Looking Back was released. The first single from it had its premiere in the ultimate chart show and is a cover of Bryan Adams ' Everything I Do

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Sampler / Soundtracks

  • Diamonds Are Forever ( RTL: "Movie Mania " )
  • Bright Eyes (on the CD Come Together - a tribute to BRAVO / September 29, 2006 )
  • This Is My Life, theme song for the telenovela Red Roses ( on single Bringing Down the Moon album and The Voice in Me, and the soundtrack to " Red Roses " )
  • So Much More, Official Song of the campaign "Because I'm a Girl" by PLAN International and the magazine Brigitte.
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