Matthias Reim

Matthias Reim (* November 26, 1957 in Korbach ) is a German pop and pop singer.

His first - and largest - hit parade in 1990 with rhyme Damn, I love Thee. The single sold 2.5 million copies and was a total of 16 weeks - from May 18 to September 6 - No. 1 on the German music charts. Since 1971, no single state without interruption longer to square 1 this record Matthias Reim shares with Boney M.. Rhyme The first album was released soon thereafter. Nine more albums were released on Polydor until 1999. His album magic land appeared as additional English language release in Canada under the name of Wonderland. In 2000 appeared with Wolkenreiter the first of six albums so far in Reims new record company EMI. The albums dawn, rhyme, Invulnerable and men are warriors. On 29 October 2010 appeared Seven Pounds, his first album in three years.

On January 25, 2013 rhyme brought his latest work on the market, the album Infinity, a mix of gecoverten Eastern songs and new songs from his own pen. This succeeded after his debut in 1990 for the first time at No. 1 on the German album charts.

Family

Matthias Reims brother Christopher is a stockbroker, his brother Alexander chemical engineer.

Matthias Reim has five children by four different women. He is married for the third time. The pop singer Michelle was until 2001 also Reims companion. Since April 2012, he lives on the peninsula Mettnau that belongs to Radolfzell.

In August 2013 parted rhyme and his wife Sarah after nine years of marriage.

Career

Matthias Reim was born in North Korbach, he grew up in the county seat (Efze ). His father was the director of the gymnasium in Homberg.

After leaving school he entered the University of Göttingen to study German and English, but that he neglected in favor of music. His first single as Bernhard Brink, Roberto Blanco, Jürgen Drews and Tina York. First own LPs with the band Fallen Dice and Fair Fax brought no commercial success.

The singer composes, writes, mixes and plays his songs himself the music for some songs, such as when you want to go, you have to go and Tina goes dancing comes from the composer and music producer Christoph Brüx (Hamburg).

In the 1990s, the former office, businessman Alfred Reimann held 50 % of the company R & R Audio ( rhyme / Reimann ) with headquarters in the city of wages. This is a music studio near Göttingen, where the best-selling single Damn I love ' was produced you. The other 50 % stake in the company held itself together with Matthias Reim Reimann gave the pop star also shares in Alpha 2000 computer retail chain.

In 1990 came the musical success. Matthias Reim sent a cassette entitled Damn, I ' like to ZDF presenter Wim Thoelke, who then invited to his show love rhyme.

Later rhyme had claims to liabilities in the amount of 13 million euros. Rhyme accused his former manager Alfred Reimann to have driven him through mismanagement in a financial crisis. Reimann, the rhyme was in 1990 transferred a general power over its shops, I speculated on the purchase of real estate and companies.

In the summer of 2007, he parodied his single Damn, I love Thee in a Sixt commercial. In it, he sings, in allusion to his debts, "Damn, I 've got nothing, I tenancy with Sixt ."

After a " shortened insolvency proceedings ", the artist is now since April 2010 again debt free.

Discography

Studio albums

Awards

• Ballermann Award

• Bravo Otto

• Golden Tuning Fork

• Lion of Radio Luxembourg

• RSH Gold