Monrose
Monrose was a German three-member girl group. It was compiled in late 2006 as part of the fifth season of the talent show Popstars. The trio consisted of Mandy Capristo, Senna and Bahar Guemmour Kızıl. The band broke up in early 2011.
- 2.1 Studio albums
History
Origin of the band
After the success of Popstars bands from seasons two to four ( Bro'Sis, Overground / Preluders, Nu Pagadi ) only lasted each short rates, the producer of the program under the slogan New angels are needed! specifically to the concept of the first season on, off in the autumn of 2000, the No Angels had emerged as the most successful German band Casting. In a departure from the scope of ideas prior seasons exclusively young girls for the new band now were searched again. In five German cities castings were carried out, which ( according to organizers ) competed a total of 5,189 applicants. From them chose between 10th August and 16th November 2006, the three members of the jury Detlef Soost, Nina Hagen and Dieter Falk in numerous qualifying rounds six singers from. This stood on 23 November 2006 in a live broadcast finale on the final voting of the jury and the audience, in which, finally, the three band members were chosen.
A mishap at the German online retailer Amazon.de caused speculation about the significance of the final vote. On 17 November 2006, a cover of the first single of the band was caught in the catalog mail order company in place of the provided placeholder, which showed the band's name Monrose and see on which three of the six finalists ( Katarzyna Zinkiewicz, Mandy Capristo and Bahar Kızıl ) were. ProSieben subsequently confirmed the previously undisclosed names Monrose and the title of the first single, Shame, but denied that the composition of the band has already been established. Rather be for all 20 possible constellations already been pre-produced segments and cover for the music video to promote the band immediately after the finale can.
The beginning (2006-2007)
Eight days after the finale came on December 1, 2006, the debut single Shame on the market, which was produced in collaboration with the record label, Star Watch Music. Although the catchy qualities of the song have been widely praised, criticized numerous reviews of the excessive alienation of Mandy's vocals.
Seven days after the single 's debut album followed Temptation. The first television appearance after the final was at the ProSieben show Stars on Ice on 29 November 2006. 's First major appearance was at The Dome held on 1 December 2006.
Before the first single Shame was able to place in the German charts, Monrose broke a sales record: In the field of legal music downloads have there been since the beginning of the download survey in Germany no title, was downloaded more times in the first week after its release than this. The proportion of Shame at all selling singles from the German top 100 in the first week of sales was also higher according to Media Control in a quarter.
On 8 March 2007 Monrose took the German preselection for the Euro Vision Song Contest 2007 in Hamburg, titled Even Heaven Cries in part, but subject it to the swing singer Roger Cicero. The song was also the second and final single from the debut album. The album spent 22 weeks in the German Top 100
In the subsequent Temptation Tour, which took place from late April to early June 2007, three of the original twenty concert dates were canceled due to poor advance ticket sales, the remaining concerts were not sold out. An early failure of the group, as well as resolution Rumors in the media around. Employees of Popstars attributed this to the fact that would have been selected purely by vocal point of view, whereas had been chosen as in the No Angels rather by type. After completing the tour, the band embarked on a festival tour and took parallel in Copenhagen and London, her second album.
Success with second album (2007-2008)
On 29 June 2007, the Single Hot Summer was published. The title was first introduced in late May as part of the finale of Germany's Next Top Model. The single reached number one on the German, Austrian and Swiss singles charts. This means that Monrose by No Angels Popstars the second band, which recorded more number - one singles since their debut release. In Austria, Hot Summer has finally reached gold status on August 3, 2007. In September 2007, the song reached gold status in Germany. At the same time tries with a release of Hot Summer in the Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia and Italy to establish the group Monrose in these countries. In June Monrose did a promo tour of Istanbul. Hot Summer was released just in Turkey.
The second single released on September 21, the second album was released with Strictly Physical On September 14, 2007. While the title track reached the sixth place of the single charts, the album debuted at number two on the German album charts. On October 19, a special edition of the album was released, which also contains the bonus track Say Yes. The album Strictly Physical stayed 26 weeks in the German Top 100
Using What You Do not Know followed on 7 December 2007, the third single from the album. The official video premiere of the new single was on 23 November 2007 on the German channel VIVA broadcast in the VIVA Live! instead.
As of March 1, 2008 were Monrose for the ProSieben "Star Force " campaign succeeds, among others Overground, Preluders, Sarah Connor, Milk & Honey, Take That and Melanie C. by one lengths, a new version of the transmitter slogans We Love to Entertain You and see in commercials were. The song was made from 20 March to download but not signed up for the charts.
The third studio album (2008-2009)
In May 2008, Monrose were awarded a Comet for the single Hot Summer. On 6 June 2008 appeared, produced by Ryan Tedder Song Strike the match, the first advance single from I Am -titled third album. Its video premiered the song online a week earlier, the live premiere took place during the finale of Germany's Next Topmodel the day before the single release instead. The single debuted at # 10 in the German, Swiss and number 11 in the 16th place of the Austrian singles chart.
The album I Am was released after numerous delays ultimately on 26 September 2008, on 4 October was followed by the second single hit ' n' run, which could be placed in the German Top 20.
In October 2008, the third single release from Why Not Us has been announced for November 28, 2008. The video was premiered on 14 November 2008 at VIVA Live! instead. The song reached number 27 on the German charts. In Austria he made it to number 53, entry into the Swiss charts he missed, however.
For February 2009 was announced with Walking Away a single, which was published in 2001 by Craig David. For David's "Greatest Hits " album, the song was re-recorded in cooperation with four different artists; for German-speaking Monrose. The accompanying video was filmed in July 2008 in London, but the single was not released because of lack of success of the album.
On 29 May 2009 Monrose were again awarded the Comet, this time in the category Best Band. The ceremony also opened Monrose with a compilation of successful women - hits from the year 2008.
Last Studio Album: Ladylike (2009-2011)
From summer 2009, Monrose began on her fourth studio album to work. The recordings took place in Germany and New York. As the first new song 2009 All or Nothing was presented at a fan club meeting in November. The second song they presented in February 2010, the title of superstar DJ at a Douglas event.
At Thomas & Helga Show at the NDR Monrose they covered on April 17, 2010, the song On the Radio by Donna Summer and presented with This Is Me another song from the new album. That same day, played the first radio station the single from the album Like a Lady, the video was premiered on 11 May 2010 held on the MySpace page of the band, in the TV showed VIVA Live! the clip on 12 May 2010 for the first time. In addition Monrose were at TV total visits where they presented the music video for Like a Lady and on the Children's Day in Bremen, where they presented some songs of the new album. Officially Like a Lady was published on 28 May 2010, it reached number 9 in the German Single Charts, making it the most successful single of the girl group since December 2007 ( What You Do not Know).
On June 11, 2010, one day after the band presented their single at Germany's -Next Top Model finale, the fourth studio album was released Ladylike. The second single from the album This Is Me was released on August 27, 2010. The song debuted at number 22 in the German single charts. On 3 December 2010 appeared with the ballad Breathe You In the third and final single from the album Ladylike. It should also be the last single by Monrose.
On November 25, 2010, two days after the four-year -anniversary, the trio was known to go their separate ways in the future. The band had opposed an extension of the record contract. The last official joint TV appearance had Monrose on February 27, 2011 with her single Like a Lady at the finale of the third season of Austria 's Next Top Model.
Discography
Studio albums
Awards
Bravo Otto
- 2006: " Silver " in the category "Band Pop "
- 2007: " Silver " in the category "Band Pop "
- 2008: " Bronze " in the category "Band Pop "
Comet
- 2008: in the category "Best Song" ( Hot Summer )
- 2009: In the category " Best Band "