Stefanie Heinzmann

Stefanie Fabienne Heinzmann ( born March 10, 1989 in Visp- Eyholz, Valais) is a Swiss pop and soul singer. A wide audience, she was known as the winner of the casting competition SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, which was totally aired between October 2007 and January 2008 as part of Stefan Raab's TV show TV.

• 2.1 Studio albums
• 2.2 Single - chart positions
• 2.3 EPs
• 2.4 Cooperation with other artists

• 4.1 Awards received
• 4.2 nominations

Life

Stefanie Heinzmann completed an apprenticeship at the trade school for athletes and artists at the College Brig and was BigFisch since 2005 singer of dialect rock band. Their first single Chumm the Valais became in their home canton to a popular title. From local radio station Radio Rottu Upper Valais ( RRO ), he was voted " most Valais hit" of the year.

2007-2008: discovery

In the summer of 2007, Heinzmann applied as a singer for the Stefan Raab as part of his TV show TV total designed casting competition SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD and was selected by the organizers in the 20 participants of the decision shows. With interpretations of mainly soul and funk classics, she moved into the final of the top four. There she sat down on January 10, 2008 in the telephone vote of the audience as the first Swiss woman in a German talent show against their competitors through and won a recording contract with Universal Music in May 2008 founded Stefanie Heinzmann and her brother, who is also her manager, the heinzmann - productions GmbH.

2008-2009: Master Plan

In the finale of Stefan Raab show Stefanie Heinzmann started singing her title My Man Is a Mean Man, which was written by the Swedish producer Gustav Jonsson, Tommy Tysper and Marcus Sepehrmanesh. Already on January 11, 2008, the day after the finale, this song appeared along with the songs of the other three finalists on an EP. Heinz 's first album Master Plan was produced in Berlin Numarek Studios by Marek Pompetzki and Paul NZA and published on March 7, 2008. The song Xtal wrote her older brother Claudio, who had motivated them to participate in the casting and since then also her manager. The album was as well as the single My Man Is a Mean Man awarded gold in Germany and double platinum in Switzerland.

On 22 February 2008 Heinzmann sang along with the group [ Tower of Power ] in the People's House Zurich whose song Only So Much Oil in the Ground, with whom she had already been successful in the finals of the talent show. On March 9, she ran at the Wok World Championships in Altenberg four - Wok, who crashed in the second race. Furthermore, it presented her song Like a Bullet, which was published on April 18 as the second single. On the day of publication, she joined RTL in the " ultimate Chart Show " and finished second in the ranking of the " most successful Casting Stars" 13th place two days later Heinzmann was awarded the Prix Walo in Interlaken for Best Newcomer. In the category " audience favorite " she was also nominated. On 24 May 2008, blogger Perez Hilton Heinzmann praised as " Swiss Joss Stone" and made ​​sure that now also interested in American labels for Heinzmann.

From May to September 2008, graduated Heinzmann a festival tour in which she performed at various open-air events in Germany and Switzerland. She was also the biggest music festival of the Valais, the Open Air Gampel, on stage. From 6 October to 17 November, she embarked on a club tour through Germany. At the concerts she sang next to the songs of their debut album several cover songs, including Joss Stone, Norah Jones and KT Tunstall. Some of the concerts had to be canceled or postponed due to a vocal cord inflammation of the singer. In December she gave eight concerts in her native Switzerland. To her band included several members of BigFisch.

On 31 October 2008 Heinzmann released the single " The Unforgiven ". The cover of the same song the band Metallica was formed by the project " German Tribute to Metallica " and enabled the singer a meeting with the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich. The song made ​​it to Poland in tenth place and in Turkey at position 18 in the charts. On November 14, appeared with the Ltd.Deluxe Edt. a new edition of the album Master Plan with five bonus tracks and a bonus DVD. Heinz 's debut album spent 54 weeks in the German charts.

In the Echo Award 21 February 2009 Stefanie Heinzmann presented the Motown classic Is not No Mountain High Enough in a duet with Lionel Richie and won the award for the best artist in the category Rock / Pop ( national). Two days earlier, the Swiss had been awarded in their home country with two Swiss Music Awards. On March 7, she went to the Wok World Cup in Winterberg in with Mister * Lady- four - Wok and came together with Liza Li, Ross Antony and Patrick Nuo fifth place. The Comet Music Prize 2009 was awarded on May 29 in Oberhausen. Heinzmann won the award for best live act and appeared at the event with their cover song The Unforgiven.

On April 17, Heinzmann began a festival tour in Einsiedeln ( Switzerland ) and finished this on September 5. 24 July 2009 Stefanie Heinzmann released her debut album Master Plan on the record label Magic Records in Poland. At her first appearance in Poland it reached on August 8 to the finals in Sopot Hit Festiwal, in which she appeared with her song The Unforgiven.

2009-2011: Roots to Grow

Heinzmann's second studio album Roots To Grow was presented on August 13 in Berlin. Subsequently, she received the platinum award for their debut album master plan. The second album was produced by Marek Pompetzki and Paul NZA in the Berlin Numarek Studios, published it on 11 September 2009. Was followed by the singles No One ( Can Ever Change My Mind ) and the double A-side single Unbreakable / Stop. In October Heinzmann The Unforgiven occupied with number one on the Radio 1 pop charts in Greece and number two on the Radio1 airplay charts.

On November 16, Heinzmann met her role model Joss Stone for a recording of a duet with the song Unbreakable totally in TV. Excerpts of the show beamed Raab a day later from his show. A planned for December 2009 and January 2010 tour in Switzerland, Austria and Germany had Heinzmann due to surgery on the vocal cords, had to be removed in the edema, cancel at short notice. The performances will be made up on April 20, 2010. With their album Roots to Grow, she was nominated for the second time in a row for the Swiss Music Awards. 6 January 2011 Heinzmann was together with the group Tower of Power 's first performance in the United States.

2012: Stefanie Heinzmann

The third studio album titled Stefanie Heinzmann was published on 16 March 2012. Published on February 17, advance single Diggin ' in the Dirt rose to number seven of the Swiss Charts and reached two weeks later sixth place and was Heinzmann's second top 10 single in Switzerland. In addition to original compositions on the album are songs by Eric Bazilian, Julie Frost and John Gordon, Jamie Cullum and Kim Sanders and a cover version of Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine hits. The second single from the album Show Me the Way was disengaged.

The European version of the dance game Just Dance 4 by Ubisoft, which was released on 2 October 2012, also includes a track with Heinz 's song Diggin ' In The Dirt. Also, it occurs in the commercial for Just Dance 4.

She has been a jury member in January 2013 and coach in the singing talent show The Voice of Switzerland. In the finale of the first season coached by her candidate Angie Ott came in second place with 30.59 % of all callers.

Discography

Studio albums

Single chart positions

My Man Is a Mean Man received a gold record for selling over 150,000 units in Germany. The first single from Like a Bullet contained, besides an album and instrumental version of the song, the bonus tracks Superstition (cover of Stevie Wonder) and I Wrote the Book, as well as a video documentary. Later, another CD with the two songs Like a Bullet and My Man Is a Mean Man appeared. The Single The Unforgiven appeared in two parallel versions. The premium contains a single 18- minute video in addition to the radio version, the excerpts from the casting, "Behind the Scenes " and the official music video of The Unforgiven shows. The 2-track release includes the radio version and a newly recorded piano version.

EPs

• 2008: SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD (with all four finalists of the television show )

Collaboration with other artists

Videography

• 2008: My Man Is a Mean Man
• 2008: Like a Bullet
• 2008: Revolution
• 2008: The Unforgiven
• 2009: No One ( Can Ever Change My Mind )
• 2009: Unbreakable
• 2009: Stop
• 2010: Live Performance in the ARTE movie " Greed" ( 1/2)
• 2010: Roots to Grow
• 2012: Diggin ' in the Dirt
• 2012: Show Me the Way

Awards

Awards received

• 2008: Prix Walo - Category: " Best Newcomer"
• 2008: Golden Music Agent - Category: " likeable "
• 2008: Radio Galaxy Award
• 2008: 1Live crown - Category: " Best Newcomer"
• 2009: Swiss Music Awards - Categories: "Best National Newcomer " and " Best Song National "
• 2009: Echo - Category: " Best Female Artist National Rock / Pop "
• 2009: Radio Regenbogen Award - Category: " Radio Regenbogen Award 2008 listeners '
• 2009: Comet - Category: " Best Live Act "
• 2009: Audi Generation Award - Category: " music "
• 2009: Board of Trustees Good vision - " Brillenträgerin of the Year"
• 2010: Kids Choice Award Switzerland - Category: " Favorite Music Star"

Nominations

• 2008: Comet 2008 - Category: " Best Newcomer"
• 2008: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2008 - Category: " favorite singer / in "
• 2008: Jetix Award 2008 - Category: " Newcomer of the Year "
• 2009: Live Entertainment Awards 2009 - Category: "event. Audience Award "
• 2009: Echo 2009 - Category: " Most Successful Newcomer National "
• 2009: Comet 2009 - Category: " Best Female Artist "
• 2009: Goldene Henne 2009 - Category: "Music "
• 2009: 1Live crown 2009 - Category: "Best (r ) Artist (in) '
• 2010: Swiss Award 2009 - Category: "show"
• 2010: Swiss Music Awards 2010 - Category: " Best Album Pop / Rock national "

Social Commitment

Stefanie Heinzmann promotes the processing performed by the Federation Literacy and basic education " iChance ", which promotes reading and writing skills.