Mich ميچ
—  village  —
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Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
County	Narmashir
Bakhsh	Rud Ab
Rural District	Rud Ab-e Gharbi
Population (2006)
• Total	387
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Mich (Persian: ميچ{{#invoke:Namespace detect|main}}‎, also Romanized as Mīch; also known as Hīch-e Bālā, Mīch Bālā, Mīch-e Bālā, Mīj, and Mīj-e Bālā)^[1] is a village in Rud Ab-e Gharbi Rural District, Rud Ab District, Narmashir County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 387, in 100 families.^[2]

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Samy Deluxe
Background information
Birth name	Samy Sorge
Also known as	Sam Semilia, Wickeda MC
Born	(1977-12-19) 19 December 1977 (age 34) Hamburg, Germany
Genres	German hip hop
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Deluxe Records
Associated acts	Dynamite Deluxe ASD
Website	www.samy-deluxe.de

Samy Sorge (born 19 December 1977^[1]), commonly known as Samy Deluxe, Wickeda MC or Sam Semillia is a German rapper, and hip hop artist from Hamburg. He is one of Germany's most successful solo rap musicians and also releases albums as a member of two separate groups, Dynamite Deluxe (with DJ Dynamite aka Joni Rewind and Tropf) and ASD (with Afrob). He was the founder of record label Deluxe Records, which exist from 2003 to 2009.

Youth and early life[link]

As his Sudanese father left Germany when Samy Deluxe was just two years old, Samy grew up with his mother's family. His half-sister was born shortly after his father left. The family lived in Barmbek for many years, then moved to Eppendorf, a better-off part of Hamburg, where he attended the Wolfgang-Borchert-Schule and attained the Realschulabschluss.

Music career[link]

[edit] 1996-2000: First experiences and Deluxe Soundsystem

At the beginning of his career Samy Deluxe rapped in English. Eventually he also became known for his singing and rapping in German. He founded the duo "No Nonsens" with DJ Dynamite, where he gained his first experience on-stage. The duo had some minor performances at the Hamburg airport. After the duo split up, Samy Deluxe was supported by Jan Eißfeldt (better known as Jan Delay), member of hip-hop group Absolute Beginner (later known as Beginner) and founder of record label Eimsbush Entertainment, to continue his stage performance.

In 1997, Samy Deluxe founded Dynamite Deluxe with partners DJ Dynamite and Tropf, and the group produced and released a demo tape on Eimsbush Entertainment. Absolute Beginner featured Samy Deluxe on their 1999 single "Füchse" from their album Bambule (1998). The success of Deluxe Soundsystem by Dynamite Deluxe and the following live performances at the festivals Splash and Flash brought Samy Deluxe into the public eye.

2001-2003: Debut album and rise to fame[link]

In 2001, Samy Deluxe released his self tilted debut album, which ranked #2 in the German Album Charts for the 19th calendar week of 2001. The first single from the album, "Hab' gehört...", ranked #26. However, the second single, "Internetional Love", failed to enter the charts. The final single, "Weck mich auf", peaked at #4 in Germany, becoming a national hit and the album's most successful single. Following the success of his solo debut, Samy Deluxe became a highly acclaimed hip hop artist in German rap and internationally.

In 2003, Samy Deluxe founded the rap duo ASD with fellow rapper Afrob. They released their debut Wer hätte das gedacht. The lead single from the album, "Sneak Preview", ranked successfully on the German charts. Most of the beats on this album came from American producers, including J Dilla, Diamond D and Waajeed.

[edit] 2004: Verdammtnochma!

In August 2004, Samy Deluxe released his second solo album, Verdammtnochma!. The album peaked at number 2 on the German album-charts shortly thereafter and stayed for three weeks in the Top 10. In the same year, he was featured on the German remix of "Dip It Low" by American singer Christina Milian, which was an commercial success.

Musical style[link]

Samy Deluxe is famous for his flow. Audacious and eloquent, he initially chose an aggressive style, based on imaginative use of metaphors, complex overlapping rhymes and his own melodic flow. For this reason, he is sometimes called the "German Jay-Z". He favors constructing constantly changing pictures rather than telling long stories. This has caused some critics to find fault with his lyrical style.

Business ventures[link]

In 2006 designed Samy Deluxe in collaboration with Reebok a sneaker and a cap with New Era Cap Company. On the cover of his mixtape Deluxe von Kopf bis Fuß, he worn for him designed clothes. In 2007 followed two more sneakers until 2008; as total result were four Reeboks sneakers developed of the Samy Deluxe series.^[2]

Discography[link]

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Andrea Berg
Background information
Birth name	Andrea Zellen
Also known as	Andrea Berg
Born	(1966-01-28) January 28, 1966 (age 46)
Origin	Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres	Schlager
Years active	1995 - present
Labels	White, Jupiter Records, Bertelsmann Music Group
Website	http://www.andrea-berg.de/

Andrea Berg (born 28 January 1966) is a German singer in the schlager genre. According to record certifications, she has sold at least 7,535,000 records.

Berg was born in Krefeld. As a child she would experiment with performing short sketches at carnivals and other celebrations. She later played with a band, and also worked backstage on stage set-up and drove the band's van. During this time she supported herself working as a nurse in the intensive care and oncology departments of a hospital.

Berg's musical career began in 1992 when the producer Eugen Römer obtained a cassette of her performing. He was enthused by her voice, and within a week the first tracks had been recorded for her debut album Du bist frei ("You Are Free"), which contained the singles "Kilimandscharo" and "Schau mir noch mal ins Gesicht". Römer also produced her second album, Gefühle ("Feelings"), which proved her commercial breakthrough. The singles from the album, "Wenn du mich willst, dann küß mich doch" and "Einmal nur mit dir alleine sein", were hits. The album also featured one of her most popular songs, "Die Gefühle haben Schweigepflicht".

In 1997 she released her third album, Träume lügen nicht ("Dreams Don't Lie"), which reached #71 on the German album charts. The first single, "Warum nur träumen", was a #1 hit on some radio playlists and stayed in the charts for 15 weeks.

In summer 1998 the birth of her daughter Lena-Maria was followed by the release of the album Zwischen tausend Gefühlen ("Between a Thousand Feelings"), with twelve songs. The singles from this album were "Diese Nacht soll nie enden", "Insel der Nacht" and "Jenseits der Zärtlichkeit" (1999).

The next album was Weil ich verliebt bin ("Because I'm in Love") in 1999, with the single "Vielleicht ein Traum zu viel". This reached #3 in the ZDF-Hitparade in November 1999. Berg also reached #3 in "Hits of the Year" in January 2000 and was #1 for several weeks in the German airplay charts.

In October 2001 a best-of was released, featuring twelve of her most popular songs. The album went seven-times platinum^[1] and was in the German top 100 albums chart for a record-breaking stay of over 336 weeks. 2.1 million copies have been sold.

She has sometimes had as many as four releases in the German charts simultaneously.

She won the ECHO award in the German-language Schlager category in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007. From 2002 to 2007 she won Germany's prestigious Goldene Stimmgabel six times consecutively, as well as the Amadeus Austrian Music Award for best Schlager album in 2004 and 2005. Her CD Nah am Feuer went gold.^[2]

The 2006 album Splitternackt ("Stark Naked") went straight to #1 in Germany and remained there for several weeks.

The hit "Du hast mich tausendmal belogen" reached #2 in the GEMA chart of collected international sales.

Berg is known not only for her music but also increasingly for her stage outfits. She favours short miniskirts, suspenders, and knee-highs. She has been quoted (in the Neue Post) as saying "When you reach 40 you do have to make an effort to keep the men looking in your direction". ("Wenn man auf die 40 zugeht, muss man sich eben anstrengen, damit die Männer einem noch hinterherschauen.")

From 2002 to 2004 Berg was married to the schlager singer Olaf Henning. In 2007 she married Ulrich Ferber, a sports agent and hotelier. They currently live together with her daughter in Aspach, Baden-Württemberg.

Her new album, released October 2010, Schwerelos received platinum^[3] after 6 days. It went straight to No. 1 in Germany and Austria.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website (German)
• Biography at musicline.de (German)
• Chart performances of her albums (German)

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Semino Rossi (born May 29, 1962 at Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine-Italian schlager singer living with his south-tyrolian wife in Mils, Tyrol, Austria.

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Semino Rossi

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Herbert Grönemeyer
Herbert Grönemeyer, 2004
Background information
Birth name	Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer
Born	(1956-04-12) April 12, 1956 (age 56)
Origin	Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Genres	Rock, pop rock, soft rock, pop
Occupations	Singer, actor, composer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active	1978–present
Labels	EMI, Grönland
Website	www.groenemeyer.de

Herbert Grönemeyer (born April 12, 1956) is a German musician and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career. His fifth album 4630 Bochum (1984) and his 20th album Mensch (Human) (2002) are the best-selling German-language records of all time.^{[citation needed]} He is the most successful artist in Germany with album sales of over 13 million albums.^[1]

Early life[link]

Grönemeyer often refers to his personal roots as lying in the German town of Bochum where he spent most of his childhood, youth and early adulthood. Still today, the song Bochum, first released in 1984, is one of his signature songs, especially during live performances. Being born in Göttingen and not in Bochum he has his own explanation: "I was only born in Göttingen because my mother often fainted when she was pregnant with me. She did this every time she turned to her left side, and no one believed her. In Göttingen there was a professor, a specialist, and he didn't believe her either, at which point she lay down, fainted, and brought me into the world. This is why I was born in Göttingen."^[2]

Work[link]

Grönemeyer’s interest in music was sparked at the age of eight, when he started to take piano classes. These later formed the basis for his work as a pianist and composer at the local theatre Schauspielhaus Bochum. In 1979, at the City of Cologne Theatre (Schauspielhaus Köln), using his musical talent to great effect, he gave an excellent performance as Lorenzo in the The Merchant of Venice. Although never having attended an acting school he soon appeared in several TV productions. During one of the shootings he met his later wife, the actress Anna Henkel. Additionally, Grönemeyer published an album he had recorded with the jazz formation "Ocean Orchestra" in 1978, a year in which he also composed the music for the film Uns reicht das nicht by Jürgen Flimm, together with Jens-Peter Ostendorf. His first solo album Grönemeyer, which was published in 1979, was awarded the Golden Lemon for the ugliest album cover of the year. His second album Zwo was released in 1981. Neither managed to chart. In the same year he starred in Wolfgang Petersen’s successful movie Das Boot as Lieutenant Werner. For the role of composer Robert Schumann in the German-German coproduction Frühlingssinfonie (co-starring Nastassja Kinski and Rolf Hoppe), for which he also composed the film score, Grönemeyer spent six months in the GDR. During the early 1980s Grönemeyer put his main focus on his music; the next two albums Total egal (1982) and Gemischte Gefühle (1983) flopped and most concerts of the planned tour had to be cancelled.

Grönemeyer first met success as a musician in 1984 with the release of Bochum which became the best-sold album in Germany that year, particularly supported by the singles "Männer" ( English lyrics ) and "Flugzeuge im Bauch". A year later Grönemeyer appeared in the TV-movie Väter und Söhne, co-starring Julie Christie, Burt Lancaster and Bruno Ganz. In his next albums Sprünge (1986) and Ö (1988) he increasingly expressed his political opinion, criticising the government under German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In 1986 Grönemeyer performed at the Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival against nuclear power and he composed the film score for the TV film Sommer in Lesmona, for which he received the Adolf Grimme Award in gold. The release of his first English album What’s all this was followed by a tour through Canada, where it had success in the charts. After the Berlin Wall had fallen Grönemeyer released the album Luxus in which he addressed the feelings in East and West Germany. Having two children together, Felix and Marie, he married his companion Anna Henkel in 1993. In the same year Chaos was released and became a Top 1 hit record in Germany. More than 600,000 people saw the following tour. In 1994, Grönemeyer was the first non-English-speaking artist who was invited by MTV to do an unplugged concert. Four years later Grönemeyer moved to London and released Bleibt alles anders (Everything Remains Different). He also founded his own record label, Grönland Records. In the same year his brother Wilhelm and his wife Anna died of cancer (both dying within 3 days); it took Grönemeyer a year to resume his work. In 2000 he recorded a concert with a philharmonic orchestra and released the DVD Stand der Dinge (State of Affairs). In August 2002 he released his so far most successful album Mensch (Human) which was awarded Platinum even before release due to advance orders. The single "Mensch" became Grönemeyer’s first number one hit in Germany and 1.5 million people saw the 2-year tour. In 2004 and 2006 Grönemeyer recorded songs for the Olympic Games in Athens ("Everlasting") and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany ("Celebrate the Day"), respectively.

In March 2007 he released his 12th studio album 12 which was followed by a stadium tour across German-speaking countries. Smaller concerts took place in September in Amsterdam, Munich, Dresden and London's Royal Albert Hall.

The three re-recorded albums What's all this, Luxus and Chaos for the English-speaking market were met with limited sales success. Grönemeyer was scheduled to make his American debut on September 17, 2007 at the Beacon Theater in New York City, but the performance has since been postponed.

In January 2010, Grönemeyer performed the anthem "Komm zur Ruhr" as part of the opening ceremony of the "RUHR.2010" - The city of Essen being the "European Capital of Culture 2010" on behalf of the entire Ruhr area.

The magazine TIME awarded him the title of "European Hero" in 2005 for his humanitarian work.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• 1979 Grönemeyer
• 1980 Zwo
• 1982 Total egal
• 1983 Gemischte Gefühle
• 1984 4630 Bochum
• 1986 Sprünge
• 1988 Ö
• 1990 Luxus
• 1993 Chaos
• 1998 Bleibt alles anders
• 2002 Mensch
• 2007 12
• 2011 Schiffsverkehr

Filmography[link]

• 1976 — Die Geisel (directed by Peter Zadek)
• 1978 — Von Tag zu Tag (directed by Ulrich Stein)
• 1978 — Uns reicht das nicht (directed by Juergen Flimm)
• 1979 — Daheim unter Fremden (directed by Peter Keglevic)
• 1981 — Das Boot (directed by Wolfgang Petersen)
• 1982 — Doktor Faustus (directed by Franz Seitz)
• 1982 — Frühlingssinfonie (directed by Peter Schamoni)
• 1984 — Die ewigen Gefühle (directed by Peter Beauvais)
• 1985 — Väter und Söhne (directed by Bernhard Sinkel)
• 2007 — Control (directed by Anton Corbijn)
• 2010 — The American (directed by Anton Corbijn): film score by Herbert Grönemeyer

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Herbert Grönemeyer on Europopmusic.eu (English)
• Herbert Grönemeyer at the Internet Movie Database
• Herbert Grönemeyer discography at Discogs