No Angels

Thursday, 29 November 2012

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Australia
Australia ( /əˈstreɪljə/), officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent as well as the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.
For at least 40,000 years before European settlement in the late 18th century, Australia was inhabited by indigenous Australians, who belonged to one or more of roughly 250 language groups. After discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, Australia's eastern half was claimed by Great Britain in 1770 and settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales from 26 January 1788. The population grew steadily in subsequent decades; the continent was explored and an additional five self-governing Crown Colonies were established.

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Austria
Austria (ⁱ/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.

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Belgrade
Belgrade ( /ˈbɛlɡreɪd/; Serbian: Београд; [beǒɡrad] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name in English translates to White city. The city proper has a population of over 1.1 million, while its metropolitan area has over 1.6 million people, making it one of the largest cities in Southeast Europe.
One of the largest prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved around the area Belgrade in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region, and after 279 BC Celts conquered the city, naming it Singidūn. It was conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus, and awarded city rights in the mid 2nd century. It was settled by the Slavs in the 520s, and changed hands several times before it became the capital of King Stephen Dragutin (1282–1316). In 1521 Belgrade was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and became the seat of a the Sanjak of Smederevo. It frequently passed from Ottoman to Habsburg rule, which saw the destruction of most of the city during the Austro-Ottoman wars. Belgrade was again named the capital of Serbia in 1841. The north of Belgrade remained a Habsburg outpost until 1918, when it was merged into the capital city. As a strategic location, the city was battled over in 115 wars and razed to the ground 44 times. Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia (in various forms of governments) from its creation in 1918, to its final dissolution in 2006.

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Berlin
Berlin ( /bɜrˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ( listen)) is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has 5.9 million residents from over 190 nations. Located in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945).Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin—the capital of East Germany—and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989). Following German reunification in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany, hosting 147 foreign embassies.

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Brazil
Brazil ⁱ/brəˈzɪl/ (Portuguese: Brasil, IPA: [bɾaˈziw]), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help·info)), is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people. It is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas and the largest lusophone country in the world.
Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of 7,491 km (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas region of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos form part of Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz. It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile.
Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until 1815, when it was elevated to the rank of kingdom and the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves was formed. The colonial bond was in fact broken in 1808, when the capital of the Portuguese colonial empire was transferred from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, after Napoleon invaded Portugal.Independence was achieved in 1822 with the formation of the Empire of Brazil, a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system. The country became a presidential republic in 1889, when a military coup d'état proclaimed the Republic, although the bicameral legislature, now called Congress, dates back to the ratification of the first constitution in 1824. Its current Constitution, formulated in 1988, defines Brazil as a Federal Republic. The Federation is formed by the union of the Federal District, the 26 States, and the 5,564 Municipalities.

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Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°45′N 25°30′E / 42.75°N 25.5°E / 42.75; 25.5
Bulgaria ⁱ/bʌlˈɡɛəriə/ (Bulgarian: България, IPA: [bɤ̞ɫˈɡarijɐ]), is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and the Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south and the Black Sea to the east. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 14th-largest country. Its location has made it a historical crossroad for various civilisations and as such it is the home of some of the earliest metalworking, religious and other cultural artifacts in the world.
Prehistoric cultures began developing on Bulgarian lands during the Neolithic period. Its ancient history was marked by the presence of the Thracians, and later by the Greeks and Romans. The emergence of a unified Bulgarian ethnicity and state dates back to the First Bulgarian Empire, which dominated most of the Balkans and functioned as a cultural hub for Slavic peoples during the Middle Ages. With the downfall of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1396, its territories came under Ottoman rule for nearly five hundred years. The Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 resulted in the Third Bulgarian State, recognised in 1908. The following years saw several conflicts with its neighbours, which prompted Bulgaria to align with Germany in both World Wars. In 1946 it became a Communist republic with a single-party system until 1989, when the Communist Party allowed multi-party elections. After 1990 Bulgaria transitioned to democracy and a market-based economy.

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France
France (English ⁱ/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km² (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km² / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.

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Germany
Germany (ⁱ/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km² and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.

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Hamburg
Hamburg ( /ˈhæmbɜrɡ/; German pronunciation: [ˈhambʊɐ̯k], local pronunciation [ˈhambʊɪç]; Low German/Low Saxon: Hamborg [ˈhaˑmbɔːx]), officially Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany, the thirteenth largest German state, and the sixth-largest city in the European Union. The city is home to over 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (including parts of the neighbouring Federal States of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) has more than 4.3 million inhabitants. Situated on the river Elbe, the port of Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe (after the Port of Rotterdam) and 11th-largest worldwide.
Hamburg's official name, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, as a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, and that Hamburg is a city-state and one of the sixteen States of Germany.
Hamburg is a major transport hub in Northern Germany and is one of the most affluent cities in Europe. It has become a media and industrial centre, with plants and facilities belonging to Airbus, Blohm + Voss and Aurubis. The radio and television broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk and publishers such as Gruner + Jahr and Spiegel-Verlag are pillars of the important media industry in Hamburg. In total, there are more than 120,000 enterprises.

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Latvia
Latvia ⁱ/ˈlætviə/ (Latvian: Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Republika), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia (border length 343 km), to the south by Lithuania (588 km), to the east by the Russian Federation (276 km), to the southeast by Belarus (141 km), and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden. With 2,067,887 inhabitants and a territory of 64,589 km² (24,938 sq mi) it is one of the least populous and least densely populated countries of the European Union. The capital of Latvia is Riga. The official language is Latvian and the currency is called Lats (Ls). The country has a temperate seasonal climate.
The Latvians are a Baltic people, culturally related to the Lithuanians. Together with the Finno-Ugric Livs (or Livonians), the Latvians are the indigenous people of Latvia.Latvian is an Indo-European language and along with Lithuanian the only two surviving members of the Baltic branch. Indigenous minority languages are Latgalian and the nearly extinct Finno-Ugric Livonian language. In terms of geography, territory and population Latvia is the middle of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia share a long common history: historical Livonia, times of German (Teutonic Order), Polish-Lithuanian, Swedish, Russian, Nazi German and Soviet rule, 13th century Christianization and 16th century Protestant Reformation. Both countries are home to a large number of ethnic Russians (26.9% in Latvia and 25.5% in Estonia) of whom some are non-citizens. Latvia is historically predominantly Protestant, except for the region of Latgalia in the southeast which is historically predominantly Roman Catholic.

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Netherlands
The Netherlands (ⁱ/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdə(r)lɑnt] or [ˈneɪ̯də(r)lɑnt] ( listen); West Frisian: Nederlân; Papiamento: Hulanda) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with some islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. It is a parliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state. The country capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague. The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as Holland, although North and South Holland are actually only two of its twelve provinces (a case of pars pro toto; see terminology of "the Netherlands").

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New Zealand
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses ‒ that of the North and South Islands ‒ as well as numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans.
During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of both animal and plant life. Most notable are the large number of unique bird species, many of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and introduced mammals. With a mild maritime climate, the land was mostly covered in forest. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions caused by the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates clashing beneath the earth's surface.

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Olympiahalle
Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena in Munich, Germany, part of the Olympic Park and close to the Olympic Stadium.
The arena is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions or trade fairs. In the past, it served as a part-time home for the defunct ice hockey team EC Hedos München. Olympiahalle opened in 1972 and was the venue for gymnastics and handball events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The seating capacity for the arena varies from 12,150 up to 14,000.
The current seating capacity will be extended to 15,500 during a massive overhaul that is scheduled to be completed in 2009. A new VIP area, a restaurant and an underground second arena ("Kleine Olympiahalle") with a capacity of up to 4,000 will be integrated in the new complex. The stage area will also be rebuilt, which will contribute to the increased seating capacity and at the same time allow faster access for stage crews, which is very important nowadays.
Olympiahalle also plays hosts to the annual Munich Sixdays, a very popular international track-cycling competition. Several other major international events were held in this venue, including the 1974 and the 1991 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1975 preliminaries of the Ice Hockey World Championships and the 1983, 1993 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships finals. Important basketball events that were held in Olympiahalle include the Final phase of the 1993 European Basketball Championships, the 1989 and 1999Euroleague Final Fours.

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Poland
Poland ⁱ/ˈpoʊlənd/ (Polish: Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska; Kashubian: Pòlskô Repùblika; Silesian: Polsko Republika), is a country in Central Europe, bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous post-communist member. Poland is a unitary state made up of 16 voivodeships. Poland is a member of the European Union, NATO, the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), European Economic Area, International Energy Agency, Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, International Atomic Energy Agency, G6, Council of the Baltic Sea States, Visegrád Group, Weimar Triangle and Schengen Agreement.

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Serbia
Serbia ⁱ/ˈsɜrbiə/, officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: Република Србија / Republika Srbija, pronounced [rɛpǔblika sř̩bija]), is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans. Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; the Republic of Macedonia to the south; and Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the west; additionally, it borders Albania through Kosovo, whose status as part of Serbia is disputed. Serbia covers an area of 88,361 km² and has a population of just over 7.1 million, while the capital and largest city is Belgrade.
The arrival of the Serbs to the Balkans in the 7th century, established several states, eventually forming the Serbian Empire in the 14th century. By the 16th century, Serbia was conquered and occupied by the Ottoman Empire, at times interrupted by the Habsburgs. In the early 19th century the Serbian revolution re-established the country as the region's first constitutional monarchy, which subsequently expanded its territory and pioneered the abolition of feudalism in the Balkans. The former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina united with Serbia in 1918. Following World War I, Serbia formed Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples which existed in several forms up until 2006, when the National Assembly of Serbia declared independence and the legal succession to the former State Union. In February 2008 the parliament of UNMIK-governed Kosovo, Serbia's southern province, declared independence, with mixed responses from international governments.

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Spain
Spain (ⁱ/ˈspeɪn/ SPAYN; Spanish: España, pronounced: [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
Spanish territory also includes the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, and two autonomous cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, that border Morocco. Furthermore, the town of Llívia is a Spanish exclave situated inside French territory. With an area of 504,030 square kilometres (194,610 sq mi), it is the second largest country in Western Europe and the European Union after France, and the fourth largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukraine and France.

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Switzerland
Switzerland (German: die Schweiz[ˈʃvaɪts]; French: Suisse [sɥis(ə)]; Italian: Svizzera [ˈzvit͡sːɛra]; Romansh: Svizra [ˈʒviːtsrɐ] or [ˈʒviːtsʁːɐ]), in its full name the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in western Europe, where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km² (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zurich and Geneva.
The Swiss Confederation has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. It pursues, however, an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. Switzerland is also the birthplace of the Red Cross and home to a large number of international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association and is part of the Schengen Area – although it is notably not a member of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area.

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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.

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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.

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A&R;
Artists and repertoire (A&R) is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label; every activity involving artists to the point of album release is generally considered under the purview of, and responsibility of, A&R.
The A&R division is responsible for discovering new recording artists and bringing them to the record company. They are expected to understand the current tastes of the market and to be able to find artists that will be commercially successful. For this reason, A&R people are often young and many are musicians, music journalists or record producers.
An A&R executive is authorized to offer a record contract, often in the form of a "deal memo": a short informal document that establishes a business relationship between the recording artist and the record company. The actual contract negotiations will typically be carried out by rival entertainment lawyers hired by the musician's manager and the record company.

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Adam Messinger
Adam "Messy" Messinger is a Grammy Award winning Canadian songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist currently based in Los Angeles, California. Besides his solo work, he is part of the writing and production duo The Messengers along with Nasri Atweh.
Born in Toronto, Messinger started playing the piano at age five, and proceeded to develop skills for a variety of instruments, including sax, bass, guitar, and drums/percussion. After being enrolled in the Claude Watson School for the Arts program from grade 4 through to 13, he attended the music program at York University in Toronto, where he was awarded the Oscar Peterson Scholarship for Jazz studies two years consecutively. He received Juno Award nominations in 2001 and 2006 for his work with a cappella group Cadence. He also co-wrote the winning RnB song in the 2002 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. He was won two GMA Canada Covenant Awards in 2005 and 2009 for his work with rap/ rock artist Manafest.
In recent years, his partnership with fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Nasri (now known as "The Messengers") has functioned as a writing and production team for such artists as Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Michael Bolton, JoJo, Kris Allen, Cody Simpson, Iyaz, Vanessa Hudgens, No Angels, Marina Chello, Brandy and the New Kids On The Block. The Messengers work has resulted in two Grammy Award nominations for 2011 Best Pop Vocal Album - Justin Bieber (My World 2.0), 2011 Best Contemporary R&B Album - Chris Brown (Graffiti), and a win for 2012 Best RnB Album - Chris Brown (F.A.M.E.). As well, their collaboration between Justin Bieber and Rascal Flatts "That Should Be Me" won a 2011 CMT Music Award for Best Collaborative Video.

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Alex Christensen
Alex Christensen (born 7 April 1967 in Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg, Germany), Jasper Forks or Alex C. as he is known, is a German dance music composer, producer, and DJ, generally known as the face, and one of the founding members, of U96. Since 2002, he has been collaborating with Yasmin K. also known as Y-ass.
Christensen started in 1991 as a music producer and DJ, and had his first success in 1992 as U96 with a techno version of Das Boot. In several countries this song was the first techno song to obtain a number one position. Since 2002 Christensen also works under the name Alex C. and frequently collaborates with Yasmin K. whom he met as a judge on the second season of Popstars.
As a producer and/or composer Christensen worked for big artists as Right Said Fred, Tom Jones, *NSYNC, Rollergirl, Marianne Rosenberg, Sarah Brightman, and ATC.
Christensen represented Germany at the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow together with Oscar Loya, performing the song "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" finishing in 20th place.

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Austria
Austria (ⁱ/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.

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British people
British people (also referred to as the British, Britons, or informally as Brits or Britishers) are citizens or natives of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, of any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants.British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by birth in the UK or by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, the term British people refers to the ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain south of the Forth.
Although early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity. The notion of Britishness was forged during the Napoleonic Wars between Britain and the First French Empire, and developed further during the Victorian era. The complex history of the formation of the United Kingdom created a "particular sense of nationhood and belonging" in Great Britain; Britishness became "superimposed on much older identities", of English, Scots and Welsh cultures, whose distinctiveness still resist notions of a homogenised British identity. Because of longstanding ethno-sectarian divisions, British identity in Northern Ireland is controversial, but it is held with strong conviction by unionists.

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Detlef Soost
Detlef Soost (born July 2, 1970 in Berlin-Pankow, East Germany), also using the name D! (formerly Dee!), most often called Detlef D! Soost, is a German dancer and choreographer.
Soost was born in East Berlin and grew up in an orphanage. His mother, who died very early, was a German, his father came to the GDR from Ghana. The biography on his homepage states that Soost became streetdance champion of East Berlin when he was 15 years old and champion of the GDR when he was 16, but some people criticize, that, based on his date of birth given in the same biography (1971) this seems very unrealistic, because streetdance was not accepted in the GDR and no "official" battles could be held in which Soost could win a title. However, there is no doubt that Soost in this time was one of the most important persons in Berlin streetdance scene. Even if there were no "official titles" and championships Soost was the undisputed master of streetdance in Berlin in this time.^{[citation needed]}
In 2005 he published his autobiography "Neger - Heimkind - Pionier" ("Negro - orphan - pioneer"). In this book, among other things, he also writes about his ethnic background and the problems caused by it. Soost describes himself as "Schoki", a (childish) word for chocolate. In the years after the German reunification 1990/91 he started a career as a professional choreographer and dancing master. Later he founded a network of dancing schools under the brand D!s Dance Club. He owns a "Coaching- and Casting-Center" in Berlin-Mitte. He also produces dance music and develops choreographies for the D!s Dance Clubs and other dancers under the brand D!Nation.

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Dieter Falk
Dieter Falk (born 5 December 1959 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German pianist, keyboardist, Christian composer, arranger, and record producer (e.g. Pur (band)).

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DJ Bobo
Peter René Cipiriano Baumann (born January 5, 1968), better known as DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 10 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format. DJ BoBo has also released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted quite high, not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories.
As a dance music producer, his first big success came with the single "Somebody Dance with Me", which borrows its melody from Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me. After this, he charted well with the singles "Keep on Dancing", "Take Control", "Everybody", "Let the Dream Come True", "Love Is All Around", "Freedom", "Pray" and "What a Feeling", as well as "Chihuahua", almost all of which comprised fast-paced Eurodance techno sound with female catchy refrains and rap performed by René. Between 1992 through 2007, he had 27 single chart-hits in Switzerland and Germany, and has won 10 World Music Awards for being Switzerland's best selling artist. René has received numerous Gold and Platinum certifications for his singles and albums and has found success in Europe (primarily in Germany and Switzerland), Asia and South America.

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Donovan
Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch, 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. Initially labelled as an imitator of Bob Dylan, Donovan quickly developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has variously lived in Scotland, London, California and Ireland, and currently lives with his family in County Cork in Ireland.
Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan shot to fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with a series of live performances on the pop TV series, Ready Steady Go!. Initially signing with the British label Pye Records in 1965, he recorded a handful of singles and two albums in the folk music vein, but after signing a new contract with the US label Epic Records his popularity rapidly spread to the US and other countries. After extricating himself from his original management contract, he began a long and successful collaboration with Mickie Most, one of the leading British independent record producers of the era, scoring a string of hits in the UK, the US, Australia and other countries. His successful records in the 1960s included the UK hits "Catch the Wind" and "Colours" in 1965, while "Sunshine Superman" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the following year, and reached #2 in Britain. Donovan was the first artist to be signed to CBS/Epic Records by then-new Administrative Vice President Clive Davis, who later became head of the CBS Record empire.

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Jane Comerford
Jane Comerford (born 1 January 1959 in Newcastle, Australia) is a singer, songwriter, lecturer and vocal coach working in Germany.
Jane has an extensive musical and music-related education. She studied violin and piano for 12 years^{[citation needed]}, and later music theory, and graduated from Newcastle Conservatorium (where she was awarded her A.Mus.A. diploma). She had 6 years of classical ballet^{[citation needed]} training in Newcastle as well as jazz dance training in Los Angeles. Further, she went on to study singing in Hamburg, Vienna and Amsterdam, as well as learned to play ukulele.
Having studied piano and violin in Newcastle, Jane was no longer sure whether the classical style still fulfilled her expectations^{[citation needed]}. She went to the United States where she worked as pianist in several night clubs^{[citation needed]}. A holiday in Spain made her stay in Europe.
After she discovered that life in Spain still did not meet her expectations^{[citation needed]} she moved to Hamburg where she worked again as pianist in the bar of the hotel "Intercontinental"^{[citation needed]}. There she started to work with several bands and gained more and more experience in the sound studio. She wrote and composed songs, worked in her husband's studio and became popular as a background singer^{[citation needed]}. In addition to that she started to teach at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg.

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Jessica Wahls
Jessica Martina Wahls (born February 2, 1977 in Bad Nauheim, Hesse), also known under her nickname Jess, is a German pop singer, songwriter and television host, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.
Wahls is the only child born to an African-American father, James, and a German mother, Gabriele "Gabi" Wahls. Her parents separated when she was six month old, and thus, Jessica was raised by her single mother near Bad Nauheim, in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse. After her parents' divorce, Wahls had little contact with her father, and her mother worked as a personal assistant to support the family. In 1999, Gabriele married Wahls' Barbadian stepfather Tosh.
In 2000 Jessica broke off her training as a travel management assistant to join the girl group No Angels, the result of a German version of the international television show Popstars. Two successful years later, Jess became pregnant by boyfriend, choreographer and background dancer Sascha Dickreuter, and consequently she had to leave the band for her baby girl by the name of Cheyenne Jessica.

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Loona
Marie-Jose van der Kolk (born September 16, 1974) also known by her stage names Loona and Carisma, is a Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer. She is most noted for her collaboration with DJ Sammy, and performing as a duo under the stage name of DJ Sammy feat. Carisma.
She was born on September 16, 1974 in in IJmuiden, Netherlands.
When Marie danced on Mallorca she met DJ Sammy. She wanted to be a singer, Sammy gave her a chance to sing, they started recording songs under the name DJ Sammy featuring Carisma with "Life is Just a Game", which was their first hit (in 1996). This single was followed by "You Are My Angel", "Prince of Love" and "Golden Child". All of those songs were put together for their debut album Life Is Just A Game.
In the Summer of 1998. Marie came up with a new project called Loona, produced also by DJ Sammy. The first single was a cover of Paradisio's song "Bailando" and it became the summer song of 1998 in Germany, reaching the top of the German charts. By Autumn, it was followed by another single "Hijo de la Luna" (a cover of the Spanish band Mecano) which also reached number 1 on the German charts. The next release was her debut solo album called Lunita, which was an all-Spanish album.

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Lucy Diakovska
Ludmilla "Lucy" Diakovska (Bulgarian: Людмила Любомирова Дяковска Lyudmila Lyubomirova Dyakovska; born 2 April 1976) is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer, stage actress and television personality, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.
After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Diakovska released two singles and her solo album Lucylicious under her same-titled stage name in 2005. In 2008, she became part of the jury on reality shows Music Idol and Starmania, the Bulgarian and Austrian version of the Idol series respectively.
Diakovska is the oldest child of Lubomir Diakovski, an opera singer, and Rositza Diakovska, a pianist. Her younger brother named Alexander (b. 1982) is a professional basketball player. Her grandfather is a famous Bulgarian folk composer.
At the age of six she got her first stage performance at a local opera house and in the following years she trained herself in singing and dancing. After her high school graduation in 1994 Diakovska decided to move to Germany to get trained at the Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama in Hamburg. At the same time she worked as a dancer for the musical "Buddy", where she even got hold of a recurring role a little later.

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Ludmilla Diakovska
Ludmilla "Lucy" Diakovska (Bulgarian: Людмила Любомирова Дяковска Lyudmila Lyubomirova Dyakovska; born 2 April 1976) is a Bulgarian singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer, stage actress and television personality, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.
After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Diakovska released two singles and her solo album Lucylicious under her same-titled stage name in 2005. In 2008, she became part of the jury on reality shows Music Idol and Starmania, the Bulgarian and Austrian version of the Idol series respectively.
Diakovska is the oldest child of Lubomir Diakovski, an opera singer, and Rositza Diakovska, a pianist. Her younger brother named Alexander (b. 1982) is a professional basketball player. Her grandfather is a famous Bulgarian folk composer.
At the age of six she got her first stage performance at a local opera house and in the following years she trained herself in singing and dancing. After her high school graduation in 1994 Diakovska decided to move to Germany to get trained at the Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama in Hamburg. At the same time she worked as a dancer for the musical "Buddy", where she even got hold of a recurring role a little later.

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Marusha
Marusha, real name Marusha Aphrodite Gleiß (born 18 November 1966 in Nuremberg, Germany) is a German Techno, Happy hardcore, Breakbeat and Eurodance artist/DJ, who was on the hit lists in the mid '90s.
Her greatest hit was the rave version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" in 1994 (Ger #3, Austria #13, CH #2, NL #6, Italy #20, Belgium (Fl)28), the famous song from the movie The Wizard of Oz. Some other hits were "It takes me away" (Ger #3, 1994), "Raveland" (Ger #29, 1994), "Deep" (Ger #11, 1995), "Unique" (Ger #35, 1995), "Secret" (Ger #92, 1996), "UR life" (Ger #34, 1997), "My best friend" (Ger #73, 1997), "Free love" (Ger #97, 1998) and "Ultimate sound" (Ger #70, 1998). Marusha's career began in 1991 in Berlin with her radio programme "Dancehall" which went out each Saturday on the young people's station DT 64. When DT 64 had to close, Marusha changed the frequency and the name of her show. The Berlin station "Fritz" carried Marusha's "Rave satellite" once a week until 2007. To top this, the media multi-talent Marusha surprised German-speaking television audiences with "Feuerreiter", her TV programme for young people. For 2½ years it was transmitted by ORB and later ARD, and it was considered very popular.

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Michelle Leonard
Michelle Leonard (born 5 June 1973) is a British singer and songwriter, now based in Berlin. Since 2006, Leonard has co-written multiple songs for singles and albums that charted in Europe, chiefly Germany. As a songwriter she is signed to Universal Music Publishing.
Leonard grew up in Germany and attended the British schools there. EMI Music Publishing signed her when she was 17.^{[citation needed]} As an artist, Leonard's songs included "Feel So Perfect". The song was used for a pan-European C&A advertising campaign that went on for three years, with different films around the song. "Feel So Perfect" was released by Cape featuring Michelle Leonard and became a radio hit. She was the headliner in Munich at the new year's celebrations in 2000. Axe also used one of her songs in their advertising as well as RMS (Radio marketing services).
Leonard's voice can be heard with the German band Such a Surge on the song "Instant Replay," and on several dance tracks such as The Mob's song "Falling," a dance hit which she recorded when she was 17. (The song, sans vocals, became the theme to the show Twin Peaks.) Between 2001 and 2004, Leonard was involved in a number of experimental projects and performed at several art happenings and underground events around the world.^{[citation needed]} Leonard is also a lecturer at the Popakademie for Songwriting. She was the Performance and music director for the German theater abroad project in New York / Public Theater. She directed the musical "Electric Society", which was staged on 12 November 2005 in Cologne, Germany. Leonard has written songs for several advertisement campaigns, films, TV-productions and many artists world wide. She was a judge in 2009 in a German casting television show named Popstars and released her Album Fragile in December 2009 (Universal music Germany).

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Mousse T.
Mousse T. (born Mustafa Gündoğdu, 2 October 1966, Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German DJ and record producer of Turkish descent. He is best known for his collaboration with Tom Jones, "Sex Bomb", released on the album Reload.
One of the first producers of house music in Germany, alongside contemporaries Boris Dlugosch, DJ Tonka and Ian Pooley, Mousse T. began his career in 1990 as keyboard player for a small band known as Fun Key B. At the same time, he set up his own recording studio and began DJing in the city of Hannover. Besides working on his own productions, usually with partner Errol Rennalls, Mousse T. also wrote and produced tracks for other artists. In 1993, he founded, along with Rennalls, Peppermint Jam Records, a label specializing in uplifting house music and melodic acid jazz.
His 1998 production "Horny" featuring Hot 'n' Juicy (and a chorus sung by Inaya Day) on vocals reached the top of the Billboard dance charts in the late 1990s and Top 20 in the UK and Australia. His first album, Gourmet de Funk, was released in 2001. In 2004, he once again entered the Single Charts with his song "Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?", which is featured on his second album, All Nite Madness, also released in 2004. The song features the vocals of Emma Lanford.

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Nadja Benaissa
Nadja Benaissa (born 26 April 1982 in Frankfurt) is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date", according to the German media.
After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Benaissa released her solo debut album Schritt für Schritt in 2006. The semi-autobiographical album was recorded entirely in German, taking Benaissa's work further into soul, R&B and jazz music, but enjoyed moderate commercial success.
In February 2010, she was charged with causing bodily harm by German police for having unprotected sex with three men between 2004 and 2006, without informing them she was HIV-positive. In August of that same year, she was found guilty of hiding her HIV status from sexual partners and was given a two year suspended sentence and 300 hours of community service.
In September 2010, Nadja Benaissa officially left the band to due to private reasons, leaving the No Angels as a trio.

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Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 11 March 1955) is a German singer and occasional actress.
Nina Hagen was born in the former East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of Hans Hagen (also known as Hans Oliva-Hagen), a scriptwriter, and Eva-Maria Hagen (née Buchholz), an actress and singer. Her paternal grandfather died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp (one of Nina's great-grandparents was Jewish). Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and growing up she saw her father infrequently. At age four, she began to study ballet, and was considered an opera prodigy by the time she was nine.
When Hagen was 11, her mother married Wolf Biermann, an anti-establishment singer-songwriter. Biermann's political views later influenced young Hagen.
Hagen left school at age sixteen, and went to Poland, where she began her career. After that, she returned to Germany and joined the cover band Fritzens Dampferband (Fritzen's Steamboat Band, together with Achim Mentzel and others). She added songs by Janis Joplin and Tina Turner to the "allowable" set lists during shows.

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Overground (band)
Overground, a boy group from Germany, was the result of the third season of the international television sensation Popstars - Das Duell, a precursor to the Idol shows.
Overground were formed in September 2003 in front of millions of viewers on the ProSieben programme Popstars - Das Duell (The Duel). The concept of the programme was to produce a boyband and a girlband who would be rivals and compete for winning the third installment of the reality television program. Following the success of the No Angels and Bro'Sis, 12,000 applicants attended auditions in five German megacities in hopes of being selected for the show. Judged by rapper Sabrina Setlur, choreographer Detlef "D!" Soost, and producer Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, twently-seven out of forty-six contestants made it from the local recall shows to Orlando, Florida to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness.
While the judges continued eliminating two or three boys and girls each week, a small group of finalists remained, and in the end four boys were chosen to make the band: Ahmet "Akay" Kayed, Ken Miyao, Marq Porciuncula, and Meiko Reißmann eventually formed the Overground. While the show continued tracking the development and struggles of the new boyband and the final four members of Preluders, the judges decided to add a fifth member to both groups after failed recording sessions. Selecting from the group of semi-finalists, they chose Italian Fabrizio to 'complete' Overground – and their promotional debut single, a remake of Color Me Badd's 1991 hit "I Wanna Sex You Up".

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Peter Ries
Peter Ries (also known as Marc Cassandra, Gilbert or Steve Hall) is a German record producer, composer, arranger, and remixer. Ries started his career as a singer in 1980 under nickname Gilbert. Following collaborations Sandra and Sally Oldfield, he became widely known for his work with 'N Sync, Kylie Minogue, Love Inc., Eros Ramazzotti, the No Angels, Bro'Sis, Joana Zimmer, Thomas Anders, Xavier Naidoo, Kool & the Gang, Mr. President, Enigma and several DSDS candidates such as Juliette Schoppmann and Mike Leon Grosch.

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Pontus Söderqvist
Pontus Söderqvist is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. He often works with Nick Nice though their production centre, LaCarr Studios. One of their notable productions was Joana Zimmer's single "I Believe". The duo produced a couple of songs on the No Angels's album Now ... Us! with the single "Still in Love with You". The lead single "Beautiful Morning" from the Ace of Base's 2002 record Da Capo was another important piece of work. He´s now working with the LA production team The Cave. His latest works include "Say Yes" which was recorded by Nicole Scherzinger on her album Killer Love.

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Preluders
The Preluders were an all-female band from Germany and Albania, formed in 2003 during the third season of the international television talent show Popstars - Das Duell. Originally a quintet and later a quartet, the group eventually became a trio. After a relatively unsuccessful period since 2004 the three remaining girls disbanded amicably without any kind of media circus in fall 2006. Preluders is formed by 5 girl-members from Germany and Albania
The Preluders were formed in September 2003 in front of millions of viewers on the ProSieben programme Popstars - Das Duell (The Duel). The concept of the programme was to produce a boyband and a girlband who would be rivals and compete for winning the third installment of the reality television program. Following the success of the No Angels and Bro'Sis, 12,000 applicants attended auditions in five German cities in hopes of being selected for the show. Judged by rapper Sabrina Setlur, choreographer Detlef "D!" Soost, and producer Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, 27 out of 46 contestants made it from the local recall shows to Orlando, Florida to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness.

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Remee
Remee (born Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt on November 8, 1974) is a Danish producer, composer and song writer.
Throughout his career Remee has written more than 60 hits around the world and has sold over 25 million records. He has co-written several songs with Thomas Troelsen.
In 2003, he helped write Jamelia's international hit "Superstar", which was originally released by Danish singer Christine Milton, and won him a British Ivor Novello Award.
In 2005, Remee and Nicolai Seebach and Rasmus Seebach composed the tribute song for the victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami. Remee, along with several Danish celebrities, performed the song "Hvor små vi er". The song went 13 times platinum and raised more than 3 million Danish kroner (500,000 US dollars) for the tsunami victims.
In 2008,2009 and 2010, he was one of three judges (along with Lina Rafn and Thomas Blachman (2008–2009), with Pernille Rosendahl and Soulshock in 2010 and with Pernille Rosendahl og Thomas Blachman in 2011), searching for talent in the Danish version of the popular TV-show X-Factor. In addition, he co-wrote the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Disappear", performed by No Angels.

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Roger Cicero
Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (born July 6, 1970 in Berlin) is a German jazz musician and the son of the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero.
He made his first appearance at the age of eleven supporting German singer Helen Vita. He appeared on television for the first time aged 16, alongside the RIAS-Tanzorchester, then under the direction of Horst Jankowski. Cicero joined the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen when he was 18, where he received coaching in piano, guitar and singing. Between 1989 and 1992, he appeared alongside the Horst Jankowski Trio, the Eugen Cicero Trio (his father’s group) as well as with the Bundesjugendjazzorchester (German Youth Jazz Orchestra), which was then directed by Peter Herbolzheimer. From 1991 to 1996 he studied jazz singing at the Amsterdam Academy of Arts (Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten) at Hilversum. Since then, he has been a guest singer with the groups Jazzkantine and Soulounge with whom he took part in the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2003 he founded the Roger Cicero Quartet, as well as continuing to perform with his eleven-piece big band. His style is predominantly that of 1940s and 1950s swing music, combined with German lyrics.

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Ross Antony
Ross Anthony Catterall (born 9 July 1974 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England); is a British-German musical actor; better known by his stage name Ross Antony. He attended Bridgnorth Endowed School. He rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis. Since the group disbanded in 2006 Antony has maintained a profile as a TV personality in Germany, culminating in his 2008 winning of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

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Sandy Mölling
Sandy Mölling (born April 27, 1981), known professionally as Sandy, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, television presenter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.
After a series of commercially successful releases with the group between the years of 2001 and 2003, she launched a solo career which produced two studio albums, Unexpected (2004) and Frame of Mind (2006), and a number of top ten hits, resulting into an ECHO Award nomination for "Female Artist National." In addition, she has since also ventured into acting and television presenting, predominantly starring in comedies.
Mölling was born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany to Lothar Mölling and his first wife Dagmar Sprenger. She has three brothers, Brian, Kevin and Dustin and a younger half sister named Melina. After her parents divorce Mölling, her mother, and her siblings moved from Remscheid to Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, where she finished secondary school and later quit the gymnasium to start an apprenticeship as a retail saleswoman at a jeans retailer.

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Senna Guemmour
Senna Guemmour (born 28 December 1979) is a German singer-songwriter and a member of the pop group Monrose.
Guemmour was born in Frankfurt to an Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She grew up in the housing estate of Frankfurt-Nordweststadt. Senna Guemmour's father died in 1992. Shaped by her life in the urban area, Guemmour became interested in hip hop culture and music.
In 2003, Senna Guemmour auditioned for the television show Popstars – Das Duell but was eliminated during the callback. In 2006 she auditioned yet another time, this time for Popstars – Neue Engel braucht das Land where she made it throughout the entire competition and became a member of the girl group Monrose. Monrose turned out to be very popular reaching two number-one hits on the German Singles Charts ("Shame" and "Hot Summer") and landing six top-ten hits as of mid-2008.
Guemmour acts as a spokesperson for Monrose, dominating the interviews and cutting the other band members short. From time to time she does solo projects such as the single "Melodie" from rapper Kool Savas' album Tot oder Lebendig and her appearance on Dieter Falk's album Volkslieder with the track "Kein Schöner Land".

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Sido (rapper)
Paul Hartmut Würdig (born 30 November 1980), better known as Sido, is a German rapper. The name "Sido" is an abbreviation which stands for "superintelligentes Drogenopfer" ("super intelligent drug victim"), or "Scheiße in dein Ohr" ("shit in your ear") in earlier times.
Würdig distinguishes himself by using provocative and aggressive lyrics. After his breakthrough with his debut album Maske in 2004, Würdig was always seen wearing a silver skull mask until 2005. Since then he made no use of the mask anymore and, as he has stated in various interviews, handed it to his former boss Specter.
Würdig's career began in 1997, as one half of duo Royal TS (now A.i.d.S), with B-Tight and both got later signed to Berlin hip hop label Royal Bunker and then to Aggro Berlin in 2001.
Paul Würdig was born to a German father and a Sinti mother. Würdig stated in an interview with the radio station BigFM that he's one-eighth Irani. Sido and his younger sister were brought up by their mother in East Berlin. In 1988, the family moved to West Berlin, where they first lived in emergency accommodation in Wedding along with many asylum seekers. They then moved into Märkisches Viertel, a high-rise residential area in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf. During his childhood and youth, Märkisches Viertel had a high proportion of migrants and low-income families. He attended the Bettina-von-Arnim-Oberschule there and afterwards started an apprenticeship as an educator, which he cancelled after some time.

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Steve Mac
Steve Mac (Steve McCutcheon, born on 15 January 1972, Surrey, England), is a songwriter, record producer and owner of Rokstone Studios in London.
He has produced more than 23 number one singles in the UK and had several multi-million selling albums worldwide. Amongst the many artists he has written and produced for are Il Divo (20 million sales), Westlife (Over 44 million sales), Susan Boyle (14 million sales), One Direction, Ronan Keating, The Saturdays, JLS, Aggro Santos, Leona Lewis, Kelly Clarkson, Kate Winslet, Clay Aiken, The Wanted, and Cobra Starship.
Mac first learnt the piano at the age of 8. However his interest in music as a career did not begin until he did work experience as a teenager with producer Nigel Wright. This was in his dad's studio, at publishing company Skratch Music. He also was encouraged to pursue a career as a producer after joining a school band that needed a keyboard player. Although the band didn't take off, this experience cemented his decision to become a producer and songwriter. Mac cites his early production influences as David Foster, Walter Afanasieff, Clivillés and Cole.

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Thomas Troelsen
Thomas Troelsen (born 6 October 1981) is a composer and producer from Denmark.
Thomas Troelsen is a singer, songwriter, and producer responsible for chart-topping hits, like Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet", Monrose's "Hot Summer", PRIVATE's "My Secret Lover", BoA’s "Eat You Up", and Aura Dione's “Geronimo.” He was also the lead singer of the band Superheroes and currently fronts the band PRIVATE. In 2001 he opened his recording studio, Delta Lab Studios, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The studio is inspired by Danish designer, Verner Panton, and has a vast collection of analog equipment. Bloc Party recorded their debut album Silent Alarm at Delta Lab.
Troelsen has produced, mixed, and written for Aloe Blacc, Aqua, Aura Dione, Basshunter, Bryan Adams, Kenneth Bager, Melody Club, Paradiso Girls, Plastilina Mosh, Sarah Connor, Sash!, Shayne Ward, The Raveonettes, Whyte Seeds, and Young Hot Rod. Additionally, he has remixed songs for artists such as A.R.E. Weapons and Stereo Total. Thomas was profiled in Dazed & Confused, NME, Attitude, The Guardian, and Monocle. In January 2010, Thomas's group PRIVATE released its single "My Secret Lover" in the UK on Relentless/Virgin Records with remixes by Diplo, Egyptian Lover, Rune RK, and Spencer & Hill. The single achieved platinum sales in Denmark, where it was released on Universal Music.

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Thorsten Brötzmann
Thorsten Brötzmann is a German record producer, composer, and arranger. He is perhaps best known for his collaboration with the No Angels, Bro'Sis, Christina Stürmer, Monrose, Jeanette, Alexander Klaws, and Modern Talking.

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Till Brönner
Till Brönner (b. 6 May, 1971 in Viersen, Germany is a jazz musician, trumpet player, singer, composer, arranger and producer. He has a unique jazz approach influenced by bebop and fusion jazz, but also modern pop music, movie soundtracks (especially old German movies), country music and even German pop songs. His trumpet playing is primarily inspired by the listening experiences of Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie and Chet Baker. His most influential teachers were Bobby Shew and Malte Burba.
Till was raised in Rome and received classical trumpet education at the Jesuit boarding school Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn followed by a study of the jazz trumpet at the music academy in Cologne under professors Jiggs Whigham and Jon Eardley.
Brönner also wrote the movie soundtrack for Pepe Danquart's "Höllentour" (English title: "Hell On Wheels"; a movie about the "Tour de France" bicycle race). The soundtrack was nominated for a German Movie Award in the category "Best Music Score".

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Vanessa Petruo
Vanessa Anneliese Petruo (born 23 October 1979), also known as Vany, is a German singer–songwriter and actress. She came to international prominence as a member of the all–female pop band No Angels that was created during the talents show Popstars. The band enjoyed a great popularity throughout Central Europe, following their record–breaking debut single "Daylight in Your Eyes" and the album Elle'ments. From 2001 to 2003, No Angels sold more than 5million units. After their disbandment in 2003, Petruo launched her solo career.
After the release of the moderately successful solo song "Drama Queen", Petruo took much more control over her image and music. Following a short hiatus from public performance, she introduced elements of blues, funk and jazz into her solo album debut Mama Lilla Would, which was critically acclaimed but commercial failure. Her musical ambitions have since mainly focused on her training as a jazz singer and several new compositions, widely published through her own MySpace. In 2007, Petruo refused to rejoin No Angels.

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Yasmin K.
Yasmin K. (born Yasmin Knoch, 27 September 1986 in Soufrière) is a German pop singer, who also performs using the name Y-ass. She is most known for appearing in 2001 on the second season of Popstars.
Knoch is the daughter of Oliver Bendt, founder of Goombay Dance Band. Her mother is from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Knoch grew up in Hamburg. After completing her abitur, she took lessons in singing, piano, and guitar. She began performing in shows with her father's band. In the year 2000, she played a major role in the musical Buddy.
In the autumn of 2001 she auditioned for the television show Popstars. Knoch did not make it into the finals and was eliminated from the show. Alex Christensen, a judge on Popstars began collaborating with her on numerous projects. In the summer of 2002 they released the single "Rhythm of the Night", a cover version of a hit by the Italian band Corona.
In 2003, Yasmin K. and Alex C. released the song "Angel of Darkness, as a promotion single for Eidos Interactive for the video game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness.

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Fate of women still tied to arranged marriages in post-Taliban Afghanistan

The Independent

29 Nov 2012

Just before she leapt from her roof into the streets of Kabul, Farima thought of the wedding that would never happen and the man she would never marry ... It would offer relief to them both ... He ran outside ... "You no longer have any relation to each other." ... She was no longer attending school ... "I'm worried that no one will marry my daughter now," her mother said ... There is no clash between old values and new ones ... ....(size: 12.8Kb)

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American Drones Ignite New Arms Race From Gaza To Iran To China

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27 Nov 2012

WASHINGTON -- The drone wars are here. While President Obama ponders new legal and moral guidelines to govern America's growing use of armed robot aircraft, the world outside the White House is engaged in a revolutionary frenzy of building, arming and flying killer drones ... More than 50 countries operate surveillance drones and, increasingly, are fitting them with weapons. The U.S ... spy drone was shot down last December ... On Oct ... 988 miles ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)

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UN: methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point

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27 Nov 2012

Doha conference is warned that climate models do not yet take account of methane in thawing permafrost. Frozen ground in Siberia. Permafrost covers nearly a quarter of the northern hemisphere. Photograph. Francis Latreille/Corbis. The United Nations sounded a stark warning on the threat to the climate from methane in the thawing permafrost as governments met for the second day of climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar ... ....(size: 5.3Kb)

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Congolese government soldiers (FARDC) patrol the streets of Minova under their control Sunday Nov. 25, 2012.

DR Congo rebels dispute deal on Goma pullout

Al Jazeera

27 Nov 2012

M23 rebels controlling the eastern city of Goma in the DR Congo have said they are not about to withdraw as demanded by regional leaders. The rebels said on Tuesday there were still in charge of Goma, just hours after General Aronda Nyakairima, the head of the Ugandan military, was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying that their leader, Sultani Makenga, had told him he would pull out of Goma and Sake ... 276 Source . ... Share ... News ... ;">....(size: 17.7Kb)

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'Red Shirt' trial delayed in Thailand

Al Jazeera

29 Nov 2012

A Thai court has postponed the start of the terrorism trial of 24 "Red Shirt" protest leaders by one month ... Among the accused are five lawmakers ... The leaders pleaded not guilty in August 2010 to terrorism charges ... No government or military officials from the time who oversaw the army operation have been charged over the deaths of protesters, prompting accusations by the Red Shirts of double standards ... Thai PM survives no-confidence vote....(size: 19.0Kb)

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Dolly Parton talks dreams, love, plastic surgery

Reuters

30 Nov 2012

Her new book, "Dream More ... Q. You say you put off writing this book?. A. "It's just a simple little book ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Although I grew up in a very religious family, but...I am no fanatic by any stretch of the word, and I am no angel, believe me. I wrote a song called 'The Seeker' many, many years ago, and it says 'I am a seeker, just a poor sinful creature, there is no one weaker than I am.' ... But we are in New York, Dolly! No psychiatrist?....(size: 4.8Kb)

Anna Breslaw’s 600-Word Sprint: The Twitter Disconnection

Yahoo Daily News

29 Nov 2012

TakePart presents “Anna Breslaw’s 600-Word Sprint,” a weekly column of pop culture analysis and social justice insight ... MORE ... Johnson’s no angel either—obviously, she’s motivated to engage Brown in the cause of gaining more Twitter followers herself, another aspiring Best Week Ever talking-head attempting to foist her carefully curated stream of 140-character-or-less jokes on the world ... These days, we have no reason to be there at all ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)

Cricket will miss tougher than leather Ponting

Stuff

29 Nov 2012

OPINION. The cricket ball that hit Ricky Ponting in the mouth surely regretted it. It probably wanted to curl up into a ball and cry ... No angel, Ponting wasn't the sort of role model you'd want your kids to emulate ... He decided he was no longer playing well enough to satisfy his own exacting standards ... At a news conference, Ponting laid out his reasoning for retiring with no more emotion than an accountant assessing company books ... - AP. ....(size: 5.7Kb)

On 200th birthday, there’s no’bah humbug’ for Charles Dickens

The Washington Post

28 Nov 2012

‘’I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.” — Ebenezer Scrooge from “A Christmas Carol.”. WILMINGTON, N.C ... Loading... Comments Weigh In Corrections?. Recommend. Personal Post ... The walking tour “A Dickens of a Tour ... Q ... A ... So he was no angel ... He was given no choice but to help ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)

>Music DVD Review: Gregg Allman - I'm No Angel: Live On Stage

Seattle Post

27 Nov 2012

2012 has been a good year for Gregg Allman. The Allman Brothers received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, plus he published his autobiography, My Cross To Bear ... The title of the DVD, I'm No Angel ... Three songs are from the album I'm No Angel. "Don't Want You No More," "It's My Cross to Bear," and especially the title track are more raw and stark than their studio counterparts ... I'm No Angel ... View the original article on blogcritics.org ....(size: 2.6Kb)

Let’s take Christ out of Christmas

The Examiner

27 Nov 2012

Christmas is a lovely time of year - why spoil it with silly religious superstitions? This year, make Christ optional in your holiday festivities. In fact, go ahead and take the Christ right out of Christmas - you might just enjoy it ... There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell ... Happy Holidays! ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)

70th Anniversary of Casablanca: The best films of Humphrey Bogart

The Examiner

27 Nov 2012

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Pope Benedict XVI declares aspects of Christmas story as being myths

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25 Nov 2012

The Pope has related that the birth date of Jesus is off by several years, there were no cattle in the stable, and no angels sang at the birth. This is sad news for those of us that love the Christmas carol, Angels We Have Heard on High ... The Bible provides no guidance as to whether this is true or not....(size: 11.0Kb)

Pope Benedict XVI exposes certain myths surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ

The Examiner

24 Nov 2012

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Former Australian Workers Union official Ralph Blewitt is just a crook, says sister

The Australian

24 Nov 2012

And Treasurer Wayne Swan rounded on Mr Blewitt  today as a witness with "no credibility" ... Mr Blewitt, a confessed patron of Balinese brothels, has admitted he's "no angel" ... Mr Blewitt's ex-wife, who asked not to be named, also confirmed she had no idea Mr Blewitt had bought a house in Melbourne in the 1990s with union cash, even though they were married at the time ... Mr Swan said Mr Blewitt had no credibility....(size: 3.1Kb)

Bruce Wilson speaks on AWU scandal: Julia Gillard didn't know

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24 Nov 2012

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'Gillard had no idea of fraud', ex-lover

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24 Nov 2012

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Walmart Is No Angel, But It's Not The Devil Either

Forbes

23 Nov 2012

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This article is about the German pop group. For the British television series, see No Angels (TV series).

No Angels
Left to right: Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling and Jessica Wahls on-stage at the Kieler Woche on June 27, 2008.
Background information
Origin	Germany
Genres	Pop, europop, electro-pop, teen pop
Instruments	Singing
Years active	2000–2003; 2007–present
Labels	Cheyenne/Polydor (2000—2003) Polydor/Universal (2007—present)
Website	NoAngels-Music.de
Members
Lucy Diakovska Sandy Mölling Jessica Wahls
Past members
Nadja Benaissa (2000—2010) Vanessa Petruo (2000—2003)

No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ Music Award, two Comets, a Bambi and a Goldene Kamera.

Originally a quintet, the group originated in 2000 on the international television talent show Popstars and was one of the first television-casted acts to enjoy attention throughout Central Europe in the early 2000s. Following a major success with record-breaking single "Daylight in Your Eyes" and debut album Elle'ments in 2001, a series of hit records established their position as one of the most successful female band vocalists to emerge in the early decade. They have since been ranked as both the "biggest-selling German girlband to date" and "most successful girlband in Contintental Europe" by the media,^[1]^[2] with four number-one hits, three number-one albums and record sales in excess of more than 5.0 million.^[1]^[3] In fall 2003, the members went their separate ways due to lasting exhaustion, focusing on their individual solo careers in music, theatre, television and film.^[4]

In 2007, it was confirmed that four members of the original line-up, excluding original band member Vanessa Petruo, had reformed permanently and were set to record their first studio album in over four years, Destiny (2007). A year after, the group represented Germany with their single "Disappear" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, where they finished 23rd in the final voting.^[5] After another musical hiatus, the band released a second post-reunion studio album entitled Welcome to the Dance in 2009.^[6] In September 2010, Nadja Benaissa officially left the band to due to private reasons, leaving No Angels as a trio.^[7]

History [link]

[edit] 2000: Formation on Popstars

The members of No Angels were selected on the RTL2 channel's first series of Popstars, a reality talent show which set about producing a five-piece girl group. Acquired by Tresor TV television producer Holger Roost-Macias at the MIPTV Media Market event in Cannes, France in 2000, the series was the third adaption of the format following both an Australian and a New Zealand version.^[8] In August and September of the same year, over 4,300 hopefuls turned up to auditions in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Cologne, Oberhausen, Stuttgart and Munich which required both singing and dancing experience.^[9] The judges consisted of Dutch entertainer Simone Angel, concert booker Mario M. Mendryzcki and Rainer Moslener, an A&R director of Polydor Records.^[9]

Thirty-two out of two hundred girls eventually made it from the local recall shows to Majorca, Spain to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. While the judges continued eliminating two or three girls each day with the help of choreographer Detlef Soost and British vocal coach Robert Bicknel, eleven finalists remained and were sent home to prepare.^[10] After a final elimination round, Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls were chosen, and signed a recording contract with Polydor.^[8] Managed by Joy Berhanu during their first year, the girls were named No Angels following a public televoting and moved in together near Munich.^[10] With the final members of the group in place, the program followed the group during its recording sessions, photo and music video shoots and other promotional commitments such as showcases and instores. The show concluded with the band's first public live performance at The Dome at the Dortmunder Westfalenhalle in February 2001.^[8]

[edit] 2001: Commercial breakthrough with Elle'ments

After weeks of recording, No Angels released their debut single, "Daylight in Your Eyes" on February 5, 2001. The song instantly entered the top position on the Austrian, German and Swiss Singles and Airplay Charts, making it one of the most successful debuts of the year.^[11]^[12]^[13] Selling over one million copies, the song also proved to be a hit outside German-speaking Europe when it entered the singles charts of France, Latvia, Poland and the United Kingdom, and even became a number-one success in Brazil, and Estonia.^[14] Although an alternate version of the original music video was filmed for the North American market the following year, both the video and the song saw minor commercial success overseas. However, "Daylight in Your Eyes" peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart in June 2002.^[15]

	"Daylight in Your Eyes" (2001) noicon The first single from Elle'ments.
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On March 12, 2001, the band released their debut album, Elle'ments. Involving production by German producers Thorsten Brötzmann, Leslie Mandoki, and Peter Ries, Elle'ments also entered the Austrian, German and Swiss Albums Chart at number-one.^[12]^[13]^[16] No Angels broke records for becoming the "first act to ever debut at the top position in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland with both its debut single and debut album."^[17] The album would go on to sell more than one million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling German album of 2001.^[18] Elle'ments was eventually certified triple platinum and septuplicate gold by the IFPI, and earned the band several internationally acclaimed prizes such as a Bambi, two ECHO Awards and a World Music Award.^[18]^[19]

Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group's second single, "Rivers of Joy", became a top ten hit, while third single, "There Must Be an Angel", a cover version of the 1985 hit by British pop duo Eurythmics, continued the group's high record sales by topping the charts once again in Austria and Germany.^[11]^[12] The last single released from Elle'ments was a double A-side of album cut "When the Angels Sing", and "Atlantis", a duet with the song's original performer Donovan. The band had re-recorded the song for the closing credits of the Walt Disney Feature Animation picture Atlantis: The Lost Empire. It became a top five entry in Germany, and was subsequently certified Gold.^[11]^[18]^[20] Following this and two encounters as the opening act for the German leg of both DJ Bobo and Westlife's 2001 concert tours, No Angels embarked on their first own concert tour in October 2001. Compiling more than thirty dates, the tour concluded in December 2001 with all shows reportedly being sold out.^[21]

[edit] 2002: Career development on Now... Us!

In June 2002, No Angels released their second album, Now... Us!, which featured co-writes by all members and received critical acclaim from many critics who believed the band would not last past their first album.^[22]^[23] The album debuted at number one on the German Album Chart and at number two and four on the Austrian and Swiss albums chart respectively, and was eventually certified platinum and double gold by the IFPI.^[18] Producers such as Mousse T. and Pontus Söderqvist consulted on Now... Us!, whose media-critical leading single "Something About Us", penned by band member Petruo, became the group's third non-consecutive number-one hit in Austria and Germany within a period of sixteen months.^[24] Further singles released from the album included latin pop ballad "Still in Love with You", which reached the top five and was awarded a NRJ Music Award the following year,^[25] as well as Mousse T.-produced funk track "Let's Go to Bed", the band's first release to miss the German top ten.^[26]

	"Something About Us" (2002) noicon The first single from Now... Us!.
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Following an exclusive swing concert at the Berlin Tränenpalast in October, No Angels soon followed with a DVD and a live album, entitled When the Angels Swing, featuring their biggest hits and selected songs from their first two albums, re-arranged by Grammy Award-nominated jazz musician Till Brönner.^[27] Critically acclaimed by critics, the album reached number nine of the German Albums Chart, eventually going gold.^[18] In November, the girls embarked on their second national concert tour, the Four Seasons Tour, playing sell-out shows in theatres across German-speaking Europe. Acts such as B3 and the Sugababes served as their support.^[28]

Soon after the girls experienced a bit of turbulence when Jessica Wahls announced she was taking a break from the band to give birth to her first child. Although the girls agreed on Jessica's return the following year and Wahls was positive of a re-join after her daughter's birth in March 2003, No Angels' management eventually decided on her departure in July 2003 as the group had equally successful went on as a quartet.^[29] While the singer accepted a recording contract as a solo artist with the group's label, Sandy Mölling later noted Jessica's pregnancy marked "the beginning of the end of No Angels."^[29]

[edit] 2003—2004: Pure era and disbandment

In early 2003, the remaining four members of No Angels began intensifying work on their third regular album. Encouraged to exercise more self-control on the longplayer, the band took over responsibility in recording and selecting songs to guarantee a more personal effort — a step that challenged criticism and growing scepticism among the band's label Cheyenne Records and recording company Polydor.^[20] Entitled Pure, the album was eventually released in August 2003 and became the band's third number-one album in Germany.^[30] Sporting a more mature side of pop music, it earned them their best reactions yet, drawing comparisons to Madonna's album Ray of Light (1998) as well as other female groups such as All Saints and the Sugababes.^[31] With a total of about 150,000 copies sold however, it failed to achieve the success of its two best-selling predecessors, still going gold.^[32] Rock pop-influenced leading single "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)" became the group's fourth non-consecutive number-one single in Germany and seventh top ten hit in Austria,^[33] while mediterran "Someday" and R&B-driven "Feelgood Lies" both reached the top five of the charts.^[34]^[35]

Further planned single releases off the album never materialised. On September 7, 2003, the quartet announced that they would not come together for a new No Angels project in 2004 due to lasting exhaustion and instead were preparing their official disbandment towards the end of the year.^[36]^[37] While the media began a never-ending speculation about the reasons for their split and the pro and contra of a "creative pause," the girls and their management arranged the cancellation of all dates of their scheduled 2004 Pure Acoustic Tour.^[38] Even so, the band agreed on releasing a final album, The Best of No Angels, in December of the same year. Apart from a collection of all singles the band had released between the years of 2001 and 2003, the compilation album also contained a reworked version of one of the debut album tracks, "Reason". Involving a re-joined Jessica Wahls, it was released as the band's final single before their split and became another top ten success for the group.^[39]^[40] A charity single featuring the band's vocals, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", was released simlutaneously and reached number three on the German Singles Chart.^[41]

After a farewell concert in the Munich Olympiahalle on November 28, several promotional television appearances, and a private unplugged performance in the Munich P1 club on December 12, 2003, No Angels each went their separate ways, concentrating on their individual solo careers in music, theatre, television and film.^[39] A live compilation of their P1 concert, entitled Acoustic Angels, would become the their final release on the Cheyenne label in July 2004.^[42]

2006—2008: Reunion and ESC participation [link]

After listening to a few old recordings, Lucy Diakovska approached her former bandmates in mid-2006 to arrange a first meeting with all original band members for years.^[43] While Vanessa Petruo refused to re-join the band in favour of an independent solo career in music and film,^[37] all other members of the original line-up agreed upon Diakovska's request to reunite for a musical comeback, and the band eventually took action to prepare their next album in secrecy from public.^[43] Following weeks of public rumors about a reunion of the band, an official press conference on January 31, 2007 announced that No Angels had reformed and were working on a new studio album with producers Boogieman, Tobias Gustafsson, Steve Mac, Adrian Newman, and the Redfly team.^[44]

No Angels during their performance at the Eurovision Song Contest finals on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Although acclaimed and distinguished by the media, the reunion widely failed to link previous successes. The band's first commercial release in years, Destiny, received a lukewarm reception from music critics,^[45] and debuted at number 4 in Germany, number 14 in Austria and number 22 in Switzerland, making it the band's first regular studio album release neither to reach the top position on the German Media Control Charts nor the top ten in Austria and Switzerland respectively. It eventually sold 30,000 copies domestically during its run on the charts, also making it No Angels' lowest selling album to date.^[46] While the album's lead single "Goodbye to Yesterday" still made it to the top five, follow-up "Maybe" and double A-single "Amaze Me"/"Teardrops" became No Angels' lowest-charting singles to date, never making it to the top 20 of any chart. In March 2008, the album was re-released as Destiny Reloaded, including previously unreleased songs, remixes and b-sides. In fall 2007, No Angels produced the theme song, "Life Is a Miracle" and a music video for the Warner Bros. animated feature Kleiner Dodo.^[47]

In January 2008, it was announced that the group had qualified for the Grand Prix Vorentscheid, the German national pre-selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.^[48] Following several weeks of promotional appearances, No Angels entered the competition in March with Remee-and-Troelsen-produced "Disappear", competing against all-male groups Marquess and Cinema Bizarre, and singers Tommy Reeve and Carolin Fortenbacher. Widely considered as early favourites by the media, the band eventually finished first, having earned tight 50,5% of the audience vote over Fortenbacher in the second and final election round.^[5]^[48] Released on February 29, 2008, "Disappear" reached number four in Germany, where it became the band's biggest-selling single in years.^[49] With Germany being one the biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union, No Angels were allowed to skip the contest's semi-finals and automatically qualified for competition with 24 other countries in the finals of the ESC in May 2008.^[50] An estimated 100 million fans watched the final contest, and viewers from all 43 participating nations voted for their favourite performers via text message and telephone.^[51] No Angels eventually ranked 23rd place out of the 25 countries that participated with a total of 14 points – taking 12 points from Bulgaria, band member Lucy Diakovska's native country, and 2 points from Switzerland only. Only the United Kingdom and Poland placed below the four-member female band.^[51]^[52]

[edit] 2009—present: Changes with Welcome to the Dance

Having managed themselves since their reformation, the band signed a deal with Khalid Schröder's Kool Management in mid-2008, and started work on their fifth studio album Welcome to the Dance, involving a smaller team of North American musicians such as The Writing Camp, Adam Messinger, Nasri Atweh, Bill Blast, and Aaron Pearce.^[6]^[53]^[54] Taking the group's work further into the dance and electronic genres, it was released on September 11, 2009, following band member Nadja Benaissa's charge of grievous bodily harm and temporary imprisonment in April 2010.^[55] Released to generally negative reviews by critics, who criticized the band for their missing individuality,^[56] the album debuted at number twenty-six in Germany where it became both the band's lowest-charting and -selling album to date. Its first and only single "One Life," however reached number fifteen on the German Singles Chart.^[57]^[58] Plans for a second single, "Derailed," were eventually scrapped for unknown reasons.^[49]^[59]

In May 2010, the band began their five-date acoustic "An Intimate Evening With" tour in Munich, their first concert tour in eight years. The stripped-down club tour was inspired by a 2003 special acoustic concert, and saw the band performing songs from all of their five studio albums.^[60] Band member Benaissa did not take part in the tour as she had called in sick a week before, prompting the remaining trio to re-arrange their set at the last minute.^[61] Generally well received by the media,^[61] the tour is said to be extended in 2011.^[62] In September 2010, it was announced that Benaissa had left following her two year suspended sentence and 300 hours of community service a month before, leaving the band as a trio.^[7] Currently pausing, the remaining three members of the band are said to released a live album in 2011.^[63]

Discography [link]

Further information: No Angels discography

Studio albums [link]

Elle'ments (2001)
Now ... Us! (2002)
Pure (2003)
Destiny (2007)
Welcome to the Dance (2009)

Other albums [link]

Tours [link]

Rivers of Joy Tour (2001)
Four Seasons Tour (2002)
An Intimate Evening With No Angels (2010)

Awards [link]

2001 [link]

Bambi - "Pop National"
Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
Comet - "Best Act National"
Eins Live Krone - "Best Newcomer"
Goldene Henne - "Music"
Top of the Pops Award - "Top Single Germany"

2002 [link]

Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
Comet - "Viewer's Choice Award"
ECHO - "Best National Group - Rock/Pop"
ECHO - "Best National Single - Rock/Pop"
Eins Live Krone - "Best Band"
Radio Regebogen Award - "Newcomer 2001"
World Music Awards - "Best-selling German Act"

2003 [link]

Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
Comet - "Band National"
ECHO - "Best National Videoclip"
Eins Live Krone - "Best Single"
Goldene Kamera - "Best Band"
NRJ Music Awards - "Best German Song"

2007 [link]

Bayrischer Musiklöwe - "Best Comeback"

2009 [link]

Szenepreis - "Song of the Year 2008 - national"

2010 [link]

Szenepreis - "Song of the Year 2009 - national"

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Roger Cicero with Frauen regier'n die Welt	Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008	Succeeded by Alex Swings Oscar Sings with Miss Kiss Kiss Bang

v t e No Angels

Lucy Diakovska Sandy Mölling Jessica Wahls Vanessa Petruo Nadja Benaissa

Studio albums	Elle'ments (2001) Now ... Us! (2002) Pure (2003) Destiny (2007) Welcome to the Dance (2009)

Live albums	When the Angels Swing (2002) Acoustic Angels (2004)

Compilation albums	Ultimate Collection (2002) The Best of No Angels (2003) Very Best of No Angels (2008)

Singles	"Daylight in Your Eyes" "Rivers of Joy" "There Must Be an Angel" "When the Angels Sing"/"Atlantis" "Something About Us" "Still in Love with You" "Let's Go to Bed" "All Cried Out" "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)" "Someday" "Feelgood Lies" "Reason" "Goodbye to Yesterday" "Maybe" "Amaze Me"/"Teardrops" "Disappear" "One Life"

Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Universal Music Popstars

v t e Popstars (Germany)

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Current Judges	Detlef Soost Senna Guemmour Lucy Diakovska Ross Antony

Former Judges	1 Simone Angel 1 Mario Mendryzcki 1 Rainer Moslener 2 Noah Sow 3-4 Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen 3 Sabrina Setlur 4 Sandy Mölling 4 Lukas Hilbert 5-6 Nina Hagen 5-6 Dieter Falk 6 Marusha 6 Jane Comerford 7 Loona 7 Sido 2 & 8 Alex Christensen 8 Michelle Leonard 9 Marta Jandová 9 Thomas M. Stein

Winners	1 No Angels 2 Bro'Sis 3 Overground 4 Nu Pagadi 5 Monrose 6 Room 2012 7 Queensberry 8 Some & Any 9 LaViVe

Winners' singles	1 "Daylight in Your Eyes" 2 "I Believe" 3 "Schick mir 'nen Engel" 4 "Sweetest Poison" 5 "Shame" 6 "Haunted" 7 "I Can't Stop Feeling" 8 "Last Man Standing" 9 "No Time for Sleeping"

Runner-ups	3 Preluders

Fresh'n'Juicy Curly Yasmin K. Senad Johnny MC Fabrizio Levita Tryna Milk & Honey Bisou Popstars Dance Company Mehdi Marcella McCrae Diyana RTL II (1-2) ProSieben (3-10)

v t e Vanessa Petruo

Studio albums	Mama Lilla Would (2005)

Extended plays	STiLL (2000)

Singles	"Drama Queen" "Hot Blooded Woman" "Break My Wings"

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DJ BoBo

Background information
Birth name	Peter René Cipiriano Baumann
Born	(1968-01-05) January 5, 1968 (age 44)
Origin	Kölliken, Switzerland
Genres	Dance, Hi-NRG, Europop, Eurodance, Rap, Reggae
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Music producer
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Fresh Music (1989–1993) EAMS (1994–2001) BMG (2002–2003) Yes Music (2004–present)

Peter René Cipiriano Baumann (born January 5, 1968), better known as DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 10 studio albums as well as a few compilation albums which have included his previous hits in a reworked format.^[1] DJ BoBo has also released as many as 34 singles to date, some of which have charted quite high, not only in German speaking countries, but also in other European territories.

As a dance music producer, his first big success came with the single "Somebody Dance with Me", which borrows its melody from Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me.^[2] After this, he charted well with the singles "Keep on Dancing", "Take Control", "Everybody", "Let the Dream Come True", "Love Is All Around", "Freedom", "Pray" and "What a Feeling", as well as "Chihuahua", almost all of which comprised fast-paced Eurodance techno sound with female catchy refrains and rap performed by René. Between 1992 through 2007, he had 27 single chart-hits in Switzerland and Germany, and has won 10 World Music Awards for being Switzerland's best selling artist.^[3] René has received numerous Gold and Platinum certifications for his singles and albums and has found success in Europe (primarily in Germany and Switzerland), Asia and South America.

1 Life and Music career
2 World Food Programme
3 Personal life
4 Discography
5 References
6 External links

Life and Music career [link]

1985–1991: Early beginnings [link]

Peter René Baumann was born in Kölliken, Switzerland, to Italian father Luigi Cipiriano and Swiss mother Ruth Baumann. Initially, Baumann wanted to work in the area of confectionery and bakery.^[4] This, however, did not last long as his desire for dancing clicked with the development of breakdancing after his high-school graduation. Having been involved in numerous dance-contests, René managed to reach the top-10 of the German dance-contest "Disco Kings" with his acrobatic dance style.

Baumann began his DJ career in 1985, a year after which he was a runner-up in the Swiss DJ Championships.^[2] He continued to work as a DJ at numerous night-clubs such as Don Paco and the Hazyland, both in Switzerland, through which he gathered enough experience and later decided to produce his own record. His first single "I Love You" came out in late 1989 during which time he would still spin records as a DJ but focused on future releases of his own production. In 1991, DJ BoBo released two other singles, "Ladies in the House" and "Let's Groove On".

1992–1996: Career breakthrough [link]

René gained immense international popularity when he released his Europe-wide smash hit "Somebody Dance with Me" in November, 1992.^[2] Employing catchy refrains by Emel Aykanat as well as rap performance by himself, the single shot to number 1 in Switzerland and Sweden, while it landed in the top-5 in numerous other European countries including Germany.^[5]^[6] "Somebody Dance with Me" was certified Gold in Germany for selling well over 250,000 units.^[7] His second hit "Keep on Dancing", which followed the same technique as its predecessor, reached the top-5 both at home and in Germany, and landed in the top-10 in other parts of Europe.^[8]^[9] The single reached a Gold status in Germany for sales of 250,000 units sold.^[7] The long awaited album, Dance with Me was released in October, 1993 and remained in the charts all over Europe for quite some time which was followed by another single, "Take Control", again from his debut album, earning him yet another Gold-award in Germany for sales of over 250,000 units, which also entered the top-20 in numerous countries.^[7]^[10] While DJ BoBo appeared to have already separated himself from one-hit wonders, he released his next single "Everybody", in the summer of 1994, which climbed as high as number 2 in Germany and was certified Platinum for selling 500,000 units there.^[7]^[11] "Everybody" differed from the previously released singles in terms of its structure, it diverged from techno leaning towards a mixture of house and hip-hop with female catchy refrains and rap performed again by René.

In the fall of 1994, his second studio album There is a Party saw light. While the album peaked at number 4 in Switzerland where it was certified Platinum for selling over 50,000 units, it entered the top-10 in Germany where it spent total of 26 weeks on the chart eventually reaching a Gold status for selling over 250,000 units.^[7]^[12]^[13] The first single "Let the Dream Come True" from the album topped the charts in Switzerland and entered the top-5 in Germany where it was certified Gold for sales over 250,000 units.^[7]^[14]^[15] While the follow-up second single "Love Is All Around" entered the top-20 in Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, and Norway, it was certified Gold in Germany being the sixth golden record in a row.^[7]^[16] During the course of this ongoing success, in 1995, DJ BoBo represented Switzerland in the World Music Awards in Monaco with his "Everybody" for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year."

In the summer of 1995, DJ BoBo went on a tour which took place in most parts of Asia which was followed by a promotional tour in Australia. Later that year, DJ BoBo also traveled all over Europe performing before as many as 400,000 spectators.

DJ BoBo released his first ballad "Love Is the Price" in January, 1996, which was introduced in Thomas Gottschalk's TV show Wetten, dass..?. Baumann, later that year, ended up again at the World Music Awards in Monaco for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" performing there two songs back to back, "Freedom" (which was his eighth Golden Record in a row in Germany) as well as his newly released ballad "Love Is the Price".

1996–1999: Popularity established [link]

The release of the album World in Motion in September, 1996, proved not only DJ BoBo's consistent presence within the charts, but with this album, René managed to break all his previous records. It took only a few weeks for the album to reach the number 3 position in Germany which quickly was awarded Platinum for selling 500,000 units.^[7]^[17] In Switzerland, the album jumped from 0 to number 1 and was awarded Double-Platinum for selling 100,000 units which was ranked in the top 40 albums of all-time, after remaining on the Swiss album chart for a staggering 67 weeks.^[18]^[19]^[20] Shortly after the release of World in Motion, Baumann went on a promotional tour in Asia for twenty days, which was then followed by another one month-tour in Brazil, Chile and Colombia.

In April 1997, DJ BoBo received his third World Music Award in Monaco for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" where he performed his single "Respect Yourself".

DJ BoBo maintained his original sound and experimented with new sounds and vocal arrangements when he introduced his singing skills first on his single "Where is Your Love", which was released in March, 1998. A month thereafter, in April 1998, his album Magic was released which managed to stay in the number 1 position for four consecutive weeks in his native country and earned him a Platinum-award for sales of over 50,000 units.^[21]^[22] In Germany, the album peaked at number 5 and spent total of 21 weeks on the chart, eventually earning the Swiss artist another Gold-award for sales of over 250,000 units.^[7]^[23] In May of that the same year, DJ BoBo received the World Music Award for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" once again for the fourth time. Soon after, his single "Celebrate" was released introducing his The Ultimate Megamix '99. During this time René and his crew were busy preparing for his "Life on Tour" concert as well as the shows of the Magic, which were watched by 250,000 people in 35 concert arenas in Europe. Shortly thereafter, DJ BoBo was rewarded with yet another World Music Award for being the "World's Best Selling Swiss Artist of the Year" for the fifth time in a row.

1999–2001 [link]

Baumann's sixth album entitled Level 6 was released in October, 1999 and immediately hit the number 1 position in the Swiss album charts which eventually went Platinum at his home as well as Gold in Germany for sales of over 150,000 units.^[7]^[20] Two singles were released off this album, "Together" and "Lies". DJ BoBo's success continued, as once again in the spring of 2000, he received yet another trophy at the World Music Award for the sixth time in a row for being Switzerland's "Best Selling Artist of the Year".

René and his co-producer Axel Breitung managed to complete DJ BoBo's next album Planet Colors within a period of seven months which they released on the 5th of February, 2001. The first single "What a Feeling" featuring Irene Cara from this album, which was the cover version of her original hit Flashdance... What a Feeling, peaked at number 2 in Switzerland, number 11 in Austria and in Germany it peaked at number 3.^[24]^[25] Two other singles were followed "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and "Colors of Life". His tour "Planet Colors-The Show" was enjoyed by more than a million spectators within Europe.

2001–2003: 10 Year Anniversary [link]

As a way of celebrating his 10 year anniversary in the music business, René made the cover version of Kool and the Gang's "Celebration", reviving it with modern instrumentation. The single was to represent his collection album consisting of previous hits, which he also entitled Celebration. The album Celebration, released in April, 2002, comprised the previous hits all of which were re-recorded featuring mostly German renowned artists such as No Angels on "Where is Your Love", Melanie Thornton on "Love of My Life", Emilia on "Everybody" and A Touch of Class on "Together". Besides DJ BoBo being Switzerland's Best Selling Recording Artist at the World Music Awards in 2002 for the seventh time, in 2002, René and Axel Breitung were recognized as "Best Producers of 2001" at Echo awards for being the most-talented musical team.^[26]

DJ BoBo's next studio album called Visions, released in February 2003, brought somewhat a new side to his music which aside from the usual dance-sounds, portrayed him in more acoustic elements, the good examples of this would be the songs like "Angel" and "Do You Remember" wherein one could notice guitars coming into the picture. The Album Visions which peaked at number 3 in Switzerland, eventually became a Platinum record in Switzerland.^[27]^[20] In 2003, DJ BoBo received yet another World Music Award for being Switzerland's Best Selling Artist of the year.

One of Baumann's most successful singles turned out to be his single "Chihuahua" which initially was released in 2002 and later re-released again Europe-wide. The track was produced upon the request of Coca-Cola in Spain. They were in search of an artist who could produce an attention-drawing mambo-song for their new campaign. However, the condition was that it had to be done within a period of ten days. This task was completed and handed over to Coca-Cola by René and his co-producer Axel Breitung within the given time-limit. It took only a couple of weeks for the single "Chihuahua" to reach the number 1 position on the Spanish single chart. The song eventually became number 1 in Switzerland and France also.^[28] It was certified Platinum in Switzerland for sales of over 40,000 units and in France the single reached a Diamond status for sales of over one million units.^[20]^[29]

2005–2008: Eurovision & 10th World Music Award [link]

The next studio album Pirates of Dance, released in February 2005, which included two singles called "Pirates of Dance" and "Amazing Life" shot straight to number 1 in Switzerland.^[30] DJ BoBo and his crew began The Pirates of Dance Tour in April 2005. The tour took off in Switzerland, followed by Germany and Poland, which concluded with two concerts at Disneyland Paris. 2005 was the year that made DJ BoBo Switzerland's Best Selling Recording Artist of the Year for the 10th time.

René released his Greatest hits album in 2006, which contained his previous hits, some re-recorded and some remaining in their original format. The single "Secrets of Love", released before the album, was a pleasant pop-dance duet with 1980s mega-star Sandra. The song's music video was filmed at Disney Resort Paris. His Greatest hits compilation album eventually earned him a Gold certification in Switzerland.^[20]

DJ BoBo (far left) performing "Vampires Are Alive" in the ESC 2007 semi-final

On October 11, 2006, DJ BoBo announced in a press conference that he had applied to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.^[19]

In past years, Switzerland's entry has not necessarily been a Swiss national. Most notably, Canadian Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 representing Switzerland. In DJ BoBo's press conference, he told reporters that "It's a shame for Swiss tax payer money from the TV licence fees go to fund a foreign act, and the people should resist that."

In December 2006, the Swiss TV Council announced that they had chosen BoBo out of over 200 applicants to represent Switzerland in Helsinki. The council earned some negative comments for the selection as not having been fair towards lesser known Swiss artists.

On February 21, 2007, DJ BoBo revealed both the song and the video he would enter in the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, "Vampires Are Alive."

Despite being one of the favorites to win the contest according to many bookmakers, the song failed to get past the semi-final stage on May 12. It finished twentieth out of twenty eight semi-finalists.

DJ BoBo released his next album Vampires on May 11, 2007, which climbed as high as number 2 on the Swiss album chart.^[31] The first single "Vampires Are Alive", reached the number 3 in Switzerland and charted moderately in the rest of the German speaking countries, but gained success in Finland where it reached the number 7.^[32] Two other singles were released, "We Gotta Hold On" and "Because of You" off the album Vampires.

In 2007, René was chosen to sing the official 2008 UEFA European Football Championship song. On the DJ BoBo website, he put a poll on to choose which song out of two would be the official song. The public chose "Ole Ole" over "Let the Games Begin". On 11 April 2008, "Olé Olé" was released as a single, being accompanied by an album called Olé Olé - Party. Olé Olé - Party included 5 new songs, 9 party hits, a medley, a newly remixed version of DJ BoBo's mega-hit "Everybody" and a new version of "Vampires Are Alive" (EAPM Remix).

2008–present [link]

DJ Bobo's album Fantasy was released on February 26, 2010, the album peaked at number 2 in Switzerland and was certified Gold for selling over 15,000 units.^[20]^[33] The first official single from the album is Superstar. It was released on February 5, 2010.^[34] The second official single from the album is This Is My Time.

A brand new material from DJ Bobo, entitled Dancing Las Vegas was released on November 25, 2011.^[35] The album contains 13 brand new tracks, which comes with a DVD, which in its turn is composed of six parts including the videoclip of DJ Bobo's brand new single "Everybody's Gonna Dance", released on November 11, 2011.^[35]^[36]

World Food Programme [link]

DJ BoBo became a United Nations World Food Programme National Ambassador Against Hunger in October 2006, becoming the first Swiss celebrity to take up the role. He was also a participant in the 2006 Geneva Walk the World event.^[37]

Personal life [link]

From 1989 to 1994, DJ BoBo was married to Daniela Bock. In 1993, René met Nancy Rentzsch; she joined his team in 1995. René and Nancy got married on 9 August 2001. René and Nancy have two children. Jamiro-René was born on the 8th of October 2002 and Kayley-Nancy was born on 29 September 2006. In 2008 his family moved to a new house in Kastanienbaum, canton Lucerne.

Discography [link]

Studio albums [link]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Certifications
Title	Album details	SWI ^[38]	AUT ^[39]	FIN ^[40]	GER ^[41]	SWE ^[42]	Certifications
Dance with Me	Released: October 7, 1993 Label: Fresh Music, Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP, Digital download	4	16	—	18	15
There Is a Party	Released: October 21, 1994 Label: Fresh Music, Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP	4	17	—	9	41	SWI: Platinum^[20] GER: Gold^[7]
World in Motion	Released: September 30, 1996 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette	1	2	9	3	—	SWI: 2x Platinum^[20] GER: Platinum^[7]
Magic	Released: April 14, 1998 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP	1	8	—	5	—	SWI: Platinum^[20] GER: Gold^[7]
Level 6	Released: October 4, 1999 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP	4	16	—	18	15	SWI: Platinum^[20] GER: Gold^[7]
Planet Colors	Released: February 5, 2001 Label: Yes Music (EMI), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette	2	27	—	4	—	SWI: Platinum^[20]
Visions	Released: February 24, 2003 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Sony Music Formats: CD, Cassette	3	—	—	11	—	SWI: Platinum^[20]
Pirates of Dance	Released: January 31, 2005 Label: Yes Music (Edel) Formats: CD, Digital download	1	—	—	13	—
Vampires	Released: May 28, 2007 Label: TBA, Warner Formats: CD, Digital download	2	74	—	15	—	SWI: Gold^[20]
Fantasy	Released: February 26, 2010 Label: TBA, Warner Formats: CD, Digital download	2	43	—	10	—	SWI: Gold^[20]
Dancing Las Vegas	Released: November 25, 2011 Label: Yes Music Formats: CD, Digital download	4	—	—	61	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.

Compilation albums [link]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
Title	Album details	SWI ^[38]	AUT ^[39]	FIN ^[40]	GER ^[41]	Certifications
Just for You	Released: October 6, 1995 Label: Fresh Music, Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP	5	26	28	25	SWI: Platinum^[20]
The Ultimate Megamix '99	Released: March 22, 1999 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Metrovynil (EAMS Lesser) Formats: CD, Cassette, LP	2	—	—	20
Celebration	Released: April 15, 2002 Label: DJ Bobo Records (Sony Music) Formats: CD	2	18	—	4
Chihuahua-The Album	Released: June 27, 2003 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Arista Formats: CD	1	—	—	—	SWI: Platinum^[20]
Greatest Hits	Released: March 17, 2006 Label: Yes Music (TBA), Ministry O (Edel) Formats: CD, Digital download	1	58	—	11	SWI: Gold^[20]
Olé Olé-The Party	Released: 2008 Label: Yes Music (Warner) Formats: CD, Digital Download	11	—	—	85
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.

Live album(s)[link]

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	SWI ^[38]	GER ^[41]
Live in Concert	Released: September 8, 2003 Label: DJ Bobo Records (Sony Music) Formats: CD	28	36

Singles [link]

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
Title	Year	SWI ^[43]	AUS ^[44]	AUT ^[45]	BEL ^[46]	FIN ^[47]	FRA ^[48]	GER ^[49]	NDL ^[50]	NOR ^[51]	SWE ^[52]	Certifications	Album
"I Love You"	1989	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Ladies in the House"	1990	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Let's Groove On"	1991	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Dance with Me
"Somebody Dance with Me"	1992	1	13	3	—	—	—	4	3	3	1	AUT: Gold^[53] GER: Gold^[7] SWE: Gold^[54]
"Keep on Dancing"	1993	2	—	7	—	1	—	5	9	9	7	GER: Gold^[7]
"Take Control"	1994	4	—	9	—	—	—	12	18	—	21	GER: Gold^[7]
"Everybody"		3	—	24	—	1	—	2	12	—	20	GER: Platinum^[7]
"Let the Dream Come True"		1	49	6	—	1	—	4	11	—	11	GER: Gold^[7]	There Is a Party
"Love Is All Around"	1995	16	24	13	18	7	42	10	36	17	14	SWI: Platinum^[20] GER: Gold^[7]
"There Is a Party"		13	—	29	9	—	35	17	24	—	—	GER: Gold^[7]
"Freedom"		4	—	7	—	7	—	8	22	—	31	GER: Gold^[7]
"Love Is the Price"	1996	11	—	13	—	12	—	11	—	—	—		Just for You
"Pray"		2	—	6	15	2	3	3	—	—	—	GER: Gold^[7]	World in Motion
"Respect Yourself"		16	—	23	—	7	—	31	—	—	—
"It's My Life"	1997	7	—	16	—	17	—	16	—	—	—
"Shadows of the Night"	1997	7	—	25	—	—	—	23	—	—	—
"Where Is Your Love"	1998	3	—	20	—	—	—	21	—	—	—		Magic
"Around the World"		23	—	—	—	—	—	55	—	—	—		Magic
"Celebrate"		8	—	—	—	—	—	48	—	—	—		The Ultimate Megamix 99
"Together"	1999	4	—	34	—	—	—	26	—	—	—		Level 6
"Lies"	1999	48	—	—	14	—	—	73	—	—	—		Level 6
"What a Feeling" (with Irene Cara)	2001	2	—	11	—	—	—	3	—	—	—		Planet Colors
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"		25	—	—	—	—	—	60	—	—	—
"Way to your Heart"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Colors of Life"		37	—	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	—
"Celebration"	2002	14	—	48	—	—	—	29	—	—	—		Celebration
"I Believe"	2003	13	—	61	—	—	—	18	—	—	—		Visions
"Chihuahua"		1	—	48	8	12	1	19	41	15	10	SWI: Platinum^[20]
"One Vision, One World"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Pirates of Dance"	2005	3	—	43	—	—	—	16	—	—	—		Pirates of Dance
"Amazing Life"	2005	27	—	—	—	—	—	48	—	—	—		Pirates of Dance
"Secrets of Love" (with Sandra)	2006	5	—	39	—	—	—	13	—	—	—		Greatest Hits
"Vampires Are Alive"	2007	3	—	62	—	7	—	24	—	—	—	SWI: Gold^[20]	Vampires
"We Gotta Hold On"		24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Because of You"		—	—	—	—	—	—	47	—	—	—
"Olé Olé"	2008	12	—	—	—	—	—	58	—	—	—		Olé Olé
"Superstar"	2010	14	—	72	—	—	—	41	—	—	—		Fantasy
"This is your Time"	2010	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Fantasy
"Volare"	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Everybody's Gonna Dance"	2011	72	—	—	—	—	—	70	—	—	—		Dancing Las Vegas
"La Vida Es (Una Flor)"	2012	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Dancing Las Vegas
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

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^ Peak positions for Finland:
- For "All except those listed below": "DJ Bobo: Finland's Singles Chart Positions". Hung Medien. http://www.finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=DJ+Bobo&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
- For "Let the Dream Come True" "Hits of the World: Finland (10/30/94)". Billboard. http://books.google.ca/books?id=ZggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45&dq=let+the+dream+come+true+dj+bobo+finland&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lw8bT_aCLtPJ0AHY_IiNCg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=let%20the%20dream%20come%20true%20dj%20bobo%20finland&f=false. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- For "Love Is All Around" "Hits of the World: Finland (02/06/95)". Billboard. http://books.google.ca/books?id=2gsEAAAAMBAJ&q=hits+of+the+world#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- For pre-1995 Nyman, Jake (2005) (in Finnish). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 18. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
^ "DJ Bobo: France's Singles Chart Positions". Hung Medien. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=DJ+Bobo&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "DJ Bobo: Germany's Singles Chart Positions". Charts.de. http://www.charts.de/search.asp?search=Dj+Bobo&x=2&y=10&cat=s&country=de. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
^ "DJ Bobo: Holland's Singles Chart Positions". Hung Medien. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=DJ+Bobo&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "DJ Bobo: Norway's Singles Chart Positions". Hung Medien. http://www.norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=DJ+Bobo&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "DJ Bobo: Sweden's Singles Chart Positions". Hung Medien. http://www.swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=DJ+Bobo&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
^ "Gold & Platin Datenbank". IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
^ "Swedish certifications: 1987-1998". IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-10.

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Name	Bobo, Dj
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Short description	Swiss musician
Date of birth	January 5, 1968
Place of birth	Kölliken, Switzerland
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