Jamie-Lee Kriewitz

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Jamie-Lee
Kriewitz in 2016
Kriewitz in 2016
Background information
Birth nameJamie-Lee Kriewitz
Born (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26)
Bennigsen, Hanover, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2015–present
Labels
Websitejamie-lee.eu

Jamie-Lee Kriewitz (pronounced

GfK Entertainment Charts, number 65 in the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and number 26 on the Swiss Hitparade.[4][5][6] She subsequently signed a recording contract with Universal Music Group; her debut studio album Berlin was released on 29 April 2016 and peaked at number 18 on the GfK Entertainment Charts.[4]

Following

Satellite" in 2010, the first being Ann Sophie with her song "Black Smoke", whom placed twenty-seventh and scored null points in 2015.[10]

Life and career

1998–2015: Early life and career

Kriewitz (left) and Ayke Witt (right) performing during The Voice of Germany: Live in Concert.

Jamie-Lee Kriewitz was born in

vegan.[16] Kriewitz originally intended to pursue a degree in Korean studies before deciding to pursue a career as a musician.[17]

In 2015, Kriewitz successfully auditioned for the

Berlin" by RY X and was saved by her coach once again.[21] During the live rounds, Kriewitz sang "Lights Will Guide Me" by Fahrenhaidt and was saved by her coach for the third consecutive time.[22] On 2 December, the music video for her winner's single, "Ghost", premiered on the Digster On Stage's official YouTube channel.[23] For the semi-final, Kriewitz sang "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons and was saved by the public vote.[24] During the grand final, she was required to perform three songs – a duet with her coaches ("Name drauf"), a duet with a singer ("Take Me Home") and the winner's single ("Ghost").[25][26][27] Kriewitz was later announced as the winner after garnering 38% of the public vote.[28][29]

After emerging as the winner of the fifth season of The Voice of Germany, Kriewitz's debut and winner's single, "Ghost", peaked at number 11 on the

GfK Entertainment Charts, number 65 in the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and number 26 on the Swiss Hitparade.[4][5][6] She subsequently signed a recording contract with Universal Music Group. Kriewitz then embarked on The Voice of Germany: Live in Concert concert tour with 8 other finalists, which ran from 27 December 2015 in Hof, Bavaria to 13 January 2016 in Hamburg, Germany.[30]

Performances on The Voice of Germany

  denotes a performance that entered the charts
  denotes winner

2016–present: Eurovision Song Contest and Berlin

Kriewitz walking on the stage during a dress rehearsal for the opening act of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden on 13 May.

2016 for Kriewitz began with an announcement which presented "

Unser Lied für Stockholm, the German national competition held in search for their representative in the sixty-first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[7] Prior to the competition, Xavier Naidoo was originally intended to be their representative after an internal selection,[31] although numerous controversies which involved him ultimately resulted in his withdrawal.[32] "Ghost" was drawn as the ninth performance of the first round, later advancing to the subsequent round after accumulating 28.78 percent of the public vote.[33] It ultimately achieved the winning title after accumulating the highest number of votes with 44.5 percent from the public.[8] The compilation album of the sixty-first edition of the competition titled Eurovision Song Contest: Stockholm 2016, released on 15 and 22 April digitally and physically respectively, featured "Ghost" on its first disk.[34]

Kriewitz's debut studio album titled

GfK Entertainment Charts.[4] It produced two singles; "Ghost" was previously released in December 2015, which served as her winner's and debut single following her emergence as the winner of the fifth season of The Voice of Germany. It went on to peak at number eleven on the GfK Entertainment Charts and has made a notable appearance on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and the Swiss Hitparade at number sixty-four and twenty-six respectively.[5][6] "Wild One" was released in September 2016, however it failed to match the success of its predecessor. She then embarked on her second headlining tour in order to further promote Berlin, which ran from 19 October through 20 April 2017.[35]

In the Eurovision Song Contest, Kriewitz automatically advanced to the final since Germany was among the countries included in the "

Big Five" rule. "Ghost" was drawn as the tenth performance of the final, where it later finished last after accumulating eleven points; it received one point from the national jury and ten points from the televoting.[36] In an interview with Barbara Schöneberger, who previously presented Unser Lied für Stockholm, she told her: "Well, of course I'm a little sad that it actually happened and I finished last. But I personally don't think it's my fault and I was really satisfied with my performance."[37] Kriewitz was then selected as the cover girl of the Welt Vegan magazine for their June 2016 issue,[38] where it held a raffle for a copy of Berlin for five winners.[39] Later that month, she served as a member of the national jury for 2016 KWF Audition In Berlin, a German national competition in search for their representative in the sixth edition of the K-Pop World Festival.[40]

2017 saw the release of "Jetzt erst recht!", a collaboration between Kriewitz and Fargo.[41] It served as the opening theme of the Song Contest Eineweltsong.[41]

Personal life

Kriewitz is an animal rights activist. She collaborated with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for their "Vegan life is the best life" project, where her Japanese decora kei-inspired outfit and an autographed poster was auctioned.[16] During an interview with PETA, Kriewitz explained her perspective on equality of all living things by saying: "The difference between the dog and pork is simply not for me - it is inhumane, animals that cannot defend themselves to abuse. I take my responsibility for all animals too seriously and would also say 'no' to leather, wool and animal experiments."[16]

Kriewitz identifies as

non-binary[42] and uses she/they pronouns.[43]

Discography

  • Berlin
     (2016)

Concert tours

Headlining

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Recipient Category Result
2016 Napster Fan Awards Herself Top Individual Artist Won
2017 Echo Music Prize Berlin Künstlerin Pop National Nominated

References

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  41. ^ a b Eineweltsong Song Contest (23 March 2017). "Schön wars auf der Auftaktveranstaltung in Münster. Vielen Dank an alle Beteiligte. Zum Schluß gibt's hier noch das Auftaktvideo zur neuen Runde!". Facebook (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Charley Ann Schmutzler
2015
 Succeeded by
Preceded by Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
2016 		Succeeded by
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