Monrose

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Monrose
Bahar Kızıl

Monrose was a German

Bahar Kızıl. They were signed to Starwatch Music and released their debut album Temptation in December 2006. It achieved major success throughout Central Europe, selling more than a 600,000 copies combined and produced two singles, including number-one breakthrough hit "Shame" and "Even Heaven Cries".[1]

Their second studio album,

double gold the next year.[2] The group's third studio album I Am was released in October 2008, followed by a fourth album named Ladylike in June 2010, which produced their final top ten entry "Like a Lady".[3]
The group became one of the few German reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing sales in excess of three million records. In November 2010, it was announced that the group would split up in 2011, with each member stating that they would pursue their own solo projects.

History

2006–2007 Formation and Temptation

Under the motto Neue Engel braucht das Land ("The country needs new angels"),

Tyrol, to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness.[6] In the end, eleven girls remained who again moved into a mansion in Pullach, Munich, to start working on their performance and publicity skills. While Soost, Falk, and Hagen continued eliminating one or two girls each week, the six remaining finalists went on with the recordings of alternative versions of their debut album Temptation and the video shoot for their first single "Shame".[7] On the season's finale on 23 November 2006, three of the six were chosen to make the band: Mandy Capristo, Senna Gammour, and Bahar Kızıl beat out Arjeta Zuta, Katarzyna Zinkiewicz, and Romina Reinhardt – and eventually formed the trio Monrose.[5]

Pussycat Dolls and Destiny's Child.[10]

In January 2007, it was announced that the trio had qualified for the German national pre-selection of the

Global Gillette, the concert tour was accompanied by intense media coverage since it failed to produce any sold-out show, and thus four concerts had to be cancelled due to low ticket sales.[13][14]

2007–2008: Strictly Physical and I Am

Billymann-penned ballad "What You Don't Know
" the album spawned another two top 10 entries.

On 1 September, Monrose contested in the

September, the trio eventually lost to Polish rock band Feel
and their song "A gdy już jest ciemno".

On 20 March 2008, Monrose' non-album song "

German Singles Chart. Follow-up singles "Hit 'n' Run" and "Why Not Us" ended the run of the band's consecutive top ten entries in Germany with peak positions of number 16 and number 27, respectively.[19]

Also in 2008, the band contributed vocals to a cover version of singer Craig David's number-one hit "Walking Away". Although David and the band shot the video in London, England in July 2008, the single release of the re-recording was eventually scrapped.[20]

2009–2011: Hiatus and Ladylike

Monrose promoting Ladylike at the FFN Kindertag in June 2010

Following a short hiatus, the band announced the release of their fourth album in February 2010. Recorded in Germany and New York City, Monrose reunited with previous collaborators such as

German Singles Chart and peaked at number nine on the chart, making it the group's seventh non-consecutive top ten hit.[19] A second single off the album, "This Is Me", was released in August 2010 and managed to enter the top 30.[19]

On 23 November, the band celebrate their four years existence of Monrose. Two days later, on 25 November 2010, they announced their separation. The third single from Ladylike, titled "

Echo
nomination in the category Video of the Year for "Like a Lady".

Members

Members 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Mandy Capristo 2006–2011
Senna Gammour 2006–2011
Bahar Kızıl
 2006–2011

Discography

Further information: Monrose discography

Studio albums

Tours

  • Venus Temptation Tour (29 April – 5 June 2007)
  • Club Tour (2009)

Awards and nominations

Results

Year Award Category Work Result
2006 Bravo Otto Awards Band Pop Themself Silver
2007 Silver
Viva Comet Best Newcomer Nominated
Echo Awards Group of the Year (national) Nominated
Newcomer of the Year (national) Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards (German) Favourite Band Nominated
2008 Viva Comet Best Song Hot Summer Won
Best Band Themself Nominated
Bravo Otto Awards Bronze
Jetix Kids Awards Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards (German) Favourite Band Nominated
2009 Vivalicious Awards Best Style Won
Viva Comet Best Band Won
Star of the Stars Nominated
Bravo Otto Awards Best Band Silver
2010 Bronze
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards (German) Favourite Musician Nominated
Wild And Young Awards Best Band (national) Bronze
Best Album (national) Ladylike Silver
2011 Viva Comet Best Band Themself Nominated
Echo Awards Best Video (national) Like A Lady Nominated

Other music information

SM Entertainment, the company responsible for the South Korean group

F(x), bought the rights of the song "Hot Summer
", transforming it into a single in 2011.

See also

References

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  3. ^ a b "Ryan Tedder: Konkurrenz für Top-Produzent Timbaland?". Bild. Archived from the original on 24 March 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  4. ^ ots (1 September 2006). "Casting in Dortmund: Fünf neue Engel-Anwärterinnen für POPSTARS". ProSieben. Presseportal.de. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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    Bild-Zeitung
    . 11 December 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  6. ^ ots (12 September 2006). "Workshop in Ischgl: Höhentraining für die POPSTARS-Kandidatinnen". ProSieben. Presseportal.de. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  7. ^ ots (17 November 2006). "Von sechs Finalistinnen kommen drei in die neue POPSTARS-Band Monrose". ProSieben. Presseportal.de. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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    Media Control. Archived from the original
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  9. ^ "Monrose". Etain Me. Retrieved 15 May 2007.
  10. ^ Johannesburg, Stefan. "Temptation review". laut.de. Retrieved 10 March 2006.
  11. ^ a b "Grand Prix Vorentscheid 2007". LetMeEntertainYou. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  12. ^ Folker Kramer (9 March 2007). "Sieg für die Manufactum-Generation". Spiegel. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  13. Bild-Zeitung
    . Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  14. ^ Sven Kuschel (June 2007). "Von Popstars zu Flopstars". Bild-Zeitung. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  15. ^ "37 Prozent mehr legale Musikdownloads". Media Control. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  16. ^ "Chart History". Swisscharts (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2007.
  17. ^ Julian Stetter. "Strictly Physical review". laut.de. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
  18. ^ Artur Schulz. "I Am review". laut.de. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
  19. ^ a b c "Song Performance". aCharts.us. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  20. ^ [1] Archived 29 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^ "Monrose: Viertes Album "Ladylike" kommt im Juni". Warner Music PM. MixedMusic.com. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  22. ^ "MONROSE geben Trennung bekannt! | Monrose". monrose.de. 25 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

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