Silbermond
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Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Verschwende deine Zeit |
Members | Stefanie Kloß Andreas Nowak Johannes Stolle Thomas Stolle |
Website | silbermond |
Silbermond ("silver moon") is a German pop rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. The band consists of Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, and brothers Johannes and Thomas Stolle.
History
The band members originally met in 1998 when they participated in the music project Ten Sing. Two years later, they decided to form their own group, and as a result they began performing locally under the name JAST (composed by the initial letters of band members). In 2001, they changed their name to Silbermond, simultaneously concentrating on songs in German for the first time.
2004–2008
In January 2004, the group got the chance to perform as opening act for singer
In April 2006, Silbermond released their second album
2009–present
The band's third album, Nichts passiert, released in March 2009, became their first album to debut atop the Austrian, German and Swiss albums charts. It produced three singles, including "Irgendwas bleibt", Silbermond's second number-one hit, and third single "Krieger des Lichts", which reached the top ten in Germany.[3][4][5] Also in 2009, Silbermond won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best German Act. In 2012, the fourth studio album, Himmel auf, was released. A top-three success, it reached gold status in Austria and 3× gold status in Germany.[2][1] Its same-titled debut single peaked within the top five in Germany.[3]
In 2014,
Leichtes Gepäck, the group's fifth album, was released in November 2015. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, it reached the top five in Germany and Switzerland.[3][5] In 2017, Kloß appeared on the fourth season of Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German adaption of the TV series The Best Singers.
Discography
Studio albums
- Verschwende deine Zeit(2004)
- Laut gedacht(2006)
- Nichts passiert (2009)
- Himmel auf (2012)
- Leichtes Gepäck (2015)
- Schritte (2019)
- Auf Auf(2023)
Awards
2004
- New Faces Award
- Eins Live Krone – National Act
2005
- ECHO– "National Newcomer"
- Bravo Otto – "Superband"
- Comet– "Best Live Act"
- Eins Live Krone – "Best Band"
2007
- ECHO – Song of the year "Das Beste"
- ECHO – Best Live Act
- Comet – Best Live Act
2009
- MTV Europe Music Award– Best German Act
- Bambi – Category Pop National
2010
- ECHO – Best National Act
- ECHO – Best Live Act
- Comet – Best National Act
- Comet – Best Video (Krieger des Lichts)
2011
- ECHO – Radio-ECHO (Krieger des Lichts)
- ECHO – Ehren-Preis (For their charity work [Fans Helfen])
- Drums.de Musik-Fach-Award – Best Music Act 2011
References
- ^ a b c d "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold/Platin-Datenbank". Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
- ^ a b "IFPI Austria – Verband der österreichischen Musikwirtschaft". www.ifpi.at. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Austrian Charts > Silbermond" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Swiss Charts > Silbermond" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Silbermond at AllMusic