Stefanie Heinzmann

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Stefanie Heinzmann
Heinzmann in 2018
Heinzmann in 2018
Background information
Birth nameStefanie Fabienne Heinzmann
Born (1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 (age 35)
Visp, Valais, Switzerland
GenresSoul, funk, pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2005–present
LabelsUniversal Music, BMG
WebsiteStefanieHeinzmann.de

Stefanie Fabienne Heinzmann (born 10 March 1989) is a Swiss pop singer and television personality. She gained public interest in early 2008 when she won SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, a

IFPI for more than 30,000 copies sold.[1]

Heinzmann followed this with a series of successful albums, including the chart toppers

The Masked Singer, and Sing meinen Song – Das Schweizer Tauschkonzert
.

Early life and career beginnings

Heinzmann was born in

music manager and singer-songwriter on his own.[4] Heinzmann attended the commercial school for athletes and artists at the Kollegium Brig.[5]

In 2005, she started her music career as the lead singer of the rock band Bigfisch. Their first single "Chumm ins Wallis" (Swiss German for "Come to Valais") became a local airplay success and was voted "Biggest Valais Hit of the Year" by local radio station Radio Rottu Oberwallis (RRO) in 2007.[6] In summer 2007, her brother convinced Heinzmann to take part in Stefan Raab's talent contest SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, organised by commercial television channel ProSieben. She was picked as one of the 20 contestants for the show, and with her interpretations of soul, jazz and funk classics by the likes of Macy Gray, Norah Jones and Joss Stone, she managed to qualify for the final show on 10 January 2008. There, Heinzmann performed two songs, "Only So Much Oil in the Ground," a Tower of Power cover, and "My Man Is a Mean Man," which was specifically selected for her. Through televoting, the audience chose Heinzmann as the winner of the show, beating the two remaining contestants, Steffi List and Gregor Meyle. The music video for "My Man Is a Mean Man" was shot during the night of the final and premiered on German television channels days later.[7]

Recording career

2008–2011: Masterplan and Roots to Grow

Heinzmann performing at her record release party in Berlin in 2009

Heinzmann's competition song "

2009 ECHO Award for Best Female Artist National Rock/Pop.[10] A reissue of the album was released on 19 November 2008 and included the previously unreleased song "The Unforgiven", a Metallica cover which became her second top ten hit in Germany.[11]

In support of the album, Heinzmann embarked on a festival concert tour from May until September 2008, visiting venues throughout Germany and Switzerland. In May 2008, Heinzmann and her brother founded heinzmann-productions GmbH. Claudio serves as the chairman of the board, while Stefanie is incorporated as the company's official CEO.

Swiss Singles Chart.[13]

2012–2017: Third album and Chance of Rain

Heinzmann during her Night of the Proms performance at the SAP Arena in Mannheim in November 2016

Heinzmann began work on her self-titled third studio album in 2010.[14] Following the rushed recordings of her previous albums, the singer welcomed the opportunity to take a bigger role in the production of the album, for which she co-wrote or conceptualized several songs.[14] Again, she re-teamed with NZA and Pompetzki to work on the album, also involving contribution from singers and songwriters Eric Bazilian, Julie Frost, Jamie Cullum, Ian Dench, Alice Smith, Sharon Vaughn, and Kim Sanders.[14] Released on 16 March 2012 in German-speaking Europe, Stefanie Heinzmann debuted at number three on the Swiss Singles Chart, and reached the top ten in Germany as well as the top 30 in Austria.[15] The album's first offering, lead single "Diggin' in the Dirt", became her highest-charting single in years, reaching number six in Switzerland, where the song became her first top ten since "My Man Is a Mean Man."[15] Also 2012, it was announced that Heinzmann would join the jury of the debut season of the SRF 1 reality talent show The Voice of Switzerland in 2013.[16]

In 2015, Heinzmann released her fourth album

RTL II network talent series Popstars which tracked the making of the short-living girl group Leandah.[19] Also that year, Heinzmann was awarded the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Swiss Act.[20]

2018–2020: All We Need Is Love and talent series

Heinzmann at the 30 Jahre Radio Regenbogen in Mannheim in 2018

In September 2018, Heinzmann released the single "Build a House", a collaboration with German DJ and producer

Swiss Albums Chart since her 2008 debut album Masterplan. The album produced three singles, including lead single "Mother's Heart" and follow-up "Shadows," all of which failed to chart but received radio airplay.[21] In November 2019, she embarked on her All We Need Is Love Tour, a 15-date concert tour that took her again to Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.[23] Three months later, she won Best Female Act at the 13th Swiss Music Awards.[24]

In February 2020, Heinzmann along with

second season of the German adaption of the singing competition The Masked Singer. Her debut performance of Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" placed last, resulting in her elimination at the end of the first episode.[26] In May 2020, she represented Switzerland with her song "All We Need Is Love" in the Free European Song Contest, a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised by the ProSieben network, serving as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27] She finished in seventh place with 66 points.[27]

2021–present: Labyrinth

In March 2021, Heinzmann along with Johannes Oerding, DJ BoBo, Joris, Gentleman, Nura, and Mighty Oaks lead singer Ian Hooper filmed the eighth season of the reality television series Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of The Best Singers series.[28] Broadcast on VOX in May 2021, its episodes were produced at Gut Weißenhaus in Wangels due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] On 14 May 2021, Heinzmann released her sixth studio album Labyrinth.[29]

Discography

Further information: Stefanie Heinzmann discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

Results

Year Award Nomination Work Result Ref.
2008 Prix Walo Best Newcomer Herself Won [31]
Goldener Musikagent Sympathieträger Won [32]
Radio Galaxy Awards Newcomer of the Year Won [33]
1LIVE Krone Awards Best Newcomer Won [34]
Comet Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [35]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favourite Singer (Switzerland) Nominated [36]
Jetix Awards Newcomer of the Year Nominated [37]
2009 Swiss Music Awards Best Newcomer National Won [38]
Best Song National My Man Is a Mean Man Won [38]
ECHO Awards Best Female Artist National Rock/Pop Herself Won [10]
Radio Regenbogen Awards Radio Regenbogen Hörerpreis Won [39]
Comet Awards
 Best Live Act Won [40]
Audi Generation Awards Music Won [41]
Live Entertainment Awards Audience Award Nominated [42]
ECHO Awards Most Successful Newcomer National Nominated [43]
Comet Awards
 Best Female Artist Nominated [44]
Goldene Henne Music Nominated [45]
1LIVE Krone Awards Best Artist Nominated [46]
2010 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favourite Music Star (Switzerland) Won [47]
Swiss Music Awards Best Live Act Nominated [48]
Best Album Pop/Rock National Roots to Grow Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Swiss Act Herself Nominated [49]
2015 Won [50]
1LIVE Krone Awards Best Female Artist Nominated [51]
2016 Radio Regenbogen Awards Song of the Year In The End Won [52]
2018 1LIVE Krone Awards Best Female Artist Herself Nominated [53]
2019 Nominated [54]
MTV Europe Music Awards Best Swiss Act Nominated [55]
2020 Swiss Music Awards Best Female Act Won [56]
2021 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Swiss Act Nominated [57]

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