Christina striker
| Christina striker | |
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 Christina Stürmer & Band (2013) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , pop |
| founding | 2002 |
| Website | http://www.christinaonline.at/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Christina striker | |
| Oliver Varga | |
| Matthias Simoner (since 2009) | |
| Rue Kostron (since 2012) | |
| Klaus Pérez-Salado | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Gwenael Damman (until 2012) |
Accordion, guitar, keyboards |
Hartmut Kamm (until 2009) |
Christina Stürmer (* 9. June 1982 in Linz , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian pop rock - singer . Since its participation in the ORF - casting show Starmania (2003) and subsequent publications in the German-speaking area, it has sold over 1.3 million records.
Career
Early Years (1995-2002)
Christina Stürmer played the saxophone in a children's big band at the age of 13 , and she also plays the flute . From 1998, she sang in the co-founded her cover band Scotty mainly English-language titles, after which she was a member of the a cappella - group Sulumelina . She left grammar school and, although she actually wanted to become a kindergarten teacher, did an apprenticeship as a bookseller in the Amadeus bookshop (now Thalia ) in Linz . A short time later, she applied for the ORF casting show Starmania .
Career start in Austria (2002-2004)
2003 reached Christina Stürmer with Sportfreunde Stiller -song A compliment in the ORF - casting show Starmania second behind Michael Tschuggnall . Soon afterwards she released her first song Ich lebe , which was number one in the Austrian charts for nine weeks in 2003 .
This was followed by the singles Go not if you come and the song Mama Ana Ahabak ( Arabic : Mama, I love you ), which was created under the influence of the Iraq war and describes the impressions of the war from the perspective of a child. Mama Ana Ahabak was also number one on the Austrian single charts for nine weeks. The following album Freier Fall , which was released exclusively in Austria in May 2003 , topped the album charts for a few weeks. In autumn 2003 Christina Stürmer went on tour through Austria.
In May 2004 her second album, Soll dasreal sein Alles sein , was released on the Austrian market on the Vivendi Universal label . The released singles all reached the top 10 of the Austrian single charts , the album was number one for more than 14 weeks. That at the Real-Everything held the following autumn ! -Tour film material created during a concert in the sold-out Wiener Stadthalle , along with interviews and a short biography, was on DVD Really Everything! released.
Christina Stürmer presented her first own compositions on the subsequent club tour Unmade-up .
Breakthrough in Germany (2005)
Christina Stürmer was already working with her managers Andreas Streit and Bernd Rengelshausen at this time to open up the German market. The single Vorbei was released in Germany in September 2004, but did not meet expectations. The revised single Ich lebe , published on April 25, 2005, rose to number four in the German charts .
The following album Schwarz Weiß (released in June 2005 in Germany and Switzerland ) reached number three in the German album charts and remained in the top 20 for more than a year. Most of the songs on the album, which were already known in Austria, were mostly newly produced and oriented the emerging trend towards German rock and pop music. The also revised single releases were Angels Fly Lonely , Mama Ana Ahabak and, most recently, Always believed in you . At the end of 2005 Christina Stürmer and her band toured Germany and Switzerland. The black and white tour lasted two months, with some of the almost 40 concerts even having to be moved to larger halls due to the high demand.
In the spring of 2006, "Christina Stürmer & Band" took part in the Jägermeister Rock: League and was able to prevail against the Dorfdisko and AK4711 (made famous by Stefan Raab's Bundesvision Song Contest ) in all five preliminary rounds. At the finals in Berlin (May 2006) they came third behind Deichkind and EL * KE .
Live louder and back to Austria (2006-2007)
In April 2006 Christina Stürmer returned to Austria and released her new single Nie Enough , which immediately landed at number one on the Austrian single charts. In May 2006 the never enough tour through Austria followed, which was supplemented by performances in Germany. Work on a new album began during the tour. Christina Stürmer took part in the Ö3 benefit concert for the victims of the 2006 flood in Gänserndorf.
With increasing awareness, there was also more cooperation with companies. Christina Stürmer signed advertising contracts with the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald’s and the ice cream brand Eskimo and in the summer of 2006 she recorded the title Never Enough in two Austrian TV commercials. In Germany, the RTL song, which was initially only published in Austria, was selected as the theme song for the new soap Everything was counts .
During the election campaign for the Upper Austrian state elections in 2003, the Austrian People's Party used photos of Christina Stürmer in campaign brochures without first asking for approval. In an interview, she said that she would not vote for the ÖVP. In the run-up to the National Council election , in early 2006, again without permission, the ÖVP printed a photo of the singer in a brochure about Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel intended for young people . This time Christina Stürmer's management hired a lawyer.
On September 15, 2006, the album Lebe Lauter was released simultaneously in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, it immediately occupied number one in the Austrian and German album charts and number six in Switzerland. The concert for the release party at the Colosseum in Vienna the evening before was broadcast live to mobile devices by the mobile communications company Hutchison Drei Austria via UMTS - the first such broadcast in Austria. For “3” Christina Stürmer also appeared in a series of television commercials with To be with you as background music and was represented in the pre-Christmas advertising campaign.
For the release of the album on the German market, a new music video was shot in Spain for Never Enough . When the single Nie Enough came onto the market in Germany, the double A-side To be with you / On Sommertagen was published in Austria , with which Christina Stürmer achieved her fifth Austrian number one hit and thus became the most successful Austrian artist drew level with Rainhard Fendrich in the Ö3 Austria Top 40 . The video for the single Ohne Dich , which was her first single to be released simultaneously in all German-speaking countries in November 2006, had already been shot in Spain. But the success of this song fell short of expectations. The following single from the album Lebe Lauter was in March 2007 Shard Sea . Christina Stürmer presented Schorbenmeer on March 3, 2007 in the TV show Wetten, dass ...? . The last single from the Lebe-Lauter -Album was released in Austria moment on the day - written by Christina Stürmer's band member and partner Oliver Varga -, in Germany, however, the former hit, Um zu sein, in a new version. On November 16, 2007, the single Mitten unterm Jahr was released - exclusively in Austria .
In spring 2007 she completed the live loud tour through Germany and Switzerland. This was followed by the Austria part of the tour with open-air concerts in Stubenberg am See , Innsbruck , Salzburg , at the Clam Concerts at Clam Castle and in Vienna . The Vienna concert was filmed for a new DVD production. Lebe Lauter live , released on October 19, 2007 in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, contains the open-air live concert from Vienna 2007 as well as a detailed documentation about Christina Stürmer and her band. In the summer she completed numerous open-air festivals, including the Frankfurt Skyscraper Festival and RPR1 Open Air Festival Mainz , which were attended by around 100,000 people. She was also represented in the opening act for the Pur- and-Friends -concerts .
Management change and acoustic album (2008)
In January 2008 Christina Stürmer changed management and went to Frontline Artists . For her unplugged album Laut-Los (released in April 2008) was selected as the single harbinger of dreams live forever ; the single, which ran on the radio from February, was released on March 28, 2008. The unplugged album contains a selection of songs from all of her albums in acoustic guise as well as newly recorded songs.
Christina Stürmer sang the official ÖFB EM song in 2008 . It was the song Fieber , which had already appeared on the acoustic compilation Laut-Los ; for the EURO 2008 the title was also recorded in a stadium version. Part of the unplugged version was presented to the ÖFB on March 26, 2008. Was published fever on May 16, 2008 in Austria and on 23 May 2008 in Germany and Switzerland.
Unfulfilled Expectations with In This City (2009)
In the summer of 2008, Christina Stürmer and band went back to the studio to record the album In this City (released on April 10, 2009). The pre-release single I don't care about was released on March 27th. The In-this-Stadt tour took the singer and band through Austria (on June 27th also to the Danube Island Festival ), Germany and Switzerland in spring 2009 . The second single from the album of the tour was on July 3 after the end of more than perfectly published in Austria. On September 11th, A Lifetime was released as a download single, albeit in a slightly different version from the CD. As part of the Night of the Proms , Christina Stürmer and band played in several German cities from November 27th to December 20th, 2009.
The album In this Stadt again reached number one in Austria, but fell short of expectations in Germany and Switzerland. In addition, the sales figures fell after a few weeks. At times Christina Stürmer played in halls that were only half full. Some media even spoke of a flop and crash. She then changed management again.
In January 2010, a well-oiled by Christina Stürmer reinterpretation of 1947 was Paula von Preradović texted Austrian national anthem Land of mountains, land on the river presented by Education Minister Claudia Schmied ( SPÖ ) for a campaign of the Ministry for the currently planned educational reform had been commissioned . Discussions were then less about the musical adaptation as a rock song and more about a text change in terms of gender-sensitive language . The passage "Home are you great sons" has been changed to "Home are you great sons and daughters" . The Sessler publishing house, which represents the heirs of Preradović on copyright issues , threatened to take legal action and demanded that the television and radio spots with the reinterpretation no longer be broadcast. In January 2011, however, the complaint was dismissed by the Austrian Supreme Court.
Close-up and club tour (2010-2011)
The band announced the start of recordings for a new album in March 2010. In July 2010, the single We live the moment was presented - the first release from the new album Close-up , which was then released in September. The second single was the song When the world ends on November 26th. From December 6th, the Nah Dran club tour started in smaller halls through Austria (two dates), Germany (five dates) and Switzerland (one date). Because ticket sales went well and almost all concerts were sold out, it was decided on December 7th to continue the tour in spring 2011. On December 15, 2010, Christina Stürmer received a platinum award for her album Close-Up for 20,000 records sold.
I listen to my heart (2012-2015)
Besides the numerous concerts (Austria, Germany and Switzerland Austria) denied the band in the years in German-speaking, Christina Stürmer & Band got the chance, on 11 December 2012, a club concert in Venice Beach in Los Angeles in the United States to play can. There the video for the song Million Lights was made .
At the end of January 2013, the work on the new album was already completed. On February 27, 2013, the album cover and the title I listen to my heart were announced via Facebook and the official website . The album was released on April 19, 2013. The first pre-single, Million Lights , was released on March 29, 2013 and was awarded a gold record in September . The second single was the song I listen to my heart for download on September 6, 2013 . From November 2013 to January 2014, Stürmer was on the Hör auf dein Herz Tour 2013/14 in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and for a concert in South Tyrol . Several concerts on this tour were sold out. In March 2014 Christina Stürmer won the RADIO ECHO for the song Million Lights . The album I listen to my heart was awarded gold in Germany and platinum in Austria.
2015 she was part of the VOX telecast Sing my song - The exchange concert . In the fourth of the eight episodes, Striker was the focus and sang her song What really remains ; The episode was broadcast on the occasion of her birthday on June 9, 2015.
Side by Side (2016)
At the beginning of 2016, Christina Stürmer played the 2016 tour through Austria and Germany. During the tour, she announced on Facebook that she was expecting her first child. After the tour, the single from the album of the same name, Side by Side , which was released in April, was already played on the radio at the end of February . In May 2016, the best of album went platinum and side by side gold. The download single Ein Teil von mir was also released in September 2016 . The title You are missing here was released as the third single in February 2017 , for which there is also a video.
At Home Everywhere (2018)
In August 2018, the first single from the new album was released, entitled In a few years . In September 2018, the album was released everywhere at home , which made it to number 1 in Austria and number 7 in the album charts in Germany. The accompanying tour took place in April and May 2019.
Private
Stürmer has been in a relationship with her band guitarist Oliver Varga since 2006. Their daughter was born in August 2016.
Style and reception
music
Stylistically, Christina Stürmer presented with a rock-oriented mainstream - Pop . At the beginning of her musical career she covered a wide range of genres, from alternative rock to pop pop . Over time, however, their style increasingly oriented itself towards German rock , and Sportfreunde Stiller often mentions a musical influence . Since taking part in Starmania, she only sings German-language texts. With her fifth album Lebe Lauter , Christina Stürmer is named in a row with pop rock bands from Germany such as Juli , Echt and Silbermond . In Austria, although she sings in a High German tinged with West German, she is considered to be the most successful representative of Austropop for a long time - so no stylistic classification, rather the name refers primarily to her origin.
Texts
The lyrics of her songs take up topics such as love and partnership, alcohol and other drugs as well as the relationship to authorities, violence, war and peace, as well as philosophical issues such as transience, death and eternal life. Christina Stürmer pretends to be the "girl next door" who is not aloof, but demonstrates cheerful, exuberant naturalness. Again and again, comparisons are made with the pop singer Avril Lavigne . The songs are usually written by external composers and lyricists. Band member Oliver Varga was also involved in the compositions of the last productions.
influence
Christina Stürmer triggered a new wave of Austrian pop and rock music with her music in Austria, which is marketed by the Austrian broadcasting station Ö3 under the title New Pop and Rock from Austria ( see Die neue Österreicher ). A number of new bands became known through Starmania and the Ö3 Soundcheck . These are bands like SheSays , Zweifrau , Excuse Me Moses , Mondscheiner .
tape
The international band consists of Oliver Varga (Austria, guitar) and Klaus Pérez-Salado (Spain, drums). Hartmut "Hardy" Kamm (Germany, accordion, guitar and keyboards) left the band in June 2009 and was replaced by the Austrian Matthias Simoner . Gwenael Damman (France, electric bass) left the band in February 2012. Rue Kostron became the new bass player in June 2012 .
Due to the live appearance of Stürmer under the name "Christina Stürmer & Band", the band enters the public eye, which is why Christina Stürmer is also advertised as a rock band.
Oliver Varga
Hartmut Kamm (until 2009)
Gwenael Damman (until 2012)
Klaus Pérez-Salado
Mathias Simoner (since 2009)
Rue Kostron (since 2012)
social commitment
Christina Stürmer is involved in various social projects. She supports McDonald's children's cancer aid and the www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de campaign , she is the ambassador of a children's hospice in Central Germany, for which she took part in a benefit concert , and she takes part in environmental protection campaigns , such as a shoot for the lifestyle magazine Max . She has also repeatedly committed herself to the ORF donation gala Licht ins Dunkel . In addition, Christina Stürmer and her band regularly take part in charity concerts without a fee, such as the concert evening Breathtaking 08 to promote research into pulmonary hypertension , where they performed on stage with Wolfgang Ambros and Ulli Bäer, among others .
Christina Stürmer is also a member of the Austrian Red Cross .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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| 2003 |
Free fall Universal Music |
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AT1  × 4
(77 weeks)AT |
- |
First published: June 16, 2003
Sales: + 120,000 |
| 2004 |
Is that really supposed to be all? Universal Music |
- |
AT1 × 3
(64 weeks)AT |
- |
First published: June 8, 2004
Sales: +90,000 |
| 2006 |
Live all Polydor |
DE1 (53 weeks) DE |
AT1 × 2
(61 weeks)AT |
CH6th  (43 weeks)CH |
First published: September 15, 2006
Sales: +75,000 |
| 2009 | In this city of Amadeo |
DE6 (16 weeks) DE |
AT1 (23 weeks) AT |
CH8 (13 weeks) CH |
First published: April 10, 2009
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| 2010 | Close-up Universal Music |
DE7 (10 weeks) DE |
AT2 (16 weeks)AT |
CH12 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: September 24th, 2010
Sales: + 20,000 |
| 2013 | I listen to my heart Polydor |
DE4th (30 weeks)DE |
AT1 (13 weeks)AT |
CH20 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: April 19, 2013
Sales: + 115,000 |
| 2016 | Side by side Polydor |
DE2 (24 weeks) DE |
AT1 (24 weeks)AT |
CH12 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: April 22nd, 2016
Sales: + 7,500 |
| 2018 | Polydor at home everywhere |
DE7 (6 weeks) DE |
AT1 (15 weeks) AT |
CH21 (3 weeks) CH |
First published: September 21, 2018
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Awards
Austria
Others
Germany
Radio Rainbow Award
Others
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Christina Stürmer with Hannes Rossacher , Hannes Eder and Rudi Dolezal at the platinum award for “Really everything!” (2005)
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literature
- 2007: Christina Stürmer - Best Of (music book)
Web links
- Official website
- Christina Stürmer on MusicBrainz (English)
- Christina Stürmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ MusicBlog: Patriots, nothing is forbidden. ORF , April 5, 2006, archived from the original on December 8, 2011 ; accessed on January 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Christina Stürmer involuntarily in ÖVP election advertising. (No longer available online.) In: nurido.at. February 14, 2006, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on February 24, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Outraged Christl Stürmer. February 15, 2006, accessed February 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Christina Stürmer & Band - laut-Los Tour 2008: Acoustic Tour '08 and new album. (No longer available online.) E&A Public Relations GesmbH, 2008, archived from the original ; accessed on January 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Striker in EM “fever”: Christina sings EM song of the ÖFB ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Christina Stürmer | LIVE tour and new album confirmed for early 2009. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010 ; accessed on January 24, 2014 .
- ↑ More than perfect. (No longer available online.) Universal Music, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christina Stürmer - Night of the Proms | Germany . In: Night of the Proms | Germany . ( notp.com [accessed July 23, 2018]). Christina Stürmer - Night of the Proms | Germany ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christina Stürmer: Panic promo against career kink. In: I love radio. June 3, 2009, archived from the original on June 6, 2009 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Comeback after the crash. In: Society24.at. July 21, 2010, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Restart after separation from management. In: Österreich24.at . January 13, 2010, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ New year - new team. In: Christina Stürmer's website. January 20, 2010, archived from the original on December 8, 2011 ; Retrieved January 20, 2010 .
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture : The Education Reform 2010 ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ National anthem: publisher remains at threat of legal action. (No longer available online.) ORF , January 25, 2010, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christina Stürmer is allowed to change the national anthem. In: The world . January 20, 2011, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ Facebook : The songwriting time has begun , December 24th, 2009
- ↑ The new music video “Million Lights” by Christina Stürmer. In: Life Radio. March 18, 2013, accessed January 25, 2014 .
- ↑ album cover. In: christinaonline.at. February 27, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
- ↑ Radio premiere. In: christinaonline.at. February 7, 2013, accessed February 28, 2013 .
- ↑ PL: Christina Stürmer: Candystorm for Baby Marina - PromiLounge.de. In: www.promilounge.de. Retrieved August 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Christina Stürmer in close-up. (No longer available online.) In: Globe-M. October 6, 2010, archived from the original on February 19, 2014 ; Retrieved January 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Charity Concert 2008. Pulmonary Hypertension Initiative for Patients, November 2008, archived from the original on December 22, 2008 ; Retrieved November 30, 2008 .
- ^ Tiroler Tageszeitung: Amadeus Awards: Old friends and everyone victorious . Article dated May 4, 2017, accessed March 5, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Striker, Christina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Christl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pop-rock singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Upper Austria |