Anna-Maria Zimmermann

Anna-Maria Zimmermann (2018)

Anna-Maria Zimmermann (born December 14, 1988 in Gütersloh ; real name Anna-Maria Tegeler) is a German pop singer . She became known in late 2005 as a candidate in the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , in which she reached sixth place.

Private life

Anna-Maria Zimmermann is the youngest of three children. At the age of five, she was registered by her mother with a video on the Mini Playback Show in which she appeared as Stefanie Hertel with the song Oma, you don't understand me . Later she took singing lessons. She plays keyboard , piano and flute . In January 2015 she married the chef Christian Tegeler in Austria. The couple lives in Rietberg - Westerwiehe and had a son on December 15, 2017. She gave birth to a second child on July 27, 2020.

Accident in October 2010

On October 24, 2010, Zimmermann was traveling with her manager and an assistant in a Robinson R44 helicopter to a performance in a discotheque, where she was to receive the Ballermann Award 2010 . During the landing near Altenbeken in the immediate vicinity of the venue, the helicopter crashed from a height of about ten meters over a street ( ⊙ ), causing Zimmermann to suffer life-threatening internal injuries and numerous broken bones. She had to be operated on several times. As a result of the accident, Zimmermann's left arm remained paralyzed , which is why the singer has been wearing an arm sling since then . Since 2014 it has mostly appeared without a noose or with a splint. In May 2017, Zimmermann announced that she could move some of her arm again. According to the investigation report by the BFU , a superposition of several circumstances (load, weather, the occurrence of a vortex ring stage effect and insufficient awareness of the situation) led to the accident. 51.773412 8.949566

Career

In autumn 2005 Zimmermann took part in the third season of the DSDS talent show on RTL and finished in 6th place.

Motto show	song	Original interpreter	Callers in percent
Greatest hits	I will survive	Gloria Gaynor	05.7 (7th place out of 10)
80s hits	Walking on Sunshine	Katrina and the Waves	07.3 (6/9 place)
Rock Classic	The Best	Tina Turner	10.7 (5th place)
Big Band	Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend	Marilyn Monroe	14.3 (place 3/7)
Love songs	Wish You Were Here	Rednex	10.7 (place 6/6)

After Germany Idol

In October 2007 Zimmermann released her debut single The First Kiss with the band Jojos. In 2008 she signed a record deal with Universal Music , whereupon she released a second single entitled Who is this DJ? came onto the market, which reached number 66 in the German single charts in September 2008 . In 2009 she signed her second recording deal with EMI . In July 2009 the third single 1000 dreams wide (Tornerò) was released . It was an adaptation of a hit by the Italian band I Santo California from 1975. In January 2010, she also released the single Hurra wir leben noch , a cover of the 1983 Milva title of the same name .

Zimmermann's first studio album Einfach Anna! appeared in December 2010. The single Frei sein was released in advance in July 2010 . Since 2008 she has appeared regularly in the Bierkönig disco on Mallorca and was featured in German hit programs.

comeback

After her accident in October 2010, she initially took a break. Since June 2011 she has been back on stage. To this end, she released the single 100,000 shining stars , which reached number 60 in the German single charts. In January 2012 she released the single life . In January 2012 her second album Hautnah was released by EMI, with which she reached the German album charts for the first time (number 47). In April 2012 the single Mit Dir was released . In July 2012 she released the duet Freundsring with Olaf Henning and reached number 73 in the single charts.

In May 2013 Telamo released the album Sternstunden , which reached the top 30 of the German album charts. The singles Amore Mio , Non Plus Ultra , Tanz und Dich there are 1000 times better were released. In February 2014 she went on a club tour. The concert in Rietberg was recorded and released as a live DVD and a live CD. With this release Zimmermann was able to place himself in the album charts and for the first time also in the DVD charts. In July 2014 Zimmermann released the single Just once more sleep , which reached number 77 on the charts.

In March 2015, the single You turned my head in such a way was released , followed by the fourth studio album entitled Gut Feeling . The album reached number 18 in Germany, where it was in the charts for two weeks, and Zimmermann was placed for the first time in Switzerland at number 63. The album stayed in the charts for a week. In November 2016, the duet singles ink with Achim Petry and the Christmas carol Merry Christmas were released .

In March 2017 the single Himmelblaue Augen was released ; The studio album HimmelbLAu followed in May . It reached number 15 in the German and number 40 in the Swiss album charts. For the first time Zimmermann was able to place an album in the Austrian charts (number 69). She worked in Los Angeles for the album and the music video . She has been under contract with Electrola again since 2018 . Her album Sorgenfrei , which was released in June 2018, was produced by Dieter Bohlen . The first single was already in March 2018 Shit doesn't matter .

In 2019 she covered the song Luft und Liebe der Hollerstauden , which in turn is a cover version of La Bamba by Ritchie Valens , in a version with Federal German High German .

In March 2020, the singer announced that she will be represented by Uwe Kanthak (manager of Helene Fischer ) with immediate effect .

Discography

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title music label	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2010	Just Anna! EMI	-	-	-	First published: December 10, 2010
2012	Up close Electrola	DE47 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: January 27, 2012
2013	Great moments Telamo	DE29 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: May 31, 2013
2015	Bellyfeel Telamo	DE18 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH63 (1 week) CH	First published: March 13, 2015
2017	Sky blue Telamo	DE15 (2 weeks) DE	AT69 (1 week) AT	CH40 (1 week) CH	First published: May 19, 2017
2018	Carefree Electrola	DE16 (5 weeks) DE	AT36 (1 week) AT	CH30 (1 week) CH	First published: June 1, 2018