Béatrice Thomas

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Beatrice Thomas (born June 9, 1984 in New York City ) is a German funk and soul singer of American origin. She appears in public under her stage name "BB Thomaz". She lives in North Rhine-Westphalia .

life and career

Thomas, born as the daughter of a German Buddhist and an Afro-American author and musician, also worked as a model for sporting goods manufacturers Puma and Nike, among others . She completed her studies in musicology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . As a singer, Thomas was in the foreground of the bands StreetLIVE Family , King Kamehameha Club Band , Ladies Live , New City Beats and Technotronic . She also worked as a background singer in other bands, such as Sandra , UB40 and The Temptations . In 2017 Thomas took part in the seventh season of The Voice of Germany and took fourth place there. In 2010 she released her first album under the title Blackbird .

On February 22, 2019 she took part in Our Song for Israel with the song Demons . In the weeks before, she released two new songs, "Much More" and "Brand New", which were created in collaboration with producer Daniel Wierczeiko.

Awards

  • German Rock & Pop Award 2009 in the category "Best Funk & Soul Singer"
  • German Rock & Pop Prize 2010 in the categories "Best Funk & Soul Music" and "Best New Rock & Pop Artist of the Year"
  • German Rock & Pop Award 2016 in the categories "Best Rhythm & Blues Song"
  • Finalist at "The Voice of Germany 2017"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Béatrice Thomas "Blackbird" ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 5.7 MB), musiker Magazin 2/2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.beatrice-thomas.com
  2. ↑ Béatrice Thomas “Blackbird” (PDF; 654 kB), musiker Magazin 2/2010, p. 59.
  3. ↑ The StreetLIVE Family ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / streetlive-family.de
  4. ↑ Biography  ( 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. , Personal website.@1@ 2Template: dead link / www.beatricethomas.de  
  5. ↑ Home  ( 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. , Personal website.@1@ 2Template: dead link / www.beatricethomas.de  
  6. ↑ Beatrice Thomas ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , festivalticker.de.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.festivalticker.de
  7. ↑ Crafts rock! ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Energy Clubzone, Leipzig. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.district-parties.de
  8. ↑ Benjamin Hertlein: “Our Song for Israel” takes place on February 22nd. January 8, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Douze Points: ULfI participant BB Thomaz releases new song “Much More”. January 24, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 (German).
  10. ↑ Benjamin Hertlein: BB Thomaz has already released a new song with “Brand New”. February 11, 2019, accessed on February 12, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Thomas, Béatrice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas, Beatrice Ingrid (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German funk and soul singer of American origin
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City