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Ben Zucker (real name: Benjamin Fritsch, born August 4, 1983 in Ueckermünde ) is a German pop singer .
Life
Ben Zucker grew up in East Berlin in the Mitte district . He has two younger siblings named Sarah and Manuel. He and his family came to West Germany shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall . He later returned to Berlin and lived there in an occupied house.
He started playing guitar at the age of 14 with the help of his father. First he covered English grunge and rock songs and then switched to German pieces. Together with Thorsten Brötzmann and Roman Lüth, Zucker produced Na and ?! , which is the title of both his debut single from March 2017 and his first album from June 2017. After the television premiere of the single at Schlagercountdown, a program moderated by Florian Silbereisen , it rose to 21st place on the iTunes charts within a few minutes . At the end of June 2017, the album entered the German album charts at number 32 and reached number four in June 2018.
In 2018, Ben Zucker was nominated for Echo Pop in two categories , "Newcomer national" and "Schlager", but couldn't win either of the two. He accompanied Helene Fischer on her stadium tour in 2018.
On June 7, 2019, his second album, Who says that ?! . With the release of the encore edition Who says that ?! Encore! it reached the top of the German album charts for the first time in May 2020 .
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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| 2017 | So what?! Airforce1 / Music for Millions ( UMG ) |
DE4th  × 5
(129 weeks)DE |
AT8th (66 weeks)AT |
CH9 (40 weeks) CH |
First published: June 23, 2017
Sales: + 507,500 |
| 2019 | Who says that?! Airforce1 / Music for Millions (UMG) |
DE1 (… Where.)DE |
AT5 (15 weeks) AT |
CH8 (... weeks) CH |
First published: June 7, 2019
Sales: + 100,000 |
Awards
- 2018: in the Newcomer of the Year category
- 2018: one of the best in the platinum category (so what ?! )
- 2018: in the category of climbers of the year
Web links
- Ben Zucker Biography - Biography of Ben Zucker on Schlager.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Go for Zucker - "So what ?!" In: mdr.de . Archived from the original on July 31, 2017 ; Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ^ Biography Ben Zucker. In: Schlager.de. Retrieved June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Ben Zucker - So what ?! In: hitparade.ch. September 30, 2017, accessed September 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Richard Strobl: Ben Zucker publishes his debut album "Na und ?!" In: schlagerplanet.com. June 23, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Ben Zucker - Who Says That ?! officialcharts.de, accessed on May 30, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sugar, ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fritsch, Benjamin (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ueckermünde |