Bernhard Brink

Bernhard Brink 2018

Bernhard Brink (born May 17, 1952 in Nordhorn ) is a German pop singer and television and radio presenter .

biography

In the early 1970s, Bernhard Brink, the son of an architect, moved to Berlin and enrolled there to study law. He postponed his studies in favor of music. Since he did not take an exam, he was de-registered after 16 semesters. Instead, Brink signed his first record deal with Hansa Records .

Between 1974 and 1981 he placed a total of twelve singles in the German sales charts in the lower ranks. His greatest chart success to date was Liebe auf Zeit, the sung version of Ricky King's Le rêve, and reached number 13. He nevertheless achieved popularity with his titles and found a fan base. Most of his titles were adaptations of English-language pop titles. Similar to Peter Orloff , his record company often relied on hits penned by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman , such as Frei und Abrannt and I would like to be like you (both 1979).

In the 1980s, when interest in German hits waned, Brink switched several times to ever smaller record companies. Its popularity declined in the mid-1980s, but its productions remained on the market without any attention. He failed six times ( 1979 , 1984 , 1987 , 1988 , 1992 and 2002 ) in the preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest - no other artist took part in this competition as often as he did. In two attempts he had duet partners: Gilda (1988) and Ireen Sheer (2002). From 1989 to 1991 the German pop singer Matthias Reim composed and produced for him.

During the 1990s, Brink became a radio and television presenter in the field of hit music. He moderated for the Berlin radio station Hundert, 6 and television shows such as Das Deutsche Schlager-Magazin or Schlager des Jahres . He gained fame again and was able to use this for his own records. In the early 1990s he was once again successful as a singer. In 1991 he reached second place behind Nicole at the First German Song Festival with the song Geh (before I totally lose my head) . On September 2, 2007, Brink took over the program “Sonntagsvergnügen” on the radio station Antenne Brandenburg , replacing the long-time presenter Ekki Göpelt . In 2009 Brink made a cameo in the film Isch kandidiere! where he pokes at himself as a C celebrity. In 2014, Brink took part in the seventh season of the RTL show Let's Dance with Sarah Latton . Brink is the officially appointed ambassador for the German José Carreras Leukemia Foundation . On February 20, 2016, Brink announced his departure from Die Schlager des Sommers and Die Schlager des Jahres at the congratulations party with Florian Silbereisen . He asked Florian Silbereisen if he would succeed him. In April 2016 Bernhard Brink took part in the big ProSieben Völkerball Championship . Since April 2018 Brink has been presenting the hit of the month on MDR every month . The violent events in Chemnitz in 2018 commented Brink with the words: ". Xenophobia and violence have no place in our society simply" He would be happy "if something we would like #wirsindmehr asked by the organizers of concerts and pop singer."

Bernhard Brink met Ute, an administrator, in 1981 and married her in 1987. Both live in Berlin.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
1976	I am still available	-	-	-	First published: March 1, 1976
1977	memories	-	-	-	First published: March 1, 1977
1980	One step forward	-	-	-	First published: January 1, 1980
1980	I would like to be like you	-	-	-	First published: April 1, 1980
1982	Just because	-	-	-	First published: January 1, 1982
1988	I am thinking of you	-	-	-	First published: September 1, 1988
1990	I feel like you	-	-	-	First published: July 29, 1990
1991	…Do you feel like	-	-	-	First published: October 1, 1991
1995	I'm always there	-	-	-	First published: April 25, 1995
1995	Let's talk	-	-	-	First published: August 31, 1995
1997	In the middle of life	-	-	-	First published: May 30, 1997
1999	Everything to win	-	-	-	First published: January 15, 1999
2000	Directly	-	-	-	First published: May 6, 2000
2001	Directly more	DE44 (4 weeks) DE	AT65 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: June 15, 2001
2002	It's never to late	-	-	-	First published: February 22, 2002 with Ireen Sheer
2002	Especially now!	DE65 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 26, 2002
2004	Indestructible	DE37 (2 weeks) DE	AT18 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: March 22, 2004
2005	Damn straight	DE32 (5 weeks) DE	AT45 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: February 14, 2005
2006	33	DE41 (4 weeks) DE	AT65 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: January 20, 2006
2007	bull	DE88 (2 weeks) DE	AT59 (1 week) AT	-	First published: June 29, 2007
2009	Hit titan	DE46 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: February 6, 2009
2010	Either way	DE20 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: August 27, 2010
2012	How far do you want to go	DE30 (2 weeks) DE	AT69 (1 week) AT	-	First published: March 16, 2012
2014	Taken from life	DE22 (3 weeks) DE	AT50 (1 week) AT	-	First published: February 14, 2014
2017	With your heart through the wall	DE14 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: June 30, 2017
2019	Diamonds	DE12 (3 weeks) DE	AT36 (1 week) AT	CH37 (1 week) CH	First published: August 9, 2019

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Awards

The one of the best
- 2017: for "Radio Hit of the Year" ( From Here to Infinity )

Golden tuning fork
- 1993

smago! Award
- 2014: for "Titan Award"
- 2016: for "Most successful MDR broadcast of the year + 100th single From here to infinity "
- 2017: for "Radio Hit of the Year" From Here To Infinity ""
- 2017: Giganten Danke Award (for 21 years of top moderation of the show "Die Schlager des Jahres")