Christian Lais

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Christian Lais (born June 7, 1963 in Lörrach ) is a German hit , pop and folk musician from Kandern in the Black Forest.

Career

Christian Lais grew up without his biological father with his single mother and grandparents. At the age of seven he learned to play the accordion and began to sing. He took part in talent competitions and sang in various cover bands until the late 1990s. Later he worked as a background singer and got to know the producer David Brandes .

In the early 2000s he got a record deal with a song he had written himself and made his own solo recordings. He was featured on Bernhard Brink's hit samplers with songs like Forever and I've never lost you . In 2008 he finished his first album Mein Weg with David Brandes . The single she forgot to forgive'n got his breakthrough in the same year, it was one of the most successful hit singles of the year and placed 67th in the German single charts .

A setback occurred in January 2009 when a tumor was diagnosed behind his vocal cords that could be removed. The operation and voice building prevented him from continuing his career for over a year. The second album Ich bin ich , released in early 2009, received little attention without his performances. In 2010 he released his third album breathless and made it into the album charts.

The following year Brandes had the idea for a duet by Lais together with the East German pop singer Ute Freudenberg, whom he also mentored . The song Auf den Dächern von Berlin , which addresses German reunification , was a great success and reached number 25 in the charts, a high ranking for hit singles. Freudenberg and Lais then recorded an entire album together entitled UnShare . It reached number 14 on the charts and was awarded a gold record for over 100,000 copies sold . The following year Lais released his postponed solo album Neugebor'n and made it into the charts again. The collaboration with Ute Freudenberg then started again. They recorded a second album called Traces of Us . At number 13, it exceeded the first duet album by one more place.

It took two years until Christian Lais' next solo album. In 2015 album 7 was released , which, including the two duet albums, was his seventh album in the seventh year after his debut album. At number 53, it is his best-placed solo album in the charts.

In December 2017, Christian Lais took part in the pop stars project for children and sang the Christmas hit "Auf once" with the group. The hit was released in December and the proceeds will benefit children in need. The song was re-recorded in 2018 and released again for Christmas.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2010 Breathless DE87 (1 week)
DE 		- -
2011 Undivided DE14th
gold
gold

(28 weeks)DE 		- -
2012 Newborn DE75 (1 week)
DE 		- -
2013 Traces of us DE13 (7 weeks)
DE 		- -
with Ute Freudenberg
2015 7th DE53 (1 week)
DE 		- -
2016 Lifelines DE20 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT56 (1 week)
AT 		CH77 (1 week)
CH
with Ute Freudenberg
2017 Best of Freudenberg & Lais DE44 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH80 (1 week)
CH
with Ute Freudenberg
2018 Life is live DE35 (1 week)
DE 		- -
2020 Laut & Lais DE31 (... weeks)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020DE 		- -

More albums

  • 2008: my way
  • 2009: I am me

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE
2008 She forgot to forgive
my way 		DE67 (2 weeks)
DE
2011 Undivided on the roofs of Berlin
 DE25 (9 weeks)
DE
with Ute Freudenberg

More singles

  • 2004: forever
  • 2006: I never lost you
  • 2008: don't ask
  • 2008: like you
  • 2009: Your ring is still here
  • 2009: breathless
  • 2009: a silent dream
  • 2009: When she left
  • 2010: The night has your face
  • 2010: the last kiss
  • 2011: The Eyes of a Player (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2011: One tear too many (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2011: If you don't move anything (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2012: Journey through time (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2012: new born
  • 2012: The time with you
  • 2012: Sorry for that
  • 2013: Back then (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2013: Feeling about us (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2013: Always (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2014: You are my castle (with Ute Freudenberg)
  • 2015: 7 ×
  • 2015: Because I love you
  • 2015: Your chapter in the diary
  • 2017: Christmas sometime
  • 2018: life is live
  • 2018: very close
  • 2019: 20 years after you

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  1. ↑ Biography on the official website ( Memento from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Christian Lais: his eventful life , Kristina Baum, Schlagerplanet.de, accessed on August 16, 2015
  3. ↑ Christian Lais (short biography), SWR4, August 16, 2015
  4. ↑ Bernhard Brink Presents: Die Schlager Des Jahres (sampler series) at Discogs, accessed on August 16, 2015
  5. ↑ Exclusive interview with Christian Lais on Schlager.de ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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. , Christine Kröning, Schlager.de, May 19, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schlager.de
  6. ↑ Christian Lais in the BVMI gold / platinum database, accessed on August 16, 2015
  7. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
  8. ↑ 18 pop stars sing “All at once (2018)” for children. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .

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SURNAME Lais, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach