Jonas Monar

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Jonas Monar live at the Schlossgrabenfest 2017

Jonas Monar (born July 10, 1990 near Wetzlar ) is a German singer and songwriter . The name "Monar" comes indirectly from the book and film The Great Gatsby . Monar appended him for his stage name.

Life

Jonas Monar grew up with his three brothers in a district of the city of Wetzlar in Central Hesse . His family is very musical, the three brothers had the opportunity to learn an instrument at an early age. His parents come from Bavaria, and he has a family there to this day. His current residence is in Berlin , where his record company Universal Music is also based. In addition to studying to be a teacher, Jonas Monar completed an educator training course before devoting himself entirely to music in 2015.

Career

Monar decided to play music at an early age, learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and later taught himself to play the guitar.

At 13 he wrote his first own song. A little later he founded a band with school friends (formerly HOPE, then Port London) with which he a. A. played in the opening act for Sunrise Avenue and Silbermond . The group was accepted into the sponsorship program of the Mannheim Pop Academy and thus received in-depth artist training in terms of performance, songwriting and management. The band broke up when some of the band members turned to bourgeois life.

As a result, Monar moved to Berlin in 2015, began to write songs for well-known artists and soon signed a worldwide songwriter deal with the publisher BMG Rights Management . During this time he also worked intensively on his solo career and eventually signed a recording deal with Universal Music.

In September 2016 Jonas Monar published his first single Playlist , shortly afterwards in January 2017 the second single Alle Guten Dinge for the album of the same name, which was released on August 18, 2017 after the third single Nie Zu Ende and entered the German charts at number 57.

The song Nie Zu Ende was chosen as the ARD title song of the Winter Olympics in January 2018 and thus achieved a high level of awareness throughout Germany. In 2018, the song Held from the album Alle Guten Dinge served as the ARD theme song for the Paralympics .

In September 2018, Jonas Monar's latest single #DuBistMirWichtig was released in cooperation with Caritas and the U25 Germany organization on World Suicide Prevention Day , which is intended to draw attention to depression and suicidal thoughts in young adults.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
All good things
  DE 57 08/25/2017 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2017: all good things

Singles

  • 2016: Playlist
  • 2017: all good things
  • 2017: never over
  • 2018: Playlist 2018 (with Liquit Walker )
  • 2018: #DuBistMirImportant
  • 2019: Nirvana
  • 2020: Autobahn
  • 2020: Love-hate

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Meister: Jonas Monar: Words are most important. October 3, 2018, accessed on July 10, 2020 (German).
  2. ^ Jonas Monar: Music, Videos, Statistics and Photos. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Linus Volkmann: Jonas Monar biography. In: Official website of Jonas Monar. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
  4. ^ Port London. In: Gigmit. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Jonas Monar. In: Radio Teddy. Radio Teddy, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ BMG promotes Wahnschaffe. In: Mediabiz.de. Music Week, accessed on September 18, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Jonas Monar releases his debut album. In: Universal Music. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Jonas Monar - All good things. In: Official German Charts. GfK Entertainment, accessed on September 18, 2018 .
  9. ^ Official ARD song for the 2018 Winter Olympics. In: Daserste.de. The first, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Jonas Monar from Wetzlar sings ARD Olympic song. In: Mittelhessen.de. Retrieved September 18, 2018 .
  11. ↑ U25. German Caritas Association V., accessed on September 18, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Tim Theobald: The unusual suicide prevention campaign by BBDO. In: Horizont.net. Horizon, accessed May 1, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Chart sources: DE
personal data
SURNAME Monar, Jonas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 10th 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzlar