Kerstin Ott
Kerstin Ott (born January 17, 1982 in West Berlin ) is a German singer , songwriter , guitarist and DJ . She became known through the song Die immer laughs , which rose to the top of the German and Austrian single charts in a version mixed by the German DJ and producer team Stereoact from January 2016 and also reached the Swiss charts .
Life
Kerstin Ott has lived in Heide in Holstein since she was a child . In her childhood she took part in talent competitions and sang in Rolf Zuckowski's choir . She also performed as a DJane. Ott is a trained painter and varnisher and worked in this profession until Die immer laughs . She gave it up at the beginning of 2016 and has been touring the German-speaking area ever since. In August 2017 she entered into a registered civil partnership with her long-time friend Karolina Köppen , which was converted into a marriage in October 2017. Köppen and her two children took on Ott's last name.
Career
Breakthrough with Die Always Laughs
Kerstin Ott recorded the song Die immer laughs as a hobby musician around 2005. According to her own account, she wrote it within five minutes at the kitchen table for a friend who was sick at the time. It is about a woman who outwardly only shows herself laughing. The narrator takes her by the hand and teaches her to show her true feelings towards others. Ott gave away some self-burned CDs of the song, which one of the recipients posted on YouTube and discovered there years later by Stereoact and released as a remix first at Tokabeatz in Chemnitz and then at Kontor Records in Hamburg . In March 2017, the market research company GfK Entertainment officially declared “Die immer laughs” to be the most successful work of 2016 and awarded the German Music Author Award. The title climbed to number 2 on the hit list in Germany (Official German Charts) and Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) and stayed in the top 10 for several months. So far, the song has generated over 125 million YouTube views and received over one Million copies of diamonds sold in Germany. It is one of the best-selling singles in Germany .
In the official video for the song filmed in Mallorca , Ott plays a photographer who photographs a constantly smiling model (Greta Hirsch).
The original song, in which Ott plays four simple chords while singing on an acoustic guitar, is generally classified in the Schlager category, the mix of Stereoact is classified in the Melodic / Deep House genre . Together with producer Thorsten Brötzmann, Ott realized their musical visions for the first time on a long player in his Husum studio.
additional
In August 2016, Otts single Scheissmelodie reached number 31 in the charts and remained in the top 100 until November 2016. The video has been viewed almost 33 million times on YouTube since then. Her debut album Herzbewohner was released on December 2, 2016 . It reached number 4 in the German album charts in January 2017, has been sold 200,000 times and reached gold status a few weeks after its release. In March 2017 she received the German Music Author Award in the “Most Successful Work” category . In September 2017 she released the album Herzbewohner-Gold-Edition , which contained five additional songs.
In September 2017, Ott released the single Lebe Laut . Her second album Courage to Disaster was released on August 25, 2018. It entered the German album charts at number 5 and reached number 3 in the second week.
Her autobiography Die almost always laughs was published in October 2018 . As part of the Helene Fischer Show 2018 , the single Regenbogenfarben was released in December 2018 in a duet with Helene Fischer . In 2019, she took part in the 12th season of the RTL dance show Let's Dance and took tenth place. On November 1, 2019, she released the third album I must tell you something , which is dedicated to her wife.
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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| 2016 |
Herzbewohner Island Records / Polydor ( UMG ) |
DE4th  (94 weeks)DE |
AT39 (8 weeks) AT |
CH49 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: December 2nd, 2016
Sales: + 200,000 |
| 2018 |
Courage for disaster Electrola / Music for Millions (UMG) |
DE3 (… Where.)DE |
AT9  (… Where.)AT |
CH14 (28 weeks) CH |
First published: August 17, 2018
Sales: + 207,500 |
| 2019 |
I have to tell you something Music for Millions (UMG) |
DE2 (… Where.)DE |
AT5 (... weeks) AT |
CH17 (23 weeks) CH |
First published: November 1st, 2019
Sales: + 100,000 |
Awards
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The one of the best
- 2019: in the category "Singer of the Year"
literature
- Kerstin Ott: Who almost always laughs: autobiography . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag , 2018, ISBN 978-3-86265-700-1 , p. 288 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kalkberg Open Air 2016. “The always laughing” singer is also there: Kerstin Ott is coming to Bad Segeberg. SHZ.de . February 29, 2016, accessed March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Kerstin Ott: Married without a marriage certificate. August 31, 2017, accessed May 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Florian Meyer: "She always laughs". She wrote a song for her sick friend - what happened next is like a fairy tale! Brigitte . February 5, 2016, accessed March 2, 2016.
- ↑ Chart details on "Scheissmelodie" on officialcharts.de, accessed on March 24, 2017.
- ↑ Chart details on "Herzbewohner" on officialcharts.de, accessed on March 24, 2017.
- ↑ Courage to Disaster by Kerstin Ott - Music Charts. Retrieved January 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Helene Fischer: With this song, she supports a variety of life models. In: welt.de . December 27, 2018, accessed January 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Biography of Kerstin Ott. In: Schlager.de. Retrieved June 23, 2020 .
Web links
- Website of Kerstin Ott
- Chart sources: DE AT CH
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ott, Kerstin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer, songwriter, guitarist and DJ |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th January 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Berlin |