Mike Singer
Mike Singer (born January 20, 2000 in Kehl ) is a German pop singer and songwriter .
Life
Singer grew up as the son of Russian-German parents from Kazakhstan in Offenburg . From the age of twelve he concentrated almost exclusively on music. Self-taught, he composes and writes songs that he produced at home. In 2012, in addition to cover songs by international musicians - such as Impossible by James Arthur - he also started posting his own songs online. In 2013 he took part in the casting show The Voice Kids and joined Lena Meyer-Landrut's team, but was selected again in the following battle round . 2014 he published an English-language album titled Only You .
Without a record deal, he recorded the EP Nur mit Dir in 2015 and made his first live appearances. In 2018, Singer reached 1.5 million subscribers on Instagram , more than 350,000 Facebook fans and over 700,000 YouTube subscribers. In February 2017, Warner Music Group released his German-language debut album Karma , with which he went on tour. In Germany it rose to number 1 on the album charts. In 2017/2018 he played the role of Luke in the Spotlight series . He presented the title song of his second album Deja Vu in February 2018 as part of the show Our Song for Lisbon and sat next to Max Giesinger and Mary Roos on the German jury for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 . In November 2018 he won the MTV European Music Award for Best German Act .
In 2020 he took second place as Wuschel in the second season of the ProSieben show The Masked Singer . In May 2020 he took part in the Free European Song Contest for Kazakhstan and came in 14th out of 16 participants.
In 2021 he will be a member of the jury for the 18th season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar alongside Dieter Bohlen , Maite Kelly and Michael Wendler .
Television appearances
- 2017: Cologne 50667 (guest appearance)
 - 2017-2018: Spotlight (lead) ( Nick )
 - 2018: Welcome to Mario Barth (guest) (RTL)
 - 2019: Catch! (Candidate) ( Sat.1 )
 - 2019: Your song (music godfather) (KiKA)
 - 2019: ZDF TV Garden (appearance) ( ZDF )
 - 2020: The teacher (guest role) ( RTL )
 - 2020: The Masked Singer (candidate) (ProSieben)
 - 2020: Free European Song Contest (candidate) (ProSieben)
 
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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| 2014 | Only you | 
- | - | - | 
 
First published: 2014 
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| 2017 | Karma  Warner  | 
DE1 (7 weeks) DE  | 
AT5 (3 weeks) AT  | 
CH12 (2 weeks) CH  | 
 
First published: February 24, 2017 
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| 2018 | Deja Vu  Warner  | 
DE1 (13 weeks) DE  | 
AT2 (5 weeks) AT  | 
CH2 (4 weeks) CH  | 
 
First published: January 19, 2018 
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| 2019 | Trip  Warner  | 
DE1 (6 weeks) DE  | 
AT5 (1 week) AT  | 
CH14 (1 week) CH  | 
 
First published: April 12, 2019 
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EPs
| year | Title  music label  | 
Remarks | 
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Only with you  like me music  | 
First published: October 2, 2015 | 
Singles
| year | Title  album  | 
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)  | 
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
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| 2016 | Karma  karma  | 
DE73 (1 week) DE  | 
AT64 (1 week) AT  | 
- | 
 
First published: November 4, 2016 
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| 2017 | Deja Vu  Deja Vu  | 
DE65 (10 weeks) DE  | 
AT56 (1 week) AT  | 
- | 
 
First published: September 29, 2017 
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| 2018 | 
Bella ciao  single track  | 
DE44 (1 week) DE  | 
AT59 (1 week) AT  | 
CH80 (1 week) CH  | 
 
First published: June 22, 2018 
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Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title  album  | 
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)  | 
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
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| 2018 | Netflix & Chill  Makers Gonna Make  | 
DE11 (8 weeks) DE  | 
AT15 (4 weeks) AT  | 
CH54 (1 week) CH  | 
 
First published: May 25, 2018  
Kay One feat. Mike Singer  | 
more publishments
| year | Title  album  | 
Remarks | 
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Heal  single track  | 
First published: March 18, 2015 | 
| 2016 | Make me sing  karma  | 
First published: December 16, 2016 | 
| 2017 | No matter  karma  | 
First published: January 20, 2017 | 
| Galaxy  Deja Vu  | 
First published: November 17th, 2017  feat. Sierra Kidd  | 
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| Flashbacks  Deja Vu  | 
First published: December 15, 2017 | |
| 2018 | Safe Digga  single track  | 
First published: August 24, 2018  feat. Slimane  | 
| Deaf  trip  | 
First published: November 30, 2018 | |
| 2019 | Bon Voyage  Trip  | 
First published: January 18, 2019 | 
- 2014: Only You (album)
 
Awards
- 2018: Kids' Choice Awards - Category "Favorite Singers"
 - 2018: MTV Europe Music Awards - Category "Best German Act"
 - 2018: BAMBI - Category "Audience Award" (nomination)
 - 2018: BRAVO Otto - Category "Singer" (nomination)
 - 2019: Kids' Choice Awards - Category "Favorite Singers Germany, Austria, Switzerland" (nomination)
 
Web links
- mikesinger.de
 - Mike Singer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
 - Portrait. In: zeit.de , June 16, 2019
 
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Singer at bild.de
 - ↑ Mike Singer at warnermusic.de
 - ↑ German jury at eurovision.de
 - ↑ "The Masked Singer" Wuschel reveals: Mike Singer takes second place. In: kino.de. April 29, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .
 - ↑
 - ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH
 - ↑ https://www.musixmatch.com/de/album/Mike-Singer/Only-You
 
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Singer, Mike | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop singer and songwriter | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 2000 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Throat |