Queensberry (band)
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 Queensberry at the ZDF television garden on Usedom (2012) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 2008 |
| resolution | 2013 |
| Founding members | |
| Gabriella De Almeida gutter | |
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Leonore Bartsch (until 2012) |
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Victoria Ulbrich (until 2010) |
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Antonella Trapani (until 2010) |
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Gabriella De Almeida gutter |
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Ronja Hilbig (from 2010) |
| former members | |
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Selina Herrero (2010-2012) |
Queensberry was a German girl group . It was put together as a quartet in late 2008 as part of the seventh season of the talent show Popstars . In summer 2010 two founding members left the band and were replaced by two new singers. In 2012 two band members left again. After that, the band only existed as a duo , which in October 2012 announced a creative break in favor of solo projects, which in 2013 proved to be a final separation. Queensberry was the last pop star band to exist for more than a year.
Band history
2008: Beginning with pop stars and taking the first steps
Once within the framework of the talent show Popstars , the first three members - Leonore Bartsch , Victoria Ulbrich and Gabriella De Almeida Rinne - by a jury had been selected before the final show in the band, were three candidates for the fourth and last place left in the band. Each of these candidates recorded an album together with the band members who had already been placed. The resulting three albums were released on December 12, 2008. Decisive for the selection of the fourth band member were the sales figures for the albums in combination with a televoting during the final show on December 18, 2008. The candidates received their version of their version per phone call and per album sold one vote each. From this process Antonella Trapani emerged as the last member of the band.
On December 20, 2008, the band's first video, No Smoke, was released. After being first released in 2004 by British singer Michelle Lawson , it had been covered twice before Queensberry released it again. Also on December 20, 2008, Queensberry appeared for the first time in the full cast on the television show Schlag den Raab .
2009: Start of career and release of On My Own
The video for the single I Can't Stop Feeling was shot in January 2009 and had its video premiere at VIVA Live! . The single was released on February 20, 2009. In February 2009, Queensberry was the support act with the Pussycat Dolls on their Germany tour.
In April 2009, Queensberry was nominated for the VIVA Comet in the “Best Take-Off” category.
On June 26, 2009, Queensberry released their first album as a Deluxe Edition. This includes the previously released single entitled Too Young , which was released on May 22, 2009. The accompanying video was shot in Miami . The video premiere took place on May 8, 2009 at VIVA Live! and the television premiere on May 21, 2009 at the finale of Germany's Next Topmodel 2009 . The album couldn't get into the charts. The lead single of their second album Hello (Turn Your Radio On) , a cover of the group Shakespears Sister , was released on October 23, 2009. The studio album On My Own was released on November 6th, 2009. It not only includes Hello (Turn Your Radio On) , but Too Young again . The album On My Own reached position 26 in the German charts, but was no longer able to stay in the charts after the third week. The album was in the charts for a week in Austria and Switzerland.
In September 2009, Queensberry signed a record deal in the US with Buddah Brown Entertainment. There were no releases of singles or albums. For the German version of the film Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 , Queensberry dubbed the Chipettes and recorded the song The Song . In addition, a music video was released in December 2009, which also contains excerpts from the film.
2010: new members in the band
In March 2010, Queensberry had a guest appearance for two episodes in the Sat.1 series Eine wie keine , where they presented the title Lifelong Lovesong on March 25th . At the end of March 2010, Queensberry was nominated for the VIVA Comet in the “Best Band” category.
In June 2010 they released the songs Little Bit Wonderful and Superworld on the Hanni & Nanni soundtrack . Both songs were written and composed by Alexander Geringas and Joachim Schlüter.
In 2010 they shot a reality show for US television with the working title “A Day in the Life of Queensberry”, but the show was never broadcast.
Trapani and Ulbrich left the band in early July. Successors were Selina Herrero and the musical actress Ronja Hilbig , who had previously sung in Die Lollipops . The new formation of the band was announced on July 15, 2010 on the TV show VIVA Live! presents.
In December 2010 it was announced that Queensberry is no longer under contract with Warner Music .
On their Facebook page, they published Yo no puedo vivir sin ti ( German : “I can't live without you”) on December 24, 2010, a Spanish version of their first single, I Can't Stop Feeling . The song was translated into Spanish by José Valdes , a former member of the Hot Banditoz . It is the first official song with the new members, which they also presented at the ZDF spring show 2011 on the Canary Island of Lanzarote.
2011: Performances and other projects
In 2011, Bartsch and Hilbig played in the music video for Famous in Paris by DSDS fourth-placed Kim Gloss . All four band members played in the music video Everything from the Canadian boy band Neverest.
Under the title Pink Chocolate Tour , the band performed from April to August 2011 in 13 different cities.
In the summer of 2011, the private broadcaster VOX accompanied the band on their trip to Los Angeles, which was broadcast in October on the format Auf und aus - My International Diary.
For the German version of the film Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipbruch , Queensberry dubbed the Chipettes again and recorded the song Chipwrecked for the soundtrack. The video for the song was released in mid-December 2011. It is the first music video that was shot with the new band members.
Queensberry was a star guest at the premieres of the “ Holiday on Ice Festival” tour for the 2011/12 season. For this purpose, the band released the song Celebrate .
2012: Chapter 3 and exit of other band members
The band recorded the title song for the TV series The Magic Tooth Fairies - Adventures in Toothfairies Town . In March 2012, the song No Time for Suckers was released as a guest contribution to the album by singer Kitty Kat .
In April 2012, Selina Herrero got out to concentrate on her schooling again.
In June 2012 both a new single and a new album were released. The single Timeless was released on June 1, 2012. The album Chapter 3 followed on June 22, 2012. The music video for Timeless was created on April 27, 2012 in Phantasialand in Brühl and was shown for the first time on the Bravo TV web show on May 21, 2012. Neither the single nor the album were able to match the success of previous releases with positions 90 and 91 respectively in the German charts. Nevertheless, on July 4, 2012, the band shot the video for the second single from the album, Girl like Me, in the Lusatian mining landscape . The single was released on August 31, 2012, but was the first single of the band not to hit the German single charts.
After Bartsch was officially absent due to illness at the end of August, Gabriella De Almeida Rinne and Ronja Hilbig performed the remaining appearances as a duo. In October 2012 Bartsch announced her departure on her homepage. The remaining duo also announced a break from the band in October 2012 in favor of solo projects.
In 2013 the final breakup of the band was announced.
Members
Leonore "Leo" Julia Roberta Bartsch (born September 14, 1988 in Göttingen )
Bartsch received dance lessons for the first time at the age of four. At the age of six she received singing lessons. In 2005 she won the North German Hip-Hop Championship with her formation. She already took part in the fifth season of Popstars and was eliminated in the semifinals. On the CD Pop Meets Classic 2007 released in June 2007, she is represented by the titles Sway by Dean Martin and I Wanna Be Loved by You by Marilyn Monroe .
In November 2007 she got a recording contract with X-Cell Records with her band Leo Leo Leo . The band lost the record contract without a release in June 2008 because the desired media cooperation partner failed to materialize. In the same year Bartsch took part in the seventh season of Popstars and was voted into the band by the jury in the program broadcast on November 20, 2008.
In the summer of 2012, Bartsch left the band due to disagreements with management.
Victoria "Vici" Ulbrich (born January 2, 1992 in Bergheim )
Ulbrich took part in the casting in Dortmund and reached the "workshop". In the third week of the workshop she received news of her mother's death. The broadcasting station ProSieben and the producers of the show came under criticism for the presentation . After that, Ulbrich initially got out of the casting show, but returned later. In the broadcast on November 27, 2008, the jury selected her as the second member of the band.
In summer 2010 Ulbrich left the band to return to her former life.
Gabriella "Gabby" Christina De Almeida Rinne (born February 26, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro )
De Almeida Rinne is the daughter of a Brazilian and a German and grew up in Berlin-Neukölln . After her parents divorced in 1997, she lived in a children's home for a few years. After dropping out of school, she began an apprenticeship as a tailor. At the age of 15 De Almeida Rinne gave birth to a daughter who grew up with a foster family. At the Popstars -Casting in Dresden she applied with the song Can't Fight the Moonlight by LeAnn Rimes . As a result of December 11, 2008, she was elected as the third member of the jury in the band.
In 2008 De Almeida Rinne recorded the song Wie Ihr with rapper Taichi , which is included on his solo album Therapy . In 2013 she took part in Reality Queens on safari .
Antonella "Anto" Trapani (born November 8, 1991 in Basel )
Trapani received singing lessons at the age of ten. She also plays the accordion and participated in dance championships. On December 18, 2008, she was chosen as the fourth member of the band during a live broadcast by the audience. She was the only Queensberry member to qualify through online casting. Before that, it failed in the re-recall in Rust.
Trapani left the band in May 2010, due to disagreements with management.
Ronja Hilbig (born March 6, 1990 in Hamburg )
Hilbig started playing the piano at the age of four. In 2001 she played the role of little Nala in the musical The Lion King in Hamburg. From 2003 to 2004 she sang in the girls band Die Lollipops and after her replacement in 2005 formed the duo Cats & Boots with her previous colleague until she retired from the music business for the time being.
Hilbig was suggested as a new member by a classmate who was doing an internship at the Queensberry agency and joined the band shortly after graduating from high school in July 2010.
Selina Herrero (born May 28, 1993 in Mainz )
Herrero is half-Spanish and began writing and composing songs at an early age. With the support of producers Kay Denar and Rob Tyger - who had previously worked with Sarah Connor - she finally released two singles on the X-Cell Records label in 2008, both of which were able to place in the German single charts .
In summer 2010 she became a member of the band. In April 2012, she left the band to continue her school education.
Timeline: band members
| member | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ||||||
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| Antonella Trapani (2008-2010) |
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| Victoria Ulbrich (2008-2010) |
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Leonore Bartsch (2008–2012) |
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Gabriella De Almeida Rinne (2008-2013) |
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Ronja Hilbig (2010-2013) |
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Selina Herrero (2010-2012) |
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Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2008 | Volume I. |
DE6th  (17 weeks)DE |
AT3 (9 weeks)AT |
CH12 (12 weeks) CH |
Initial Release: December 12, 2008
Sales: 110,000+ |
| 2009 | On my own |
DE26 (3 weeks) DE |
AT49 (1 week) AT |
CH77 (1 week) CH |
First published: November 6, 2009
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| 2012 | Chapter 3 |
DE91 (1 week) DE |
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First published: June 22, 2012
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
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| 2008 | No Smoke Volume I. |
DE23 (9 weeks) DE |
AT54 (4 weeks) AT |
CH22 (11 weeks) CH |
Video and download appeared in 2008
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| 2009 | I Can't Stop Feeling Volume I.[DE: ↑][AT: ↑] |
CH40 (4 weeks) CH |
First release: February 20, 2009
Double A single with No Smoke |
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| Too Young Volume I / On My Own |
DE5 (17 weeks) DE |
AT12 (11 weeks) AT |
CH33 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: May 22, 2009
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| Hello (Turn Your Radio On) On My Own |
DE4 (13 weeks) DE |
AT12 (8 weeks) AT |
CH29 (4 weeks) CH |
First published: October 23, 2009
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| 2012 | Timeless Chapter 3 |
DE90 (1 week) DE |
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First published: June 1, 2012
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| Girl like Me Chapter 3 |
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First published: August 31, 2012
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Soundtracks
- 2009: The Song ( Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 )
- 2010: Little Bit Wonderful and Superworld ( Hanni & Nanni )
- 2011: Chipwrecked ( Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 )
Sampler
- 2010: Girl like Me (Nonchalant) ( The Dome Vol. 54)
- 2010: Yo no puedo vivir sin ti ( Facebook )
- 2011: Celebrate (as part of Holiday on Ice )
Guest Posts
- 2012: No Time for Suckers (with Kitty Kat on her album Dirty Mixtape )
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- ↑ Popstars: Fans choose fourth Queensberry band member (press release) (PDF; 21 kB) ProSieben.de. December 5, 2008. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ Queensberry: News & Dates . ProSieben.de. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ Queensberry goes USA ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: News from the Chipmunk
- ↑ Queensberry in the video by Kim Gloss
- ↑ Queensberry show their funny trip to the USA on TV
- ↑ Second career as a singing chipmunk
- ↑ Queensberry at Holiday on Ice ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2011 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.
- ↑ a b BRAVO 16 of April 10, 2012
- ↑ Queensberry: Gabby chats about her solo plans after Leo's exit
- ↑ http://www.promiflash.de/news/?article=zickenkrieg-bei-queensberry-das-sagt-gabby
- ↑ biography . Leonore Bartsch. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ Queensberry Leo . ProSieben.de. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ discography . Leonore Bartsch. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ Antje Hildebrandt: When death is a guest of the "Popstars" . Welt.de. October 17, 2008. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ^ "Popstars" candidate learns of her mother's death - ProSieben rejects allegations . rp-online.de. October 16, 2008. Archived from the original on October 20, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
- ↑ Ex-Queensberry Victoria: I wanted to go back to my parents.
- ↑ Gabriella from Queensberry's daughter: Pop star! Father: homeless newspaper seller . bild.de. December 26, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ↑ myspace page by Gabriella Christina De Almeida Rinne . Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ↑ Queensberry - Gabriella: My school days were that bad . Just Celebrities.de. December 15, 2008. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
- ↑ The Queensberry Members' Biographies . Suedkurier.de. December 19, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ Queensberry Antonella . ProSieben.de. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
- ↑ Queensberry: Antonella is unpacking!
- ↑ Ronja Hilbig “Of course it will continue with Queensberry” ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ): Ronja Hilbig “Of course it will continue with Queensberry”
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
- ↑ bonsound.de - music magazine
Web links
- Queensberry at Allmusic (English)
Former members: Gabriella De Almeida Rinne | Leonore Bartsch | Ronja Hilbig | Selina Herrero | Victoria Ulbrich | Antonella Trapani
Studio albums: Volume I (2008) | On My Own (2009) | Chapter 3 (2012)
No Angels (2000) | Bro'Sis (2001) | Overground and Preluders (2003) | Nu Pagadi (2004) | Monrose (2006) | Room2012 (2007) | Queensberry (2008) | Some & Any (2009) | LaVive (2010) | Melouria (2012) | Leandah (2015)