Preluders
| Preluders | |
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 From left to right: Miriam Cani, Rebecca Miro, Tertia Botha, Anne Ross and Anh-Thu Doan (2005) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 2003 |
| resolution | 2006 |
| Founding members | |
singing |
Miriam Cani (2003-2006) |
singing |
Anh-Thu Doan (2003-2006) |
singing |
Anne Ross (2003-2005) |
singing |
Rebecca Miro (2003-2005) |
singing |
Tertia Botha (2003-2005) |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Miriam Cani |
singing |
Anh-Thu Doan |
singing |
Patricia Sadowski (2006) |
Preluders was a German girl group of five singers, which emerged in 2003 from the third season of the ProSieben singing competition Popstars - Das Duell .
The last formation of the band consisted of the founding members Anh-Thu Doan, Miriam Cani and the new member Patricia "Trish" Sadowski. They separated in the fall of 2006.
history
Preluders emerged in 2003 from the third season of the ProSieben casting show Popstars , in the framework of which the bands Bro'Sis and No Angels had previously been formed. In the duel of the final show, Preluders was defeated by their opponent, the boy band Overground, in a viewer vote .
Originally planned as a quartet, Anh-Thu Doan (* December 19, 1986 in Lörrach ), Miriam Cani (* May 30, 1985 in Elbasan , Albania ), Rebecca Miro (* July 27, 1983 in Berlin ) and Tertia Botha (* June 8, 1979 in Cape Town , South Africa ) for the recording of her debut album in the studio. Anne Ross (born March 17, 1985 in Dersum ) only completed the band through a subsequent nomination after the producers were looking for vocal reinforcement.
The Preluders' first single, Everyday Girl , made it straight to first place in the German single charts and the following debut album Girls in the House was quite successful, although the reviews were rather mixed. While some media dealt with the album benevolently, musicbeat.de spoke of nice up-tempo pop, which, however, was not really convincing. At laut.de it was even badly slated. Later releases of the Preluders could no longer place in the top 20 of the German charts.
The 2004 published Prelude to History was a cover album that was intended as a “musical journey back in time to the good old 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s”.
Botha left the band in June 2005, followed by Miro in August of the same year. The remaining three band members wanted to continue, but did not release a new piece. At The Dome 36 , the remaining band members presented the song Never Before , which was announced as a new single . However, it was never published by the Preluders. In 2009 Sandra covered the song on her album Back to Life .
In late 2005, Anne Ross had her last public television appearance before she left the band as the third. She was replaced by Trish Sadowski (born August 22, 1988 in Guttstadt , Poland ), with whom Cani and Doan released the single I Want Your TIME on July 28, 2006 . In autumn 2006 it was announced that the rest of the band would also go their separate ways.
In 2004 the Preluders were awarded three gold records for the album Girls in the House and the singles Everyday Girl and Do They Know It's Christmas? , feat. TV Allstars excellent. In total, the band sold over 400,000 records.
Timeline: band members
| member | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
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| Tertia Botha (2003-2005) |
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| Rebecca Miro (2003-2005) |
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Anne Ross (2003-2005) |
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Miriam Cani (2003-2006) |
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| Anh-Thu Doan (2003-2006) |
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| Patricia Sadowski (2006) |
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After the separation
In November 2006 Anne Ross tried to build on the success of the Preluders with the pop duo Milk & Honey .
Miriam Cani was voted one of the 30 most recognized Albanians of all time in 2006 and played a leading role in the 2007 musical Chicago in Albania . She moderated a weekly music clip broadcast on the television station e.clips, which was received via Premiere . She then recorded the single Let Me Die with You with Albanian superstar Alban Skenderaj . Together they came in second place in the most important Albanian music program Festivali i Këngës . In 2009, Cani was named "Ambassador of the Nation" by the Albanian President Bamir Topi and took over the moderation of the Grand Prix preliminary round for Albania. In 2011 another song by Skenderaj and Cani followed with the end of ka shprese . In the same year she sat on the jury of the Albanian version of 'The Voice'.
Tertia Botha was the singer of the cover band Waterproof and works as a musical performer.
Rebecca Miro did an internship at 98.8 Kiss FM and hosted the Big Weekend here from 2009 to 2012 . Then she took over the moderation of various formats at the youth radio station bigFM . In addition, Miro performed his own personalized show on RPR1 in 2012 .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2003 | Girls in the House |
DE2  (13 weeks)DE |
AT12 (9 weeks) AT |
CH3 (8 weeks) CH |
First published: November 24, 2003
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2004 | Prelude to History |
DE40 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: September 27, 2004
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2003 | Everyday Girl Girls in the House |
DE1 (13 weeks)DE |
AT5 (15 weeks) AT |
CH4 (13 weeks) CH |
First published: November 17, 2003
Sales: + 150,000 |
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Do They Know It's Christmas? The Ultimate Christmas Album |
DE3 (7 weeks)DE |
AT28 (5 weeks) AT |
CH32 (5 weeks) CH |
First published: November 23, 2003
Sales: + 150,000; with the TV Allstars |
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| 2004 | Bal Privé Girls in the House |
DE28 (9 weeks) DE |
AT37 (6 weeks) AT |
CH60 (3 weeks) CH |
First published: February 9, 2004
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| Hotter than you know |
DE21 (9 weeks) DE |
AT49 (3 weeks) AT |
CH53 (3 weeks) CH |
First published: May 17, 2004
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| Walking on Sunshine / Call Me, Beep Me Prelude to History |
DE24 (9 weeks) DE |
AT51 (3 weeks) AT |
- |
First published: September 6, 2004
Kim Possible (OST) |
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| Do You Love Me Prelude to History |
DE50 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
First published: November 8, 2004
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| 2006 | I want your TIME |
DE91 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: July 28, 2006
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more publishments
- 2003: Losing My Religion (promo single, available from McDonald’s for a limited time )
- 2004: With a Little Help from My Friends Cover of the Beatles (with Bro'Sis and Overground )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MTV: Preluders - Biography ( Memento from September 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://www.musicbeat.de/?http://www.musicbeat.de/review.php?id=985 (link no longer available)
- ↑ http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/p/preluders/girls_in_the_house/index.htm
- ↑ laut.de: Review of Prelude to History
- ↑ VIVA: Preluders - Profile ( Memento from December 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Biography of Trish Sadowski
- ↑ ProSieben: Preluders are now three ( Memento from December 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Tanja Heuser: Career jump - Ex-Preluder-Girls are now ready for the opera. In: express.de . July 15, 2011, accessed April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Biography of Tertia Botha. In: vogtland-philharmonie.de . Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ What are the Preluders actually doing? In: promiflash.de . November 13, 2010, accessed April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ a b chart sources
- ↑ BRO'SIS / OVERGROUND / PRELUDERS - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
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)