Tim bendzko

Tim Bendzko (2017)

Tim Bendzko (born April 9, 1985 in East Berlin ) is a German singer-songwriter . He achieved national fame in 2011 with his song Only Briefly Save the World and as the winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest .

life and work

Tim Bendzko was born in Berlin in 1985 and grew up in the Köpenick district . He attended a sports high school and began to be particularly interested in football. At 1. FC Union Berlin, he moved up to the B youth . According to his own statement, he ended his career because the focus was primarily on performance and not on having fun with football. At the age of 11 or 12 he decided to take guitar lessons, and at 16 he was writing his own pieces. After graduating from high school , he began studying Protestant theology and non-Christian religions at the Free University of Berlin , which he finished after five semesters without a degree. After that he worked temporarily as an auctioneer in the car trade.

In 2009 Tim Bendzko applied for the talent competition Sons Wanted by the Sons of Mannheim and won the place as Xavier Naidoo's counterpart . Together with Mannheim's sons , he played in the Waldbühne in Berlin in front of 20,000 spectators in 2009 , and a little later he received a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment . His musical breakthrough came in June 2011 with his debut album If Words Were My Language , which entered the German charts at number four. The single Just Briefly Save the World stayed in the charts for 47 weeks and was later awarded platinum status, as did the album.

One attested Bendzko he meet with his Soul - ballads "surprisingly a nerve of our time". He has a "soft, distinctive voice". Tim Bendzko has received numerous awards for his achievements, including the Bambi in the Newcomer category and the 1 Live Krone for the best single in 2011 . With the song If words were my language , Tim Bendzko represented the State of Berlin at the Bundesvision Song Contest . He won the competition ahead of competitors such as Bosse feat. Anna Loos . In January 2012 his first major tour began, which started in Offenbach am Main . He was previously in the opening act for Elton John and accompanied Joe Cocker on his Hard Knocks tour .

Tim Bendzko received the ECHO in the Newcomer National category , and he also represented Germany at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 as the best German act . In May 2013 he released his second album Am seidenen Faden with "soulful, self-poemed German pop". The album reached first place and the single of the same name reached eleventh place in the German charts and has now been awarded three times gold. The reviews of the work were critical to negative. Various other concerts followed in 2013, including again in the Berlin Waldbühne. The event was the start of his second tour I don't stand still anymore , which in spring 2014 led through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

In December 2013 he expanded his second album by twelve more songs and released this as a so-called limited re-edition . By a thread - under the skin , according to the company, the majority of the production was not in the studio, but at home. It contained the first English-language piece by Tim Bendzko, Give A Little , as well as contributions from other artists, for example Xavas . The first single Under the Skin is a duet with Cassandra Steen . Before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he wrote the song Gewinnen for Maria Höfl-Riesch , which was to be released as a single after the games.

Tim Bendzko was alongside Henning Wehland and Lena Meyer-Landrut a juror at The Voice Kids . In 2013 he was part of the Liadl initiative for the Leiberl of FC Bayern Munich and Adidas , as part of which a new club anthem was designed. Tim Bendzko says he is a fan of the club, but also a supporter of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim .

On October 21, 2016, his third album Immer noch Mensch was released .

In February 2017 he was a juror at Unser Song 2017 together with Florian Silbereisen and Lena Meyer-Landrut . He was also a candidate for Schlag den Star and competed against Stefan Kretzschmar . In December 2018, Bendzko was part of the Night of the Proms concert tour in Germany and Luxembourg alongside Bryan Ferry , Milow and the Pointer Sisters .

On July 19, 2019, Bendzko released Hoch, the first single from his upcoming fourth studio album, Filter . Around two months later, on September 13, 2019, the second pre-release from the album Filter , which was released on October 18 , 2019, followed with Just because of you .

Bendzko has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the DFL Foundation since 2019 .

On August 22, 2020, Tim Bendzko took part in the Restart-19 study at the Martin Luther University Halle with 1,400 test subjects . In the Arena Leipzig , three scenarios were run through in an experiment; data was collected systematically. The study directors hope to be able to use this data to calculate the risk of a corona outbreak at major events. Originally, 4200 test persons were supposed to take part in the “Corona concert”.

Discography

→ Main article : Tim Bendzko / Discography  and list of songs by Tim Bendzko

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
2011	If words were my language Columbia Records	DE4th × 5 Quintuple gold (82 weeks)DE	AT11 gold (32 weeks)AT	CH13 gold (43 weeks)CH	First published: June 17, 2011 Sales: + 525,000
2013	By a thread Columbia Records	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (50 weeks)DE	AT4 (13 weeks) AT	CH7 (17 weeks) CH	First published: May 24, 2013 Sales: + 400,000
2016	Still human Columbia Records / Guerrilla	DE1 gold (33 weeks)DE	AT13 (8 weeks) AT	CH10 (14 weeks) CH	First published: October 21, 2016 Sales: + 100,000
2019	Filter Jive Records / Sony Music	DE3 (11 weeks) DE	AT18 (1 week) AT	CH26 (1 week) CH	First published: October 18, 2019

Awards

Tim Bendzko in the Berlin Waldbühne (August 2013)

Tim Bendzko at the Kiel Week 2018

• 2011: Winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest 2011
• 2011: Audi Generation Award 2011 in the music category
• 2011: Bambi 2011 in the Newcomer category
• 2011: 1 Live Krone in the category Best Single
• 2012: ECHO in the Newcomer National category
• 2012: Steiger Award in the young talent category
• 2012: MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 in the category Best German Act
• 2012: 1 Live Krone in the Best Artist category
• 2014: Golden Camera in the Best Music National category
• 2014: ECHO in the Rock / Pop national category
• 2014: World Music Award in the category best German act
• 2017: Radio Regenbogen Award in the category Album of the Year 2016

Web links

Commons : Tim Bendzko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tim Bendzko's website
• Tim Bendzko in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sony Music Entertainment profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Rebecca Schindler: "I only understand my songs after six months". In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 27, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 (portrait). 
2. ↑ Fan by sheet music. In: BZ Axel Springer, August 3, 2007, accessed on January 6, 2014 (Union Inside). 
3. ↑ 11 facts about ... Tim Bendzko. Radio Regenbogen, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 (Stars under the magnifying glass). 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Interview: Tim Bendzko about appearances with Elton John, football and music. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine. July 20, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Tim Bendzko - Only briefly save the world. Radio Berlin 88.8 , August 3, 2013, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Sandra Basan: Tim Bendzko makes it into the charts. In: Berliner Morgenpost. July 31, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Tim Bendzko started his career with 2x platinum. In: SWR3. Südwestrundfunk, December 19, 2012, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Grete Götze: I've already been here. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. January 17, 2012, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Anna Maria Priebe: So sweet that the world will be saved. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 18, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Lots of gloss at the Bambis 2011. In: RP ONLINE. Rheinische Post, November 10, 2011, archived from the original on February 3, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Tim Bendzko received the 1Live Krone for the best single of the year. In: Focus Online . December 9, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Berlin's Tim Bendzko wins. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. September 30, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Ina Müller, Tim Bendzko, Casper and Jupiter Jones clean up. In: Focus Online. March 23, 2012, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
14. ↑ Tim Bendzko represents Germany. In: n-tv. October 15, 2012, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
15. ↑ Tim Bendzko and his second album "Am seidenen Faden". In: Augsburger Allgemeine. May 25, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
16. ↑ By a thread. media control, accessed January 6, 2014 (charts). 
17. ↑ By a thread. media Biz, accessed July 24, 2014 (Triple Gold). 
18. ↑ Tim Bendzko hangs "by a thread". In: Focus Online. May 27, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
19. ↑ Manuel Schubert: Tim Bendzko - On a silk thread: Xavier Naidoo for arms. In: Juiced. June 19, 2013, archived from the original on January 16, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
20. ↑ Jochen Overbeck: Harmony is a strategy. In: Der Tagesspiegel. August 4, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
21. ↑ Tim Bendzko no longer stands still. In: Telekom Music. August 15, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
22. ↑ VIVA presents: Tim Bendzko & Band on tour 2014. In: VIVA. Retrieved January 6, 2014 . 
23. ↑ Teresa Tropf: Tim Bendzko doesn't like to sing Christmas carols. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. December 5, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
24. ↑ Tim Bendzko - "On a silk thread / Under the skin". In: NDR 2. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, December 4, 2013, archived from the original on December 7, 2013 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
25. ↑ Tim Bendzko can also speak English. In: Nordkurier. December 5, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
26. ↑ Tim Bendzko feat. Cassandra Steen - "Under the Skin". In: BAYERN 3. Bayerischer Rundfunk, November 25, 2013, archived from the original on December 18, 2013 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
27. ↑ Maria Höfl Riesch: A song by pop star Tim Bendzko is called "Winning". In: image . February 17, 2014, accessed February 21, 2014 . 
28. ↑ Talented children, annoying Lena. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. April 12, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
29. ↑ Fans compose with Tim Bendzko Bayern song. In: Rheinische Post. July 26, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
30. ↑ Tim Bendzko sings the new Bayern song. In: tz. July 26, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
31. ↑ Bryan Ferry meets Tim Bendzko - Night of the Proms | Germany . In: Night of the Proms | Germany . ( notp.com [accessed July 25, 2018]).
32. ↑ Top / Tim Bendzko. listen.tidal.com, accessed September 27, 2019 . 
33. ↑ Only because of you / Tim Bendzko. listen.tidal.com, accessed September 28, 2019 . 
34. ↑ Tim Bendzko. DFL Foundation, accessed on January 23, 2020 . 
35. ↑ Corona experiment: Tim Bendzko plays in the Leipziger Arena. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , August 22, 2020, accessed on August 24, 2020 . 
36. ^ Raab-Show: Tim Bendzko wins Bundesvision Song Contest. In: Spiegel Online . September 30, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
37. ↑ A ball for the stars of tomorrow. In: evening newspaper. October 17, 2013, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
38. ↑ Tears, praise and harsh words at Bambi 2011. In: Münstersche Zeitung. November 10, 2011, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 . 
39. ↑ Clueso and Beatsteaks win the 1Live crown. In: DerWesten. Westdeutsche Allgemeine, December 8, 2011, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
40. ↑ Malte Göbel: Echo 2012, the winners: Adele, Rammstein, Udo Lindenberg, Wolfgang Niedecken, Rosenstolz, Tim Bendzko, Gotye ... In: GIGA. March 23, 2012, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
41. ↑ Jury withdraws award for Erdoğan. In: Zeit Online . March 18, 2012, accessed January 17, 2014 . 
42. ↑ MTV thinks: best German artist. In: Gala. Gruner + Jahr, October 15, 2012, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
43. ↑ Kathrin Aldenhoff: 1Live-Krone: listeners choose Tim Bendzko as best artist. In: Aachener Zeitung. December 7, 2012, accessed January 6, 2014 . 
44. ↑ Tim Bendzko receives Golden Camera ( memento from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). stern.de, January 21, 2014.