Michelle (German singer)

Michelle
Michelle in November 2009
Background information
Birth name	Tanja Hewer
Born	(1972-02-15) February 15, 1972
Origin	Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Occupation(s)	Singer

Michelle is the stage name of German singer Tanja Hewer. She was born in Villingen-Schwenningen on 15 February 1972.^[1] She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song Wer Liebe lebt ("To Live for Love"),^[2] which placed eighth from 23 participating countries with 66 points.^[3] Since her debut in 1992 she has won numerous awards, including two Echo awards, two Goldene Stimmgabeln, two Amadeus Austria awards. According to record certifications she has sold at last 4,000,000 CDs.

Career

Michelle has been singing in local amateur bands since age 14. Through a friend who was working at a state broadcast company, she got the chance to perform on German TV in 1993. The popular German singer Kristina Bach recognized Michelle's talent. A little bit later, the songwriter Jean Frankfurter wrote and produced the song Und heut' Nacht will ich tanzen ("And Tonight I Wanna Dance") for her. Michelle's first single became a great success and reached the top of the German charts. Michelle got the chance to perform at ZDF-Hitparade, one of Germany's most popular music shows of the time. Her performance made her popular throughout the country.

Afterwards she participated in several German pop music festivals, for example the preliminary competitions for the Eurovision Song Contest or the traditional "Deutsches Schlagerfestival". She won the latter in 1997 with her single Wie Flammen im Wind ("As flames in the wind"). The album, with the same name, gained her her first TOP 10 success in Germany. The following years marked the heyday of her career, gaining her two more TOP 10 albums, golden records and the chance to represent Germany in 2001's Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen.^[3]

Her 2005 comeback album Leben ("Life") was another success, reaching TOP 3 in Germany and was awarded another golden record. Afterwards she started a modelling career and released My Passion, a cover album of disco classics.^[4]

In October 2009,^[5] she released a new album called Goodbye Michelle and played several concerts and TV shows, explaining she wanted "to give her fans a real farewell". She stated, however, that this was definitely her final album under the name Michelle. The new single from her album Goodbye Michelle will be Nur noch dieses Lied. It's the second single after the song Goodbye Michelle. The third single will be Gefallener Engel in May 2010.

In November 2010, she released her new album "Der beste Moment". In March 2012, she released the album "L'amour" including her new hit "Große Liebe"..

In March 2014 she released "The Ultimate Best of" album including seven new songs. Her new single hit is "Paris".In Austria was another platinum award. The second single from her album is "Herzstillstand", released July 2014.

The 14. Studio album was recorded in April 2016, with her new Single "Wir feiern das Leben". The Album reaching Top 10 in Germany and Austria.

Private life

Michelle grew up in Blumberg with a sister and a brother in a difficult social background, her parents being violent alcoholics. At the age of 10 she became a foster child.^[6] She has three daughters and is living in Köln.

Discography: Studio albums 1993: Erste Sehnsucht 1995: Traumtänzerball 1997: Wie Flammen im Wind 1998: Nenn es Liebe oder Wahnsinn 1999: Denk´an Weihnacht´ 2000: So was wie Liebe 2002: Rouge 2005: Leben! 2006: My Passion (as Tanja Thomas) 2006: Glas 2009: Goodbye 2010: Der beste Moment 2012: L´amour 2016: Ich würd´ es wieder tun

Compilation albums 1999: Meine größten Erfolge 2001: Best of 2007: Zwischenspiel (Remix album) 2009: The very Best of 2014: Die ultimative Best of

Live album 2015: Die ultimative Best of - Live

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Michelle (singer).

↑ Tanja Shitawey at the Internet Movie Database
↑ Koch Universal
1 2 Eurovision Song Contest 2001
↑ Modernes Leben: Tanja & Michelle - Leben - FOCUS Online - Nachrichten. Focus.de. Retrieved on 2012-04-16.
↑ Koch Universal
↑ German music magazine Laut

Preceded by Stefan Raab with Wadde hadde dudde da?	Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001	Succeeded by Corinna May with I Can't Live Without Music

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Countries

Final (by final results)	Estonia (winner) Denmark Greece France Sweden Spain Slovenia Germany Malta Croatia Turkey Russia Lithuania Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom Israel Portugal Netherlands Latvia Poland Ireland Iceland Norway

Artists

Final (by final results)	Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, 2XL Rollo & King Antique Natasha St-Pier Friends David Civera Nuša Derenda Michelle Fabrizio Faniello Vanna Sedat Yüce Mumiy Troll SKAMP Nino Pršeš Lindsay Dracass Tal Sondak MTM Michelle Courtens Arnis Mednis Piasek Gary O'Shaughnessy Two Tricky Haldor Lægreid

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ~~1996~~ 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Artists

1950s	Walter Andreas Schwarz Freddy Quinn Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher Alice & Ellen Kessler

1960s	Wyn Hoop Lale Andersen Conny Froboess Heidi Brühl Nora Nova Ulla Wiesner Margot Eskens Inge Brück Wenche Myhre Siw Malmkvist

1970s	Katja Ebstein Katja Ebstein Mary Roos Gitte Cindy & Bert Joy Fleming Les Humphries Singers Silver Convention Ireen Sheer Dschinghis Khan

1980s	Katja Ebstein Lena Valaitis Nicole Hoffmann & Hoffmann Mary Roos Wind Ingrid Peters Wind Maxi & Chris Garden Nino de Angelo

1990s	Chris Kempers & Daniel Kovac Atlantis 2000 Wind Münchener Freiheit Mekado ~~Leon~~ Stone & Stone Bianca Shomburg Guildo Horn Sürpriz

2000s	Stefan Raab Michelle Corinna May Lou Max Gracia Texas Lightning Roger Cicero No Angels Alex Swings Oscar Sings

2010s	Lena Lena Roman Lob Cascada Elaiza Ann Sophie Jamie-Lee Kriewitz

Songs

1950s	"Im Wartesaal zum großen Glück" "So geht das jede Nacht" "Telefon, Telefon" "Für zwei Groschen Musik" "Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh'n"

1960s	"Bonne nuit ma chérie" "Einmal sehen wir uns wieder" "Zwei kleine Italiener" "Marcel" "Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne" "Paradies, wo bist du?" "Die Zeiger der Uhr" "Anouschka" "Ein Hoch der Liebe" "Primaballerina"

1970s	"Wunder gibt es immer wieder" "Diese Welt" "Nur die Liebe läßt uns leben" "Junger Tag" "Die Sommermelodie" "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" "Sing Sang Song" "Telegram" "Feuer" "Dschinghis Khan"

1980s	"Theater" "Johnny Blue" "Ein bißchen Frieden" "Rücksicht" "Aufrecht geh'n" "Für alle " "Über die Brücke geh'n" "Lass die Sonne in dein Herz" "Lied für einen Freund" "Flieger"

1990s	"Frei zu leben" "Dieser Traum darf niemals sterben" "Träume sind für alle da" "Viel zu weit" "Wir geben 'ne Party" "Verliebt in Dich" "~~Planet of Blue~~" "Zeit" "Guildo hat euch lieb!" "Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat"

2000s	"Wadde hadde dudde da?" "Wer Liebe lebt" "I Can't Live Without Music" "Let's Get Happy" "Can't Wait Until Tonight" "Run & Hide" "No No Never" "Frauen regier'n die Welt" "Disappear" "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang"

2010s	"Satellite" "Taken by a Stranger" "Standing Still" "Glorious" "Is It Right" "Black Smoke" "Ghost"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Germany did not compete)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 233429166 GND: 134671686 MusicBrainz: 6da018b5-94fe-4f9b-8cd7-96a19bf2b03e

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