Monrose
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- This article is about the German pop group. For the French actor by the same name, see Claude Louis Séraphin Barizain.
| Monrose | ||
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 (From left to right:) Mandy Capristo,
Bahar Kızıl, and Senna Guemmour |
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Germany |
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| Genre(s) | Pop, R&B | |
| Years active | 2006-present | |
| Label(s) | Starwatch/Warner | |
| Website | Official site | |
| Members | ||
| Mandy Capristo Senna Guemmour Bahar Kızıl |
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Monrose is an all-female pop–R&B trio from Germany consisting of Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar Kızıl. Formed in 2006 on the fifth installment of the German version of the international television talent show Popstars, they released their debut album Temptation in December 2006.
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[edit] History
[edit] Formation
Under the motto "Neue Engel braucht das Land" ("The country needs new angels") Popstars returned with a fifth installment in August 2006, this time searching for the legal successors of the show's first and most successful formation, the No Angels. More than 5,100 hopeful female singers attended open television auditions in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hanover, Munich and Dortmund, judged by choreographer and dancer Detlef "D!" Soost, music producer Dieter Falk and singer Nina Hagen. Over the course of several recalls and re-recalls the three judges reduced the contestants to a group of 20 who immediately travelled to Ischgl, Tyrol to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. In the end eleven girls remained who again moved into a mansion in Pullach, Munich to start working on their performance and publicity skills. While Soost, Falk, and Hagen continued eliminating one or two girls each week, the six remaining finalists went on with the recordings of alternative versions of their debut album Temptation and the video shoot for their first single "Shame".
On the season's finale on Thursday, November 23, 2006, three of the six were chosen to make the band: Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar Kızıl beat out Arjeta Zuta, Katarzyna Zinkiewicz and Romina Reinhardt - and eventually formed the trio Monrose.
[edit] Temptation
On December 1, 2006, Monrose released their debut single "Shame". The Jiant & Snowflakers produced pop song became an instant success and reached number-one in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland, making it one of the most successful debuts of the year. Outselling 3/4 of the German Top 100's singles sales combined, the song also emerged as the fastest selling CD single of 2006 and the biggest downloaded song since 2004. It also reached the top 5 of the European singles chart despite being released in only a handful of markets.
The band's debut album, Temptation was released on December 8 in Europe. Popstars judge Dieter Falk, Toni Cottura, Marc Mozart, and J Remy consulted on the album, which debuted on top of the German, Austrian, and Swiss albums charts and was certified platinum for more than 200,000 copies sold within its first week of release. So far, the album has sold more than 350,000 copies domestically. Critics rated Temptation generally positively, with LAUT's Stefan Johannesberg praising Monrose and their team for wisely finding a very "British and catchy" musical middle ground between The Pussycat Dolls and Destiny's Child.[1]
On March 8, 2007, Monrose participated in the German national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their second single "Even Heaven Cries". The band received 20 per cent of all phone votes and eventually finished second, falling against swing singer Roger Cicero and his song "Frauen regier'n die Welt." Meanwhile "Even Heaven Cries" peaked at number 6 on the German Singles Chart, simultaneously reaching the top 20 in Austria and Switzerland. More recently, the band is preparing for their "Monrose - Live Tour."
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Album information |
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| Temptation |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||||||
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| GER | AUT | SWI | LUX | POL | LT | EU | UWC | |||
| 2006 | "Shame" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 | Temptation |
| 2007 | "Even Heaven Cries" | 6 | 17 | 19 | 20 | - | 57 | 16 | - | |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Temptation review. LAUT. Retrieved on March 10, 2006.
- ^ German Certification. Ifpi.de. Retrieved on February 14, 2006.
- ^ Austrian Certification. Ifpi.at. Retrieved on February 14, 2006.
- ^ Swiss Certification. HitParade.ch. Retrieved on February 14, 2006.
