Andreas Gabalier
{{short description|Austrian folk singer}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2013}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Andreas Gabalier
| image = Andreas Gabalier 8189w.jpg
| caption = Gabalier in 2014
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Friesach, Austria
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = {{hlist|Austrian-folk|Rock|Schlager|Europop}}
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 2009{{spaced ndash}}present
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| website = {{URL|http://www.andreas-gabalier.at/}}
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Andreas Gabalier (born next to Friesach on 21 November 1984) is an Austrian folk and Rock and roll singer.{{Cite web |title=Volks-Rock'n'Roller Andreas Gabalier zu Gast - Ö3 Sendungen |url=https://oe3.orf.at/m/sendungen/stories/3010061/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=oe3.orf.at}}
Family and private life
Andreas Gabalier is the second oldest of the four children of Wilhelm and Huberta Gabalier.{{citation |author=G. Vukits |title="Früher war ich ein ziemlicher Lausbua" |url=http://www.ganzewoche.at/klatsch_und_tratsch/detailansicht/article/911/ |access-date=2019-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221253/http://www.ganzewoche.at/klatsch_und_tratsch/detailansicht/article/911/ |archive-date=2013-12-02 |publisher=Die ganze Woche |language=German}} He grew up in Graz. In addition to tournament dancer Willi Gabalier he has one younger brother. The French family name Gabalier comes from a soldier who came to Austria in 1796 in the course of the Italian campaign by Napoleon Bonaparte and remained there.{{citation |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/landleute/4600727/ |title=Zum 30. Geburtstag: 30 Dinge, die Sie (vielleicht) nicht über Andreas Gabalier wussten |author=N. Müller |publisher=Kleine Zeitung |language=German |access-date=2019-06-15 }}
Gabalier's father died of suicide in 2006, and his younger sister in 2008. The song Amoi seg' ma uns wieder (We will see each other again sometime) is dedicated to them.{{citation |url=https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/stars/andreas-gabalier-spricht-traurige-geheimnis-familie-17626046 |title=Andreas Gabalier spricht über das traurige Geheimnis seiner Familie |publisher=Web.de |language=German |access-date=2019-06-15 }} From 2013 to September 2019, Gabalier was in a relationship with the Austrian moderator Silvia Schneider.{{citation |url=https://www.promiflash.de/news/2013/11/13/andreas-gabalier-das-ist-seine-freundin.html |title=Andreas Gabalier: DAS ist seine Freundin! |publisher=promiflash.de |language=German |access-date=2019-06-15 }}
Career
Image:Andreas Gabalier - Amadeus Awards 2013 d.jpg
After graduating from commercial high school (HAK) Gabalier began his study of law in Graz.{{citation |url=https://derstandard.at/1348284068968/Andreas-Gabalier-Ich-war-die-starke-Schulter-fuer-enttaeuschte-Maedchen |title=Andreas Gabalier: "Ich war die starke Schulter für enttäuschte Mädchen" |author=L. Winter |publisher=derstandard.at |language=German |access-date=2019-06-15 }}{{citation |url=https://www.schlagerplanet.com/star/andreas-gabalier |title=Andreas Gabalier: Sein aufregendes Leben |publisher=SchlagerPlanet |language=German |access-date=2019-06-15 }} He writes and composes his own songs. His first works were recorded in a hobby studio. In the summer of 2008, Gabalier, then still a law student, presented two of his songs to the ORF Landesstudio Steiermark.{{citation |url=http://www.schlager.de/stars/andreas-gabalier/ |title=Andreas Gabalier – Der Volks-Rock’n’Roller aus Österreich |publisher=Schlager.de |language=German |access-date=2019-06-15 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2184215-Andreas-Gabalier|title=Andreas Gabalier|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}
Discography
=Albums=
Studio albums
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! align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"| Year ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"| Album ! align="center" colspan="3" width="30"| Peak positions ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT {{cite web | url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Andreas+Gabalier | title=Andreas Gabalier discography | website=austriancharts.at}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
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| align="center"| 2009
| Da komm ich her | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 33 | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| |
| align="center"| 2010
| Herzwerk | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 31 | align="center"| 23 | align="center"|
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| align="center"| 2011
| Volks-Rock'n'Roller | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| 35 | align="center"|
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| align="center"| 2012
| Home Sweet Home | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"|
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| align="center"| 2015
| Mountain Man | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"|
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| align="center"| 2018
| align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"|
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| align="center"| 2022
| Ein neuer Anfang{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Ein-Neuer-Anfang-Andreas-Gabalier/dp/B09X4S3NY6|title=Ein Neuer Anfang - Andreas Gabalier: Amazon.de: Musik|website=Amazon|language=de|access-date=4 June 2022}} | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| |
Live albums
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! align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"| Year ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="150"| Album ! align="center" colspan="3" width="30"| Peak positions ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"| Certifications |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
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| align="center"| 2012
| Volks-Rock'n'Roller Live | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| 16 | align="center"|
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| align="center"| 2014
| Home Sweet Home Live – Olympiahalle München | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| |
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 2016
| Mountain Man – Live aus Berlin | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| |
| MTV Unplugged
| align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| |
Compilations
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! align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"| Year ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"| Album ! align="center" colspan="3" width="30"| Peak positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
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| align="center"| 2019
| Best of Volks-Rock'n'Roller | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 3 |
Christmas Albums
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! align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"| Year ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"| Album ! align="center" colspan="3" width="30"| Peak positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
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| align="center"| 2020
| A Volks-Rock'n'Roll Christmas | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 2 |
=Singles=
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! align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"| Year ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="150"| Single ! align="center" colspan="3" width="30"| Peak positions ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"| Certifications ! align="center" rowspan="2" width="150"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI |
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| align="center"| 2008
| "Amoi seg' ma uns wieder" | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| | align="center" rowspan="3"| Da komm ich her |
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 2009
| "So liab hob i di" | align="center"| 20 | align="center"| 70 | align="center"| 39 | align="center"| |
| "Es ist die Zeit"
| align="center"| 20 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| |
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 2011
| "I sing a Liad für di" | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| 30 | align="center"| 31 | align="center"| | align="center"| Herzwerk |
| "Sweet Little Rehlein"
| align="center"| 5 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| | align="center"| Volks-Rock'n'Roller |
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 2013
| "Go for Gold" | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| | align="center" rowspan="2"| Home Sweet Home |
| "Zuckerpuppen"
| align="center"| 29 | align="center"| 82 | align="center"| — | align="center"| |
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 2014
| "Amoi seg’ ma uns wieder" (re-release) | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| | align="center"| |
| "Dieser Weg"
| align="center"| 50 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| | align="center"| Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert (Sampler) |
| align="center" rowspan="3"| 2015
| "Mountain Man" | align="center"| 7 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| | align="center" rowspan="3"| Mountain Man |
| "Verliebt, verliebt"
| align="center"| 54 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| |
| "Hulapalu"
| align="center"| 10 | align="center"| 13 | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| |
| align="center"| 2018
| "Verdammt lang her" | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| 76 | align="center"| 33 | align="center"| | align="center"| Vergiss mein nicht |
| align="center"| 2019
| "Pump It Up (The Motivation Song)" | align="center"| 67 | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | align="center"| | align="center"| |
| align="center"| 2020
| "Neuer Wind" | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| — | align="center"| 51 | align="center"| | align="center"| |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140410174622/http://andreas-gabalier.at/ Official website]
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