Laura Kamhuber
{{short description|Austrian singer (born 1999)}}
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Laura Kamhuber (born 8 August 1999) is an Austrian singer. Her performance of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", taped when she was a 13-year-old on the 2013 German edition of The Voice Kids, is the most watched YouTube video by an Austrian artist. She has recorded three albums.
Biography
Kamhuber has always loved to sing, and made her first public singing appearance at the age of three at her great-grandmother's nursing home.
From the age of ten she studied vocals at the Heidenreichstein music school.
While she was still ten, she participated in the casting for the NÖN Talent Contest in April 2010. "That was my first stage performance," she recalls, "and I was very nervous."{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/gmuend/noen-talenteshow-laura-kamhuber-einmalige-chance/4.237.461|title=NÖN-Talenteshow: Laura Kamhuber: "Einmalige Chance"|publisher=Noen.at|date=2015-03-17|accessdate=2018-03-09}} She finished second.{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/niederoesterreich/gesellschaft/der-noe-promi-der-woche-laura-kamhuber-junge-frau-mit-starken-nerven-der-noe-promi-der-woche-laura-kamhuber/74.877.470|title=Der NÖ-Promi der Woche – Laura Kamhuber: Junge Frau mit starken Nerven|publisher=Noen.at|date=2018-01-23|accessdate=2018-03-09}} Later in 2010, having turned eleven, she participated in the Austrian annual televised children's talent show titled Kiddy Contest{{cite web|url=http://www.fm1today.ch/laura-kamhuber-traeumt-nicht-nur/618078|title=Laura Kamhuber träumt nicht nur|publisher=FM1Today|date=2017-10-29|accessdate=2018-03-08}} where she reached the finals{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/niederoesterreich/kultur-festivals/noen-talent-bei-kiddy-contest/4.900.517|title=NÖN-Talent bei Kiddy Contest – noen.at|date=2010-10-04|accessdate=2018-03-09}} and finished in third place.{{cite web|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/gmuend/lokales/die-grosse-chance-fuer-laura-kamhuber-d337682.html|title=Die große Chance für Laura Kamhuber|publisher=Meinbezirk.at|date=2012-09-11|accessdate=2018-03-09}} From then on, she regularly took singing lessons and often sang at small to medium size concerts.
At a fundraiser in 2012, she sang a folk song for the first time and discovered she loved the genre. The same year she made the semifinals in another Austrian talent show, Die große Chance on ORF. At 13 she was the youngest singer in the contest.{{cite web|url=https://www.news.at/a/die-grosse-chance-erste-finaltickets|title=Die grosse Chance – Süße Tanzmäuse sind weiter|publisher=News.at|date=2012-10-20|accessdate=2018-03-09}}
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In 2013, she participated in the German edition of The Voice Kids, where she made it to the battles (or the knockout rounds) stage.{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/gmuend/voice-kids-aus-fuer-laura-kamhuber/4.243.877|title=Voice Kids: Aus für Laura Kamhuber|publisher=Noen.at|date=2013-05-01|accessdate=2018-03-09}} Her performance of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" in the blind audition has garnered over 220 million views (as of March 2025) on YouTube,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWcpoQirMoU|title=
Thanks to The Voice Kids she was noticed by people in the music industry and had a production team formed around her. Uwe Altenried (composer) and Peter and Gaby Wessely (lyricists) wrote the first song—"Wer Ordnung hält (...ist nur zu faul zum Suchen)"—just for her. That was followed by a record contract with Tyrolis Music. In the same year, Andy Borg invited her to sing her song on the Austrian folk music television show Musikantenstadl.
On 2 January 2014, she released her debut album Wie guat, dass i a Madl bin,{{cite web|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/gmuend/lokales/erste-cd-von-laura-kamhuber-wie-guat-dass-i-a-madl-bin-d796817.html|title=Erste CD von Laura Kamhuber – "Wie guat, dass i a Madl bin"|publisher=Meinbezirk.at|date=2013-12-25|accessdate=2018-03-09|language=German}} which contains 12 folk songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.tips.at/news/amaliendorf-aalfang/land-leute/369219-gesungen-hat-laura-immer-schon-gerne|title=Gesungen hat Laura immer schon gerne|publisher=Tips|date=2016|accessdate=2018-03-10}}
In the 2015/2016 season, with the song "Stay Tonight", she made the shortlist of the Facebook (online) selection for the wildcard place in the Austrian national selection final for the Eurovision Song Contest.{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/niederoesterreich/kultur-festivals/61-song-contest-kandidaten-des-oesterreichischen-vorentscheids/11.443.142|title=61. Song Contest: Kandidaten des österreichischen Vorentscheids|publisher=Noen.at|date=2016-01-13|accessdate=2018-03-08}}
In December 2016 she released her second single, titled "Wunder".
She was named youth ambassador for the UNESCO Club Austria's Gold Ribbon Campaign "Warriors and Angels" in early 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/gmuend/amaliendorf-unesco-ehre-fuer-laura-kamhuber/35.875.493|title=Amaliendorf – UNESCO-Ehre für Laura Kamhuber|publisher=Noen.at|date=2017-02-03|accessdate=2018-03-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcancerday.org/gold-ribbon-campaign-austria-warriors-and-angels|title=Gold Ribbon Campaign Austria "Warriors and Angels"|date=2017|accessdate=2018-03-08|publisher=WCD}} In late 2017 she released her third album Träume, produced by David Ritt for Ritt Sound.{{cite web|url=http://www.noen.at/gmuend/amaliendorf-kamhuber-vom-kinderstar-zur-normalen-18-jaehrigen/68.420.276|title=Amaliendorf - Kamhuber: Vom Kinderstar zur "normalen" 18-Jährigen|publisher=Noen.at|date=2017-11-24|accessdate=2018-03-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rittsound.at/traeume/|title=Träume|publisher=Ritt Sound|accessdate=2018-03-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.esccovers.com/laura-kamhuber-releases-her-new-album-and-enters-the-race-for-the-2018-san-marino-eurovision-candidate/|title=Laura Kamhuber releases her new album...and enters the race for the 2018 San Marino Eurovision candidate|publisher=ESC Covers|date=2017-11-05|accessdate=2018-03-08}} The album contains various styles of songs from pop music to country to soulful ballads.{{cite web|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/gmuend/lokales/laura-kamhuber-mit-neuem-video-d2226565.html|title=Laura Kamhuber mit neuem Video|publisher=Meinbezirk.at|date=2017-08-24|accessdate=2018-03-08}}
Discography
= Albums =
- 2014: Wie guat, dass i a Madl bin
- 2016: Ich glaube noch an Wunder (EP containing 5 songs)
- 2017: Träume
= Singles =
- 2010: "Ich bleib lieber klein" (German-language cover of Cheryl Cole's "Fight for This Love"; also included on the various artists compilation album Kiddy Contest Vol. 16)
- 2013: "Wer Ordnung hält (...ist nur zu faul zum Suchen)"
- 2016: "Stay Tonight"
- 2017: "Right Beside Me" (with Brofaction)
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://rare.us/people/the-judges-couldnt-even-handle-how-well-this-young-girl-sang-i-will-always-love-you/|title=The judges couldn't even handle how well this young girl sang "I Will Always Love You"|publisher=Rare|date=2015-01-21|accessdate=2018-03-09}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/blogs/9-kids-singing-hit-tunes-are-better-originals|title=9 kids singing hit tunes that are better than the originals|publisher=MNN – Mother Nature Network|date=2016-04-09|accessdate=2018-03-09}}
External links
- {{Official website|laurakamhuber.at}}
- {{YouTube|user=ZachKamhuber|Laura Kamhuber}}
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Category:21st-century Austrian women singers
Category:Austrian schlager musicians
Category:The Voice Kids contestants
Category:People from Gmünd District
Category:Musicians from Lower Austria