Stefanie Heinzmann
{{Short description|Swiss singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Stefanie Heinzmann
| image = Stefanie Heinzmann - 2018111200532 2018-04-21 30 Jahre Radio Regenbogen - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0047 - AK8I6799.jpg
| caption = Heinzmann in 2018
| birth_name = Stefanie Fabienne Heinzmann
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1989|3|10}}
| birth_place = Visp, Valais, Switzerland
| associated_acts = Bigfisch, Stefan Raab, Gentleman, Alle Farben
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = Universal Music, BMG
| website = [http://www.stefanieheinzmann.de/ StefanieHeinzmann.de]
}}
Stefanie Fabienne Heinzmann (born 10 March 1989) is a Swiss pop singer and television personality. She gained public interest in early 2008 when she won SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, a talent contest hosted in Stefan Raab's late-night-show TV total on the German ProSieben network. Following her win, Heinzmann released her debut single "My Man Is a Mean Man," which debuted straight atop the Swiss Singles Chart and became a top ten hit in Austria and Germany. Her pop soul-influenced album Masterplan was released in March 2008 and made it to the top ten in Austria and Germany, also reaching number one in Switzerland, where it was certified platinum by the IFPI for more than 30,000 copies sold.{{certification Cite|region=Switzerland|artist=Stefanie Heinzmann|title=Masterplan}}
Heinzmann followed this with a series of successful albums, including the chart toppers Roots to Grow (2009), Stefanie Heinzmann (2012), Chance of Rain (2015) and All We Need Is Love (2019), all of which entered the top five in Switzerland. Several singles from these albums became top ten hits on the pop charts throughout German-speaking Europe, including "The Unforgiven", "Diggin' in the Dirt", and "In the End". One of the best-selling Swiss artists to emerge in the late 2000s, Heinzmann has won several high-profile prizes as a recording artist such as Prix Walo, the 1LIVE Krone, a Comet, a Swiss Music Award, the Radio Regenbogen Award, and the 2009 ECHO Award. Beyond her music career, Heinzmann has been featured as a coach on two seasons of the reality competition television series The Voice of Switzerland, the talent series Popstars, the music game show The Masked Singer, and Sing meinen Song – Das Schweizer Tauschkonzert.
Early life and career beginnings
Heinzmann was born in Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. She is the only daughter of Berti and Albi Heinzmann-Martig,{{cite web|title=Erstes Treffen mit dem Superstar|work=Westfalen Blatt|url=https://www.westfalen-blatt.de/OWL/Themenarchiv/Themen-Sport/Gerry-Weber-Open-2016/Bunt/2415982-Stefanie-Heinzmann-erfuellt-ihrem-Vater-einen-grossen-Traum-Erstes-Treffen-mit-dem-Superstar|date=16 June 2016|access-date=18 May 2020}} and younger sister of Claudio Heinzmann, a music manager and singer-songwriter on his own.{{cite web|title=Stefanie Heinzmann: Leben ohne Mann|work=Berliner Zeitung|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/kultur/musik/stefanie-heinzmann-leben-ohne-mann-article573921.html|date=5 November 2009|access-date=16 April 2010}} Heinzmann attended the commercial school for athletes and artists at the Kollegium Brig.{{cite web|title=Stefanie Heinzmann wird Berufsberaterin!
|work=Blick|url=http://www.blick.ch/unterhaltung/musik/stefanie-heinzmann-wird-berufsberaterin-135980|date=10 December 2009|access-date=18 April 2010}}
In 2005, she started her music career as the lead singer of the rock band Bigfisch. Their first single "Chumm ins Wallis" (Swiss German for "Come to Valais") became a local airplay success and was voted "Biggest Valais Hit of the Year" by local radio station Radio Rottu Oberwallis (RRO) in 2007.{{cite web|first=Dominik|last=Locher|title=Walliserin – mit Rosenkranz ins Raab-Finale|work=Blick|url=http://www.blick.ch/people/walliserin-mit-rosenkranz-ins-raab-finale-78011|date=9 January 2008|access-date=18 April 2010}} In summer 2007, her brother convinced Heinzmann to take part in Stefan Raab's talent contest SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, organised by commercial television channel ProSieben. She was picked as one of the 20 contestants for the show, and with her interpretations of soul, jazz and funk classics by the likes of Macy Gray, Norah Jones and Joss Stone, she managed to qualify for the final show on 10 January 2008. There, Heinzmann performed two songs, "Only So Much Oil in the Ground," a Tower of Power cover, and "My Man Is a Mean Man," which was specifically selected for her. Through televoting, the audience chose Heinzmann as the winner of the show, beating the two remaining contestants, Steffi List and Gregor Meyle. The music video for "My Man Is a Mean Man" was shot during the night of the final and premiered on German television channels days later.{{cite web|title=Unser Sing-Sch(p)atz flog allen davon|work=Blick|url=http://www.blick.ch/people/stefanie-heinzmann-80364|date=11 January 2008|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918021251/http://www.blick.ch/people/stefanie-heinzmann-80364|archive-date=18 September 2009|url-status=dead}}
Recording career
= 2008–2011: ''Masterplan'' and ''Roots to Grow'' =
Heinzmann's competition song "My Man Is a Mean Man" went on sale the day after the final. The single went straight to the top of the Swiss Singles Chart and reached the top ten in Austria and Germany, where it became a successful airplay hit during the following months, and established Heinzmann as one of the biggest-selling newcomers of the year. The song was eventually certified platinum in Germany by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) as well.{{Certification Cite|region=Germany|artist=Stefanie Heinzmann|accessdate=27 March 2010}} Her first album, Masterplan, primarily produced by Paul NZA and Marek Pompetzki, was released on 7 March 2008, throughout German-speaking Europe. Like the single, it peaked within the top ten in Austria and Germany, and debuted at number-one in the Swiss Albums Chart, where it was eventually certified platinum for more than 30,000 copies sold. Altogether, Masterplan sold more than 300,000 copies Europe-wide,{{cite web|title=Schweizer Shooting-Star|work=WDR 2|url=http://www03.wdr.de/radio/wdr2/westzeit/529824.phtml?druck=1&&id=529824|access-date=16 April 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} and earned the singer several prizes such as the Prix Walo, the 1LIVE Krone, a Comet, a Swiss Music Award, and the 2009 ECHO Award for Best Female Artist National Rock/Pop.{{cite web|title=Gewinner ECHO 2009|url=http://www.echopop.de/gewinner_2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224173118/http://www.echopop.de/gewinner_2009|archive-date=24 February 2009|access-date=22 February 2009|publisher=Echopop.de}} A reissue of the album was released on 19 November 2008 and included the previously unreleased song "The Unforgiven", a Metallica cover which became her second top ten hit in Germany.{{cite web |url=http://acharts.us/song/40287|title=Stefanie Heinzmann – The Unforgiven|publisher=aCharts.us|access-date=18 April 2010}}
In support of the album, Heinzmann embarked on a festival concert tour from May until September 2008, visiting venues throughout Germany and Switzerland. In May 2008, Heinzmann and her brother founded heinzmann-productions GmbH. Claudio serves as the chairman of the board, while Stefanie is incorporated as the company's official CEO.{{cite web|publisher=Moneyhouse|url=http://www.moneyhouse.ch/u/heinzmann-productions_gmbh_CH-600.4.013.385-7.htm|title=Heinzmann-Productions GmbH|access-date=30 May 2010}} In September 2009, Heinzmann's second album Roots to Grow was released.{{cite web|title=Roots to Grow – Chart performance|work=A-Charts.us|url=http://acharts.us/album/49683|access-date=18 April 2010}} The singer re-teamed with production duo NZA and Pompetzki to work on the majority of the album, which features songwriting credits by Joss Stone, Rick Nowels, Guy Chambers, Lucie Silvas, SoShy and Bryn Christopher, as well as collaborations with singers such as Gentleman and Ronan Keating. Upon its release, Roots to Grow reached number four on the Swiss Albums Chart and made it to the top twenty in Germany, but was less successful than its predecessor Masterplan (2008). Leading single "No One (Can Ever Change My Mind)" peaked at number twenty-seven on the Swiss Singles Chart.{{cite web|title=STEFANIE HEINZMANN – NO ONE (CAN EVER CHANGE MY MIND) (SONG)|work=Swisscharts.com|url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Stefanie+Heinzmann&titel=No+One+%28Can+Ever+Change+My+Mind%29&cat=s|access-date=18 April 2010}}
= 2012–2017: Third album and ''Chance of Rain'' =
File:Stefanie Heinzmann - 2016330201510 2016-11-25 Night of the Proms - Sven - 1D X - 0012 - DV3P2152 mod.jpg performance at the SAP Arena in Mannheim in November 2016]] Heinzmann began work on her self-titled third studio album in 2010.{{cite web|title=Hollywood ruft nach Stefanie Heinzmann|website=mainpost.de|url=https://www.mainpost.de/archiv-ueberregional/dailyx/Hollywood-ruft-nach-Stefanie-Heinzmann;art984,6675325|date=15 March 2012|access-date=18 May 2020}} Following the rushed recordings of her previous albums, the singer welcomed the opportunity to take a bigger role in the production of the album, for which she co-wrote or conceptualized several songs. Again, she re-teamed with NZA and Pompetzki to work on the album, also involving contribution from singers and songwriters Eric Bazilian, Julie Frost, Jamie Cullum, Ian Dench, Alice Smith, Sharon Vaughn, and Kim Sanders. Released on 16 March 2012 in German-speaking Europe, Stefanie Heinzmann debuted at number three on the Swiss Singles Chart, and reached the top ten in Germany as well as the top 30 in Austria.{{cite web|title=Stefanie Heinzmann|website=hitparade.ch|url=https://hitparade.ch/album/Stefanie-Heinzmann/Stefanie-Heinzmann-190169|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} The album's first offering, lead single "Diggin' in the Dirt", became her highest-charting single in years, reaching number six in Switzerland, where the song became her first top ten since "My Man Is a Mean Man." Also 2012, it was announced that Heinzmann would join the jury of the debut season of the SRF 1 reality talent show The Voice of Switzerland in 2013.{{cite web|title=Diese Schweizer Musiker sitzen in der Jury|work=Schweizer Illustrierte|url=http://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/tv-shows/the-voice-of-switzerland-jury-mit-stress-stefanie-heinzmann-marc-sway-philipp-fankhauser|access-date=19 September 2012}}
In 2015, Heinzmann released her fourth album Chance of Rain. The album marked a departure from her previous work, with Heinzmann collaborating with Berlin production team Beatgees and Swedish duo Electric on most of the album. Critics noted that the overall sound of Chance of Rain deviated from the pop soul sounds on her previous projects, particularly on electro pop ballads such as "Stranger in This World."{{cite web|title=Album-Check: Stefanie Heinzmann "Chance Of Rain"|website=srf.ch|date=26 March 2015|url=https://www.srf.ch/radio-srf-3/musik/album-check/album-check-stefanie-heinzmann-chance-of-rain|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} Though it failed to chart on the Austrian Albums Chart, Chance of Rain became her fourth consecutive top five album in Switzerland, where it debuted and peaked at number four and remained 39 weeks on the Swiss Albums Chart.{{cite web|title=Chance of Rain|website=hitparade.ch|url=https://hitparade.ch/album/Stefanie-Heinzmann/Chance-Of-Rain-268910|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} It also reached the top twenty of the German Albums Chart. Lead single "In the End" became Heinzmann's third top ten hit and highest-charting single since "Diggin' in the Dirt", reaching number nine on the Swiss Singles Chart. In May 2015, Heinzmann along with singer Miss Platnum and dancer Bella Garcia joined the jury of the German revival of the RTL II network talent series Popstars which tracked the making of the short-living girl group Leandah.{{cite web|title=Diese Frauen-Jury sucht eine neue Girlband |work=Stern|url=http://www.stern.de/kultur/tv/popstars-kompakt-stefanie-heinzmann-und-miss-platnum-sind-in-der-neuen-jury-2200721.html|access-date=13 May 2015}} Also that year, Heinzmann was awarded the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Swiss Act.{{cite web|title=MTV Europe Music Awards: Stefanie Heinzmann ist "Best Swiss Act"|website=srf.ch|date=16 October 2015|url=https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/glanz-und-gloria/people/schweiz/mtv-europe-music-awards-stefanie-heinzmann-ist-best-swiss-act|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}}
= 2018–2020: ''All We Need Is Love'' and talent series =
In September 2018, Heinzmann released the single "Build a House", a collaboration with German DJ and producer Alle Farben. Taking Heinzmann's further into the dance pop genre, it reached the top forty of the Swiss Singles Chart and preceded her fifth studio album All We Need Is Love for which she consulted producers Steffen Graef, John Gordon, and Sune Haansbæk to work with her. Released on 22 March 2019 through BMG Rights Management,{{cite web|title=All We Need Is Love | format=Audio CD|work=Amazon.de|url=https://www.amazon.de/All-Need-Love-Stefanie-Heinzmann/dp/B07MCDY1CV|access-date=31 March 2019}} It became Heinzmann's first album to top the Swiss Albums Chart since her 2008 debut album Masterplan. The album produced three singles, including lead single "Mother's Heart" and follow-up "Shadows," all of which failed to chart but received radio airplay. In November 2019, she embarked on her All We Need Is Love Tour, a 15-date concert tour that took her again to Switzerland, Austria, and Germany.{{cite web|title=Stefanie Heinzmann geht auf "All We Need Is Love"-Tour|website=minutenmusik.de|url=https://minutenmusik.de/vorbericht/stefanie-heinzmann-geht-auf-all-we-need-is-love-tourCV|access-date=31 March 2019}} Three months later, she won Best Female Act at the 13th Swiss Music Awards.{{cite web|title=Musik-Stars feierten trotzdem|website=blick.ch|date=28 February 2020|url=https://www.blick.ch/people-tv/schweiz/die-13-swiss-music-awards-musik-stars-feierten-trotzdem-id15773650.html|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}}
In February 2020, Heinzmann along with Seven, Francine Jordi, Ritschi, Marc Storace, Steff la Cheffe, and Loco Escrito appeared on the debut season of the reality television series Sing meinen Song – Das Schweizer Tauschkonzert, the Swiss version of The Best Singers series.{{cite web|title=Sie hat alle Herzen gebrochen|website=20 Minuten|date=21 February 2020|url=https://www.20min.ch/story/sie-hat-alle-herzen-gebrochen-462688467924|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} Broadcast on TV24, its episodes were filmed on Gran Canaria, prior to social distancing and the COVID-19 pandemic. An accompanying compilation album, including five of Heinzmann's live renditions, reached the top of the Swiss Albums Chart.{{cite web|title=Sing meinen Song – Das Schweizer Tauschkonzert|website=hitparade.ch|url=https://hitparade.ch/compilation/Sing-meinen-Song-Das-Schweizer-Tauschkonzert-401864|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} The following month, Heinzmann participated as Dalmatiner in the second season of the German adaption of the singing competition The Masked Singer. Her debut performance of Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" placed last, resulting in her elimination at the end of the first episode.{{cite web|url=https://m.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/ich-hatte-ein-bisschen-corona-zwei-kandidaten-schockieren-im-the-masked-singer-finale-mit-virus-beichte_id_11935069.html|website=focus.de|title=Zwei Kandidaten schockieren im "The Masked Singer"-Finale mit Virus-Beichte|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} In May 2020, she represented Switzerland with her song "All We Need Is Love" in the Free European Song Contest, a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised by the ProSieben network, serving as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/kultur/musik/eurovision/esc-2020-und-free-esc-tv-quoten-knapp-sechs-millionen-zuschauer-bei-ard-und-prosieben_aid-49334433|website=rp-online.de|title=Knapp sechs Millionen Zuschauer bei ESC-Ersatzshows von ARD und ProSieben|date=17 May 2020|language=de|access-date=17 May 2020}} She finished in seventh place with 66 points.
= 2021–present: ''Labyrinth'' und ''Circles''=
In March 2021, Heinzmann along with Johannes Oerding, DJ BoBo, Joris, Gentleman, Nura, and Mighty Oaks lead singer Ian Hooper filmed the eighth season of the reality television series Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of The Best Singers series. Broadcast on VOX in May 2021, its episodes were produced at Gut Weißenhaus in Wangels due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|title=Sing meinen Song 2021: An diesem wunderschönen Ort findet die neue Tauschkonzert-Staffel statt|website=vox.de|url=https://www.vox.de/cms/sing-meinen-song-2021-an-diesem-wunderschoenen-ort-findet-die-neue-tauschkonzert-staffel-statt-4718449.html|language=de|date=9 March 2021|access-date=16 May 2021}} On 14 May 2021, Heinzmann released her sixth studio album Labyrinth.{{cite web|title=Labyrinth | format=Audio CD|work=Amazon.de|url=https://www.amazon.de/Labyrinth-Stefanie-Heinzmann/dp/B091XT4WLB/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=heinzmann+labyrinth&qid=1618319358&sr=8-3|accessdate=13 April 2021}} She is expected to release her seventh studio album Cirlces through Seven.One Starwatch on 10 October 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.blickpunktfilm.de/silas-schwarzkopp/stefanie-heinzmann-stellt-sich-mit-sevenone-ada-und-undercover-neu-auf-5e1c5fd81b44eef226c3a0fa34642393|title=Stefanie Heinzmann stellt sich mit Seven.One, ADA und Undercover neu auf|website=Blickpunkt:Film |date=10 April 2025|accessdate=23 April 2025}}
Discography
{{Further|Stefanie Heinzmann discography}}
= Studio albums =
- Masterplan (2008)
- Roots to Grow (2009)
- Stefanie Heinzmann (2012)
- Chance of Rain (2015)
- All We Need Is Love (2019){{cite web|title=Wie die Musikerin Stefanie Heinzmann ihr Comeback plant|website=waz.de|date=30 November 2018|url=https://www.waz.de/panorama/wie-die-musikerin-stefanie-heinzmanns-ihr-comeback-plant-id215909195.html|access-date=2 December 2018}}
- Labyrinth (2021)
Awards and nominations
= Results =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Award !Nomination !Work !Result !Ref. |
| rowspan="7" |2008
|Best Newcomer | rowspan="8" |Herself |{{Won}} |
| Goldener Musikagent
|Sympathieträger |{{Won}} |
| Radio Galaxy Awards
|Newcomer of the Year |{{Won}} |
| 1LIVE Krone Awards
|Best Newcomer |{{Won}} |
| Comet Awards
|Best Newcomer |{{Nominated}} |{{cite web|date=23 May 2008|title=Comet 2008: Heinzmann geht leer aus|url=http://www.20min.ch/unterhaltung/sounds/story/24609361|access-date=17 November 2008|work=20 Minuten}} |
| Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
|Favourite Singer (Switzerland) |{{Nominated}} |{{cite web|title=Kids' Choice Award|url=http://kca.nick.de/|access-date=17 November 2008|publisher=Nick|format=Flash}} |
| Jetix Awards
|Newcomer of the Year |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="11" |2009
| rowspan="2" |Swiss Music Awards |Best Newcomer National |{{Won}} |
| Best Song National
|My Man Is a Mean Man |{{Won}} |
| ECHO Awards
|Best Female Artist National Rock/Pop | rowspan="11" |Herself |{{Won}} |
| Radio Regenbogen Awards
|Radio Regenbogen Hörerpreis |{{Won}} |
| Comet Awards
|Best Live Act |{{Won}} |
| Audi Generation Awards
|Music |{{Won}} |
| Live Entertainment Awards
|Audience Award |{{Nominated}} |
| ECHO Awards
|Most Successful Newcomer National |{{Nominated}} |
| Comet Awards
|Best Female Artist |{{Nominated}} |
| Goldene Henne
|Music |{{Nominated}} |
| 1LIVE Krone Awards
|Best Artist |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="4" |2010
|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards |Favourite Music Star (Switzerland) |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |Swiss Music Awards
|Best Live Act |{{Nominated}} | rowspan="2" |{{cite web|title=Swiss Award 2009|url=http://www.sf.tv/sendungen/swissaward/index.php|access-date=15 January 2009|publisher=SF1.tv}} |
| Best Album Pop/Rock National
|Roots to Grow |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |MTV Europe Music Awards
| rowspan="2" |Best Swiss Act | rowspan="3" |Herself |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |2015
|{{Won}} |
| 1LIVE Krone Awards
|Best Female Artist |{{Nominated}} |
| 2016
|Radio Regenbogen Awards |Song of the Year |In The End |{{Won}} |
| 2018
| rowspan="2" |1LIVE Krone Awards | rowspan="2" |Best Female Artist | rowspan="5" |Herself |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |2019
|{{Nominated}} |
| MTV Europe Music Awards
|Best Swiss Act |{{Nominated}} |
| 2020
|Best Female Act |{{Won}} |
| 2021
|Best Swiss Act |{{Nominated}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.synchronkartei.de/index.php5?action=show&type=talker&id=5755 Stefanie Heinzmann] at the German Dubbing Card Index
- {{Official website|http://www.stefanieheinzmann.de/}}
- [https://www.myspace.com/stefanieheinzmann Stefanie Heinzmann at MySpace] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.facebook.com/stefanieheinzmann Stefanie Heinzmann at Facebook] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://twitter.com/s_heinzmann Stefanie Heinzmann at Twitter] {{in lang|de}}
- {{Instagram|stiflti}} {{in lang|de}}
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