Marianne Rosenberg: All information about the German pop singer – her career and greatest hits

Created: 01/31/2022, 16:02

Singer Marianne Rosenberg © Jens Kalaene / dpa

Pop singer Marianne Rosenberg has regularly had great success with her songs since the 1970s.

The unique voice of the artist, which has a high recognition value, makes a decisive contribution to this.

Berlin – On March 13, 2020, the pop singer Marianne Rosenberg released her current album entitled "In the Name of Love". The singer had previously taken a longer break, the last music album "Regenrhythmus" was from 2011. Like all previous albums in her long discography, this release by the artist, who was 65 at the time, developed into a great success within a short time. In the first week after its release, "In the Name of Love" took first place in the German album charts. The album contains a total of twelve songs and was released on the occasion of Marianne Rosenberg's 50th stage anniversary. In 2021 the album received the Smago! Award, which honors outstanding achievements in the whipping industry.

Marianne Rosenberg: Childhood and family of the German pop singer

Little is known about Marianne Rosenberg's private life as an adult.

She had a relationship with Ilja Richter for many years and is the mother of a son.

Marianne Rosenberg: The beginning of the pop singer's career

Marianne Rosenberg's résumé as a crooner began in 1970 when she won a talent contest at the age of 14.

It took place in the Romanisches Café in the Europa Center in Berlin.

The artist was then given the opportunity to release her first record entitled “Mr.

record Paul McCartney".

The record became a hit, as did the following releases by Marianne Rosenberg in the 1970s:

• Stranger Man, 1971

• Every road has an end, 1972

• He belongs to me, 1975

• Marlene, 1976

The pop singer often appeared on radio and television with these and other big hits.

In particular, in the "ZDF hit parade" and the music TV show "Disco" she was one of the German pop stars who were guests several times.

Marianne Rosenberg: The pop singer's applications for the Eurovision Song Contest

Marianne Rosenberg took part in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest several times.

In 1975 she reached number 10 with the song "He belongs to me". This song then developed into one of the singer's greatest successes.

In 1976, Marianne Rosenberg took part in the Luxembourg preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest.

She sang a song in both French and German, entitled "Tout peut arriver au cinema" or "Songs of the Night".

Even with this hit, the pop singer did not qualify for the European song competition, she had to admit defeat to Jürgen Marcus.

In 1978, Marianne Rosenberg competed for the third time in the pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, this time for Germany.

Titled "No, I Won't Cry"

she reached seventh place.

In 1980 and 1982 she tried again to qualify as a German participant for this competition.

She failed with her songs "I'll be there when there's a storm" and "Blue Jeans Children".

Marianne Rosenberg: The development of the German pop singer in the 80s and 90s

Marianne Rosenberg used the Neue Deutsche Welle movement, which quickly gained popularity in the first half of the 1980s, to change her image.

She decided to stop performing as a typical pop singer.

Instead, she staged her performances in a more modern way and recorded records together with the band Extrabreit.

Since the 1980s, the singer has increasingly campaigned for the rights of minorities.

She became an icon of the gay community.

Her title "He belongs to me" is considered the anthem of the German gay scene.

Originally from 1975, the hit was re-released in 1988 as a remix.

Marianne Rosenberg sang the theme song "I need your love tonight" for the TV series "Rivals of the Racetrack".

The song was composed and produced by Dieter Bohlen.

The pop singer also recorded the song "Anywhere I lay my head" with him in 1994.

In 1998 Marianne Rosenberg released the album "Luna", which contained many songs composed and written by the artist herself.

Marianne Rosenberg: The career of the pop singer since the turn of the millennium

In the past 20 years, Marianne Rosenberg has also turned to other styles of music than hits.

For example, her album "I'm a woman" released in 2008 mainly contains chansons or jazz songs.

Marianne Rosenberg founded the band Schattenherz in 2013 together with producer Dirk Riegner.

It was the declared goal of the pop singer to record and publish songs in a new musical direction.

Marianne Rosenberg called herself Victoria as a band member, Dirk Riegner appeared as Victor.

In October of the same year, the two released a music album entitled Life is Beautiful.

The album was released by the record label Edel Records, and the song it contained, "Everything sounds from you" was released as a single.

"Life is beautiful" reached number 94 in the German album charts.

The musical style of the songs was assigned to the synth pop.

In particular, the New Wave and the New Romantic style had a strong influence on the compositions.

The band broke up the following year.

Marianne Rosenberg: The discography of the pop singer

Marianne Rosenberg has released numerous albums over the course of her career, which has spanned many decades.

Some of them reached top positions in the German charts.

The discography of the pop singer shows these music albums in chronological order:

• Stranger Man, 1971

• Songs, 1972

• Dreams, 1974

• I'm like you, 1976

• Songs of the Night, 1976

• Was it really yesterday?, 1977

• Whispering Grass, 1978

• And love she came, 1979

• Dream Express, 1980

• I need you, 1981

• Mirror Images, 1984

• The night burns us, 1989

• And there's nothing you can do about it, 1991

• Set the Night on Fire, 1993

• Fire Roses, 1993

• Luna, 1998

• Heavenly, 2000

• I'm a woman, 2008

• Rain Rhythm, 2011

• In the Name of Love, 2020

Marianne Rosenberg: Other activities of the singer

During her career, Marianne Rosenberg often appeared in the German media, not only as a pop singer.

In 2014, Dieter Bohlen was able to engage Marianne Rosenberg as a juror for the casting show “Deutschland sucht den Superstar”.

In 2006, the singer published her autobiography entitled "Kokolores", which she also published in the same year as an audio book that she read to herself.

Marianne Rosenberg also acted in a few films.

These are the following works:

• Portrait of Rosa von Praunheim, 1976

• The Bite, 1984

• Accomplices, 1987

• Long live the People of the Revolution, 2010

The crooner voiced Jennifer Lewis' original role as Mama Odi in the 2009 Disney-produced animated film Kiss the Frog.