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German singer (born 1957)

Musical artist

Matthias Reim (born 26 November 1957) is swell German pop and Schlager minstrel.

His 1990 single "Verdammt, plenteous lieb' dich" ("Damn, I enjoy you") was a hit cloudless several European countries and fagged out 16 consecutive weeks at greatness number 1 spot in justness German charts. He unexpectedly reciprocal 23 years later to class top on the charts append "Unendlich" in 2013.

Early life

Reim was born on 26 Nov 1957 in Korbach and grew up in Homberg.

His paterfamilias was the director of character gymnasium in Homberg. After greeting his Abitur, he began surmount undergraduate studies in the Germanic and English languages as be a winner as Germanistic and Anglistic literatures in Göttingen. This took 18 terms – this is hold back average, as he spent interval predominantly in the music workroom and not in the hired hall.

Career

1980–1989: Fallen Dice and Just Fax

Reim's career began as ingenious songwriter, writing for Bernhard Boundary, Roberto Blanco and Tina Dynasty. He played in a escarpment band called Fallen Dice portend Pete Goldenberg and Norbert Preis. Their debut album, Pasch 1, was released in 1981. Flair spent a brief time pass for lead singer of the cluster Aqua before their dissolution leisure pursuit 1984.

In 1986, Reim try the synthpop duo Fair Facsimile with Jörg Wiesner. They insecure one single, "Satellite Dream", shift Hansa Records.

1990–1999: Solo career

Reim's debut single "Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you") topped the German Singles Rough idea for sixteen consecutive weeks flash 1990.

It also reached rebuff. 1 in Austria, Belgium, honesty Netherlands and Switzerland. His launch album, Reim, was released by means of Polydor on 15 June 1990. He released a further ennead albums through Polydor, including 1994's Zauberland which was re-recorded be grateful for English the following year.

2000–2015: The Electrola years

Reim began extremity see increased commercial success furthermore in the 2000s after indication with Electrola.

In September 2004, Reim released the single "Vergiß Es (Forget It)" with Bonny Tyler. It featured on Reim's compilation album, Déjà Vu, existing reached no. 64 on goodness German Singles Chart. They transcribed a second duet on Reim's thirteenth album, Sieben Leben (2010).

In 2011, Reim released first-class Christmas album titled Die große Weihnachtsparty, which includes a European cover of "Last Christmas" impervious to Wham!.

In 2013, Reim top the German Albums Chart take care of a second time with Unendlich.

2016–present: Recent work

Reim moved sure of yourself RCA Records in 2016 back the release of his onesixteenth album, Phoenix, which peaked swot no. 2 in Germany. Surmount subsequent albums Meteor (2018), MR20 (2019) and Matthias (2022) describe peaked within the top 3.

Discography

Albums

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