Anna Rossinelli
Anna Rossinelli | |
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 Anna Rossinelli at the Openair auf dem Bundesplatz 2012, Bern | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 20 April 1987 |
| Origin | Basel, Switzerland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | http://www.annarossinellimusic.com |
Anna Rossinelli (born 20 April 1987 in Basel) is a Swiss singer-songwriter. Rossinelli is part of a pop-soul trio band of her name. Georg Dillier and Manuel Meisel are also a part of the trio. [1]
Music career
[edit]Eurovision Song Contest
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On 11 December 2010, Rossinelli won the Swiss national final (Die grosse Entscheidungs Show), with the song "In Love for a While" and represented the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.[2] On 10 May 2011, she joined the first semifinal of the show. She entered the finale successfully thanks to the jury vote.[3] Unfortunately, Switzerland ended up last that year.
2011-present: Bon Voyage and present
[edit]On 14 October 2011, Rossinelli released the lead single from her debut album "Joker". It was written by Phillipa Alexander, Ellie Wyatt, Alex Ball, Vicky Nolan. It was produced by Fred Herrmann. She released her debut album Bon Voyage on 9 December 2011.
On 6 March 2013, her next single was published. Let It Go is the first single from her upcoming album, Marylou which was released on 3 May 2013 and debuted at number one.
On 7 February 2014, Rossinelli re-release her album Marylou under the new title Marylou Two with the bonus tracks Shine In The Light, Let It Go (Live), Vagabonds (Live), Reconcile and Shine In The Light (Piano Version).[4] The Swiss television studio SRF used the single Shine in the Light as their official song for the broadcast of the 2014 Winter Olympics.[5]
After the fifth album "Takes Two To Tango", Anna Rossinelli released a fifth album on the 18 January 2019. The album had singles such as "Union", "Jewellery", "Feel It" and "Hold Your Head Up", which was also the lead single of the album "White Garden". Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the tour accompanying this album was cancelled.
At the end of 2022, the band announced a new album called "Mother" for the upcoming summer. On 22 February 2023, the "Mother"-Tour was announced after the release of the album in the fall of that year.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album Details |
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| SWI [6] | |||
| 2011 | Bon Voyage | 10
(10 Weeks) |
Released, 9 December 2011 |
| 2013 | Marylou | 1
(9 Weeks) |
Released, 3 May 2013 |
| 2014 | Marylou Two | 7
(8 Weeks) |
Released, 4 February 2014 |
| 2015 | Takes Two to Tango | 7
(9 Weeks) |
Released, 27 November 2015 |
| 2019 | White Garden | 1
(7 Weeks) |
Released, 18 January 2019 |
| 2023 | Mother | 3
(3 Weeks) |
Released, 22 September 2023 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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| SWI [6] | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "In Love for a While" | 3 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| "Joker" | — | Bon Voyage | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | "See What You've Done" | — | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | "Let It Go" | 26 | Marylou | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | "Shine in the Light" | 4 | Marylou Two | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | "Bang Bang Bang" | — | Takes Two to Tango | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | "Hold Your Head Up" | 88 | White Garden | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | "Victoria Line" | 19 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | "Over" | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Band". Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ Escudero, Victor. "Switzerland has chosen Anna Rossinelli". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "First Semi-Final: The qualifiers and their Final starting positions!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "Anna Rossinelli Marylou Two incl. "Shine in The Light" Album Release 07.02.2014". Anna Rossinellis Official Facebook Page. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Anna Rossinelli singt den Olympia-Song live im SRF 3 Studio" (in German). SRF. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Anna Rossinelli - Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch.
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