Andreas Bourani

Biography

Andreas Bourani (born Stiegelmair; 2 November 1983) is a German pop singer and songwriter.

Career

Bourani was born to Egyptian parents and adopted as an infant by a German family in Augsburg, in the southwest of Bavaria. As a youth, he attended high school at St. Stephan but left without graduating and also studied at the private music school Downtown Music Institute. In 2008, he moved from Munich to Berlin. In 2010, he received a recording contract with Universal Music and performed as an opening act for Philipp Poisel and Culcha Candela on their 2010 arena tours.
In June 2011, Bourani released his debut album Staub & Fantasie×Staub & Fantasie10 June 2011 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Nur in meinem Kopf3:492Wunder4:093Zusammen untergegangen3:234Mit der Zeit4:265Glück4:306Sicher4:077Eisberg4:238Eden für dich4:149Du und ich und sie3:1310So leicht so schwer4:4411Fremder Planet4:3212Frieden5:1613Du lässt dich gehen3:16. It reached number 23 on the German Albums Chart and spawned the hit single "Nur in meinem Kopf×Nur in meinem Kopf17 May 2011 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Nur in meinem Kopf (radio edit)3:492Nur in meinem Kopf (Akustik Version)3:43" which became a top 20 hit in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In Germany, the single was certified gold for sales of more than 150,000 copies. In September 2011, he represented Bavaria in the Bundesvision Song Contest with his second single "Eisberg×Eisberg23 September 2011 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Eisberg (single version)3:552Eisberg (Akustik Version)4:21". He finished tenth in the competition. He then toured with Unheilig and was featured in one of their charting hits "Wie wir waren".
In April 2013, he was nominated for the German Music Authors' Prize in the Best Pop Text category. Bourani's second studio album, Hey, was released in May 2014 and spawned the single "Auf uns×Auf uns25 April 2014 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Auf uns4:002Auf uns (Akustik Version)4:24" which topped the German and Austrian Singles Chart. The song was also used in the trailer for the film Die Mannschaft which documents the Germany National Football Team's win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
In May 2015, Bourani along with Xavier Naidoo, Yvonne Catterfeld and others appeared in the second season of Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert, the German The Best Singers adaption. The same month, it was announced that Bourani would replace Sunrise Avenue lead vocalist Samu Haber as a judge in the fifth season of The Voice of Germany. He is the official voice of Maui in the German dub of Moana.