Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Mark Medlock
Person · male · Germany · Frankfurt · born 1978 · recording since 2007
German pop singer
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Also known as Mark Medlock & Dieter Bohlen · 馬克·米洛克
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Now or Never
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography295 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370869315
Biography
Mark Leon Medlock (born 9 July 1978) is a German singer and the winner of the season 4 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), the German version of Pop Idol.
Early life
Medlock is the elder of two siblings, born to an African-American father from Georgia, Larry Medlock, and a German mother, Monika, in Frankfurt am Main. Mark and his brother Larry were raised in a semi-poor home in the Lohwaldsiedlung neighborhood of Offenbach am Main during their formative years, before eventually moving to the Lauterborn neighborhood in 1997. At the age of 6, Medlock began singing gospel, widely influenced by his father and soul singers such as James Brown and Barry White.
At the end of the 1990s, his mother fell sick with cancer. Medlock subsequently left school and cared for her until her death in 2000. Two years later, his father died of a heart attack. In the meantime Medlock made a living with various jobs, including employment as a geriatric orderly, gardener, swamper, and garbage remover.
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Medlock was one of the favorite contestants right from the beginning of the competition. He had wowed the audience and the judges with his first performance in the Top 20 motto show and so on to the final. Medlock eventually won the competition with 78.02% of the votes against Martin Stosch who originally placed fourth but returned because of Max Buskohl's withdrawal.
Medlock is next to season five winner Thomas Godoj the second contestant of all German seasons who always gained the majority of vote calls during any of the nine theme shows and the two Top 20 shows. He is also one of two winners who was revealed to have never been in the bottom three during the competition, as well as being the first multiracial winner.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (14 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 53:47
1Now or Never3:142You Are So Beautiful4:153Seven Days4:084Relax Your Heart3:335Mr. Lonely3:406You Can Get It3:427Everytime You Go Away3:568Just Like Heaven3:479Oh Sarah4:1110I Miss You4:0211If You Just Call Me3:3412I'm Just a Dreamer3:2613Sad Sad Story4:4514Only a Fool3:342008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 50:54
1Summer Love3:502Heaven Is for Everyone3:593Over You3:224She Walks Like an Angel3:415Gimme a Chance4:436Stop It4:147If Your Heart Is Crying3:388Can I Hold You3:589Can't Change Lovers2:5910If I Could Fly3:5411Every Heart Is Beating4:4212If I Can't Have Your Love3:2613Never Let You Go4:282009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 48:20
1Mamacita4:142Copacabana3:353Que Sera4:004Second Chance4:165Reach For The Stars3:566Put A Smile On Your Face4:007Forever3:528Heart To Heart4:019Wild Wild World3:3710Forgive Me3:5911Why Can't We Live Together4:0812Last Summer4:422010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:00
1Real Love3:372Back in My Arms3:313Not Over4:024This Is Love3:265Trouble4:496If You Wanna Be Rich3:197Jerome Jerome4:018Stay With You4:409Hungry for Your Love4:2910Maria Maria3:4411Mr. Love3:222011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:58
1The Other Side of Broken3:512Stuck on You4:083I Wonder Why4:274Foolish Heart4:415Change the World3:576Second Guessing4:207Lean on Me4:328Boogie Down4:139Breakin Me4:3510Summertime4:3111How Long3:2212What a Wonderful World4:212014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:37
1Fühlst Du mich5:232Gib mir die Zeit3:293That's my City5:264Weil Du bei mir bist5:105Buch voller Tränen2:536Every Time4:107Lichtschein2:448Sie kommen in Scharen3:259There's an Angel3:3810Wach auf3:3811Tanz mit mir3:5312There is a Ghost4:1313Berlin3:2914Geh mir aus den Augen4:062017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:05:57
1Ich lass los4:282Flieg mit mir3:423Wenn Engel sprechen5:484Meine Liebe zu Dir4:585Gib mir mein Herz zurück4:036Friede sei mit Euch5:237Toben3:438Führung durch den Glauben3:129Sei wie ein Komet6:2410Let You Go5:4611Nehme Deine Liebe an3:5012Vorbei4:5113Ich lass los (mit Effekten)4:4714Vorbei (mit Effekten)5:022026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:38
1Back into the Sun3:032Mamacita (New Version)3:343Dancing through the Summer Rain3:554Now or Never (New Version)3:195Valerie3:516Summer Love (New Version)3:507Against the World3:188You Can Get It (New Version)3:329Heartbeat in Havana3:1310Unbelievable (New Version)4:0111Baby Blue (New Version)4:0912Love you like the summer3:53
Single · 6
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Now or NeverSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:481Now or Never (single version)3:14 2Only a Fool3:34 | 11 May 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Summer LoveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:041Summer Love (single version)3:50 2Summer Love (Summer dance mix)4:14 | 2 May 2008 | ||
| 2009 | MamacitaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 11:391Mamacita (single version)3:37 2Mamacita (karaoke version)4:09 3Heart to Heart (Alana remix)3:53 | 24 April 2009 | ||
| 2009 | Baby BlueSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 4:151Baby Blue (single version)4:15 2Baby Blue Videoclip | 25 September 2009 | ||
| 2010 | Real LoveSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:311Real Love3:38 2Real Love (Karaoke Version)3:53 | 9 April 2010 | ||
| 2010 | Sweat (A La La La La long)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 10:421Sweat (A La La La La long)3:52 2Here in My Heart3:10 3You're the One3:40 | 21 May 2010 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Mark Medlock head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 19 | 43.6th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mark_Medlock%2C_Kiel1.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a6b2a22-3d85-4c50-a380-c741a093a535discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a6b2a22-3d85-4c50-a380-c741a093a535core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62342genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62342seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Medlockbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Medlock
Why this artist is in the database
- List of German musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: https://www.flickr.com/people/arne-list/ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q62342 · MusicBrainz: 9a6b2a22-3d85-4c50-a380-c741a093a535
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