Herbert Grönemeyer
Herbert Grönemeyer was born in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany on April 12th, 1956 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 68, Herbert Grönemeyer biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer (born 12 April 1956) is a German musician and comedian who is well-known in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
In Wolfgang Petersen's film Das Boot, he starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner, but later concentrated on his musical interests.
His fifth album, 4630 Bochum (1984) and his 11th album Mensch (Human) (2002) are Germany's third and first best-selling albums, making him Germany's most popular artist with total album sales in excess of 13 million.
Early life
Grönemeyer was born in Göttingen, Germany, on April 12, 1956. He often refers to his personal roots as living in Bochum, which is where he spent the majority of his childhood, youth, and early adulthood. Dietrich Grönemeyer, a medical doctor, is his brother. Grönemeyer's interest in music was ignited at the age of 8, when he began to take piano lessons.
Career
His performances as a pianist and composer at the local theatre Schauspielhaus Bochum arose from piano lessons. Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice appeared in 1979 at the City of Cologne Theatre (Schauspielhaus Köln). Despite never having attended an acting school, he was soon cast in several television shows. He met his late wife, actress Anna Henkel, during one of the shootings. In addition, Grönemeyer released an album on which he performed with the Ocean Orchestra in 1978, a year in which he also produced the music for the film Uns reicht das nicht by Jürgen Flimm, together with Jens-Peter Ostendorf. The Golden Lemon, Grönemeyer's first solo album, was named ugliest album cover of the year. In 1981, Zwo's second album Zwo was released. Neither of them were able to chart. Lieutenant Werner appeared in Wolfgang Petersen's hit film Das Boot in the same year. Grönemeyer spent six months in East Germany for the role of composer Robert Schumann in the German-German coproduction Spring Symphony (co-starring Nastassja Kinski and Rolf Hoppe), for which he also wrote the film score. Grönemeyer put his main focus on his music in the early 1980s; the following two albums, Total egal (1982) and Gemischte Gefühle (1983), flopped, and the majority of concerts of the planned tour had to be postponed;
Grönemeyer first achieved fame as a musician in 1984 with the release of 4630 Bochum, Germany's best-selling album that year, especially because of the singles "Männer" and "Flugzeuge im Bauch." Grönemeyer appeared in the television show Väter und Söhne, co-starring Julie Christie, Burt Lancaster, and Bruno Ganz a year ago. Grönemeyer was one of Germany's first big AIDS charity run by Rosa von Praunheim, the well-known gay rights activist. He increasingly expressed his political views in his forthcoming albums Sprünge (1986) and (1988), criticizing the government under German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Grönemeyer performed at the Anti-WAAhns Festival against nuclear power in 1986, he produced the film score for the TV film Sommer in Lesmona, for which he received the Adolf Grimme Award in gold. The debut of his first English album What's all this was followed by a tour through Canada, where it was a hit in the charts. After the Berlin Wall had collapsed, Grönemeyer released the album Luxus, in which he discussed East and West Germany's feelings.
Following tour, more than 600,000 people attended the following tour. Grönemeyer was the first non-English-speaking artist to be invited by MTV to perform an unplugged concert in 1994. Grönemeyer left London and became the proud owner of Bleibt alles anders (Everything Remains Different). Grönland Records is also owned by the artist. His brother Wilhelm and his wife Anna died of cancer in the same year (both dying within four days of each other); Grönemeyer had to wait a year to resume his work. He performed with a philharmonic orchestra in 2000 and brought out the DVD Stand der Dinge (State of Affairs).
He released his album Mensch (Human) in August 2002, which was given Platinum even before release due to advance orders. The single "Mensch" became Grönemeyer's first top-one hit in Germany, and over 1.5 million people attended the 2-year tour. Grönemeyer wrote songs for the Olympic Games in Athens ("Everlasting") and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany ("Celebrate the Day") in 2004, respectively.
He released his 12th studio album 12 in March 2007, which was followed by a stadium tour of German-speaking countries. In September, smaller concerts took place in Amsterdam, Munich, Dresden, and London's Royal Albert Hall.
The three re-recorded albums What's the deal with Luxus and Chaos for the English-speaking world? Grönemeyer had intended to make his American debut on September 17th at the Beacon Theater in New York City, but the show was postponed.
Grönemeyer performed "Komm zur Ruhr" in January 2010 as part of the "RUHR" opening ceremony in Essen – the city of Essen being the "European Capital of Culture 2010" on behalf of the entire Ruhr area.
Grönemeyer's next studio album Schiffsverkehr, which became a number-one-album in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, was released in March 2011. The following 2011 tour of the same name attracted a 550,000 audience.
Grönemeyer's English-language debut on I Walk was published in the United States in February 2013. EMI Label Services is a trademark of Grönland, Germany. On February 23, and September 26, 2013, he appeared in early 2013 for his first American concerts at the Chicago Theatre and New York's Irving Plaza. For September 2013, his US website revealed 12 tour dates in the United States and Canada. The album, which features guest performances from Bono of Antony and The Johnsons, guitarist James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers, and guitarist James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers, was released in the United Kingdom in October 2012.
In 2005, TIME magazine named him "European Hero" for his charitable work.
Grönemeyer's 2014 album Dauernd now received the Goldene Kamera award for the best German language album of 2014 and 2015, while Grönemeyer himself received the Best National Music award. Grönemeyer received an Echo award in March 2015 as a result of this album.
On November 25, 2016, his new Album Live aus Bochum was released. The collection includes live recordings of Grönemeyer's concerts in Bochum's Ruhrstadion in July 2015.