German actress and recording artist Jeanette Biedermann began her professional music career in 1998. Her discography, as a solo artist, includes sixth regular studio albums, a holiday album, twenty-one singles and four DVD albums, which she released on Universal Music and her former label Polydor Records.
Biedermann began her music career in 1999 with the German-language single "Das tut unheimlich weh" following her win at the Bild-Schlagerwettbewerb competition in 1998. The song served as her official entry at the German pre-selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, where it ended fourth. However, the single failed to chart or sell noticeably afterwards. In 2001, she released her first full English-language album Enjoy!, which contained influences of europop and dance-pop music. While the album itself became a moderate commercial success, it spawned her top ten single "Go Back," which was certified gold in Germany. The following year, Biedermann's second album Delicious was released. It entered the top 20 of the charts and received a gold certification by the IFPI. Leading single "How It's Go to Be," which featured prominent portions of Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake, became her second top ten entry and another gold-seller. Other singles released from the album include "No More Tears" and "Sunny Day."
Biedermann's more pop rock-oriented third studio album, Rock My Life, which began a marked shift in the sound of her music, was released in 2002 and became her biggest success yet, with both the album and its same-titled leading single going gold in Germany. Altogether it produced four singles, including "It's Over Now", "Right Now" and a duet with Ronan Keating, "We've Got Tonight," a cover version of Bob Seger's 1978 hit. All singles managed to reach the top ten of the domestic charts. Rock My Life was eventually outperformed by her fourth effort Break on Through (2003), Biedermann's first album with Universal Music following her departure from Polydor Records the same year. It became her first album to debut within the top ten of the Austrian and Swiss Albums Chart and received a platinum certification by the IFPI the following year. Spawning a total of four singles, including top five hit "Rockin' on Heaven's Floor," the album was reissued with additional songs in 2004.
In 2005, Biedermann collaborated with Electronic Arts on her single "Run with Me," which was used as a promotional track for the computer game The Sims and won her another ECHO Award for Best Video – National. The song appeared as a bonus track on her fifth regular album, Naked Truth (2006), which took her work further into the rock genre and, although less successful commercially than her previous release, still reached the top 20 of the German Albums Chart. From all three singles that were released from the album, "Bad Girls Club" became the only top 20 entry. Following a longer hiatus, Biedermann returned to music with her sixth album Undress to the Beat, which incorporated aspects of electropop and synthpop, in 2009. While the album was met with mixed reviews and moderate sales, its same-titled lead single became the singer's first top ten hit in five years. In 2019, Biedermann released DNA, her first solo album in a decade. Her first record to be entirely recorded in German language, it reached the top ten of the German Albums Chart.
Albums Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications GER AUT SWI Enjoy! Released: November 13, 2000 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Polydor 39 — 67 Delicious Released: November 12, 2001 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Polydor 16 70 60 GER: Gold Rock My Life Released: November 25, 2002 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Polydor 7 28 75 GER: Gold Break on Through Released: November 3, 2003 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Kuba Music, Universal 6 7 10 AUT: Gold GER: Platinum Merry Christmas Released: November 29, 2004 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Kuba Music 22 43 — Naked Truth Released: April 7, 2006 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Kuba Music, Universal 14 44 55 Undress to the Beat Released: March 20, 2009 Formats: CD, digital download Label: One Two, Universal 13 27 41 DNA Released: 20 September 2019 Formats: CD, digital download Label: Columbia 8 30 31 "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album GER AUT SWI "Das tut unheimlich weh" 1999 — — — non-album release "Go Back" 2000 8 59 16 GER: Gold Enjoy! "Will You Be There" 2001 28 49 73 "How It's Got to Be" 7 22 22 GER: Gold Delicious "No More Tears" 2002 9 15 43 "Sunny Day" 12 33 87 "Rock My Life" 3 6 37 GER: Gold Rock My Life "We've Got Tonight" (with Ronan Keating) 7 6 25 GER: Gold "It's Over Now" 2003 6 18 63 "Right Now" 4 11 45 "Rockin' on Heaven's Floor" 3 6 6Break on Through "No Eternity" 2004 9 40 43 "Hold the Line" 11 27 — "Run with Me" 3 14 24 Naked Truth "The Infant Light" 11 — 59 Merry Christmas "Bad Girls Club" 2005 20 67 35 Naked Truth "Endless Love" 2006 22 51 76 "Heat of the Summer" 50 — — "Undress to the Beat" 2009 6 20 94 Undress to the Beat "Material Boy (Don't Look Back)" 43 69 — "Solitary Rose" 15 16 59 "Wie ein offenes Buch" 2019 — — — DNA "Deine Geschichten" — — — "In den 90ern" — — — "Besser mit Dir" — — — "10.000 Fragen" 2020 — — — non-album release "The Book of Love" 2021 — — — "Weil du lachst" — — — "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
Album appearances Song Year Artist(s) Album "Mein kleiner Prinz" 1999 Kristina Bach, Jeanette Tausend kleine Winterfeuer "Immer noch" 2000 Jeanette GZSZ 22 - Happy Times "Er gehört zu mir" 2001 Jeanette Fetenhits - Disco-Schlager "We've Got Tonight" 2002 Ronan Keating, Jeanette Destination "You Shook Me All Night Long" 2014 Andreas Gabalier, Jeanette Home Sweet Home
Videography DVDs + List of DVD releases with relevant details Title Album details Delicious Live Released: March 31, 2003 Label: Universal Format: DVD Rock My Life Tour 2003 Released: December 1, 2003 Label: Universal Format: DVD Break on Through Tour 2004 Released: July 12, 2004 Label: Universal Format: DVD Naked Truth – Live at Bad Girls Club Released: August 18, 2006 Label: Universal Format: DVD
Music videos Year Title Director 2000 "Go Back" Oliver Sommer 2001 "Will You Be There" Erste Liebe "How It's Got to Be" Oliver Sommer 2002 "No More Tears" Oliver Sommer "Sunny Day" "Rock My Life" "We've Got Tonight" 2003 "It's Over Now" "Right Now" Sandra Marschner "Right Now" (DTM version) Jörn Heitmann "Rockin' on Heaven's Floor" 2004 "No Eternity" "Hold the Line" Oliver Sommer "Run with Me" "The Infant Light" 2005 "Bad Girls Club" Jörn Heitmann 2006 "Endless love" Sandra Marschner "Heat of the Summer" 2009 "Undress to the Beat" Katja Kuhl "Material Boy (Don't Look Back)" "Solitary Rose" Nikolaj Georgiew
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