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Matthias Reim 
Matthias Reim in 2006Background information Birth name Matthias Reim Born 26 November 1957 Origin 
Korbach, Hessen, GermanyGenres Schlager, Pop music, Rock music Occupations Singer-songwriter, Composer, Arranger, Musician Instruments Guitar Years active 1977–present Labels Polydor, EMI Associated acts Bernhard Brink, Christoph Brüx, Roberto Blanco, Jürgen Drews, Tina York a.o. Website http://www.matthiasreim.net Matthias Reim (born 26 November 1957 in Korbach, Hesse) is a German singer-songwriter. His 1990 single "Verdammt, ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you") was a hit in several European countries, and spent sixteen consecutive weeks at the No.1 spot in the German charts.
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Early life
Reim was born on 26 November 1957 in Korbach, Hesse. He grew up in Homberg (Efze). His father was the director of the gymnasium in Homberg. After receiving his Abitur, he began his undergraduate studies in the German and English languages as well as Germanistic and Anglistic literatures in Göttingen. This took 18 terms – this is above average, as he spent its time predominantly in the music studio and not in the lecture-room.
Career
Matthias Reim composes, writes lyrics, mixes and plays songs himself. The music to some songs comes from the German composer and music producer Christoph Brüx (Hamburg), for example Das erste Mal (The first time).[1] He composed for many other performers such as Bernhard Brink, Roberto Blanco, Jürgen Drews and Tina York. His first own LPs with his bands Fallen Dice and Fair Tax did not bring commercial success.
Reim's first - and largest - hit came out in 1990 – called "Verdammt, Ich lieb' dich" ("Damn, I love you"). The single sold 2.5 million copies world-wide and was at the top of the pops of German charts for 16 weeks - between 18 May and 6 September - since 1971 no other single stood longer without interruption at place 1 but this mark Matthias Reim shares with Boney M. The first album Reim was released soon after.
Until 1999 he published nine further albums with Polydor. His LP Zauberland was also released in an English-language version in Canada – there called Wonderland.
In the year 2000 the first out of (so far) six LPs by Reim were released by his new record company EMI. They are called
- Wolkenreiter (Cloud rider)
- Morgenrot (Morning red)
- Reim
- Unverwundbar (Invulnerable)
- Männer sind Krieger (Men are Warriors)
- Sieben Leben (Seven lives).
Albums[2]
- 1990: Reim[3]
- 1991: Reim 2
- 1993: Sabotage
- 1994: Zauberland
- 1995 Wonderland (Zauberland in Canada)
- 1995: Alles Klar
- 1997: Reim 3
- 1998: Sensationell
- 1999: 10 Jahre intensiv
- 2000: Wolkenreiter
- 2002: Morgenrot
- 2003: Reim
- 2004: Déjà Vu
- 2005: Unverwundbar
- 2006: Die Fan-Edition
- 2007: Männer sind Krieger
- 2010: Sieben Leben
References
- ^ Swiss hit parade Das erste Mal
- ^ Matthias Reim: Discography 17.12.2010
- ^ swisscharts.com: Matthias Reim 17.12.2010
External links
- (de) Matthias Reim's official website
- (en) Biography of Reim on IMDb
- (en) Biography of Reim on allmusic.com
Categories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Korbach
- German male singers
- German singer-songwriters
- Schlager
- University of Göttingen alumni
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