Lea (musician)
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Background information | |
Birth name | Lea-Marie Becker |
Born | Kassel, Germany | 9 July 1992
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Four Music |
Website | thisislealea |
Lea-Marie Becker (born 9 July 1992[1]), known professionally as Lea (stylized as LEA), is a German singer-songwriter and keyboardist.
Life and career
Lea is the daughter of a music therapist. When she was 15, she began releasing videos on YouTube, under her first name Lea-Marie. Her song Wo ist die Liebe hin was viewed more than 2.7 million times. She studied music and special education in Hannover.
Her version of Hildegard Knef's So hat alles seinen Sinn was included in the compilation album Für Hilde in 2015, leading to the record label Four Music publishing her debut album Vakuum in 2016.[2] In it she handled her first relationship and the feeling of not knowing where home is.
Her songs describe themes of love, friendship, and loneliness. Many of her songs are internal monologues, in which she asks herself questions that often remain unanswered.
In 2017, she went on her first tour, along with Frederic Michel (percussion) and Hannes Porombka (guitar and synthesizer). She also performed at the Early Spring Singer Songwriter Festival in Saalfelden.[citation needed]
Also in 2017, a remix of Wohin willst du?, in collaboration with Gestört aber GeiL, reached 11th place in the German single charts,[3] along with 43rd place in the Austrian charts.[citation needed] She also wrote Be My Now with Gestört aber GeiL, which was used as the title song of the eighth season of the German version of The Bachelor. It is in English while all of her other songs are written in German.[4]
In August 2018, she released the song Immer wenn wir uns sehn, written in collaboration with actor Aaron Hilmer for the film Das schönste Mädchen der Welt.[5] In September 2019, she released 110, a collaboration with Capital Bra and Samra, which reached the top place in the German charts.[6]
Lea was a participant in the 7th season of Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert.[7]
She lived in Hannover until 2018. Since 2018, she has lived in Berlin.[8]
Discography
Albums
Title | Release date | Record label | Peak chart positions | ||
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GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
SWI [11] | |||
Vakuum |
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Four Music | — | — | — |
Zwischen meinen Zeilen |
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6 | 53 | 35 | |
Treppenhaus |
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5 | 7 | 6 | |
Fluss |
|
6 | 6 | 7 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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GER [9] | ||||
"Leiser" | 2017 | 13 | Zwischen meinen Zeilen | |
"Zu Dir" | 2018 | 54 |
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"110 (Prolog)" | 2019 | 43 | Treppenhaus | |
"Treppenhaus" | 2020 | 18 | ||
"Okay" | 85 | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Awards and nominations
Results
Year | Award | Nomination | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | New Music Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Herself | Won | [13] |
Bambi | Audience-Bambi (New German Music Stars) | Nominated | [14] | ||
2019 | Bravo Otto Awards | Musician national | Bronze | [15] | |
Audi Generation Awards | Music national | Won | [16] | ||
1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Female Artist | Nominated | [17] | ||
Best Single | 110 (with Capital Bra, Samra) | Nominated | [18] | ||
2020 | Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards | Favourite Musician (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) | Herself | Nominated | [19] |
MTV Europe Music Awards | Best German Act | Nominated | [20] | ||
1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Female Artist | Won | [21] | ||
Bravo Otto Awards | Musician national | Nominated | [22] | ||
2021 | Pending | [23] | |||
1LIVE Krone Awards | Best Female Artist | Won | [24] |
References
- ^ Baumann, Sarah (7 July 2020). "LEA alias Lea-Marie Becker privat: So lebt die "Leiser"-Interpretin abseits der Bühne". news.de. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Deutsch, Ricarda; Franke, Sarah (2 April 2016). "Lea, wie landet man einen Youtube-Hit?". Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Gestört aber GeiL feat. Lea – Wohin willst du". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Einck, Henry. "Gestört aber GeiL – Be My Now". Dance-Charts.de (in German). Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Frizz: Das Magazin. Heft 10/2018, Skyline Medien Verlag, Kassel, 2018, S. 15.
- ^ "Capital Bra x Samra & Lea – 110". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ ""Sing meinen Song" am 23.6.20: LEA im Porträt". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "LEA im Interview mit Jennifer Weist". YouTube. Deluxe Music. 7 May 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Discographie Lea". offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Discographie Lea". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Lea – Zwischen meinen Zeilen". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Datenbank: BVMI". www.musikindustrie.de. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ mdr.de. "NEW MUSIC AWARD | Lea ist die Durchstarterin des Jahres!". MDR SPUTNIK (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Major music stars at BAMBI 2018 | BAMBI". bambi-awards.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "BRAVO-Otto-Wahl 2019: Vote für deinen Star!| BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Preistraeger | Audi Generation Award". www.generationen.de. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Triesch, Alexander (5 December 2019). "Fotos: Das sind die Nominierten für die "1Live-Krone 2019"". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Triesch, Alexander (5 December 2019). "Fotos: Das sind die Nominierten für die "1Live-Krone 2019"". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "Deutsche Kids' Choice Awards 2020: die ersten Nominierten". Fan-Lexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "MTV EMA 2020 VOTING". www.mtvema.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "1Live Krone Awards 2020 Voting".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "BRAVO-Otto-Wahl 2020: Vote für deinen Star!| BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ "BRAVO Otto Wahl 2021: Vote für deinen Star! | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "1LIVE". www1.wdr.de (in German). 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Literature by and about Lea in the German National Library catalogue
- Lea at IMDb