Miss Platnum

Miss Platnum
Background information
Birth name	Ruth Maria Renner
Born	1980 Timişoara, Romania
Genres	Pop, Soul, R&B, Hip-Hop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2005-present
Labels	Four Music
Associated acts	Seeed
Website	missplatnum.com

Miss Platnum, moers festival 2010

Miss Platnum (born Ruth Maria Renner in 1980), formerly known as Platnum, is a Romanian-German singer, songwriter and musician, currently signed to Four Music.

Biography

Early life

Platnum was born in Timişoara, Romania in 1980. At the age of eight her family relocated to Berlin where she went to school in Berlin-Lichterfelde. Later on she took lessons in singing with Jocelyn B. Smith and worked as a background singer for Moabeat.

Works

After her minorly successful debut album Rock Me which was released on January 31, 2005 on the Berlin-based Indie label Sonar Kollektiv, Platnum released her second album Chefa in May 2007, under her new artist name Miss Platnum. Produced by Die Krauts, it distinguished itself through a mixture of hip-hop, soul, R&B, pop and Romanian Musical elements. Its lead single, "Give Me the Food" reached the top 20 of the Romanian single charts, and debuted at #63 on the German Media Control chart.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions
		GER	AUT	SWI
2005	"Rock Me"	-	-	-
2007	"Chefa"	-	-	-
2009	"The Sweetest Hangover"	27	-	72

Singles

Year	Title	Positions			Notes
		GER	AUT	ROU
2007	"Give Me the Food" Chefa	63	-	11
	"Come Marry Me" (feat. Peter Fox) Chefa	90	-	57
	"Mercedez Benz" Chefa	-	-	79
2008	"Why Did You Do It?" The Sweetest Hangover	-	-	-	(Promotional Single)
2009	"She Moved In!" The Sweetest Hangover	51	72	-	Director:Peter Fox
	"Babooshka" The Sweetest Hangover	-	-	-

External links

• Official website
• Miss Platnum on Myspace
• Four Music artist page (as Miss Platnum)
• Sonar Kollektiv artist page (as Platnum)