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Adel Tawil
Tawil in 2013.
Tawil in 2013.
Background information
Birth nameAdel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil
Born (1978-08-15) 15 August 1978 (age 46)
Germany
OriginBerlin, Germany
Genres
Years active1996–present
Websiteadel-tawil.de/

Adel Tawil (Egyptian Arabic: عادل الطويل,born 15 August 1978 in Berlin), is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German pop duo Ich + Ich, after being part earlier of the German boy band The Boyz.

Family background

Tawil was born in Germany. His father, Salah Tawil, is Egyptian and his mother, is Tunisian. Tawil is the first born of three, having a younger brother, Hatem, and sister, Rascha.

In 2011 he married his long-time girlfriend Jasmin Weber in a private ceremony in Berlin.[1] In 2014 they were separated, he currently lives with his girlfriend Lena.

Music career

During the end of the 1990s, Tawil was part of the German boyband The Boyz. Since 2004, he and Annette Humpe formed the duo known as Ich + Ich. They have released three albums, Ich + Ich (2005), Vom Selben Stern (2007) and Gute Reise (2009).

In 2007, Tawil teamed up with rapper Azad and released the song "Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)",[2] which is the opening theme for the German version of Prison Break. Tawil has made another solo appearance with Tobias Schenke for the song "Niemand hat Gesagt".

In 2007, Tawil held three spots in the Top Ten with two released singles and one album.

On 8 November 2013, he released his first solo album Lieder in Germany, and also toured in 2014.[3]

Discography

For his discography as part of The Boyz, see The Boyz (German musical group)
For his discography as part of duo Ich + Ich, see discography section

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak positions Certifications
GER
[4]
AUT
[5]
SWI
[6]
Lieder 4 6 17
So schön anders
  • Released: 21 April 2017
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 5 3
Alles lebt
  • Released: 21 June 2019
  • Label: Okapi, BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
7 17 7

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album
GER
[4]
AUT
[5]
SWI
[6]
"Lieder" 2013 2 1 6
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[7]
  • IFPI AUT: Gold[8]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[9]
Lieder
"Aschenflug"
(featuring Prinz Pi & Sido)
18 33 41
"Weinen" 2014 57 38
"Zuhause"
(featuring Matisyahu)
23 6 64
"Kartenhaus" 78
"Wenn du liebst" 2015
"Unsere Lieder" 33 Non-album single
"Bis hier und noch weiter"
(featuring KC Rebell & Summer Cem)
2017 23 72 97 So schön anders
"Ist da jemand" 12 9 3
"Gott steh mir bei"
"Eine Welt eine Heimat"
(featuring Youssou N’Dour & Mohamed Mounir)
"So schön anders"
"Polarlichter"
(featuring MoTrip)
"Flutlicht" 2018 Non-album single
"Tu m'appelles"
(featuring Peachy)
2019 48 30 Alles lebt
"Neues Ich"

As featured artist

Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album
GER
[4]
AUT
[5]
SWI
[6]
"Niemand hat gesagt"
(Tobias Schenke featuring Kane)
2003 85 The Dome Vol. 26
"Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)"
(Azad featuring Adel Tawil)
2007 1 12 13 Blockschrift
"Stadt"
(Cassandra Steen featuring Adel Tawil)
2009 2 3 31
  • BVMI: Platinum[7]
Darum leben wir
"Der Himmel soll warten"
(Sido featuring Adel Tawil)
2010 2 4 28 MTV Unplugged Live aus’m MV
"Ich will nur dass du weißt"
(SDP featuring Adel Tawil)
2015 15 41 41
  • BVMI: 3× Gold[7]
Zurück in die Zukunst
"Zuhause ist die Welt noch in Ordnung"
(Sido featuring Adel Tawil)
80 47 VI
"Vielleicht"
(Gestört aber GeiL featuring Adel Tawil)
2019 38 Non-album-single

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/heimliche-hochzeit-ichich-saenger-adel-tawil-heiratet-1726529.html
  2. ^ Music video for "Ich Glaub an Dich"
  3. ^ Adel Tawil Tourdates. Vorverkaufstarts.de. Retrieved Oktober 24. 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Discographie Adel Tawil". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Adel Tawil discography". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  6. ^ a b c "Adel Tawil discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank" (To access, enter the search parameter "Adel Tawil" and select "Suchen"). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Adel Tawil: Austrian Certifications" (To access, enter the search parameter "Adel Tawil" and select "Suchen"). Hung Medien (ifpi.at). Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  9. ^ a b "Adel Tawil: Swiss Certifications". Hung Medien (swisschart.com). Retrieved 2017-03-24.