Adel Tawil

Adel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil (born 15 August 1978) is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German duo Ich + Ich and a former member of the boy band The Boyz.

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

Musical career During the end of the 1990s, Tawil was part of the German boyband The Boyz. Since 2004, he and Annette Humpe have 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)", which is the opening theme for the German version of Prison Break. He 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.

Personal life

In 2011, Tawil married his longtime girlfriend Jasmin Weber in a private ceremony in Berlin. In 2014, they separated. He currently lives with his girlfriend Lena.

Discography

Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak positions Certifications GER AUT SWI Lieder Released: 7 November 2013 Label: Vertigo Berlin Formats: CD, digital download 4 6 17 BVMI: 5× Gold IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold So schön anders Released: 21 April 2017 Label: Island Formats: CD, digital download 1 5 3 BVMI: Gold Alles lebt Released: 21 June 2019 Label: Okapi, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 7 17 7 Spiegelbild Released: 3 March 2023 Label: Okapi, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 7 50 33

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

As featured artist Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album GER AUT SWI "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 BVMI: Gold Blockschrift "Stadt" (Cassandra Steen featuring Adel Tawil) 2009 2 3 31 BVMI: Platinum Darum leben wir "Der Himmel soll warten" (Sido featuring Adel Tawil) 2010 2 4 28 BVMI: Gold MTV Unplugged Live aus'm MV "Ich will nur dass du weißt" (SDP featuring Adel Tawil) 2015 15 41 41 BVMI: 3× Gold Zurück in die Zukunst "Zuhause ist die Welt noch in Ordnung" (Sido featuring Adel Tawil) 80 — 47 BVMI: Gold VI "Vielleicht" (Gestört aber GeiL featuring Adel Tawil) 2019 38 — —