Andreas Bourani

Andreas Bourani (born Stiegelmair; 2 November 1983) is a German pop singer and songwriter.

Career Bourani was born to Egyptian parents and adopted as an infant by a German family in Augsburg, in the southwest of Bavaria. As a youth, he attended high school at St. Stephan but left without graduating and also studied at the private music school Downtown Music Institute. In 2008, he moved from Munich to Berlin. In 2010, he received a recording contract with Universal Music and performed as an opening act for Philipp Poisel and Culcha Candela on their 2010 arena tours.

In June 2011, Bourani released his debut album Staub & Fantasie. It reached number 23 on the German Albums Chart and spawned the hit single "Nur in meinem Kopf" which became a top 20 hit in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In Germany, the single was certified gold for sales of more than 150,000 copies. In September 2011, he represented Bavaria in the Bundesvision Song Contest with his second single "Eisberg". He finished tenth in the competition. He then toured with Unheilig and was featured in one of their charting hits "Wie wir waren".

In April 2013, he was nominated for the German Music Authors' Prize in the Best Pop Text category. Bourani's second studio album, Hey, was released in May 2014 and spawned the single "Auf uns" which topped the German and Austrian Singles Chart. The song was also used in the trailer for the film Die Mannschaft which documents the Germany National Football Team's win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

In May 2015, Bourani along with Xavier Naidoo, Yvonne Catterfeld and others appeared in the second season of Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert, the German The Best Singers adaption. The same month, it was announced that Bourani would replace Sunrise Avenue lead vocalist Samu Haber as a judge in the fifth season of The Voice of Germany. He is the official voice of Maui in the German dub of Moana.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak positions Certifications GER AUT SWI Staub & Fantasie Released: 10 June 2011 Label: Vertigo Berlin Formats: CD, digital download 23 27 22 BVMI: Gold Hey Released: 9 May 2014 Label: Vertigo Berlin Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 3 3 BVMI: 7× Gold

Live albums Title Album details Hey (Live) Released: 30 October 2015 Label: Vertigo Berlin Formats: CD, DVD, digital download

Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album GER Hey "Auf anderen Wegen" 4 5 29 BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold "Ultraleicht" 2015 45 71 50 BVMI: Gold "Hey" 30 46 36 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist Title Year Peak positions Certifications Album GER AUT SWI "Wie wir waren" (Unheilig featuring Andreas Bourani) 2012 32 60 — Lichter der Stadt "Astronaut" (Sido featuring Andreas Bourani) 2015 1 1 1 BVMI: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold VI "Radio Song (MTV Unplugged 2)"(Udo Lindenberg featuring Andreas Bourani) 2019 — — — MTV Unplugged 2: Live vom Atlantik "Willkommen Zurück"(Clueso featuring Andreas Bourani) 2021 91 — — Album "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs Title Year Peak positions Album GER "Schlaflied" 2015 48 Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 2

Filmography Vaiana – Das Paradies hat einen Haken – Maui (2016) Baymax – Riesiges Robowabohu – Fred (2014)