Miss Platnum

Miss Platnum (born Ruth Maria Renner; 27 September 1980), formerly known as Platnum, is a Romanian-German singer, songwriter and musician, currently signed to Virgin Records Germany.

Biography

Early life Platnum was born in Timișoara, Romania to a Romanian father with German roots and a Romanian mother. At the age of eight her family relocated to West 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 31 January 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 Singles Chart, and debuted at No. 63 on the German Singles Chart.

Discography Albums Title Album details Peak chart positions GER AUT SWI Rock Me Released: 31 January 2005 Label: Sonar Kollektiv Formats: CD, digital download — — — Chefa Released: 25 May 2007 Label: Four Music Formats: CD, digital download — — — The Sweetest Hangover Released: 4 September 2009 Label: Four Music Formats: CD, digital download 27 69 72 Glück und Benzin Released: 14 March 2014 Label: Four Music (Sony) Formats: CD, digital download 34 — — Ich war hier Released: 2 October 2015 Label: Virgin (Universal) Formats: CD, digital download — — —

EPs Lila Wolken (2012) Hüftgold Berlin (2014)

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album GER AUT SWI "Give Me the Food" 2007 63 — — Chefa "Come Marry Me"(featuring Peter Fox) 90 — — "Mercedez Benz" — — — "Why Did You Do It?" 2008 — — — The Sweetest Hangover "She Moved In!" 2009 51 72 — "Babooshka 2009" — — — "Lila Wolken" (with Marteria & Yasha) 2012 1 22 11 Lila Wolken – EP "Feuer" (with Marteria & Yasha) 52 — — "99 Probleme" 2013 — — — Glück & Benzin "Letzter Tanz" 2014 — — — "Glück & Benzin"(featuring Yasha) — — — "MDCHN (Mädchen sind die besseren Jungs)" 2015 — — — Ich war hier "Kanonen" — — — "Blockparty"(featuring Taktloss) 2016 — — —