Rosenstolz
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Rosenstolz (ˈʁoːzənʃtɔlts) is a German music band from Berlin
Berlin
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. Their music combines several styles including rock
Rock music
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, pop
Pop music
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 and ballads. AnNa R. and Peter Plate form the duo. They had their breakthrough in 1998 with the song Herzensschöner (Heart's Desire). Other successful hits include Amo vitam (I Love Life), Es könnt ein Anfang sein (It Could be a Beginning), Liebe ist alles (Love is Everything), Willkommen (Welcome), Ich bin ich [Wir sind wir] (I am me [We are us]).

Their records Kassengift (Box-Office Poison, 2000), Herz (Heart, 2004) and Das große Leben (The Big Life, 2006) and the live DVD
DVD
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 Das große Leben - live (The Big Life - Live) all went straight to #1 on the official German album charts
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...

 as compiled by Media Control; Das große Leben also reached #1 in Austria
Austria
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 and #10 in Switzerland
Switzerland
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.

Members

AnNa R. (Real name: Andrea Natalie Neuenhofen, née Rosenbaum) was born on the 25th December 1969 in Berlin-Friedrichshain and grew up in East-Berlin. She still lives in Berlin-Friedrichshain. She failed the entrance examination to the Friedrichshain Music School, and before her breakthrough as a singer she worked as an assistant in a laboratory and a music seller to finance her musial training. She has been married since November 2002 to Nilo Neuenhofen.

Peter Plate was born on the 1st July 1967 in New Delhi
New Delhi
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, where his grandfather was working as a diplomat. Before he moved to Berlin in 1990 he lived in Goslar
Goslar
Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...

 and Braunschweig
Braunschweig
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, among other places. Today he lives in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Before the founding of Rosenstolz he was active as a musician, writing a musical with friends during his youth and producing several tapes, albeit without wide distribution.

Since 1990 Plate has lived with Ulf Leo Sommer, who acts as producer, composer and lyricist for Rosenstolz. Since the 1st June 2002 they have been in a registered partnership.

Albums

Year Album Chart placing Certifications
D A CH
1992 Soubrette werd' ich nie
Soubrette werd' ich nie
Soubrette werd' ich nie is a 1992 album by Rosenstolz. It was the band's first album.The album was re-released in 1993, 1996, 2002 and 2007.-Track listing:All songs written by Peter Plate and AnNa R.....

93 -- --
1994 Nur einmal noch -- -- --
1994 Sanfte Verführer -- -- --
1995 Mittwoch is' er fällig -- -- --
1996 Objekt der Begierde -- -- --
1997 Die Schlampen sind müde 31 -- --
1997 Raritäten -- -- --
1998 Alles Gute — Das Beste von 1992–1998 10 -- --
  • GER: Gold
1999 Raritäten 2 -- -- --
1999 Zucker 2 -- --
1999 Zuckerschlampen Live 5 -- --
2000 Kassengift 1 -- --
2000 Stolz der Rose- Das Beste und mehr -- -- --
2002 Macht Liebe
Macht Liebe
Macht Liebe is the eighth studio album by Rosenstolz, released in 2002.The album entered the German top 100 album charts at #3, and it reached #51 in Austria....

3 51 --
2003 Live aus Berlin 5 -- --
2004 Herz 1 22 55
  • GER: 2x Platinum
  • 2006 Das große Leben 1 1 10
  • GER: 3x Platinum
  • AUT: Platinum
  • CH: Gold
  • 2006 Das große Leben Live 1 19 --
    2008 Die Suche geht weiter 1 1 2
  • GER: 2x Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • CH: Gold
  • 2009 Die Suche geht weiter - Live 3 30 --
    2011 Wir sind am Leben 1 1 3
  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold

  • Further releases

    Besides several re-releases as digitally remastered and Digipack, further unauthorized collections of older recordings have been released by Tom Müller, Rosenstolz’s first producer, who possesses the rights:
    • 2003 Ohne Worte — Die Karaoke-CD [only available on the band’s Website]
    • 2003 Kuss der Diebe — Producers Master Cut, CD mit DTS-5.1-Tracks, Musik für Erwachsene / DA Music (# 80)
    • 2004 Erwarten se nix — Producers Master Cut, CD mit DTS-5.1-Tracks, Musik für Erwachsene / DA Music (# 47)
    • 2005 Wenn du aufwachst — Producers Master Cut, CD mit DTS-5.1-Track, Musik für Erwachsene / DA Music (# 68)
    • 2006 Mondkuss — Producers Master Cut, Double-CD und -LP (coloured vinyl
      Gramophone record
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      , limitited to 1.000 Stück), Musik für Erwachsene / DA Music (# 16)
    • 2007 Soubrette werd' ich nie - The 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.
    • 2007 Die Singles 92-07 - all 44 previously released singles contained in one box
    • 2008 Traum Vom Fliegen - [Double-CD]

    Singles

    Year Title Chart placing Album
    D A CH
    1992 "Ich geh auf Glas" -- -- -- Soubrette werd' ich nie
    1993 "Schlampenfieber" -- -- -- Soubrette werd' ich nie
    1994 "Kuss der Diebe" -- -- -- Nur einmal noch
    1994 "Nur einmal noch" -- -- -- Nur einmal noch
    1995 "Lachen" -- -- -- Mittwoch is' er fällig
    1995 "Mittwoch is' er fällig" -- -- -- Mittwoch is' er fällig
    1996 "Der Moment" -- -- -- Objekt der Begierde
    1996 "Sex im Hotel" -- -- -- Objekt der Begierde
    1997 "Ich stell mich an die nächste Wand (Monotonie)" / "Die Schlampen sind müde" -- -- -- Die Schlampen sind müde
    1997 "Objekt der Begierde" / "Lass es regnen" -- -- -- Objekt der Begierde
    1998 "Königin" / "Herzensschöner" -- -- -- Alles Gute
    1998 "Herzensschöner" / "Königin" 34 -- -- Alles Gute
    1998 "Lachen" -- -- -- Alles Gute
    1998 "Nur einmal noch '98" / "Herzensschöner" 75 -- -- Alles Gute
    1999 "Perlentaucher" 40 -- -- Zucker
    1999 "Fütter deine Angst" / "Ja, ich will" (with Hella von Sinnen
    Hella von Sinnen
    Hella Kemper known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen is a German entertainer. She had several TV shows on German private channels...

    )
    52 -- -- Zucker
    1999 "Zucker III" -- -- -- Zucker
    1999 "Ein anderes Gefühl von Schmerz" -- -- -- Zucker
    2000 "Amo Vitam" 19 -- -- Kassengift
    2000 "Kinder der Nacht" 63 -- -- Kassengift
    2001 "Total Eclipse" (with Marc Almond
    Marc Almond
    Marc Almond is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell...

    ) / "Die schwarze Witwe" (with Nina Hagen
    Nina Hagen
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    )
    22 -- -- Kassengift
    2001 "Es könnt' ein Anfang sein" 8 -- -- Alles Gute (Re-release)
    2002 "Sternraketen" / "Macht Liebe" 11 -- -- Macht Liebe
    2002 "Es tut immer noch weh" 21 -- -- Macht Liebe
    2003 "Was kann ich für eure Welt" 12 -- -- Live aus Berlin
    2004 "Liebe ist alles" 6 47 -- Herz
    2004 "Ich will mich verlieben" 8 64 -- Herz
    2004 "Willkommen" (from "Summer Storm
    Summer Storm
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    ") / "Der größte Trick"
    8 44 -- Herz
    2004 "Ich komm an dir nicht weiter" 14 69 -- Herz
    2006 "Ich bin ich [Wir sind wir]" 2 5 16 Das große Leben
    2006 "Nichts von alledem [tut mir leid]" 11 47 59 Das große Leben
    2006 "Ich geh' in Flammen auf" / "Das Glück liegt auf der Straße" 7 12 87 Das große Leben
    2006 "Auch im Regen" / "Mein Sex" 8 35 -- Das große Leben
    2007 "Aus Liebe wollt ich alles wissen" 15 45 66 Das große Leben
    2008 "Gib mir Sonne" 1 3 13 Die Suche geht weiter
    2008 "Wie weit ist vorbei" 8 37 -- Die Suche geht weiter
    2009 "Blaue Flecken" 10 42 -- Die Suche geht weiter
    2009 "Ich bin mein Haus" 29 -- -- Die Suche geht weiter
    2011 "Wir sind am Leben" 3 17 43 Wir sind am Leben

    Videos & DVDs

    Year Title Chart placing D Annotation
    2003 Die Videos 1995–2001 -- DVD & VHS [only available on the band’s Website]
    2003 Live aus Berlin -- DVD
    2004 Herz -- DVD [Jewel-Case]
    2004 Willkommen in unserer Welt live & draußen 04 27 DVD [Jewel-Case]
    2006 Das große Leben - Live 1 DVD [Digipack, Jewel-Case]
    2009 Die Suche geht weiter - Live 3 CD/DVD [Hardcover Book]

    Literature

    • Rosenstolz: Lieb mich, wenn du kannst, nimm mich, nimm mich ganz. Dtv, München 1998; ISBN 3-423-20058-8

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