Eva Briegel (born 3 December 1978) is a German singer and member of the rock band
Juli.
Early life
Briegel's family lived in
Böblingen
Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, seat of Böblingen (district), Böblingen District. Sindelfingen and Böblingen are Geographic contiguity, contiguous.
History
Böblingen was founded by Count Wilhelm von Tübingen-Bö ...
in 1978, when Eva was born. In 1982 they moved to
Langgöns,
Hessen
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major historic cities are Da ...
, where Eva attended primary school, before moving to
Linden where Eva attended the Anne-Frank-Schule. After spending one year at the
de:Liebigschule in
Giessen
Giessen, spelled in German (), is a town in the Germany, German States of Germany, state () of Hesse, capital of both the Giessen (district), district of Giessen and the Giessen (region), administrative region of Giessen. The population is appro ...
(spelled Gießen in German) at the river
Lahn
The Lahn () is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the States of Germany, federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km).
...
, Eva finally graduated from Gesamtschule Gießen-Ost. In her last year of school Eva sang in a number of bands and for different projects and showed a strong interest in a career in music. However, she started to study Art History in
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...
and dropped out after the first semester. She then spent a number of years studying various subjects at the
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen but never graduated. During this time she had various part-time jobs selling musical instruments and computers. Later she worked as waitress and barkeeper.
Career
In 2000, Eva was asked by Goodwell Music to serve as a replacement singer for Miriam Adameit in the band Sunnyglade. She immediately agreed and became the new face of the band. In 2000, the band's name was changed to ''Juli'' (German for the month July). Although they originally sang songs with English lyrics, Juli returned to singing in their native language. Eva Briegel later said: "We didn't go back to German to find our identities, or anything – we just weren't good enough at English to express how we felt in our songs." The band has since released two successful albums, ''
Es ist Juli
''Es ist Juli'' () is the debut studio album by German band Juli. It was released on September 20, 2004 via Universal Records. The album debuted at number three on the German Albums Chart and later peaked at number 2. With more than 700,000 copies ...
'' (''It's July'', 2004) and ''
Ein neuer Tag'' (''A New Day'', 2006), both of which reached multiple-platinum status.
Other activities
* Eva Briegel is a staunch vegetarian and is committed to the animal rights group,
PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; ) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.
Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and animal right ...
.
peta.de about Eva Briegel's participation in their ''Go Veggie'' campaign, 2006
(in German)
Discography
*Releases (German chart ranking) in Germany:
**Title ''"Perfekte Welle"'' (2)
**Title ''"Geile Zeit"'' (19)
**Title ''"Regen und Meer"'' (31)
**Title ''"Warum"'' (47)
**Title ''"Dieses Leben"'' (5)
**First Album ''"Es ist Juli"'' (2)
**Second Album ''"Ein neuer Tag"'' (1)
**Third Album ''"In Love"''
**Fourth Album "''Der Sommer ist vorbei''"
*Winners of the Bundesvision Song Contest on 12 February 2005
*Bambi in the category "Music national" on 30 November 2006
*" Eins Live Krone" (Radio Award) in the category "Best Band"
References
External links
Official Juli site
(in German)
Juli (band)
1978 births
Living people
People from Leonberg
German women rock singers
21st-century German women singers
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