Beate Baumgartner (born 9 May 1983), also known as "Yola B", is an Austrian-Namibian singer.
Beate Baumgartner | |
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 Beate Baumgartner performing in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Beate Baumgartner |
| Born | 9 May 1983 Windhoek, South West Africa |
| Genres | Austropop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2002–present |
She was born in Windhoek, South-West Africa (now Namibia), and gained her initial fame by participating in the talent show Starmania in 2002–3.[1] She subsequently joined Parov Stelar's electro-swing band, which formed in 2005.[2] From 2008 to 2009 she sang with another electro-rock Band, Monilla, and is featured on their 2008 album, Hello World – Chapter 1. In 2015 she joined Romany band DelaDap.
The daughter of an Austrian father and a Namibian mother, she attended the German Higher Private School Windhoek, where she began acting and singing. Her mother is the actress Mara Baumgartner, who starred in the prize-winning 2015 film Katutura.[3]
After relocating to Graz, Austria, as a teenager, she worked for Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature, and passed up on the opportunity to attend university in order to further her singing career.[3] Having finished sixth in Starmania, she was featured on the 2003 album Starmania: Best of Duets, distributed by Universal, performing the track "Something Stupid", with Michael Tschuggnall.[4]
Discography
editAlbums
- 2008: Hello World – Chapter 1 (with Monilla)
Collaborations
- 2009: Coco (Parov Stelar Band), on the track "Dandy"
- 2009: Midnight Rendezvous (Mike Rigler EP), on the track "Heroes (feat. Yola B)"[5]
- 2014: Listen up (DelaDap)
Singles
- 2003: Shosholoza
- 2008: Monilla: 2nd Life
- 2014: "Skyrocket" (with DelaDap)
References
edit- ^ "Life after Starmania - Interview with Beate Baumgartner". Border Crossing (in German). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Parov Stelar Band". Exitmusic. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Ein Interview mit der Mutter von Starmania-Finalistin Beate Baumgartner". Allgemeine Zeitung. 24 June 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Something Stupid". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Mike Rigler - Midnight Rendezvous". Discogs. Retrieved 26 November 2017.