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Jasmin Wagner, (April 20, 1980, Hamburg, Germany) better known as Blümchen, is a multi-platinum selling pop and dance music singer, aspiring actress, model/spokesperson and a proud vegetarian. Her stage name Blümchen is German for "blossom".
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Music career
Blümchen's career started in 1995 after she met the producers Stani Djukanovic and Arn Schlurmann in a NDW-party where she was singing. In February 2001, after nine albums, 17 singles, 4 tours and appearances in over 30 countries, she retired the name Blümchen in favor of her birth name Jasmin Wagner.
Her music is widely respected as one of the fastest and most intense specimens of the happy hardcore genre - her hit single "Boomerang" clocks at almost 190 BPM.
Movie career
Jasmin has also made cameo appearances in several movies, most notably appearing as a race car fan in Driven starring Sylvester Stallone.
Spokesperson and Model career
Jasmin began her modelling career at age 4 in the Petrol catalog. In 1998, Jasmin was made the official representative of the Tommy Hilfiger product Tommy Girl, she has also been involved in modelling several Hilfiger clothing products in Germany. She also promotes her own cosmetics line Jamila which started in 2002.
As a spokesmodel she has also been a vocal supporter of animal rights groups like the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and has been involved in many fundrasing projects for them. As such in December 2004 she was involved in the charity fundraiser "Stars for Whales". Her fundraising efforts are not just for animals however, she has been a strong supporter of Hand in Hand for Children a cancer awareness group. After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake she was involved in a charity fundraiser for tsunami relief raising over € 50,000.
Awards
- RSH Gold "Best Singer"
- Bravo Gold Otto
- Popcorn Award "Best Singer"
- Pop/Rocky Award
- Echo Award "Best National Artist"
- RSH Gold
- Bravo Gold Otto (multiple categories)
- Popcorn Award (beating artist Mariah Carey)
- Pop/Rocky Schlumf Award (narrowly beating artist Toni Braxton)
- Golden Stimmgabel in category "Disco/Dance Music"
- VIVA Awards (Nominee)
- ZDF Golden Tuning Fork
- Bravo Gold Otto (multiple categories)
- Pop/Rocky Schlumf Gold Award
- RSH Gold Award
- ZDF Golden Tuning Fork Nominee
- VIVA Awards Nominee
- ENERGY Award (Sweden)
- Bravo Silver Otto "Best Singer"
- Echo Award
- Bravo Bronze Otto
- Popcorn Bronze Award
- Echo Award Nominee
- Maxim Magazine (Germany) Woman of the Year
Discography
Singles
as Blümchen
- 1995 Herz an Herz (cover of the original by Paso Doble) (Gold Single 1996)
- 1996 Kleiner Satellit
- 1996 Boomerang (Gold Single 1996)
- 1996 Du und ich (Gold Single 1996)
- 1997 Nur geträumt (Cover of the original by NENA) (Gold Single 1997)
- 1997 Verrückte Jungs
- 1997 Gib mir noch Zeit
- 1997 Sesam Jam
- 1998 Blaue Augen (Cover of the original by IDEAL)
- 1998 Ich bin wieder hier (German cover of Everybody's free by Rozalla)
- 1998 Es ist vorbei
- 1999 Heut ist mein Tag (Gold Single 1999 in Sweden. The song made it to number 1 for four consecutive weeks in Norway, November/December 1999 )
- 1999 Tu es mon île with Yta Farrow (French language version of Du bist die Insel)
- 1999 Unterm Weihnachtsbaum
- 2000 Ist deine Liebe echt?
- 2000 Die Welt gehört mir
- 2000 Ich vermisse Dich
as Blossom
- 1995 Heart to Heart (English language version of Herz an Herz)
- 1996 You and Me (English language version of Du und ich)
- 1996 Bicycle Race (English cover of the original by Queen)
- 1997 Just a dream (English language version of Nur geträumt)
- 1997 Give me more time (English language version of Gib mir noch Zeit)
as Jasmin Wagner
Albums
as Blümchen
- 1996 Herzfrequenz (Gold Album 1997 in Germany)
- 1997 Verliebt (Gold Album 1998 in Germany and Austria)
- 1997 Verliebt (Die Goldedition) (2xCD)
- 1997 Verliebt (Die Fanedition)
- 1998 Jasmin
- 1999 Jasmin (Special Swedish Edition)
- 1999 Jasmin (Die Fanedition) (2xCD)
- 1999 Live in Berlin
- 1999 Live in Berlin (Limited Edition)
- 2000 Die Welt Gehört Dir
- 2000 Die Welt Gehört Dir (Geschenk Edition)
- 2000 Für Immer und Ewig (2xCD)
- 2003 Best of Blümchen (Box Set 2xCD+DVD)
as Blossom
- 1996 Heartbeat (English language version of Herzfrequenz) (Gold Album 1997 in Japan)
- 1997 In Love (English language version of Verliebt)
References
- Official Homepage (http://www.jasminwagner.de/) (German)
- Biography (http://www.sweet-jasmin.de/langbio.htm) (German) with assistance from Babelfish
- Discography (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Bl%FCmchen) at Discogs
External links
- Official Jasmin Wagner fan club (http://www.jasmin-fanclub.de/) (German)
- Video archive 1996-2002 (http://www.bluemchenarchiv.de/) (German)
- Jasmin Wagner TV appearances photo archive (http://www.jasminwagner-tvsnaps.de/) (German)