Miss Platnum
Miss Platnum | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ruth Maria Renner |
| Born | 27 September 1980 Timișoara, Romania |
| Genres | Pop, Soul, R&B, Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Four Music |
| Associated acts | Yvonne Catterfeld, Seeed, Peter Fox, Die Fantastischen Vier, Marteria, Taktloss, Haftbefehl |
| Website | missplatnum.com |
Miss Platnum (born Ruth Maria Renner on 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.[1][2]
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.[3][4]
Discography[]
Albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| GER [5] |
AUT [6] |
SWI [7] | ||
| Rock Me |
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| Chefa |
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| The Sweetest Hangover |
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27 | 69 | 72 |
| Glück und Benzin |
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34 | — | — |
| Ich war hier |
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— | — | — |
EPs[]
- Lila Wolken (2012)
- Hüftgold Berlin (2014)
Singles[]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [5] |
AUT [6] |
SWI [7] | |||
| "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 Materia & 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 | — | — | — | |
References[]
- ^ "Artist Biography by David Jeffries". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Miss Platnum". apple.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Miss Platnum – Give Me the Food". Retrieved 28 October 2013 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Miss Platnum". last.fm. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "charts.de". Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
External links[]
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- Official website
- Miss Platnum at IMDb
- Miss Platnum at Discogs.com
- Four Music artist page (as Miss Platnum)[permanent dead link]
- Sonar Kollektiv artist page (as Platnum)
- 10 Fragen an Miss Platnum (in German)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- German people of German-Romanian descent
- German soul singers
- German people of Romanian descent
- Romanian emigrants to Germany
- English-language singers from Germany
- Sonar Kollektiv artists
- Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest
- 21st-century German singers
- 21st-century German women singers