Line #74 Music/JasminWagner


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4	Jasmin Wagner (born April 20, 1980 in UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}}, UsefulNotes/{{Germany}}), best known under the artist name ''Blümchen''[[labelnote:translation]]German for "little flower"[[/labelnote]], is a German singer, actress and TV presenter.
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6	She had her first, and arguably biggest, success under the aforementioned Blümchen moniker in the 90s and early 2000s, when she released four ElectronicDanceMusic albums in the German language. She scored several big hits during this time, including ''Herz an Herz''[[labelnote:translation]]Lit. "Heart to Heart" in English, which it was also released in eventually; more on that below[[/labelnote]] (her debut), ''Boomerang'', ''Kleiner Satellit (Piep, piep)''[[labelnote:translation]]Lit. "Little Satellite (Beep, beep)" in English; this song was also released in English, albeit only as an album track, as just "Little Satellite"[[/labelnote]] and ''Heut' ist mein Tag''[[labelnote:translation]]Lit. "Today is my Day" in English[[/labelnote]] (her only #1, in [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Sweden of all places]]).
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8	Her first two albums, ''Herzfrequenz''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. something akin to "Heart frequency"[[/labelnote]] and ''Verliebt...''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. ''In Love...''[[/labelnote]] were also released in English in Eastern Europe and Asia, under the names ''Heartbeat'' and ''In Love...'' respectively. For this, she used the artist name ''Blossom''.
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10	Throughout her career as Blümchen, her sound varied quite a bit, ranging from pure [[HardcoreTechno happy hardcore]] on the first album, to her first [[PowerBallad ballad]] on the second, to more [[{{Europop}} Eurodance influences and pop hooks]] on the third and fourth. This came to an end in early 2001 after her farewell tour, when she retired the Blümchen moniker and decided to continue under her birth name -- Jasmin Wagner.
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12	Under her birth name, she took on various different activities, such as theater, a few movie roles, and hosting more TV shows (which she had already done quite a bit in the Blümchen era as well). She also wrote several songs for other artists, such as "Orchester in mir" [[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Orchestra in me"[[/labelnote]] for singer Christina Stürmer (and later covered by teen pop band Saphir). She also kept releasing music, albeit more sporadically, with a sound initially quite different from her Blümchen-releases. The first release under her real name was a cover of ''Santa Claus is Coming to Town"; her first originally-penned song released under her real name was "Leb' deinen Traum"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Live your dream"[[/labelnote]].
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14	Unfortunately, what was originally going to be her first album under her real name ended up [[WhatCouldHaveBeen never being released]], despite releasing a few singles off of it and even performing a few unreleased album tracks live (one of which got released eventually many years later; more on that below). Her actual first album under her real name ended up being a {{Retraux}}-style 60s pop album released in 2006, titled ''Die Versuchung''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The temptation"[[/labelnote]].
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16	The second album released under her real name was a CoverAlbum full of songs by late German Schlager singer Alexandra, to accompany a biographical theater show she starred in as the main role. This album was sold exclusively at Reader's Digest in Germany.
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18	In 2019, Jasmin decided to perform again under the Blümchen-moniker, even releasing some new songs in the process. Her comeback single was a cover of "Computerliebe"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Computer love"[[/labelnote]], originally by Paso Doble (just like her old hit "Herz an Herz"). She also released a new remix of "Herz an Herz" featuring Cuban singer Raykuba, as well as several other collaborations, including one with Creator/DavidHasselhoff.
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20	Then in 2021, she released her third album under her real name called ''Von Herzen''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "From the heart"[[/labelnote]]. Unlike her previous works released under her real name, this album is closer in sound to her Blümchen-material (branded "Electro-Schlager" by Jasmin herself), albeit with slightly more mature songwriting. It was clearly intended to appeal to those Blümchen-fans; the singles off the album are even listed under both names on Spotify! (The album itself isn't, however.) This album also contains her old unreleased song "Sonne in mir"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Sun in me"[[/labelnote]] in rerecorded and remixed form as the final track.
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22	[[folder: Discography & Releases ]]
23	!! As Blümchen
24	'''Studio albums'''
25	* ''Herzfrequenz'' (1996)
26	* ''Verliebt...'' (1997)
27	* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Jasmin]]'' (1998)
28	* ''Die Welt gehört dir''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The world belongs to you"[[/labelnote]] (2000)
29	'''Live albums, compilations, and remix albums'''
30	* ''[[RemixAlbum Für Jasmin – Das Blümchen Remix-Album]]''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "For Jasmin - The Blümchen remix album"[[/labelnote]] (1996)
31	* ''[[LiveAlbum Live in Berlin]]'' (1999)
32	* ''Meine grössten Erfolge – Das Beste von Blümchen''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "My biggest successes - The best of Blümchen"[[/labelnote]] (2000), also known as ''Die Singlekollektion''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The single collection"[[/labelnote]]
33	* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Für immer und ewig]]''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "For always and ever"[[/labelnote]] (2000)
34	* ''Best Of''[[note]]a re-release of ''Für immer und ewig'' with a DVD[[/note]] (2003)
35	* ''The Ultimate Single Remixes'' (2007)
36	'''Other singles'''
37	* "Bicycle Race" (for the Music/{{Queen}} TributeAlbum ''Queen Dance Traxx 1''; also appears on ''Herzfrequenz'' and ''Heartbeat'') (1996)
38	* "[[CharityMotivationSong Let the Music Heal Your Soul]]" (as part of ''Bravo All Stars'') (1998)
39	* "Computerliebe" (2019)
40	* "Herz an Herz (Marquess Remix)" (feat. Raykuba) (2019)
41	* "(You Make the) Summer Go Away" (with Creator/DavidHasselhoff) (2019)
42	* "Herzalarm"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Heart alarm"[[/labelnote]] (with Finch) (2021)
43	* "Das Lied über mich"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The song about me"[[/labelnote]] (with Volker Rosin) (2021)
44	!! As Blossom
45	'''Studio albums'''
46	* ''Heartbeat'' (1996)
47	* ''In Love...'' (1997)
48	!! As Jasmin Wagner
49	'''Studio albums'''
50	* ''Die Versuchung'' (2006)
51	* ''[[CoverAlbum Singt Alexandra]]'' (2012)
52	* ''Von Herzen'' (2021)
53	'''Audio books'''
54	* ''Legenden -- Das Leben von Creator/SophiaLoren''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Legends -- The life of Sophia Loren"[[/labelnote]] (2008)
55	'''Other releases'''
56	* "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (originally by Harry Reser & His Orchestra) (2001)
57	* "[[LocationSong Die Stadt mit der Nase im Wind]]"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The city with the nose in the wind"[[/labelnote]] (as part of ''Hamburg Allstars'') (2001)
58	* "[[Music/OliviaNewtonJohn Hopelessly Devoted to You]]" (on ''Best of Mania'') (2004)
59	* "[[ChristmasSongs Der kleine Stern]]"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The little star"[[/labelnote]] (to the tune of "Soleado" by Zacar) (2004)
60	* "The Love of My Life" (for the soundtrack to the movie ''7 Zwerge -- Männer allein im Wald''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "7 Dwarfs -- Men alone in the woods"[[/labelnote]]) (2004)
61	* "Won't Forget These Days '06" (as part of ''Music Team Germany'') (2006)
62	* "[[Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein You'll Never Walk Alone]]" (as part of ''Hamburg Allstars'') (2010)
63	* "Oh, dieser Sound!"[[labelnote:translation]]lit."Oh,this sound!"[[/labelnote]] (for the TributeAlbum ''Oh, dieser Sound! – Stars spielen Superpunk'')[[labelnote:translation]]lit."Oh,this sound! - Stars play Superpunk"[[/labelnote]] (2011)
64	* "Küss mich"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Kiss me"[[/labelnote]] (with the ACappella group Wise Guys, on the album ''Achterbahn''[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Roller coaster"[[/labelnote]]) (2014)
65	!! As Denim Girl
66	* "Are You Ready for Some Darkness?" (with Bela B; for the Music/{{Turbonegro}} TributeAlbum ''Alpha Motherfuckers'') (2001)
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71	!! Tropes associated with Jasmin Wagner:
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73	* AffectionateNickname: Her original artist name "Blümchen" was apparently what Jasmin's mother called her as a child.
74	* AlbumClosure: "Outro" on her first album, ''Herzfrequenz''/''Heartbeat''.
75	* AlbumIntroTrack: "Intro" on her first album, ''Herzfrequenz''/''Heartbeat''.
76	* AcquaintedInRealLife: The music video for "Herz an Herz" has a boy and a girl meet online not realizing that they live door to door.
77	* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Her original "discovery backstory", which turned out to be completely fake. For a long time, it was passed off as if Jasmin was coincidentally discovered at a Neue Deutsche Welle karaoke party. The reality however was a lot more boring: she simply auditioned to be the face of the Blümchen project.
78	* ButNotTooForeign: Jasmin is half-Croatian on her mother's side.
79	* CharityMotivationSong: "Let the Music Heal Your Soul", with the Bravo All Stars. This song was recorded for the Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy Centre.
80	* ChristmasSongs: Several:
81	** "Unterm Weihnachtsbaum"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Under the Christmas tree"[[/labelnote]] from the Blümchen era.
82	** A cover of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", released under her real name.
83	** "Der kleine Stern", also released under her real name.
84	* CoverAlbum: ''Singt Alexandra''.
85	* CoverVersion: Aside from the ones listed under SpeedyTechnoRemake, TranslatedCoverVersion and WhatSongWasThisAgain, she also released a few that don't fall into that category:
86	*** "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Harry Reser and His Orchestra.
87	*** Music/OliviaNewtonJohn's "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (from ''Film/{{Grease}})''.
88	*** "You Never Walk Alone" by Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein (as part of Hamburg Allstars).
89	*** "Oh, dieser Sound!" by Superpunk.
90	*** "Der kleine Stern", originally an instrumental by Zacar called "Soleado".
91	*** The entire ''Singt Alexandra''-album, as mentioned above.
92	*** She even once pulled somewhat of a "reverse-SpeedyTechnoRemake" by recording a self-cover of her Blümchen hit "Heut' ist mein Tag" in a more pop-rock style, which was going to be released on her cancelled real name debut. There are live recordings of this version, but unfortunately the studio version was never released in any way, not even as a leak.
93	** Under the one-time alias of Denim Girl, she covered "Are You Ready for Some Darkness?" by Music/{{Turbonegro}} with Bela B.
94	* CustomUniformOfSexy: Was quite known for her midriff-exposing outfits back in the 90s.
95	* ElectroHouse: Crossing over with the German Schlager genre, her album ''Von Herzen'' is this.
96	* ElectronicDanceMusic: Her entire tenure as Blümchen/Blossom, as well as her album ''Von Herzen'' (despite being released under her real name).
97	* EpicRocking: Especially early on in the Blümchen era, a lot of the album tracks (or album versions of single releases) were over 5 minutes long, with lots of "rave"-y acid loops and breakdowns.
98	* {{Europop}}: Several of her songs, especially later on in the classic Blümchen era.
99	* HardcoreTechno: Of the Happy Hardcore-type.
100	* IdolSinger: Her tenure as Blümchen/Blossom could be considered a European/German version of this. She even released music in Asia, and even "graduated" at one point (albeit voluntarily, not pushed by her label/talent agency).
101	* LimitedLyricsSong: Was mostly the case early on, on the first two Blümchen albums. Started to be slowly averted from the third album onward, only to be completely absent on the fourth, as well as on all her later releases.
102	* LocationSong: Two so far, both about her hometown of UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}}:
103	** "Die Stadt mit der Nase im Wind", as part of the "Hamburg Allstars".
104	** The self-penned "Hamburg im Sinn"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Hamburg on my mind"[[/labelnote]] from the album ''Von Herzen''.
105	* LoudnessWar: Unfortunately, many of her Blümchen songs tend to fall victim to this.
106	* {{Medley}}: There's a hit medley on the "Fanedition" of her album ''Verliebt...'' (only on the German version).
107	* MultilingualSong: A few:
108	** She released a bilingual German/French remix of the song "Du bist die Insel"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "You are the island", though the actual English version of this song is called "Key to Paradise"[[/labelnote]] from ''Verliebt...'', called "Tu es mon Île"[[note]]translation is the same as the German original[[/note]] with French singer Yta Farrow, for her third Album ''Jasmin''.
109	** She collaborated with Swedish Eurodance musician E-Type on the German/English bilingual song "Est ist nie vorbei"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "It's never over"[[/labelnote]].
110	* NewSoundAlbum: Several times in her career:
111	** As Blümchen, her third SelfTitledAlbum ''Jasmin'' featured a more pop- and Eurodance-influenced sound compared to the pure rave sound of the first two albums.
112	** Her first [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unreleased album]] under her real name was going to be this, being regular pop rather than dance compared to her work as Blümchen.
113	** ''Die Versuchung'', her actual debut under her real name, which is a {{Retreaux}} pop album.
114	** ''Von Herzen'' is both this and a subversion. It sounds more similar to her Blümchen-work, but when compared to her previous real name-releases it's quite different.
115	* OlderThanTheyLook / YoungerThanTheyLook: Both count at different points in time. During her teen years, she could easily pass for older, leading to rumors that she was lying about her age (which are less and less likely to be true as time goes on). Nowadays however, she could easily pass for ''younger'' than she actually is; it's as if she simply does not age!
116	* PowerBallad: A non-rock example. Most of her Blümchen songs were uptempo and danceable, but from the second album onward she has also been releasing ballads.
117	* {{Retraux}}:
118	** Her album ''Die Versuchung'', which invokes TheSixties.
119	** Her CoverAlbum ''Singt Alexandra'' could be considered this as well (invoking the same era as ''Die Versuchung''), since all the songs were originally from that era.
120	** Some of her recent Blümchen releases could be considered this, invoking TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium.
121	* RewrittenPopVersion: The theme song of Series/{{Sesamstrasse}}, which is the German version of Series/SesameStreet.
122	* SelfTitledAlbum: Her third Blümchen album, ''Jasmin''.
123	* SingleStanzaSong: Related to LimitedLyricsSong above, this also applied to her first two albums, starting to be averted from the third one onward.
124	* SpeedyTechnoRemake: Several of her Blümchen songs are dance remakes of older, non-dance songs:
125	** "Herz an Herz" was originally by [[NewWaveMusic Neue Deutsche Welle]] band Paso Doble.
126	** She also covered "Bicycle Race" by Music/{{Queen}}.
127	** "Nur geträumt" was originally by Music/{{Nena}}.
128	** She also made one of the Series/{{Sesamstrasse}} theme song.
129	** "Blaue Augen"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Blue eyes"[[/labelnote]] was originally by German rock band Ideal.
130	** "Gehn wie ein Ägypter" is a German cover of "Walk Like an Egyptian" by Music/TheBangles.
131	** Her comeback single "Computerliebe" was also originally by Paso Doble.
132	** She did a duet remake with Volker Rosin of his old children's classic ''Das Lied über mich" in a more techno-inspired style.
133	* ThatSyncingFeeling: Did this a lot in the classic Blümchen era, but not always (especially not during concerts). Like NonSingingVoice on the Trivia tab, this was common at the time, especially on TV.
134	* TeenIdol: Was this during the 90s.
135	* TitleTrack: Only ''very'' narrowly averted. Her fourth Blümchen album is called "Die Welt gehört dir", whereas one of the singles released off of it was called "Die Welt gehört ''mir''"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "The world belongs to me"[[/labelnote]].
136	** ''Twice'', in fact. ''Die Versuchung'' has a mostly-instrumental song called "Versuchung".
137	* {{Trance}}: Some of her songs could be considered to fall into this genre.
138	* TranslatedCoverVersion: Several during the Blümchen era.
139	** From German to English:
140	*** There's an English version of "Herz an Herz" called "Heart to Heart". The original German version is by Paso Doble.
141	*** Likewise with "Nur Geträumt", a German song by Music/{{Nena}}, which also got translated into "Just A Dream".
142	** From English to German:
143	*** "Gehn wie ein Ägypter" is a German cover of Music/TheBangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian". Unlike the other examples of this, which tend to fall under WhatSongWasThisAgain instead, this is a more direct translation.
144	* UrbanLegend: There are rumors of some unreleased Blümchen songs existing; one of the most persistent ones is probably a song called "Feuerwerk"[[labelnote:translation]]lit. "Firework"[[/labelnote]].
145	* WhatSongWasThisAgain: A few of her songs, which have new German lyrics written for songs that were originally in English:
146	** "Ich bin wieder hier" is a loose German cover of Rozalla's "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)".
147	** "Er ist so süß" is a loose German cover of Urban Cookie Collective's "The Key the Secret".

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