Introduction
Adel Tawil (born August 15, 1978 in Berlin, Germany), is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German pop duo Ich + Ich, after being part earlier of the German boy band The Boyz.
Family background
Tawil was born in Germany. His father, Salah Tawil, is Egyptian and his mother, Fatima Tawil, is Tunisian. Tawil is the first born of three, having a younger brother, Hatem, and sister, Rascha.
In 2011 he married his long-time girlfriend Jasmin Weber in a private ceremony in Berlin.
In 2014 they were separated, he currently lives with his girlfriend Leni .
Music career
During the end of the 1990s, Tawil was part of the German boyband The Boyz. Since 2004, he and Annette Humpe formed the duo known as Ich + Ich. They have released three albums, Ich + Ich (2005), Vom Selben Stern (2007) and Gute Reise (2009).
In 2007, Tawil teamed up with rapper Azad and released the song "Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)", which is the opening theme for the German version of Prison Break. Tawil has made another solo appearance with Tobias Schenke for the song "Niemand hat Gesagt".
In 2007, Tawil held three spots in the Top Ten with two released singles and one album.
On November 8, 2013 he released his first solo album "Lieder" in Germany, and confirmed a Tour in the year 2014
Discography
Albums
- Solo albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||
| 2013 | Lieder | 4 | 6 | 17 |
- with The Boyz
- 1997: Boyz In Da House
- 1998: Next Level
- 1999: All the Best and Goodbye
- with Ich + Ich
- 2005: Ich + Ich
- 2007: Vom selben Stern
- 2009: Gute Reise
Singles
- Solo Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||
| 2013 | "Lieder" | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| "Aschenflug" (feat. Prinz Pi & Sido) | 18 | 33 | 41 | |
| 2014 | "Weinen" | 57 | — | 38 |
| "Zuhause" (feat. Matisyahu) | 23 | 6 | 64 | |
| "Kartenhaus" | 78 | — | — | |
| 2015 | "Unsere Lieder" | 33 | — | — |
- singles featured in
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||
| 2003 | "Niemand hat gesagt" (Tobias Schenke feat. Kane) | 85 | — | — |
| 2007 | "Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)" (Azad feat. Adel Tawil) | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2009 | "Stadt" (Cassandra Steen feat. Adel Tawil) | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| 2010 | "Der Himmel soll warten" (Sido feat. Adel Tawil) | 2 | 4 | 28 |
| 2015 | "Ich will nur dass du weißt" (SDP feat. Adel Tawil) | 15 | 41 | 41 |
| "Zuhause ist die Welt noch in Ordnung" (Sido feat. Adel Tawil) | 80 | — | 47 | |
- singles with The Boyz
- 1997: "Round and Round"
- 1997: "Let Me Show You The Way"
- 1998: "One Minute"
- 1998: "Shame"
- 1998: "I Like"
- 1998: "God Bless"
- 1999: "Memories"
- with Ich + Ich
- 2004: "Geht’s dir schon besser?"
- 2005: "Du erinnerst mich an Liebe"
- 2005: "Dienen"
- 2005: "Umarme Mich"
- 2007: "Vom selben Stern"
- 2007: "Stark"
- 2008: "So soll es bleiben"
- 2008: "Nichts bringt mich runter"
- 2008: "Wenn ich tot bin"
- 2009: "Pflaster"
- 2010: "Einer von Zweien"
- 2010: "Universum"
- 2010: "Hilf Mir"
- ^ AustrianChart: Adel Tawil discography Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Hitparade.ch Adel Tawil discography Archived January 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.