Gracia Baur

Gracia
Birth name Gracia Arabella Baur
Born (1982-11-18) November 18, 1982
Origin Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Genres Rock
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2003–present
Labels BMG (Hansa) (2003-2004)
Bros Music (2005-present)
Website Official site

Gracia Arabella Baur (born November 18, 1982 in Munich), mostly known as Gracia is a German singer.

Biography

Gracia was born in Munich on November 18, 1982 to Roman and Rosemary Baur and was named after Princess Grace (Gracia Patricia) of Monaco, who had died a few weeks earlier. Gracia's identical twin sister was called Patricia after the princess.

During her teenage years she took vocal lessons to strengthen her voice. To fulfill her dreams of a career as a professional singer, she started recording demos and passed several auditions. In 2000, she even made it through the first round of Popstars, but was forced out when she forgot the words of her song.

In 2002/2003, she took part in Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol, and eventually reached #5. Pushed by the publicity she released her first album Intoxicated, which peaked at #10 on the German album charts and spawned the hit singles "I Don't Think So" and "I Believe In Miracles". Afterwards, she teamed up with fellow DSDS runners-up Daniel Küblböck, Nektarios Bamiatzis, and Stephanie Brauckmeyer, releasing the charity single "Don't Close Your Eyes" under the name 4 United.

Gracia was selected to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Run & Hide", produced and composed by David Brandes. After the German national pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest it was revealed that Brandes had bought thousands of his own CDs to ensure chart placement, a requirement of the ESC (the single had actually hit the top 30 on the German charts). In contrast to the Swiss entry Vanilla Ninja, who had also had their entry produced by Brandes, Gracia opted to continue her association with the newly controversial figure.

However, "Run & Hide", a modern pop-rock song with heavy use of synthesizers, failed to catch the audience's imagination in the Eurovision Song Contest and ignominiously placed last (24th), with just four points awarded from Moldova and Monaco. Gracia, however, was not deterred ("Well, somebody has to finish last" was her laconic comment after the show), and went on with her second solo album Passion, released in November 2005.

2004 she recorded Götter der Ewigkeit, part of the German soundtrack of the Walt Disney Feature Animation Brother Bear.

In December 2006, Gracia released the Song "Cos I believe" together with Marvin Broadie under the name "Xantoo". It charted at #39.

Discography

Albums

Solo singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
GER[1] AUT[2] SWI[3]
2003 "I Don't Think So" 3

(11 weeks)

20

(9 weeks)

12

(10 weeks)

Intoxicated
2003 "I Believe In Miracles" 12

(9 weeks)

42

(4 weeks)

56

(5 weeks)

Intoxicated
2005 "Run & Hide" 20

(9 weeks)

57

(2 weeks)

- Passion
2005 "When The Last Tear's Been Dried" 32

(9 weeks)

- - Passion
2006 "Never Been" 39

(6 weeks)

- - Passion
2006 "Cos I believe"
(with Martin Broadie as Xantoo)
39

(6 weeks)

- - -

4 United

(project with Daniel Küblböck, Nektarios Bamiatzis and Stephanie Bruckmeyer)

Year Title Chart Positions
GER[4] AUT[5]
2004 "Don't Close Your Eyes" 18

(9 weeks)

50

(6 weeks)

See also

References

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Preceded by
Max
with Can't Wait Until Tonight
Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
2005
Succeeded by
Texas Lightning
with No No Never
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