Ich + Ich

Ich + Ich
Origin	Germany
Genres	German pop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Polydor/Universal
Website	Official site
Members	Annette Humpe Adel Tawil

Ich + Ich (German for I and I), also pronounced "Ich und Ich", is the name of a musical project by the German musicians Annette Humpe and Adel Tawil. They met in a Berlin recording studio in 2002 when Tawil sang on a production that Humpe had written. They have sold more than 2.6 million records in German-speaking nations.

Their first album, Ich + Ich, appeared on 18 April 2005, and two of its singles ("Du erinnerst mich an Liebe" and "Dienen") reached the German Top 10. The second album, Vom selben Stern, released on 29 June 2007, reached No. 1 in some charts. The first single of the album with the same name also reached the Top 10, too, along with the second and third singles ("Stark" and "So soll es bleiben", with all three singles being certified platinum in Germany). This second album has sold more than 1,000,000 copies and has been certified platinum in both Austria and Germany. The album also spawned two other singles: "Nichts bringt mich runter" and "Wenn ich tot bin".

On 13 November 2009 their third album, Gute Reise, was released, reaching once again the top of the German albums chart. Its first single, "Pflaster", became the band's first No.1 single in Germany.

In 2010 their single "So soll es bleiben" appeared in the official X Factor video game for the Wii games console.^[1]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		GER [2]	AUT [3]	SWI [4]
2005	Ich + Ich	10	34	—	BVMI: 1× Gold[5]
2007	Vom selben Stern	1	2	4	BVMI: 6× Platinum[5] IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum IFPI EU: Platinum[6]
2009	Gute Reise	1	4	5	BVMI: 5× Gold[5] IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Year	Title	Peak chart positions				Certifications	Album
		GER [7]	AUT [8]	SWI [9]	EU [10]
2004	"Geht's dir schon besser?"	67	—	—	—		Ich + Ich
2005	"Du erinnerst mich an Liebe"	4	6	63	18	BVMI: Gold[5]
	"Dienen"	7	20	—	26
	"Umarme Mich"	41	17	—	—
2007	"Vom selben Stern"	3	4	40	13	BVMI: 1× Platinum[5] IFPI AUT: Platinum	Vom selben Stern
	"Stark"	2	2	5	9	BVMI: 1× Gold[5]
2008	"So soll es bleiben"	3	2	13	12	BVMI: 1× Platinum[5]
	"Nichts bringt mich runter"	20	32	—	78
	"Wenn ich tot bin"	51	73	—	—
2009	"Pflaster"	1	3	6	—	BVMI: 1× Gold[5]	Gute Reise
2010	"Einer von Zweien"	18	36	—	—
	"Universum"[11]	10	13	—	—
	"Hilf Mir"	45	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

External links

• Official website (German)

References

1. http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=19279
2. Chartverfolgung / Ich+Ich / Longplay musicline.de
3. "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich: Suche nach: Interpret: Ich + Ich". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
4. "Ich + Ich" (click on "Charts", then "Alben"). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
5. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Ich + Ich)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
6. http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_news/plat2010.html
7. Chartverfolgung / Ich+Ich / Single musicline.de
8. "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich: Suche nach: Interpret: Ich + Ich". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
9. "Ich + Ich" (click on "Charts", then "Songs"). swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
10. "Ich + Ich Album & Song Chart History: European Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
11. "Universum (New Single Version) [Single]". Amazon.de.