Muttersprache (album)

Muttersprache
Studio album by Sarah Connor
Released	May 22, 2015
Genre	Pop R&B[1]
Length	46:31
Label	Polydor Universal Music
Sarah Connor chronology
Real Love (2010) Muttersprache (2015)
Singles from Muttersprache
"Wie schön du bist" Released: May 1, 2015 "Bedingungslos" Released: September 11, 2015

Muttersprache (English: Native language) is the ninth studio album by German recording artist Sarah Connor, released by Polydor Records on May 22, 2015. It is her first album to be primarily recorded in German.^[2] After her participation in the reality television series Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert in 2014, the German version of the The Best Singers series, Connor was encouraged to record songs in German. Muttersprache debuted on top of on the German Albums Chart, marking her second number-one album following 2005's Naughty but Nice. Muttersprache is primary an pop and R&B album.^[1]

Chart performance

Upon its release, Muttersprache debuted at number-one on the German Albums Chart.^[3] It marked Connor's ninth consecutive top ten album and second effort to reach the top position following the number-one debut of 2005's Naughty but Nice, her fourth studio album.^[3] With first week sales of more than 100,000 copies in Germany, Muttersprache was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) just days after its release.^[3] It has since been certified double platinum.^[4]

In Austria, Muttersprache debuted at number three on the Austrian Albums Chart behind both Conchita Wurst's Conchita and Andreas Gabalier's Mountain Man.^[3] It became Connor's highest-charting album since Naughty but Nice which also peaked at number three a decade earlier.^[3] In Switzerland, the album debuted at number-one on the Swiss Albums Chart, her first album to do so.^[3]

Singles

The album's lead single "Wie Schön Du Bist" was released to radios and stores on 1 May 2015, and received success in the German speaking area. The song peaked at #2 on the German charts and also peaked at #11 in Austria. Supported by various live performances, the song was Connor's first Top 10 Hit in over 7 years after her 2008 single "Under My Skin", which peaked at #4. The music video for "Wie Schön Du Bist" was directed by Gregor Erler.

Track listing

Disc 1: Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Mit vollen Händen"	Connor Daniel Faust Peter Plate Ulf Leo Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	3:48
2.	"Wie schön du bist"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	3:38
3.	"Halt mich"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	3:10
4.	"Bedingungslos"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	3:52
5.	"Kommst du mit ihr"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	3:24
6.	"Mein König"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	4:13
7.	"Augen auf"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	4:30
8.	"Deutsches Liebeslied"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	4:46
9.	"Versprochen"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	3:47
10.	"Anorak"	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	Connor Faust Plate Sommer	4:02
11.	"Meine Insel"	Connor Thilo Brandt Pille Hillebrand	Connor Brandt	2:50
12.	"Wenn Du da bist"	Connor Simon Triebel Ali Zuckowski	Connor Zuckowski	3:24
13.	"Das Leben ist schön"	Connor Triebel Zuckowski	Connor Zuckowski	3:17

Disc 2: Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Wie geht glücklich"	Connor Plate Sommer Carolina Bigge		4:14
2.	"Keiner ist wie Du" (live)	Gregor Meyle	Xavier Naidoo Michael Herberger	4:00
3.	"Ich atme ein" (live)	Frank Ramond Matthias Hass		3:10
4.	"I Feel Lonely" (live)	Sascha Schmitz Michel Bernhard Kersting Stephan Baader		3:30
5.	"Unlove You"	Connor Konstantin Scherer Silvia Gordon Vincent Stein		3:03
6.	"Come Home"	Connor Scherer Thilo Brandt Stein		2:39
7.	"Close to Crazy"	Connor Scherer Catt Gravitt Stein		3:32

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 1

Certifications and sales Region Certification Sales/shipments Austria (IFPI Austria)[8] 2X Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *. Germany (BVMI)[9] 5x Gold[10] 500,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Austria	May 22, 2015[2]	Digital download, CD	Polydor
Germany
Switzerland

References

1. "Muttersprache - Sarah Connor > Songs, Reviews > Credits > Adwards > AllMusic". AllMusic. May 22, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
2. "Muttersprache (Deluxe Version)". Play.Google.de. 2006-02-01. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
3. "SARAH CONNOR: Platz #1 in den Offiziellen Deutschen Albumcharts". Presseportal. 2006-06-03. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
4. "Universal-Vertriebstagung 2015 – Briegmann: "Wachstum ohne Streaming ist nicht denkbar"". Musikmarkt.de. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache" (in German). Hung Medien.
6. "Officialcharts.de – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache". GfK Entertainment.
7. "Swisscharts.com – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache". Hung Medien.
8. "Austrian album certifications – Sarah Connor – Muttersprache" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Sarah Connor in the field Interpret. Enter Muttersprache in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
9. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Sarah Connor; 'Muttersprache')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
10. http://www.musikindustrie.de/no_cache/gold_platin_datenbank/#topSearch

External links

• SarahConnor.com — official site