Stefanie Heinzmann is a Swiss pop singer and television personality. She gained public interest in early 2008 when she won SSDSDSSWEMUGABRTLAD, a talent contest hosted in Stefan Raab’s late-night-show TV Total on the German ProSieben network. Following her win, Heinzmann released her debut single “My Man is a Mean Man,” which debuted straight atop the Swiss Singles Chart and became a top ten hit in Austria and Germany. The music video for “My Man Is a Mean Man” was shot during the night of the final and premiered on German television channels days later.
Her first album, Masterplan, primarily produced by Paul NZA and Marek Pompetzki, was released in March 2008, throughout German speaking Europe. Like the single, it peaked within the top ten in Austria and Germany, and debuted at number-one in the Swiss Albums Chart, where it was eventually certified platinum for more than 30,000 copies sold. Altogether, Masterplan sold more than 300,000 copies Europe-wide, and earned the singer several prizes such as the Prix Walo, a Comet, a Swiss Music Award, A reissue of the album was released in November 2008 and included the previously unreleased song “The Unforgiven”, a Metallica cover which became her second top ten hit in Germany.
In September 2009, Heinzmann’s second album Roots to Grow was released. Upon its release, Roots to Grow reached number four on the Swiss Albums Chart and made it to the top twenty in Germany, but was less successful than its predecessor. Leading single “No One” peaked at number twenty-seven on the Swiss Singles Chart.
Heinzmann began work on her self titled third studio album in 2010. Following the rushed recordings of her previous albums, the singer welcomed the opportunity to take a bigger role in the production of the album, for which she co-wrote or conceptualized several songs. Released in March 2012 in German-speaking Europe, Stefanie Heinzmann debuted at number three on the Swiss Singles Chart, and reached the top ten in Germany as well as the top 30 in Austria. The album’s first offering, lead single “Diggin in the Dirt”, became her highest-charting single in years, reaching number six in Switzerland, where the song became her first top ten since “My Man Is a Mean Man.”
In 2015, Heinzmann released her fourth album Chance of Rain. The album marked a departure from her previous work, with Heinzmann collaborating with Berlin production team Beatgees and Swedish duo Electric on most of the album. Chance of Rain became her fourth consecutive top five album in Switzerland, where it debuted and peaked at number four and remained 39 weeks on the Swiss Albums Chart. It also reached the top twenty of the German Albums Chart. Lead single “In The End” became Heinzmann’s third top ten hit, reaching number nine on the Swiss Singles Chart.
In September 2018, Heinzmann released the single “Build a House”, a collaboration with German DJ and producer Alle Farben. Taking Heinzmann’s further into the dance pop genre, it reached the top forty of the Swiss Singles Chart and preceded her fifth studio album All We Need is Love. It became Heinzmann’s first album to top the Swiss Album Chart since her 2008 debut album Masterplan. In May 2020, she represented Switzerland with her song “All We Need Is Love” in the Free European Song Contest, a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised by the ProSieben network, serving as an alternative for the 2020 contest, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She finished in seventh place with 66 points.
