Jeanette Biedermann

Her second album, "Delicious", came out soon after her debut album, and it became her first album which was certified Gold in Germany.

A few months later after her debut on Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, she signed a music contract with Polydor and recorded her first album. In September 2000 she released her first English speaking single Go Back which became the first single of Biedermann's debut album "Enjoy". The album peaked at number 39 in the national album charts and in Switzerland at number 67. Biedermann won an ECHO in 2001 for best-selling "Female Artist National" one year later.

Biedermann backstage in May 2002.

Trying to distance herself from her dance pop image, Biedermann reinvented her musical direction by developing a more rock pop-oriented sound with her third album, Rock My Life (2002).[8] Upon its release, the album peaked at number seven on the German Albums Chart and was eventually certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). Its same-titled lead single became her first top five hit, reaching number three on the German Singles Chart, and peaked at number six in Austria. Rock My Life spawned three further top ten singles, including "It's Over Now", "Right Now" and a cover version of Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight", a duet with Boyzone member Ronan Keating that was initially recorded for his second album Destination (2002). Afterwards Biedermann started her second live tour, the Rock My Life Tour. It sold over 130,000 tickets and became a sellout.[9]

The following year, Biedermann announced her departure from Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten and served as a coach on the debut season of the Sat.1 talent series Star Search.[10] In November, her fourth studio album Break On Through was released. Taking her work further into the rock genre, it became her first top ten album in Austria and Switzerland as well as her highest-charting album to date in Germany, peaking at number six.[8] With sales in excess of 200,000, it reached platinum status in Germany and was certified gold by the Austrian International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). "Rockin' on Heaven's Floor", the album's first single, became a top ten hit all over German-speaking Europe and was followed by two further singles, "No Eternity" and "Hold the Line". The same year, Biedermann embarked on her Break On Through Tour, a 45-city tour throughout Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, and played a fictionalized version of herself in the television action film Hai-Alarm auf Mallorca alongside Ralf Moeller and Katy Karrenbauer.[9]

In 2004, Biedermann played a dancer opposite Jan Sosniok in the Sat.1 television film Liebe ohne Rückfahrschein. The romantic comedy was broadcast to mixed reviews and high ratings.[11] Biedermann recorded several original songs as well as cover versions of Christmas standards and carols for her fifth studio album and first Christmas record, Merry Christmas.[12] Released in November 2004, the album debuted at number 22 in the German Albums Chart.[12] The album's lead single, "The Infant Light", peaked at number eleven on the German Singles Chart.[12]

Naked Truth was released in March 2006 and included contributions from her then boyfriend and guitarist Jörg Weissenberg. The album reached a moderate number 14 on the national albums chart but then fell quickly out of the Top 50. In Austrian the album reached number 44 and in Switzerland number 55. The singles charted within the Top 20. The third single Heat of Summer peaked at number 50 in the German singles Charts. It was promoted by a short live tour, entitled Bad Girls Club, hitting eight cities throughout Germany. After the tour she decided to take a break from her music career and want focus on her acting career, but will coming back anytime to make music. During the Tour she Datet Jorg Weisselberg.

Biedermann at stage in 2016.

In 2009, Biedermann released her seventh studio album Undress to the Beat. Trying to reinvent her image once again, she shifted to electronic pop music for the overall sound of the record and consulted a number of new and upcoming collaborators to work with her, including Scandinavian musicians such as Remee, Carl Falk, Thomas Troelsen and Johan Bobäck.[13] Upon its release, Undress to the Beat debuted and peaked at number 13 on the German Albums Chart, also reaching the top thirty in Austria, and became her highest-charting album since Break on Through (2003).[14] Its release was preceded by the same-titled lead single, produced by Bobäck, which peaked at number six in Germany, becoming her eleventh top ten single.[15] Undress to the Beat spawned two further singles, including "Material Boy (Don't Look Back)" and "Solitary Rose", the latter of which she performed on Anna und die Liebe and was a top twenty hit in Austria and Germany.[16] In early 2010, Biedermann announced her departure from Anna und die Liebe in March 2010 since she was preparing for her Solitary Rose Tour, set to start in April 2010. However, the tour was eventually cancelled in late-March 2010 due to her father's pancreatic cancer diagnosis.[17] Following her father's remission, Biedermann resigned with Anna und die Liebe for its third and fourth season in fall 2010.[18]

In 2011, German fashion retailer Jeans Fritz engaged Biedermann as a designer and model for their casual brand.[19] The same year, she appeared in the historical television thriller Isenhart – Die Jagd nach dem Seelenfänger. Filmed in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest, it was broadcast to positive reviews and high ratings.[20] In August 2011, Biedermann was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her social, charitable or philanthropic work as a German Red Cross ambassador.[21] Feeling increasingly exhausted due to her time-consuming career in both music and film, Biedermann decided to withdrew from her public life as a solo artist and founded the band Ewig along with boyfriend Jörg Weißelberg and friend Christian Bömkes.[21] Taking her back to her career beginnings, the band released two German language studio albums, Wir sind Ewig and Indianerehrenwort, in 2012 and 2015, respectively, with both of them reaching the top fifty of the German Albums Chart.[21] In 2015, Ewig represented Brandenburg in the Bundesvision Song Contest with the song "Ein Geschenk", finishing in eighth place.[21]

In April 2019, Ewig announced their disbandment following the departure of band member Christian Bömke.[22] On April 26, 2019, Biedermann released "Wie ein offenes Buch", her first solo single in ten years, through Columbia Records.[23] The following month she participated in the sixth season of the reality television series Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of the series The Best Singers. Her appearance on the show was accompanied by the release of another single, "Deine Geschichten",[24] as well as the announcement of her seventh studio album DNA which was released on September 6, 2019.[25]