Levina (singer)

Isabella Levina Lueen (born 1 May 1991), better known mononymously as Levina (German pronunciation: [lɛˈviːna]) or Izza after a rebranding in 2020, is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev with the song "Perfect Life" and finished in 25th place with 6 points in the final, thus becoming the first German entrant in two years not to have placed last.[1][2][3]

Levina
Levina at Unser Song 2017
Background information
Birth nameIsabella Levina Lueen
Born (1991-05-01) 1 May 1991
Bonn, Germany
Genres
  • Pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals

Life and career

Levina was born in Bonn as Isabella Lueen, and was raised in Chemnitz. She attended the Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium, and graduated with an International Baccalaureate degree from the Impington Village College in Cambridge (UK) in 2009. She then moved to London where she earned her bachelor's degree from King's College London. She splits her time between Berlin and London, where she studies music management at the London College of Music.[4]

Eurovision Song Contest 2017

In 2016, Levina was announced as one of the 33 shortlisted acts for Unser Song 2017.[5] On 6 January 2017, she was confirmed to be one of the five finalists.[6] During the show, Levina performed a cover of "When We Were Young" by Adele for the cover round.[7] She ended up advancing to the final as the sole artist left, performing the songs "Wildfire" and "Perfect Life". As the German public chose the latter as the winner, Levina performed "Perfect Life" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev. As Germany is a member of the "Big Five", she automatically advanced to the final, held on 13 May 2017.[8][9]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
Unexpected
  • Released: 28 April 2017
  • Label: Unser Song Records
  • Format: Digital download, CD

Extended plays
Title Details
Bedroom Records
  • Released: 3 November 2015
  • Label: Spinnup
  • Format: Digital download
Perfect Life
  • Released: 9 February 2017
  • Label: Unser Song Records
  • Format: Digital download

Singles
Title Year Peak positions Album
GER
[10]
"Divided" 2016 — Divided
"Perfect Life" 2017 28 Unexpected
"Stop Right There" —
"Lows" 2020
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References
  1. "ESC-Vorentscheid: Levina tritt gegen sich selbst an". tz.de (in German). TZ. 9 February 2017.
  2. Ko, Anthony (9 February 2017). "GERMANY: LEVINA WINS UNSER SONG 2017 AND WILL SING "WILDFIRE" OR "PERFECT LIFE" AT EUROVISION". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  3. Laufer, Gil (9 February 2017). "Germany: Levina wins Unser Song 2017". esctoday.com. ESCToday.
  4. Jordan, Paul (9 February 2017). "Germany's Levina takes her Perfect Life to Kyiv". Eurovision Song Contest.
  5. "Speed-Dating mit den Kandidaten für "Unser Song 2017"". ARD (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. "Diese fünf nehmen am Vorentscheid teil". Eurovision.de (in German). ARD. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. "Vorentscheid: Kandidaten im ARD-Morgenmagazin". Eurovision.de (in German). ARD. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  8. Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  9. Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. "Levina Discography". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
Preceded by
Jamie-Lee Kriewitz
with "Ghost"		 Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest
2017		 Succeeded by
Michael Schulte
with "You Let Me Walk Alone"


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