Helene Fischer is a German singer, artist, TV presenter and actress. She performs hits and folk songs, dance and pop music.
The singer is also famous for her collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which, believe me, not everyone can.
Where did Helena Fisher grow up?
Helena Fisher (or Elena Petrovna Fisher) was born on August 5, 1984 in Krasnoyarsk (Russia). She has German citizenship, although she considers herself partially Russian.
Elena's paternal grandparents were Volga Germans who were repressed and sent to Siberia.
Helena's family emigrated to Rhineland-Palatinate (West Germany) when the girl was only 3 years old. Peter Fischer (Elena's father) is a physical education teacher, and Marina Fischer (mother) is an engineer. Helena also has an older sister named Erika Fisher.
Education and career of Helene Fischer
After leaving school in 2000, she attended the Frankfurt Theater and Music School for three years, where she studied singing and acting. The girl passed the exams with excellent marks and she was immediately recognized as a talented singer and actress.
A little later, Helena performed on stage at the State Theater Darmstadt, as well as on the stage of the Volkstheater in Frankfurt. Not every young graduate can reach such heights so quickly.
In 2004, Helena Fischer's mother sent a demo CD to manager Uwe Kanthak. A week later, Kantak called Helena. She was then quickly able to contact producer Jean Frankfurter. Thanks to her mother, Fischer signed her first contract.
Numerous awards for talent Helene Fischer
On May 14, 2005, she sang a duet with Florian Silbereisen in his own program.
On July 6, 2007, the film "So Close, So Far" was released, where you could hear Helena's new songs.
On September 14, 2007, the film was released on DVD. The next day, she received two gold medals for two albums, From Here to Infinity ("From Here to Infinity") and As Close As You ("As close as you are").
In January 2008, she was awarded the Folk Music Crown in the Most Successful Singer of 2007 category.
A little later, the album From Here to Infinity received platinum status. On February 21, 2009, Helena Fisher received her first two ECHO Awards. The ECHO Awards are one of the most prestigious music awards in Germany.
The third DVD Zaubermond Live, released in June 2009, contains a 140-minute live recording from March 2009 from Berlin's Admiralspalast.
On October 9, 2009, the singer released her fourth studio album Just Like I am, which immediately took the lead in the Austrian and German album charts.
On January 7, 2012, success followed again - Helena again won the crown of folk music in the category "The Most Successful Singer of 2011".
On February 4, 2012, she was awarded the Golden Camera Award for Best National Music. Fisher was also nominated for the ECHO 2012 award with her album For a Day in the Album of the Year nomination.
In 2013, Fischer received two more ECHO awards for her live album in the categories "German Hit" and "Most Successful National DVD".
In February 2015, she was nominated for the Swiss Music Award in the Best Album International category.
Helene Fischer's new album
In May 2017, she released her seventh studio album Helene Fischer which charted at number 1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
September 2017 to March 2018 Fischer has toured her current album and has performed 63 shows.
In February 2018, she was nominated for the Swiss Music Award for "Best Solo Performance". At the Echo Awards in April 2018, she was again a nominee in the Hit of the Year category.
Family, relatives and other relationships
Helena Fischer dated musician Florian Silbereisen. She even made her stage debut in a duet with a man on the ARD channel program in 2005.
Her lover is not only a singer, but also a TV presenter. Young people started dating in 2005 and got married on May 18, 2018. There were rumors that Fischer was also in a relationship with Michael Bolton in the past.
Interesting facts about the singer
• Helena Fisher is 5 feet 2 inches tall, about 150 cm.
• She made her debut as an actress in an episode of the German series Das Traumschiff in 2013.
• Helena Fisher has an estimated net worth of $37 million and her salary ranges from $40 to $60 per song. The singer herself admits that she makes good money thanks to her voice.
• Helena Fischer has won numerous awards including 17 Echo Awards, 4 Die Krone der Volksmusik Awards and 3 Bambi Awards.
• She has sold at least 15 million records.
• In June 2014, her multi-platinum album Farbenspiel became the highest-charting album by a German artist ever.
• In October 2011, the singer exhibited her wax statue at Madame Tussauds in Berlin.
