Norman Langen

Norman Langen
Norman Langen, 2018
Background information
Birth name	Norman Langen
Born	(1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 40) Bardenberg, Germany
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2011–present

Norman Langen, "Mallorca Opening 2011", Megapark, Mallorca

Norman Langen in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca

Norman Langen (born 7 March 1985 in Bardenberg, Germany) is a German singer and a participant in season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar who finished in 7th place.^[1] He likes to sing in German.^[2] He likes Schlager, pop and dance music.^[2]

Biography

Early life

He was born in Badenberg, Germany but currently lives in Übach-Palenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is a trained welder.^[2] But he is retraining as a hospice nurse.^[2] He has previously sung in a boy band (BXess, later Manhattan).^[2] He has three sisters.^[2] He was slightly overweight when he was a kid.^[2]

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Show (Original airdate)	Song (Artist)	Percentage of calls
Top 15 (19 February 2011)	Ich bau dir ein Schloss (Jürgen Drews)
Top 10 (26 February 2011)	Wahnsinn (Wolfgang Petry)
Top 9 (5 March 2011)	Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt) (DJ Ötzi & Nik P.)
Top 8 (12 March 2011)	Verlieben, verloren, vergessen, verzeihen (Wolfgang Petry)
Top 7 (19 March 2011)	Hey! Baby (DJ Ötzi)	(7/7)

Post-DSDS

Langen is "in demand" and is a "solid player" in the music industry.^[3] Langen stated that "I'm still traveling a lot. The success of DSDS has never really flattened."^[3]

Discography

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart position
		GER	AUT	SWI
2011	"Pures Gold"	62[4]
2012	"Einer von Millionen"
2014	"Ich wähl' deine Nummer"
2015	"Wunderbar"
	"Au Revoir, Cherie"
2016	"Herz aus Glas"

External links

• Norman Langen at IMDb
• Website of Norman Langen
• Pictures of Norman Langen

References

1. "Schlagerfan Norman zündete keinen "Partykracher"" (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. March 19, 2011. Archived from the original on March 22, 2011. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
2. "Biografie von DSDS-Kandidat Norman Langen" (in German). RTL. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
3. Kylla, Denise (27 August 2012). "Das machen die ehemaligen DSDS-Stars heute". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
4. "Suche". Charts.de. Retrieved 6 August 2011.^{[dead link]}