Luca Hänni
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| Background information | |
| Born |
8 October 1994 Bern, Switzerland |
| Genres | Pop, Eurodance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, model |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Germany |
| Associated acts | Dieter Bohlen |
| Website | www.lucamusic.ch/en |
Luca Hänni (born 8 October 1994) is a Swiss singer-songwriter and model. He is best known for winningseason 9 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
Hänni was born in Bern, Switzerland. During his time in kindergarten Hänni received drum lessons. At the age of nine, he taught himself playing the guitar and piano. After finishing school, he began the training as a bricklayer, which he stopped in 2012, in his second training year, in favor of his music career.
In 2012, Hänni applied in the ninth season of the singing talent show '‘Deutschland sucht den Superstar'’. On April 28, 2012, he reached the final. There he competed against Daniele Negroni and won the show with 52.85 percent of the audience votes. Among the recent DSDS-winners Hänni is the only minors, moreover the first non-German. As a prize he received 500,000 Euros and a recording contract with Universal Music Group. In addition, the driver education and a car were him, as well as the runner-up, paid.
His first single is called ‘Don’t Think about Me’, which is composed by Dieter Bohlen. It was published on 2 May 2012. After four days, the single reached gold status in Switzerland and took number one on the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. So, Hänni was the first Swiss citizen to reach No. 1 on the German Charts after 52 years.
His debut album My Name Is Luca was released on 18 May 2012, and placed at No. 1 in Austria and Switzerland and No. 2 in Germany in the album charts. The album was awarded with gold in Switzerland and Austria. On 4 May 2012 his first music video was released to the song "Don't Think about Me". The video was shot in Denmark on the island of Rømø on 30 April 2012. It was directed by Nikolaj Georgiew. After the publication of the video, it set a new record on the video portal Clipfish with more than 600,000 views on the day of the premiere.
His second single ‘I Will Die for You’ was published on 24 August 2012. The video shot to this song was directed by Oliver Sommer (AVA Studios) in Barcelona one month earlier. On 10 August 2012, the video celebrated its first run on ClipFish. The Maxi-CD included, additionally to the original version of Dieter Bohlen and the new song Oh No No, two remixes of the Swiss DJ and music producer Mike Candys.
For the remix Mike Candys 2012 Edit a video clip was published on ClipFish on 23 August 2012. The single reached number 54 in the German charts, number 46 in the Austrian charts and number 37 in the Swiss charts. His first tour, Luca Hänni & Band - Live on Tour, began in Hoyerswerda on 1 October 2012. It included 32 concerts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and ended in Dresden on 20 November. Due to high demand in Switzerland additional concerts in Zurich, Uetendorf and Amriswil were recognized. Hänni played three concerts in Zurich and two in Uetendorf.
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