Béatrice Thomas (born June 9, 1984

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) is an American born

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singer.

Biography

Thomas, daughter of a

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German mother and an African American writer and musician father, worked as a model for several manufacturers of sportsware, amongst others for

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and Puma. She studied

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at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

, and sang in the bands ''StreetLIVE Family'', ''King Kamehameha Club Band'', ''Ladies Live'', ''New City Beats,'' and ''

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'' (" Pump up the Jam"). She also worked as background singer, amongst others for Sandra "

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''. In 2010, she published her first album titled "Blackbird".Handwerk rockt!
, Energy Clubzone, Leipzig. Thomas lives in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

Awards

* 2009, German Rock & Pop Award (Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis ) - "best funk & soul singer" * 2010, German Rock & Pop Award - "best funk & soul music" and "best new rock & pop artist of the year"

References

External links

Official website
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