Lea-Marie Becker (born 9 July 1992), known professionally as Lea (stylized as LEA), is a German singer-songwriter and keyboardist.

Life and career

Lea is the daughter of a

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. When she was 15, she began releasing videos on YouTube, under her first name Lea-Marie. Her song ''Wo ist die Liebe hin'' was viewed more than 2.7 million times. She studied music and special education in

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. Her version of

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's ''So hat alles seinen Sinn'' was included in the

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''Für Hilde'' in 2015, leading to the record label

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publishing her debut album ''Vakuum in 2016''. In it she handled her first relationship and the feeling of not knowing where home is. Her songs describe themes of love, friendship, and loneliness. Many of her songs are

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s, in which she asks herself questions that often remain unanswered. In 2017, she went on her first tour, along with Frederic Michel (percussion) and Hannes Porombka (guitar and synthesizer). She also performed at the ''Early Spring Singer Songwriter Festival'' in

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. Also in 2017, a remix of ''Wohin willst du?'', in collaboration with Gestört aber GeiL, reached 11th place in the

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, along with 43rd place in the Austrian charts. She also wrote ''Be My Now with Gestört aber GeiL'', which was used as the title song of the eighth season of the German version of The Bachelor. It is in English while all of her other songs are written in German. In August 2018, she released the song ''Immer wenn wir uns sehn'', written in collaboration with actor for the film '' Das schönste Mädchen der Welt''. In September 2019, she released ''110'', a collaboration with

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and Samra, which reached the top place in the German charts. Lea was a participant in the 7th season of

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. She lived in

until 2018. Since 2018, she has lived in

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

Results

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lea 1992 births German women singer-songwriters German women pianists 21st-century German women singers Living people 21st-century women pianists