Petra Frey (born 27 June 1978, in

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), is an

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. She has released twelve studio albums and five compilation albums and participated in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Biography

Frey released her debut album, ''Bloß Träume im Kopf'' in 1993. Petra represented Austria in the

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with the song " Für den Frieden der Welt" ''(For the peace of the world)'', which came 17th in the international final. She also came second in the Austrian national final in 2003 with the song ''This Night Should Never End''. In 2007, after a few years break, Petra returned to the schlager scene with her new album ''Göttlich weiblich'', her first on the ''DA Records'' label. Petra attempted to represent

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at Eurovision again in 2011, with ''Send a Little Smile'', but she failed to qualify from the Internet semi final stage. Since September 2014 she is jury member at the talent-show

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. Her Twelfth studio album ''Einfach Frey'' was released in April 2011, and she continues to have success in the schlager market to this day.

Discography

Studio Albums * 1993 – ''Bloß Träume im Kopf'' * 1995 – ''Hey Du'' * 1996 – ''Liebst Du mich'' * 1998 – ''Küß mich…'' * 1999 – ''Heiß und kalt'' * 2001 – ''Geboren um Dich zu lieben'' * 2002 – ''Das ist mein Leben'' * 2004 – ''Freyheiten'' * 2007 – ''Göttlich weiblich'' * 2008 – ''Selbstbewusst'' * 2009 – ''Feuer und Eis'' * 2011 – ''Einfach Frey'' Compilations * 1998 – ''Herz in Sicht'' * 2001 – ''Made in Austria'' * 2003 – ''Meine Erfolge'' * 2003 – ''Nimm mein Herz'' * 2010 – ''Meine Besten''

References

1978 births Living people 21st-century Austrian women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1994 People from Innsbruck-Land District 20th-century Austrian women singers {{Austria-singer-stub