Sarah Brendel is a Folk/Pop singer from Dresden, Germany. She has achieved success in Germany and internationally, releasing an album with

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, Tennessee-based Inpop Records in 2005. Her song "Be With You" spent two weeks on the German singles chart in 2002 and peaked at No. 86. She is part of the

Zeichen der Zeit Zeichen der Zeit ("Sign of the Times") was a music project by various German pop musicians. Their common goal was to express their Christian belief and to make an issue out of it in the secular media. An album of the same title appeared in 2004, ...

(''Sign of the Times'') project alongside artists such as Xavier Naidoo and Yvonne Catterfeld. This project proved to be her break after it landed on top 10 German album charts. As well, her song "Fire" reached number 86 on the American

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airplay charts. One of Brendel's musical influences early in her career was

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. In 2008 Norman recorded his two last songs with her: "Back to the Dust" and "Walking Backwards" appear on Brendel's record ''Early Morning hours''. The song "Take My Heart" from her self-titled album appeared in the movie '' The Poet''. CCM magazine praised that album's excellent lyrics.

Discography

;Singles * "Be With You" (ZYX, 2002) * "Take My Heart" (ZYX, 2003) (in the film soundtrack ''The Poet'' with Jürgen Prochnow) * "Fire" (Inpop, 2005) ;Songs in other projects * ''In Love with Jesus'' (box set), "Gott Sieht Unsere Tränen" (Gerth Medien, 2005) * ''Every Young Woman's Battle'', "Breathing In" (Fervent, 2005) * ''Mystic Spirits, Vol. 8'', "Hands" (ZYX, 2005) * ''Absolute Smash Hits, Vol. 2'', "Fire" (Fervent/Curb, 2005) ;Awards * 2009 David Award (best album) ''Early Morning Hours''

References

External links

* Sarah Brendel at AllMusic Accessed 25 April 2009.
Sarah Brendel
at Jesus Freak Hideout. Accessed 25 April 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brendel, Sarah Living people German pop musicians German performers of Christian music Christian music songwriters Inpop Records artists German women pop singers Musicians from Dresden German women singer-songwriters German singer-songwriters German guitarists Year of birth missing (living people)