Sylkie Monoff is a German born Singer-Songwriter and Music Producer and has appeared in films.

Life

Born in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

, she studied music at the Hamburg Conservatory. Her debut album '' Harbor in the Night''

BMG Ariola Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomera ...

spawned the radio hit "

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". The English group BND recorded her song " All the Places", which landed in the top 50 sales charts in Germany and was also awarded Gold (50,000 sold) status in Poland. Her single "The Puzzle" was produced by Mark Schulman (drummer for

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, Foreigner). Monoff's 2010 album '' Genuine'', which reached #1, features Nashville’s top studio musicians including,

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and

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. She has shared the stage with

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and

Melissa Etheridge Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist. Her eponymous debut album was released in 1988 and became an underground success. It peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and its lead ...

. She has also appeared in the films

Manta, Manta ''Manta, Manta'' is a 1991 German language action comedy film directed by Wolfgang Büld. The film features Til Schweiger, Tina Ruland, Stefan Gebelhoff, Lena Sabine Berg and Michael Kessler in the lead roles. Singer/songwriter Sylkie Monoff make ...

(by Oscar-winning producer

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) and King Ping. Monoff has won "Best International Country Artist" by the Independent Music Network. In 2020, the digital re-release of Sylkie Monoff's album "Harbor In The Night" ranked in the Top 50 of the Apple Music Country Album Charts in Germany. Monoff's single "Still Believe In You" is on the Grammy® Awards 2022 ballots in two categories, "Best Country Song" and "Best Country Solo Performance". She wrote and produced the track. It was released on Monoff's own label SYWA Nashville. In addition, she is currently nominated for the Independent Music Network Award 2022 a
"Comeback Artist Of The Year"
Monoff continues to write and record in Nashville.

Albums

*'' Harbor in the Night'' (1993/2013 BMG) *'' Genuine'' (2010) *'' Harbor in the Night'' (2020 SYWA Nashville) (Digital Re-Release)

Singles

* Your Eyes (1992 BMG Ariola) *

(1993 BMG Ariola) *

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(2013 GMO The Label) * Like Rain (2017 GMO The Label) * The Puzzle (2018 Monoff Music) * Still Believe In You (2021 SYWA Nashville)

Filmography

* 1991: ''

'' * 2013: ''King Ping''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monoff, Sylkie German women singer-songwriters German singer-songwriters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Wuppertal