Béatrice Thomas (born June 9, 1984

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) is an American born German funk &

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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 Nike and

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. She studied musicology at the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: link=no, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of ...

, and sang in the bands ''StreetLIVE Family'', ''King Kamehameha Club Band'', ''Ladies Live'', ''New City Beats,'' and '' Technotronic'' (" Pump up the Jam"). She also worked as background singer, amongst others for Sandra " (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena", '' UB40'' and '' The Temptations''. 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 state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

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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