Kaleen (singer)
Kaleen | |
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 Kaleen in 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marie-Sophie Kreissl |
| Born | 12 November 1994 Wels, Austria |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Wifi Records |
Marie-Sophie Kreissl[1] (born 12 November 1994),[2] also known professionally as Kaleen, is an Austrian singer, dancer and choreographer. She represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "We Will Rave".[3][4]
Early life
[edit]Kaleen was raised in Ried im Traunkreis in Upper Austria. She is the granddaughter of Hanneliese Kreißl-Wurth, a composer, lyricist and producer in the hit and folk music genres. She took ballet lessons for the first time at the age of two. At the age of seven, she won her first Austrian championship title.[3]
Career
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Kaleen cites Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and Zara Larsson as her musical influences.[5]
In 2014, she took part in the German version of the dance competition Got to Dance and reached the final together with her dance partner Paulo Albert.[6] Since 2020, she has been working as a choreographer and director for ORF, including for the show Starmania.[7] In 2021, she founded her own record label, Wifi Records. Her first album, Stripping Feelings, was released in September 2023.
Eurovision
[edit]Since 2018, she has also been involved with the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in various positions: as a stand-in singer for the rehearsals; as a dancer and choreographer for the interval acts in the 2018 contest; as a creative director for Spain and Bulgaria in the 2021 junior contest; as creative director for Spain and overall stage director in the 2022 contest; and she helped creating the stage performances for Austria, Armenia, Germany, and Georgia in the 2023 contest.[3] She also had competed to represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with her song "Owe You Pretty", but lost to Teya & Salena's song "Who the Hell Is Edgar?".[7]
On 16 January 2024, it was announced that Kaleen had been internally selected as Austria's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, to be held in Malmö, Sweden. The song, titled "We Will Rave", was described as dance-pop and inspired by techno. It was released on 1 March 2024.[3][4] Kaleen qualified from the second semi-final at Eurovision on 9 May 2024.[8] In the final, the song finished 24th of the 25 competing finalists, with 24 points overall.[9]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Stripping Feelings |
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Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album or EP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [11] |
LTU [12] |
SWE Heat. [13] |
SWI [14] | |||
| "Too Good to Not" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Don't Wanna Leave You Now" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Games" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Put You Down" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What It Feels Like" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | Stripping Feelings |
| "Stripping Feelings" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Taking Chances" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "We Will Rave" | 2024 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 75 | Non-album singles |
| "It Feels So Good" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Überraschend! SIE fährt für Österreich zum Song Contest" [Surprising! SHE is going to the song contest for Austria]. Heute.at (in Austrian German). 16 January 2024. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ @anspress.society.news (12 November 2023). "Happy Birthday - @kaleenmusic". Retrieved 17 January 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b c d "Kaleen will head to Malmö for Austria". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 16 January 2024. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ a b Stadlbauer, Clemens (16 January 2024). "Kaleen tanzt für Österreich in Malmö an" [Kaleen dances for Austria in Malmö]. Hitradio Ö3 (in Austrian German). ORF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Kaleen". FM4 (in Austrian German). ORF. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Oberösterreicherin tanzt um "Got to dance"-Sieg". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten (in German). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ a b Lampl, Marianne (16 January 2024). "Warum Kaleen die beste Song-Contest-Kandidatin aller Zeiten ist". Puls 24 (in German). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Eurovision 2024 Semi-Final Two Qualifiers". ESCXTRA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Kemp, Ellie (12 May 2024). "Eurovision 2024 final as it happened and results as Switzerland declared winner". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Stripping Feelings - Album by Kaleen". Spotify. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Discographie Kaleen". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "2024 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 20". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 13 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Kaleen – We Will Rave". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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