Miss Platnum

Miss Platnum
Background information
Birth name Ruth Maria Renner
Born 1980
Timişoara, Romania
Genres Pop, Soul, R&B, Hip hop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2005-present
Labels Four Music
Associated acts Seeed
Website missplatnum.com
Miss Platnum, moers festival 2010

Miss Platnum (born Ruth Maria Renner in 1980), formerly known as Platnum, is a Romanian-German singer, songwriter and musician, currently signed to Virgin Records Germany.

Biography

Early life

Platnum was born in Timişoara, Romania in 1980. At the age of eight her family relocated to West Berlin where she went to school in Berlin-Lichterfelde. Later on she took lessons in singing with Jocelyn B. Smith and worked as a background singer for Moabeat.[1][2]

Works

After her minorly successful debut album Rock Me which was released on January 31, 2005 on the Berlin-based Indie label Sonar Kollektiv, Platnum released her second album Chefa in May 2007, under her new artist name Miss Platnum. Produced by Die Krauts, it distinguished itself through a mixture of hip-hop, soul, R&B, pop and Romanian Musical elements. Its lead single, "Give Me the Food" reached the top 20 of the Romanian Singles Chart, and debuted at #63 on the German Singles Chart.[3][4]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[5]
AUT
[6]
SWI
[7]
Rock Me
Chefa
  • Released: May 25, 2007
  • Label: Four Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
The Sweetest Hangover
  • Released: September 4, 2009
  • Label: Four Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
27 69 72
Glück und Benzin
  • Released: March 14, 2014
  • Label: Four Music (Sony)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
34
Ich war hier
  • Released: October 2, 2015
  • Label: Virgin (Universal)
  • Formats: CD, digital download

EPs

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
[5]
AUT
[6]
SWI
[7]
"Give Me the Food" 2007 63 Chefa
"Come Marry Me"
(featuring Peter Fox)
90
"Mercedez Benz"
"Why Did You Do It?" 2008 The Sweetest Hangover
"She Moved In!" 2009 51 72
"Babooshka 2009"
"Lila Wolken"
(with Marteria & Yasha)
2012 1 22 11 Lila Wolken — EP
"Feuer"
(with Materia & Yasha)
52
"99 Probleme" 2013 Glück & Benzin
"Letzter Tanz" 2014
"Glück & Benzin"
(featuring Yasha)
"MDCHN (Mädchen sind die besseren Jungs)" 2015 Ich war hier
"Kanonen"
"Blockparty"
(featuring Taktloss)
2016

References

  1. "Artist Biography by David Jeffries". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. "Miss Platnum". apple.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. "Miss Platnum – Give Me the Food". youtube.com. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. "Miss Platnum". last.fm. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 "charts.de". Media Control. charts.de. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  6. 1 2 "austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  7. 1 2 "swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
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