Leony

Along with Julian Vogl and Maximillian Böhle, Leonie Burger performed on RTL's Rising Star as part of the band 'Unknown Passenger'. In the finale, they received 92.77% of the audience's vote for their version of Stay.[1][2] She got to know her early band manager Nik Hafermann through the show. The band had a few appearances in smaller clubs, but the group disbanded shortly thereafter. Leonie performed as a solo artist from then on, using a slightly modified spelling of her first name as her stage name.[3]

In 2016, Leony signed with Sony Music in Australia, subsequently undertaking a lot of vocal coaching. Her first songs were produced in Sweden, with her releasing her first debut single Surrender in 2017. The song was used in a Sylvie Meis underwear commercial.[4] The single Boots was released in 2018,[3] with More Than Friends following in 2019.[5]

Thereafter, she moved over to a different brand, with Vitali Zestovskih and Mark Becker becoming her new managers and producers. Together with DJ duo Vize and Sam Feldt she released her new single Far Away from Home. Her breakthrough came in July 2020 with her remake of Modern Talking's song Brother Louie in collaboration with Vize, Kazakh artist Imanbek and the former Modern Talking member, Dieter Bohlen.[6]

In 2022, she was a music mentor for Emilia and her song Outside and Inside in Dein Song, a reality television music competition on German broadcaster ZDF.

In 2023, Leony featured as a judge on the 20th season of German reality talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar.[7]

Her brother is the professional football player Korbinian Burger.[8] Leony lives in Berlin.

• 2014: Rising Star (as a participant)
• 2023: Deutschland sucht den Superstar (as a judge)

Main article - Leony - Discography (in German)

Year	Track name Album	Chart position			Notes
		Germany[9]	Austria[10]	Switzerland[11]
2017	Surrender –	—	—	—	First released on 6th October 2017
2018	Boots –	—	—	—	First released on 3rd August 2018
2019	More Than Friends –	—	—	—	First released on 12th July 2019
2020	Paradise –	4 (37 weeks)	2 (57 weeks)	98 (1 weeks)	First released on 21st August 2020 Sold over 200,000 copies with Vize & Joker Bra
2021	Faded Love –	17 (31 weeks)	11 (23 weeks)	24 (21 weeks)	First released on 15th January 2021 Sold more than 200,000 copies
	No More Second Chances –	—	—	—	First released on 28th May 2021 Original by Ludwig van Beethoven – Für Elise
2022	Remedy –	5	9 (33 weeks)	17 (32 weeks)	First released on 14th January 2022 More than 200,000 copies sold
	Stop the World –	—	—	—	First released on 18th March 2022 with Steve Aoki & Marnik
	Crazy Love –	—1	—	—	First released on 24th June 2022 with Toby Romeo
2023	Somewhere in Between –	—	—	—	First released on 6th January 2023
The following songs weren't released as singles but were made available for download and streaming as part of an album and are therefore eligible for a chart position
2021	Merry Christmas Everyone Home Alone (On the Night Before Christmas) (Sampler)	85 (2 weeks)	—	—	Entered the charts on 1st January 2021 with Vize; Original by Shakin' Stevens

1 Crazy Love couldn't be included in the official German charts, but placed number 15th in the Single-Trend-Charts (28th October 2022).[12]

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