Background
AnNa R. was born Andrea Rosenbaum on 25 December 1969 in Berlin-Friedrichshain and grew up in the former East Germany.
AnNa R. was born Andrea Rosenbaum on 25 December 1969 in Berlin-Friedrichshain and grew up in the former East Germany.
After she had finished her secondary education, she auditioned for a place at Musikschule Friedrichshain (Friedrichshain music school), but was not accepted.
She was previously the main vocalist of Rosenstolz, a German popular duo that was active between 1991 and 2012 and had chart hits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She sang in a choir during her youth. Consequently, she took up private singing lessons.
She also trained as a laboratory assistant after finishing her secondary education, but soon changed career to become a sheet music salesperson.
1991–2012: Rosenstolz
Although they had different musical aspirations, with AnNa R. preferring to sing chanson and Plate wanting to make English-language popular music, the pair got together to write songs, performing them as popular duo Rosenstolz. These included five Number.
1 studio albums in Germany. In 2012, the duo decided to split up.
AnNa R. stated that both she and Plate wanted to take a break from each other and try something new.
AnNa R. was the main vocalist of Rosenstolz and also contributed to writing the lyrics of the band"s songs with Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer. Towards the end of Rosenstolz, AnNa R. felt that she was not contributing as much to songwriting as she had done earlier in the band"s history. 2012–present: Gleis 8
In January 2012, AnNa R. started working with musicians Lorenz Allacher, Timo Dorsch and Manne Uhlig.
The following year, they officially announced their formation as the band Gleis 8.
Their debut album Bleibt das immer so, which was released in May 2013, reached Number. 7 in the German albums chart.
She has described the band as being democratic, with all the members being of equal standing.