Beate Baumgartner

Beate Baumgartner performing in 2009

Background information
Birth name| Beate Baumgartner
Born|  (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 40)
Windhoek, Namibia
Genres| Austropop
Occupation(s)| Singer
Instrument(s)| Vocals
Years active| 2002–present

Musical artist

Beate Baumgartner (born 9 May 1983), also known as "Yola B", is an Austrian-Namibian singer.

She was born in Windhoek, South-West Africa (now Namibia), and gained her initial fame by participating in the talent show Starmania in 2002–3.[1] She subsequently joined Parov Stelar's electro-swing band, which formed in 2005.[2] From 2008 to 2009 she sang with another electro-rock Band, Monilla, and is featured on their 2008 album, Hello World – Chapter 1. In 2015 she joined Romany band DelaDap.

The daughter of an Austrian father and a Namibian mother, she attended the German Higher Private School Windhoek, where she began acting and singing. Her mother is the actress Mara Baumgartner, who starred in the prize-winning 2015 film Katutura.[3]

After relocating to Graz, Austria, as a teenager, she worked for Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature, and passed up on the opportunity to attend university in order to further her singing career.[3] Having finished sixth in Starmania, she was featured on the 2003 album Starmania: Best of Duets, distributed by Universal, performing the track "Something Stupid", with Michael Tschuggnall.[4]

## Discography[edit]

Albums

* 2008: Hello World – Chapter 1 (with Monilla)

Collaborations

* 2009: Coco (Parov Stelar Band), on the track "Dandy"
* 2009: Midnight Rendezvous (Mike Rigler EP), on the track "Heroes (feat. Yola B)"[5]
* 2014: Listen up (DelaDap)

Singles

* 2003: Shosholoza
* 2008: Monilla: 2nd Life
* 2014: "Skyrocket" (with DelaDap)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Life after Starmania - Interview with Beate Baumgartner". Border Crossing (in German). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
2. ^ "Parov Stelar Band". Exitmusic. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
3. ^ a b "Ein Interview mit der Mutter von Starmania-Finalistin Beate Baumgartner". Allgemeine Zeitung. 24 June 2003. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
4. ^ "Something Stupid". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
5. ^ "Mike Rigler - Midnight Rendezvous". Discogs. Retrieved 26 November 2017.