Kunz (singer)

Swiss singer

Marco Kunz

Kunz in 2019

Born| 14 August 1985 (1985-08-14) (age 39)

Mauensee

Nationality| Swiss
Other names| Kunz
Occupation| Singer
Years active| 2006-
Website| https://www.kunzmusik.ch/

Marco Kunz (born 14 August 1985 in Mauensee), better known as simply Kunz, is a Swiss singer from Lucerne.[1]

## Biography

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Marco Kunz was born in Mauensee, Switzerland into a musical family. His father was a yodeller, and the family commonly sang together. He discovered his personal passion for music after secretly practicing on his sister's guitar.[2] His first musical award was winning the junior yodel prize at 10 years old. He then became a member of the Surseer youth choir, and also performed in a rock band. In 2006, he became a member of the Swiss a cappella group a-live, who performed internationally. From 2007, he was the conductor of b-live choir in Küsnacht, then became the musical director of a-live.[3] In 2010, he made solo appearances with his own music and left a-live in 2012 after signing a contract with Universal. Also in 2012, he recorded a mini album Chopf, Härz, Hand with six songs. In December 2012, he won the young talent award for best singer at the Small Prix Walo.[4]

In May 2014, Kunz released his first full album Eifach so. It entered the Swiss Hitparade at number 21, and continued to stay in the top 100 for over a year. It reached a high of number 13, following an appearance by Kunz at a Bern radio station, Energy Air. This also helped Lüüt so wie mer to 3rd place in the single charts. Eifach so was then awarded a gold record for 10,000 units sold.[5]

His second album, Mundart Folk (also how Kunz describes his genre), was released in 2015. It entered the charts at number one, and spent almost a year in the charts. In spring 2016, he received Newcomer of the Year 2015 at the Prix Walo. He also contributed the song Chliini Händ to the film Schellen-Ursli.[6] In 2017, his third album No Hunger was released, and it reached number one in the Swiss charts.

In 2021, he took part in the second season of Sing meinen Song – Das Schweizer Tauschkonzert, a Swiss remake of the German reality show Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert.

In March 2021, Kunz released his fifth album, Mai.

## Discography

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### Albums

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* Eifach so (2014)
* Mundart Folk (2015)
* No Hunger (2017)
* Förschi (2019)
* Mai (2021)
* Weisch no (Live Unplugged) (2023)

### EPs

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* Chopf, Härz, Hand (2012)

### Singles

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* Lüüt so wie mer (2014)
* Olten (2015)
* Chliini Händ (2015)
* Schlof nome ii (Live) 2017
* L.I.E.B.I (2018)
* S Gröschte (2019)
* Üses Lied (2019)
* Möuchstross (2020)
* mitenand (2022)
* Us de Region (2022)
* Sing Sing (2023)

## Awards and nominations

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### Awards

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* 2015: Prix Walo - Category: "Newcomer"[7]
* 2017: Prix Walo - Category: "Pop / Rock"[8]

### Nominations

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* 2018: Swiss Music Awards \- Category: "Best Male Solo Act"[9]
* 2020: Swiss Music Awards - Category: "Best Male Solo Act"[10]
* 2020: Swiss Music Awards - Category: "Best Album" (for Förschi)[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Infos". kunzmusik1s Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-25.
2. ^ "Luzerner Frauenschwarm erobert die Charts". zentralplus (in Swiss High German). 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
3. ^ In den Startlöchern zum Star Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Corinne Vogel, Anzeiger Luzern, Nr. 13 vom 3. April 2013, Seite 5
4. ^ "Marco Kunz". PlanetSarah.ch (in German). 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
5. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
6. ^ ""Chliini Händ": Alpen-Gosling macht gemeinsame Sache mit Schellen-Ursli". Blick (in Swiss High German). 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
7. ^ "Spartensieger-PRIX WALO seit 1994 – PRIX WALO". www.prixwalo.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
8. ^ "Spartensieger-PRIX WALO seit 1994 – PRIX WALO". www.prixwalo.ch. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
9. ^ Imhof, Michel (2018-01-19). "Swiss Music Awards 2018: Das sind die Nominierten!". Ticketcorner Blog (in German). Retrieved 2021-04-28.[permanent dead link]
10. ^ a b "«Swiss Music Awards» 2020 - «Swiss Music Awards»: Das sind die Nominierten". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

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