Mark Forster (singer)

Mark Ćwiertnia, known professionally as Mark Forster, is a German-Polish singer, songwriter and television personality.

Mark Forster
Forster in 2017
Born
Mark Ćwiertnia

Kaiserslautern, West Germany
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2012–present
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Spouse
(m. 2020)
[2]
Children1
Musical career
GenresPop
Websitemarkforster.de

Career

Forster performing in 2015

Forster is of mixed German and Polish descent. His father was born in Dortmund and his mother, Agnieszka Ćwiertnia, was born in Warsaw.[3] His mother called him Marek and in his early days as a musician used the name Marek Ćwiertnia. He grew up in Winnweiler, Kaiserslautern (State: Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany.[4] He later moved to Berlin where he developed a career as a singer, songwriter, pianist and composer of jingles for television including for the show Krömer – Die Internationale Show. From 2007 to 2010, he accompanied actor and comedian Kurt Krömer as a pianist sidekick.

In 2006, Forster joined the band Balboa as their frontman. He was also in Kurt Krömer's Kröm De La Kröm alongside musician Mitumba Lumbumba[5] and in 2010 was signed to German record label Four Music where he released his albums Karton in 2012. The album was produced by Ralf Christian Mayer and coproduced by Sebastian Böhnisch and recorded in Germany, France and Spain. He toured starting February 2012 with Laith Al-Deen and promoted his album. Two minor singles from the album were released: "Auf dem Weg" and "Zu dir (weit weg)".

In November 2013, he was featured in the rapper Sido's hit "Einer dieser Steine", singing in the refrain. An even bigger hit for Forster was "Au revoir", this time with roles reversed—Forster listed as primary artist and featuring Sido—with this single being a prelude to the very successful album Bauch und Kopf in 2013. The album was certified gold and included the now-smash-hit "Au revoir" and two other follow-up hit singles, "Flash mich" and the title track "Bauch und Kopf", the latter of which won Bundesvision Song Contest 2015.

In 2015, Forster became vocalist for the musical project Eff, made up of Forster as vocalist and Felix Jaehn as DJ and music producer. The two met at an event in Vienna in 2015. Eff is a reference to Felix and Forster. Their debut single, "Stimme", topped the German Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks, also charting in Austria and Switzerland. Forster is a fan of the german football club 1.FC Kaiserslautern.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[6]
AUT
[7]
SWI
[8]
Karton 45
  • GER: Gold
Bauch und Kopf
  • Released: 16 May 2014
  • Label: Four Music
103537
  • GER: 2× Platinum
Tape
  • Released: 3 June 2016
  • Label: Four Music
227
  • GER: 2× Platinum
  • AUT: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum
Liebe
  • Released: 16 November 2018
  • Label: Four Music
358
  • GER: Gold
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
Musketiere
  • Released: 13 August 2021
  • Label: Four Music
243
Supervision
  • Released: 20 October 2023
  • Label: Four Music
3

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Certifications Album
GER
[6]
AUT
[7]
SWI
[8]
2012 "Auf dem Weg" 49 Karton
"Zu dir (weit weg)" 64
2014 "Au revoir"
(featuring Sido)
226
  • GER: Diamond
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Platinum
Bauch und Kopf
"Flash mich" 1110
  • GER: Platinum
2015 "Bauch und Kopf" 1559
  • GER: Gold
2016 "Wir sind groß" 31816
  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Platinum
Tape
"Chöre" 227
  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Platinum
2017 "Sowieso" 22723
  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
"Kogong" 3479
  • GER: Gold
  • AUT: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
2018 "Like a Lion"
(featuring Gentleman)
3864 Non-album single
"Einmal" 243956
  • GER: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
Liebe
2019 "747"
"194 Länder" 131961
  • GER: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum
"Wie früher mal Dich"
2020 "Übermorgen" 71018
  • GER: 3x Gold
  • AUT: Platinum
  • SWI: Platinum
Musketiere
"Bist du okay"
(with Vize)
114655
  • GER: Gold
  • AUT: Gold
2021 "Ich frag die Maus" 88 Non-album single
"Drei Uhr nachts"
(featuring Lea)
153268
  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Platinum
Musketiere
"Musketiere"
2022 "Memories & Stories" 93 Non-album single

Featured in

Year Title Peak positions Certifications Album
GER
[6]
AUT
[7]
SWI
[8]
2013 "Ich und du"
(Anna Depenbusch feat. Mark Forster)
Non-album single
"Einer dieser Steine"
(Sido featuring Mark Forster)
4128
  • GER: Gold
30-11-80
2014 "Camouflage"
(Nazar featuring Mark Forster)
Camouflage
2015 "Maniac"
(Victoria Conrady featuring Mark Forster)
99 Dein Song 2015
2017 "Das Original"
(Prinz Pi featuring Mark Forster)
59 Nichts war umsonst
2019 "Warte mal"
(Fidi Steinbeck featuring Mark Forster)
71 Non-album single

References

  1. "What you need to know about Mark Forster". Madame Tussauds. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. "Altes Video aufgetaucht: "schwanger" im TV". Bild (in German). 10 January 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. Agnieszka Ćwiertnia Official website Archived 28 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  4. Mark Forster bei HIT RADIO FFH:„Ich spreche polnisch wie ein Elfjähriger“ Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  5. Kurt Krömer – Kröm De La Kröm (DVD) (in German)
  6. "Discographie Mark Forster" (enter "Mark Forster" into the "Suchen" box). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  7. "Discographie Mark Forster". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  8. "Mark Forster – Liebe". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
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