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Marco Angelini
Angelini at Marchtrenk 2014
Background information
Birth name	Marco Angelini
Born	(1984-07-26) 26 July 1984 (age 40) Voitsberg, Steiermark, Austria
Genres	Pop rock, soft rock, dance, Austropop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter,musician, doctor
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2008–2014

Marco Angelini (26 July 1984) is an Austrian singer and songwriter who withdrew from public life in 2014 and started working as a doctor. Marco Angelini was born in Voitsburg, Styria, Austria, to an Austrian mother and a Luxembourgish father. He has been in a relationship with dancer Maria Santner since 2014.^[1]

Angelini has participated in various talent shows, like Helden Von Morgen, Starmania , and X Factor. By participating in season 8 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar – the German equivalent of American Idol – he reached 4th place.^[2]

In 2011, Angelini signed a recording contract with Sony Music – Austria, where his first single "Leuchtturm", which was produced by Alexander Kahr, was recorded and released in December 2011.^[3]

After moving to 2DayRecords the Maxi – CD called "Du & Ich" was published on 25 January 2013.^[4] "Du & Ich" entered the Austrian Charts at No. 69.^[5]

His second single – produced again in cooperation with 2DayRecords – called "Mein Engel (hier auf Erden)" has reached No. 84 in the charts.^[6] It was published on 31 May 2013.^{[citation needed]}

On 4 October 2013, his third single called "Wunder gibt es immer wieder" was released and reached No. 62 in the German charts.^[7]

After his participation in "Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!"^{[citation needed]} he published a party song called "Heute Nacht", which reached No. 54 in the German charts,^[8] and No. 51 in the Austrian charts.^[9]

He published a song called "Goodbye" in cooperation with Leo Aberer. They also produced a Christmas song that joined the Austrian charts at No. 23 in the first week and peaked at No. 9.^[10]

At the end of July 2014, Angelini announced a break in his career as a singer and performed his last live show on 13 September 2014, wanting to continue his work as a doctor and focus on his private life, while still intending to work as a singer again in the future.^[11][12]

• 2013: Best Of

• 2011: Leuchtturm
• 2013: Du & ich
• 2013: Mein Engel (hier auf Erden)
• 2013: Wunder gibt es immer wieder
• 2014: Heute Nacht
• 2014: Suzie
• 2014: Goodbye – Marco Angelini & Leo Aberer

• Cool Music Award 2011 (music magazine Cool)^[13]
• Cool Music Award 2012 (music magazine Cool)^[14]
• Badge of honour in silver of his hometown Voitsberg 2011
• Sexiest Austrian Celebrity alive 2011^[15]
• Best Singer 2011 (youth magazine Xpress)
• Best Newcomer 2011 (youth magazine Xpress)
• Best Austrian Star 2011 (youth magazine Xpress)
• Best Austrian Star 2012 (youth magazine Xpress)

• Claudia Fuerbach: Marco Angelini: Das große Fanbuch. Roed Verlag, ISBN 978-3-945489-02-4, published 30 November 2013.
• Claudia Fuerbach: Marco Angelini: Live on Stage!. Roed Verlag, ISBN 978-3-945489-14-7, published 20 December 2014.