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

Beate Baumgartner
Beate Baumgartner performing in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Beate Baumgartner
Born	(1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 39) Windhoek, Namibia
Genres	Austropop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2002–present

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

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

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