Adel Tawil

Adel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil (born 15 August 1978) is a German singer, songwriter and producer. Besides his solo career, he is part of the popular German duo Ich + Ich and a former member of the boy band The Boyz.

Adel Tawil
Tawil performing in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Adel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil
Born	(1978-08-15) 15 August 1978 (age 46) Berlin, West Germany
Genres	R&B pop hip hop
Years active	1996–present
Website	adel-tawil.de

Early life

Tawil was born in Berlin. His father Salah Tawil is Egyptian and his mother is Tunisian. He is the first born of three, having a younger brother, Hatem, and a sister, Rascha.

Musical career

During the end of the 1990s, Tawil was part of the German boyband The Boyz. Since 2004, he and Annette Humpe have formed the duo known as Ich + Ich. They have released three albums, Ich + Ich (2005), Vom Selben Stern (2007) and Gute Reise (2009).

In 2007, Tawil teamed up with rapper Azad and released the song "Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)",^[1] which is the opening theme for the German version of Prison Break. He made another solo appearance with Tobias Schenke for the song "Niemand hat gesagt".

In 2007, Tawil held three spots in the top ten with two released singles and one album.

On 8 November 2013, he released his first solo album, Lieder, in Germany, and also toured in 2014.^[2]

Personal life

Tavil in 2013

In 2011, Tawil married his longtime girlfriend Jasmin Weber in a private ceremony in Berlin.^[3] In 2014, they separated. He currently lives with his girlfriend Lena.

Discography

For discography as part of The Boyz, see The Boyz (German band) § Discography. For discography as part of Ich + Ich, see Ich + Ich § Discography.

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak positions			Certifications
		GER [4]	AUT [5]	SWI [6]
Lieder	Released: 7 November 2013 Label: Vertigo Berlin Formats: CD, digital download	4	6	17	BVMI: 5× Gold[7] IFPI AUT: Platinum[8] IFPI SWI: Gold[9]
So schön anders	Released: 21 April 2017 Label: Island Formats: CD, digital download	1	5	3	BVMI: Gold[7]
Alles lebt	Released: 21 June 2019 Label: Okapi, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	7	17	7
Spiegelbild	Released: 3 March 2023 Label: Okapi, BMG Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	7	50	33

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak positions			Certifications	Album
		GER [4]	AUT [5]	SWI [6]
"Lieder"	2013	2	1	6	BVMI: 2× Platinum[7] IFPI AUT: Gold[8] IFPI SWI: Platinum[9]	Lieder
"Aschenflug" (featuring Prinz Pi & Sido)		18	33	41
"Weinen"	2014	57	—	38
"Zuhause" (featuring Matisyahu)		23	6	64	BVMI: Gold[7]
"Kartenhaus"		78	—	—
"Wenn du liebst"	2015	—	—	—
"Unsere Lieder"		33	—	—		Non-album single
"Bis hier und noch weiter" (featuring KC Rebell & Summer Cem)	2017	23	72	97		So schön anders
"Ist da jemand"		12	9	3	BVMI: Gold[7]
"Gott steh mir bei"		—	—	—
"Eine Welt eine Heimat" (featuring Youssou N’Dour & Mohamed Mounir)		—	—	—
"So schön anders"		—	—	—
"Polarlichter" (featuring MoTrip)		—	—	—
"Flutlicht"	2018	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Tu m'appelles" (featuring Peachy)	2019	48	—	30		Alles lebt
"Neues Ich"		—	—	—

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak positions			Certifications	Album
		GER [4]	AUT [5]	SWI [6]
"Niemand hat gesagt" (Tobias Schenke featuring Kane)	2003	85	—	—		The Dome Vol. 26
"Prison Break Anthem (Ich glaub' an dich)" (Azad featuring Adel Tawil)	2007	1	12	13	BVMI: Gold[7]	Blockschrift
"Stadt" (Cassandra Steen featuring Adel Tawil)	2009	2	3	31	BVMI: Platinum[7]	Darum leben wir
"Der Himmel soll warten" (Sido featuring Adel Tawil)	2010	2	4	28	BVMI: Gold[7]	MTV Unplugged Live aus'm MV
"Ich will nur dass du weißt" (SDP featuring Adel Tawil)	2015	15	41	41	BVMI: 3× Gold[7]	Zurück in die Zukunst
"Zuhause ist die Welt noch in Ordnung" (Sido featuring Adel Tawil)		80	—	47	BVMI: Gold[7]	VI
"Vielleicht" (Gestört aber GeiL featuring Adel Tawil)	2019	38	—	—		Non-album-single