Lebe lauter

Lebe lauter (English: Live Louder) is the third studio album by Austrian recording artist Christina Stürmer. It was released by Polydor Records on 15 September 2006 in German-speaking Europe. After the success of her international debut Schwarz Weiss (2005), Stürmer collaborated with producer Thorsten Brötzmann on most songs. Another major success, it became her third album to debut on top of the Austrian Albums Chart and her first to do so in Germany. Lebe lauter was eventually certified 2× Platinum in Austria,^[2] and Gold in Switzerland.^[3] The songs "Nie genug", "Um bei dir zu sein", and "Ohne Dich" from this album were released as singles.

Lebe lauter
Studio album by Christina Stürmer
Released	15 September 2006
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	49:38
Label	Polydor
Producer	Thorsten Brötzmann
Christina Stürmer chronology
Schwarz Weiss (2005) Lebe lauter (2006) laut-Los (2008)
Singles from Lebe lauter
"Nie genug" Released: 28 April 2006 "Um bei dir zu sein/An Sommertagen" Released: 18 August 2006 "Ohne Dich" Released: 1 December 2006 "Scherbenmeer" Released: 2 March 2007 "Augenblick am Tag" Released: 15 June 2007 "Um bei dir zu sein" Released: 3 August 2007 "Mitten Unterm Jahr" Released: 16 November 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Release

The single "An Sommertagen" was released alongside another single, "Um bei dir zu sein", on 18 August 2006. Together, they were the second single from the album. Translated, Um bei dir zu sein means "To Be at Your Side", and An Sommertagen means "On Summer Days". The single was certified Gold in Austria.^[4] "Um bei dir zu sein"/"An Sommertagen" was originally only released in Austria as a double A-side single. Together, they reached number one on the Austrian single chart. No music video was made for "An Sommertagen", but "Um bei dir zu sein" was later released as the sixth single from the same album in Germany and a video was made for it.

The third single, "Ohne dich", was released on 1 December 2006. The song was accompanied by a music video, which starts with Stürmer on a boat in the middle of a lake. Her band members are shown up close playing the guitar. Throughout the video, shots of Stürmer on the boat are shown. "Ohne dich" was released in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It reached number eight in the charts in Austria, number thirty-three in Germany, and number forty-seven in Switzerland.

"Augenblick am Tag", the fifth single, was released on June 15, 2007. "Augenblick am Tag" was only released in Austria and reached number 29 on the charts.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nie genug"	Thorsten Brötzmann Alex Geringas Ivo Mohring	3:32
2.	"Lebe lauter"	Tom Albrecht Dior Da Silva Marc Kaschke	3:24
3.	"Die Welt"	Roland Spremberg Stephan Gade Ina Klinik	3:56
4.	"Ohne Dich"	Paul Leisin Tim Winter	3:21
5.	"Revolution"	Albrecht Da Silva Kaschke	3:24
6.	"Augenblick am Tag"	Oliver Varga	2:53
7.	"Seite eins"	Albrecht Da Silva Kaschke	3:54
8.	"Scherbenmeer"	Albrecht Da Silva Kaschke	3:49
9.	"Unsere besten Tage"	Robin Grubert Martin Fliegenschmidt Steffie Werner	3:09
10.	"An Sommertagen"	Stürmer Varga Hartmut Kamm Gwenael Damman Klaus Pérez-Salado	3:16
11.	"Sonne hinter dem Nebel"	Varga Kamm Damman	2:57
12.	"Um bei dir zu sein"	Leisin Winter Peter Horsch	3:29
13.	"Reine Nebensache"	Tobias Röger	3:53
14.	"Mitten unterm Jahr"	Florian Sitzmann Umbo	4:33

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 43 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 69 Chart (2007) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 12 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 43

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[13]	2× Platinum	60,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[14]	Gold	15,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.