Shirin David

Barbara Shirin Davidavičius (Persian: باربارا شیرین دیویداویسیوس, born 11 April 1995), known professionally as Shirin David is a German rapper, singer and former YouTuber.

Shirin David
Background information
Birth nameBarbara Shirin Davidavičius
Born (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995
Hamburg, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active2014–present
Labels

Early life

Shirin was born in Hamburg, Germany, to an Iranian father and Lithuanian mother[1] and has one younger sister. She graduated from a school of opera singing, dancing and acting in Hamburg. David currently lives in Berlin. She openly talks about the struggles of being raised by a single mother, after her father left the family.

Career

She started her YouTube channel in March 2014. In the ranking of Most Subscribed YouTube Channels in Germany, she is in the Top 50 with over 2.6 million subscribers.[2] In 2015, she reached the Top 10 of the German Charts as a feature on German R&B singer Ado Kojo's song "Du liebst mich nicht", a cover of the song with the same name by German rapper Sabrina Setlur. In February 2016, it was reported that she had cancelled her contract with YouTube network TubeOne Networks, who had made her famous.[3] In 2017, she was one of four judges at Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of American Idol.[4] She moved to Berlin in 2018, having lived in Cologne for more than three years previously.

In January 2019, David released her first official single "Orbit", which was later one of the tracks of her debut album Supersize.[5] In February, her second single "Gib Ihm" was released, reaching number one in the German Charts. About two months later, Shirin released the song "ICE", which was followed by "Fliegst du mit" in May. At the end of June 2019, she published the single "On Off" featuring Maître Gims,[6] which was followed by the single "Brillis" in August. On 20 September 2019, she released both the single "Nur mit Dir" featuring german singer Xavier Naidoo and her album Supersize, which peaked at number one on the German Album Charts. She became the first national female solo hip-hop artist to reach number one with an album as well as the first female hip hop act to top the charts with her debut album.[7]

In a YouTube Video released in September 2019, she announced her second perfume was set to come out in October 2019, after she had already sold a perfume as part of a collaboration with dm-drogerie since 2014.[8] The newest fragrance is a collaboration with Douglas and a first sample of it is found in the limited content box to her album Supersize.[9]

After David had already released two merchandising collections in November 2016 and June 2017 in collaboration with Holymesh,[10] she released a pair of slippers with GIB IHM printed on in April 2020 on her Shop ShirizzleShop. The Merchandise happens in collaboration with 30 Management GmbH.

David released the single "90-60-111" on 24 April 2020[11] which turned being her second number one-hit in Germany, as well as her first number one-single in Austria. She also released a limited merchandise collection for that single. Only two weeks after the release of "90-60-111", David was featured on the track "Conan x Xenia" by German rapper Haftbefehl.[12] Later in 2020, she released her song "Hoe's Up G's Down". Later, she released with german rapper Luciano "Never Know", which debuted in the Top 10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Discography

Studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[13]		 AUT
[14]		 SWI
[15]
Supersize 123

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[13]		 AUT
[14]		 SWI
[15]
"Orbit" 2019 5914 Supersize
"Gib ihm" 139
"Ice" 8828
"Fliegst Du mit" 8915
"On Off"
(with Maître Gims)		 356
"Brillis" 41415
"Nur mit dir"
(with Xavier Naidoo)		 81311
"90-60-111" 2020 1110 Non-album singles
"Hoes Up G's Down" 6913
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[13]		 AUT
[14]		 SWI
[15]
"Du liebst mich nicht"
(Ado Kojo featuring Shirin David)		 2015 6820 Non-album single
"Conan × Xenia"
(Haftbefehl featuring Shirin David)		 2020 41219 Das weisse Album
"Never Know"
(Luciano featuring Shirin David)		 347 Exot

Perfume line

In 2017, David brought her own perfume called "Shirin David — Created by the Community" in cooperation with dm-drogerie. Her fans had the chance to vote for their personal preferences and tastes on a perfume during a specific time and created the perfume as a community. For her second perfume, "Shirin David — Created by Shirin", she cooperated with Douglas.

  • 2017: Shirin David — Created by the Community (in cooperation with dm-drogerie)
  • 2019: Shirin David — Created by Shirin (in cooperation with Douglas)

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Fack ju Göhte 2 Girl on Tubing Station Mini role
Kartoffelsalat – Nicht fragen! Heinke

Awards and nominations

Results
Year Award Nomination Work Result Ref.
2017 Place To B Awards YouTube Herself Won [18]
2018 Duftstars German Perfume Awards Audience Award Women Perfume "Created by the Community" Won [19]
2019 Place To B Awards Special Honor Herself Won [20]
Bambi Shootingstar Won [21]
Hiphop.de Awards Best Newcomer Nominated [22]
Best Song National Gib ihm Nominated
Best Video National Nominated
Best Line Nominated
2020 MTV Europe Music Awards Best German Act Herself Nominated [23]
Bravo Otto Awards Hip-Hop national Bronze [24]
Hiphop.de Awards Best Song National 90-60-111 Nominated [25]

References
  1. "Shirin David on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. Top 100 German Youtubers by subscribers
  3. "Auch Shirin David verlässt TubeOne". celepedia.de. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. "DSDS 2017: YouTube-Star Shirin David kommt für Vanessa Mai in die DSDS-Jury". RTL Television. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. "Shirin David geht Gold & gibt Release Date von "Supersize" bekannt". Hiphop.de. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  6. "Shirin David feat. Gims – On Off". 16bars.de. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  7. "Shirin David als erste Hiphopperin mit Debütalbum an Chartspitze". GFK Entertainment. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  8. "Shirin David mir eigener Kosmetik-Marke". News.de. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  9. "Shirin David: Kritik wegen ihrer Supersize-Box". Starzip.de. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  10. Maier, Hanna (29 June 2017). "Shirin David Shop: Hier gibt es ihren neuen Shirizzle-Merch!". StarZip.de. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. "Shirin David teilt gegen Shindy und Loredana aus". 16bars.de. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  12. "Haftbefehl veröffentlicht Song mit Shirin David: Kann das funktionieren?". Focus.de. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  13. "Discography Shirin David" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  14. "Discography – Shirin David" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  15. "Discography – Shirin David" (in German). Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  16. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  17. "Gold & Platin: Shirin David". IFPI AUT. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  18. "PLACE TO B AWARD 2017: BILD zeichnet zum zweiten Mal Social Media Stars aus". Axel Springer SE (in German). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  19. "Fragrance Foundation Deutschland e.V.: DUFTSTARS Publikumspreis". www.fragrancefoundation.de. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  20. ""Vorbilder mit Verantwortung": PLACE TO B AWARDS 2019 zeichnen Social Media-Stars für gesellschaftliches Engagement aus". Axel Springer SE (in German). 16 November 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  21. "BAMBI für Shootingstar Shirin David". BAMBI (in German). 18 November 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  22. "Youtube Video".
  23. "MTV EMA 2020: Diese Acts sind nominiert | MTV Germany". www.mtv.de. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  24. "BRAVO Otto Wahl | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  25. HHRedaktion (12 December 2020). "Vote hier für die Hiphop.de Awards 2020!". Hiphop.de (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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