Corinna May is a blind

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...

 singer from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. As a child she was already used to music; her father had a huge collection of jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 albums. Soon Corinna started singing in a school choir and a gospel choir.

After several talent competitions Corinna May could release her first album in 1997; it was a jazz album, produced by herself. Two years later she released an album called Wie ein Stern (Like a Star).

Her final breakthrough came in 1999 with the German preselections for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

. She won but her song “Hör den Kindern einfach zu

Hör den Kindern einfach zu

"Hör den Kindern einfach zu" is a song written by Frank Zumbroich. It was the breakthrough song for singer Corinna May when she performed it in the German 1999 preselections for the Eurovision Song Contest. She won but the song was disqualified because it was already released on an album by...

” (Just listen to the children) was disqualified because it was already released on an album by someone else. Her second try was in 2000 with the song “I Believe in God”, but now she reached the second place.

Third time lucky in 2002. With the song “I Can’t Live Without Music” she represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Eurovision Song Contest 2002

The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....

. She was not very successful, reaching only 21st place.

In March 2006, she made a guest appearance at that year's German Eurovision preselection, singing “I Can’t Live Without Music” in a medley of past German Eurovision entries. She also accompanied comedian Hape Kerkeling

Hape Kerkeling

Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling is a well-known German actor, presenter and comedian.-Career:At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band and published a record .Kerkeling started his career as a comedian in radio, working for various German...

 in a rendition of Italian Eurovision winning song “Insieme”.

In October 2006, the album "Jetzt wie noch nie" was released.
She lost her contract because of bad selling.

LPs

• 1996 Jazz Art - Soul Songs (Rafael Jung Trio feat. Corinna Meyer)
• 1999 Wie ein Stern
• 2001 Hör den Kindern einfach zu (Compilation)
• 2002 I can't live without music
• 2006 Jetzt wie noch nie
• 2010 Meine Besten (Compilation)

Notable songs and projects

• 1999 "Hör den Kindern einfach zu
  Hör den Kindern einfach zu
  "Hör den Kindern einfach zu" is a song written by Frank Zumbroich. It was the breakthrough song for singer Corinna May when she performed it in the German 1999 preselections for the Eurovision Song Contest. She won but the song was disqualified because it was already released on an album by...
  
  " (reached #59 in Germany, 1st in German preselection for ESC)
• 1999 "Frieden allezeit", duet with Claudia Jung
• 2000 "Does He Love You
  Does He Love You
  "Does He Love You" is a song performed by Reba McEntire and Linda Davis from McEntire's 1993 album Greatest Hits Volume Two.The Reba McEntire/Linda Davis version of this song was one of the most-awarded songs of McEntire's career despite initial resistance from the record label. MCA Records didn't...
  
  ", duet with Reba McEntire
• 2000 "I Believe in God" (2nd in German preselection for ESC)
• 2002 "I Can't Live Without Music
  I Can't Live Without Music
  "I Can't Live Without Music" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Corinna May."i Can't Live "ithout Music" was performed eighteenth on the night, following France's Sandrine François with "Il faut du temps" and preceding Turkey's Buket Bengisu & Group...
  
  " (reached #72 in Germany, 1st in German preselection for ESC)
• 2004 German soundtrack for Disneys "Die Kühe sind los" (original title: "Home on the Range
  Home on the Range
  "Home on the Range" is the state song of Kansas, U.S.Home on the Range may also refer to:* Home on the Range , a drama directed by Arthur Jacobson* Home on the Range , a Disney animated feature film...
  
  ")
• 2006 "Bleib einfach steh'n" (reached #6 in German Airplay Charts)
• 2009 "Dreamin' River" (participated in the internal German preselection for ESC)