Milk & Honey is a German pop group

Pop music

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. It was founded in 2006 with the two singers Anne Ross and Manel Filali. The duo announced in late 2006 with his debut single was Habibi (je t'aime).

Nearly a year after Ross had got out of the talent band Preluders

Preluders

The Preluders were an all-female band from Germany and Albania, formed in 2003 during the third season of the international television talent show Popstars - Das Duell. Originally a quintet and later a quartet, the group eventually became a trio...

, took on the German music producer Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen

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 of the singer. He formed the record label Warner Music

Warner Music Group

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 together with the derived from Algeria

Algeria

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 singer Filali, the duo Milk & Honey. In collaboration with the producers Bülent Aris and Felix Schönewald was the ethno-pop song Habibi(favorite), combined with pop rhythms of traditional oriental melodies.

The duo performed at the television station ProSieben in the talent showpop star

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and in the showThePerfectDinner. Habibi reached the Top 20 of the German single charts. On 7 September 2007, coupled with a second single called Didi.

Members

Anne Ross ("Milk")

Anne Ross

Anne Ross is a German singer.She was a member of the German pop girl group Preluders. After Preluders disbanded, she and Manel Filali teamed up to form the duo Milk & Honey.-External links:*...

 (* March 17, 1985 in Dersum

Dersum

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) grew up in Northern Germany. The entry into the entertainment business, she succeeded in the summer of 2003 by the talent show Popstars - Das Duell. During the show she beat out many competitors and eventually became a member of girl group Preluders. With the first single from the band

Band (music)

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 Ross in December 2003 reached No. 1 on the German charts. After another great success and failed to stagnate the musical work, she left in late 2005 as the third of the original five members of the group.

Manel Filali ("Honey")

Manel Filali

Manel Filali , better known by her stage name Honey, is an Algerian singer in the German pop music duo Milk & Honey....

  (born 11 December 1981 Algeria

Algeria

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) comes from Algeria. Even as a child she moved with her family in Paris

Paris

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, where she was musically influenced by French rap

Rap

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. Since 2009 she is married to professional football Karim Matmour

Karim Matmour

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.

Elbi (2007)

• Elbi (Intro)
• Habibi je t'aime
• Layla
• Seven Seconds
• Blush
• Didi (Radio Mix)
• All Over My Body
• Heart And Soul
• Prove Your Love
• We Love
• Mon Cherie
• Open Up Your Eyes

Singles

• November 10, 2006: "Habibi (je t'aime)"
• September 7, 2007: "Didi"
• February 15, 2008: "7 seconds"

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