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Angel X (also known as Andy Jonas in Germany) is a German singer/songwriter and music producer. He sang the most successful international hit single Return to Innocence of the German musical project Enigma in 1993, reaching number one in over 10 countries (including Ireland, Norway, Sweden and Zimbabwe), number three on the UK Singles Chart, and the top five in several countries, including Canada, Germany and New Zealand. It also reached the top 20 in France and number two on the Eurochart Hot 100. Return to Innocence was the projects biggest hit in the United States, reaching number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number four on the Billboard Hot 100, and number six on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. The song was used to promote several types of media in the mid-1990s, including film and TV commercials. In autumn 1994, the song was featured in an episode of the TV show My So-Called Life. In 1995, the song was used as the closing theme in Disney's live-action film Man of the Hous, as well as in the opening and closing of an Outer Limits episode. In 1996, the song was further popularised when it was used in a television advertisement to promote the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Life
Only when he was a young boy, Andreas started to make music. At the age of 6, he composed his first own songs and recordings, which he performed at school. At the age of 15, still a student, he started a job as a DJ in several Munich discos and also got a job as a studio singer, where he professionally recorded songs.

Musical Career
Frank Peterson and other members of Gregorian listened to a recording in 1994 and soon later, Michael Cretu and Angel X were introduced to each other by Frank Peterson. Mambo Music signed Angel X exclusively. In 1995 Angels first Album Welcome to the Soul Asylum was released internationally, including the top 100 single I Would Never Fall In Love With You Again (Sony Music). There were some co-laborations with German pop singer Sandra: He sang the male parts of some of her songs and wrote the lyrics for her hit song I close my eyes. Angel’s and Sandra’s voices harmonize perfectly in the songs Love turns to pain, I need love, Mirrored in your eyes and lead her album Close to Seven to a big success. Angel and Sandra performed some live TV-shows together. In 1996 Angel X released the single Summer in your heart under his new stage name Andy Jonas, which he wrote together with Klaus Hirschburger (Hubert Kah). In 2001 as well as in 2003 Andy with his band Tagträumer took part in the pre-election of the Eurovision Song Contest and performed the songs Träumen und Hoffen and Living in a perfect world respectively. Altogether three albums performed in German have been released (2017 Andy Jonas – Tagträumerland, DA Music). Some of his German songs have shown to be very popular on youtube with more than xxx views without being promoted. Meanwhile, Angel X successfully released several singles, for example a cover version of the Cars hit Drive in co-laboration with Chris LeBlanc. Angel X is also an songwriter-producer. He wrote the song Round ‘N’ Round (It Goes) for Gil Ofarim, which was a great success on the charts.

In 2017 and 2019 Angel X and Andru Donalds went on tour together, performing Enigma’s hits on stage. Their successful project Original Enigma Voices performed in Russia, Belarus, Israel, USA, Poland, Hungary and other country live on stage. Angels new album (“Life of evanenscence”) is currently being produced in Sweden alongside with successful producer Pontus Hagberg (Evan). The songs were written together with Hagberg as well as with other Swedish top songwriters. By the way, Angel X supports social engagement: He started a project (Music4kids) to teach socially disadvantaged pupils how to write and record their own songs. He also supports the organ donation society along with many other popular artist and took part at the organ donation day in Hanover in 2016.