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{{Short description|German rapper and songwriter}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Sabrina Setlur
| image = File:AV0A6496 Sabrina Setlur.jpg
| caption = Sabrina Setlur at the Lambertz Monday Night 2017
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Sabrina Setlur
| alias = Sabs, Schwester S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|1|10|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/kultur/index.jsp?rubrik=5984&key=standard_document_36134774|title= Rapperin Sabrina Setlur wird 35|language= German|date= 2009-01-10|publisher= [[Hessischer Rundfunk]]|accessdate= 2009-01-27}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Hessen]], Germany
| origin =
| genre = [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]], [[pop rap]]
| occupation = [[rapper]], [[songwriter]], [[actress]]
| years_active = 1993–present
| label = 3p/Intergroove
| associated_acts = [[Glashaus]], [[Sebastian Hämer]], [[Xavier Naidoo]], [[Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt]], [[Glashaus|Moses Pelham]], [[Cassandra Steen]]
| website = {{URL|http://sabrinasetlur.de}}
}}
'''Sabrina Setlur''' (born 10 January 1974), formerly known as '''Schwester S.''', is a German [[rapping|rapper]], [[songwriter]] and occasional [[actress]]. Her debut was in 1995 under the guidance of 3p Records executive and mentor [[Glashaus|Moses Pelham]], producer of her breakthrough single "Ja Klar." Following the drop of her pseudonym and a number-one single, "Du Liebst Mich Nicht," in 1997, a series of hit records established her position as [[Germany]]'s "best known and highest-selling female rap act" to date.<ref name="one">{{cite web|title=Sabrina Setlur: Eine Frau sieht rot|work=Berliner Morgenpost|url=http://www.morgenpost.de/content/2007/08/12/feuilleton/915404.html|accessdate=2007-08-24}}</ref>

Setlur is the only artist to date to have ever won three [[ECHO (music award)|ECHO Awards]] for "Best National Female Artist."<ref name="one"/> According to several sources, she has sold more than two million albums and singles domestically.<ref name="one"/><ref name="two">{{cite web|title=''Rot'' review|work=AVIVA Berlin|url=http://www.aviva-berlin.de/aviva/content_music_CDs.php?id=10101|accessdate=2007-08-24}}</ref>

Her most recent album was released in 2007.

==Early life==
Setlur is the elder of two sisters born to Krishnan Setlur, a [[Kannadiga]] [[banker]], and his wife Theresa, a [[Malayali]] [[nurse]],<ref name="Indian">{{cite web|title=Becker separated from Setlur?|work=[[Rediff]]|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2001/mar/02beck.htm|accessdate=2009-05-11}}</ref> in [[Frankfurt am Main]], [[Hesse]].<ref name="five">{{cite web|title=Wollt ihr hören harte Storys?|work=Berliner Zeitung|url=http://www.alertmagazin.de/alert.php?issue=13&content=setlur|accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref> She and her four-years-younger sister Yvonne were primarily raised in [[Bad Soden am Taunus]], where Setlur became acquainted with future [[Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt]] members Thomas Hofmann and [[Glashaus|Moses Pelham]] in her high school years.<ref name="five"/> After a spontaneous performance of [[Dr. Dre]]'s "[[Nuthin' But a "G" Thang]]" in 1993<ref name="four">{{cite web|title=Interview #13|work=Alert Magazine|url=http://www.alertmagazin.de/alert.php?issue=13&content=setlur|accessdate=2007-08-25}}</ref> Hofmann and Pelham asked her to contribute a verse to the early Rödelheim Hartreim Projekt track "Wenn Es Nicht Hart Ist." As she had never rapped before, Setlur reportedly hesitated; but soon accepted their invitation into the recording studio.<ref name="four"/> Impressed by her talent, Pelham offered her a record contract with Pelham Power Productions, and as a result Setlur quit studying [[business administration]] and instead signed a deal with 3p Records.<ref name="four"/>

==Music career==

===1990s===
In 1995, Setlur released the [[Moses Pelham]]-produced [[Double A side|double A single]] "Hier kommt die Schwester/Pass auf" under the pseudonym '''Schwester S.''' Her breakthrough single was "Ja klar" from her debut album ''S ist soweit'' (ranking #11), which was released in February 1995.<ref name="chartsurfer.de">{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/sabrina-setlur/discography-vhuf.html|title=Sabrina Setlur - Songs|publisher=Chartsurfer.de|date=|accessdate=2014-06-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924053658/http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/sabrina-setlur/discography-vhuf.html|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref>
In 1996 she won the [[Echo (music award)|ECHO]] award for "Best Female Artist".<ref name="charts-weltweit.de">{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.charts-weltweit.de/include.php?path=content/articles.php&contentid=3 |title=Echo - der deutsche Musikpreis |publisher=Charts-weltweit.de |date=2007-08-02 |accessdate=2014-06-04}}</ref><ref name="chartsservice.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsservice.de/echo.htm |title=CHARTSSERVICE - Echo-Gewinner |publisher=Chartsservice.de |date= |accessdate=2014-06-04}}</ref> In addition, she began her own hip hop broadcast on the radio station hr3.

After 3p's sudden major label change in 1997 Setlur released her second album ''Die Neue S-Klasse'' under her birth name in February of the same year. The album debuted at #10 on the albums chart and spawned Setlur's first and only #1 single "Du Liebst Mich Nicht",<ref name="chartsurfer.de"/> whose sales earned her another ECHO and a [[Comet]] award for "Best Female Artist" in 1998,<ref name="charts-weltweit.de"/><ref name="chartsservice.de"/> as well as a golden record for more than 300.000 units sold. In the meantime Setlur was featured on the singles by [[Faithless]]' "Bring My Family Back" and then-newcomer [[Xavier Naidoo]]'s "Freisein".

In 1999 Setlur's third album ''Aus der Sicht und mit den Worten von...'' outperformed the success of its predecessors when it peaked at #3 on the German albums chart. Though its singles could not link to previous accomplishments, the album's sales earned Setlur her third [[Echo (music award)|ECHO]] for "Best Female Artist" in 2000.<ref name="chartsservice.de"/> A few months later Sabrina constantly hit the headlines when paparazzi revealed her relationship to former [[tennis]] star [[Boris Becker]]. The couple separated shortly afterwards, but due to conflicting rumours about [[anorexia nervosa|anorexia]] Setlur's name maintained popular in magazines and papers. "I was suddenly in the newspaper, not because of my job, only because we were together", said Setlur in an interview with online magazine ''[[Spiegel Online]]''. "Suddenly they wrote stuff about me, which hasn't something to do with my job."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,270707,00.html |title=Interview mit Sabrina Setlur: "Die Beziehung mit Boris war eine Grenzerfahrung" - SPIEGEL ONLINE |publisher=Spiegel.de |date=2003-10-22 |accessdate=2014-06-04}}</ref>

===2000s===
[[File:Sabrina Setlur live in 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Sabrina Setlur performing live in [[Wiesbaden]] in 2007.]]
Setlur channeled much of her heavily media-discussed experiences into the production of her fourth studio album ''Sabs''. Released in November 2003, the CD received a mixed reception from most professional music critics, with ''Laut'' calling it "a chavvy and antiquated [but] good rap album"<ref name="six">{{cite web|title=''Sabs'' review|work=Laut.de|url=http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/s/setlur_sabrina/sabs/index.htm|accessdate=2007-08-26}}</ref> and ''CDStarts'' declaring it a "insignificant [but] practiced [[wiktionary:comeback|comeback]]."<ref name="seven">{{cite web|title=''Sabs'' review|work=CD-Starts|url=http://www.cdstarts.de/kritiken/Sabrina%20Setlur%20-%20Sabs.html|accessdate=2007-08-26}}</ref> Promoted by Setlur's engagement as a judge on the third installment of the German [[reality television]] series ''[[Popstars|Popstars - Das Duell]]'' (which created both the [[boy band|male quartet]] [[Overground (band)|Overground]] and the [[girl group]] [[Preluders]]), the album spawned four moderately successful singles, including "Liebe", a collaboration with [[Glashaus]] and labelmate Franziska. Setlur used to contend for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]] in [[Istanbul]]. Following several weeks of promotional appearances, Setlur entered the competition on 19 March 2004 with the album's second single, and although considered as a favourite by the media, Setlur failed to place within the top 5, eventually falling against singer [[Max Mutzke]] and his song "[[Can't Wait Until Tonight]]."

In early 2005 she released a [[Greatest hits album|best of]] compilation, titled ''10 Jahre Sabrina Setlur''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swr3.de/musik/cds-und-dvds/Sabrina-Setlur-10-Jahre-das-Beste-von-1995-2004/-/id=47412/did=205328/anh3ha/index.html |title=Sabrina Setlur: „10 Jahre - das Beste von 1995-2004“ | Musik / CDs & DVDs | SWR3.de - hier geht das Radio weiter |publisher=SWR3.de |date=2011-01-22 |accessdate=2014-06-04}}</ref> The compilation album features all of her singles (by then fifteen) as well as the album tracks "Ich bin raus" (taken from ''S ist soweit'') and "Ohne Worte" (from ''Aus der Sicht und mit den Worten von...'') but did not include new material. The song "Mein Herz", originally released on ''Sabs'', was used as single to promote the album.

Returning from yet another musical hiatus, Setlur's fifth studio album ''[[Rot (album)|Rot]]'' was released on 24 August 2007.

==Kraftwerk==
In May 2016, veteran band [[Kraftwerk]] lost a 19-year copyright infringement legal suit against Setlur, for her use of a two-second sample from the song "[[Metal on Metal (song)|Metal on Metal]]" on their 1977 album ''[[Trans-Europe Express (album)|Trans-Europe Express]]'' in her 1997 song "Nur mir".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2016/05/31/german-court-hands-kraftwerk-i.html |title=German court hands Kraftwerk its ass, rules sampling is legal |publisher=boinboing |date=2016-05-31 |accessdate=2016-05-31}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main article|Sabrina Setlur discography}}
*''S ist soweit'' (1995)
*''Die neue S-Klasse'' (1997)
*''Aus der Sicht und mit den Worten von...'' (1999)
*''[[Sabs]]'' (2003)
*''[[Rot (album)|Rot]]'' (2007)

==Awards==
*1995 - Comet ([[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]]): "Best Hip Hop Artist 1995"
*1996 - [http://www.echopop.de/ ECHO]: "Best National Artist 1995"
*1997 - Comet (VIVA): "Best National Act 1997"
*1998 - Comet (VIVA): "Best National Video" for "Glaubst Du mir"
*1998 - ECHO: "Best National Artist 1997"
*1999 - Silber Otto: "Best Hip Hop Act"
*1999 - RSH-Gold: "Best Teamwork" (with [[Xavier Naidoo]])
*2000 - [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202031627/http://www.goldenekamera.de/de/home Goldene Kamera]: "Outstanding Achievements in German Pop Music"
*2000 - Regenbogen Award: "Most Valuable Artist in Hip Hop"
*2000 - ECHO: "Best National Artist"
*2008 - [http://www.multimedia-award.de/ German Multimedia Award] for her website [http://www.rot.fm rot.fm] (supporting her fifth studio album [[Rot (album)|Rot]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0786055|name=Sabrina Setlur}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Frankfurt]]
[[Category:German female singers]]
[[Category:German female musicians]]
[[Category:German female rappers]]
[[Category:German rappers]]
[[Category:German people of Indian descent]]

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