Kim Frank

Singer/actor Kim Frank, who rocketed to fame as the frontman of the short-lived German pop/rock band Echt, embarked on a solo career in 2007 with Hellblau. Born Kim Alexander Frank on May 24, 1982, in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, he attended school at Kurt-Tucholsky-Schule, where he co-founded Echt with four of his classmates. Signed to the Laughing H label, the teenaged band made its full-length debut in 1998 with Echt; the album proved popular, charting Top Five in Germany and number 16 in Austria, and spawning four hit singles: "Alles Wird Sich Ändern," "Wir Haben's Getan...