Michael Schulte is a German pop singer and songwriter. He started uploading covers of popular songs on YouTube in 2008, without having any previous formal musical training, and he eventually became known in the country. Later (2012) he participated in the first season of The Voice of Germany, reaching out the third place. He also was selected to represent Germany in Eurovision Song Contest 2018 (Lisbon, Portugal), with the song “You Let Me Walk Alone”, being placed fourth.

He has seven studio albums, being Wide Awake (2012) his debut studio album.

Fun fact: he is usually compared with Ed Sheeran to the point that he has been called “the German Ed Sheeran”. He sang with Ed Sheeran in the final of The Voice.