Upon its release, Strictly Physical debuted at number two on the German Albums Chart and reached the top ten in both Austria and Switzerland.

It was eventually certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Germany and Austria, respectively.

In fall 2006, Senna Gammour, Bahar Kizil, and Mandy Capristo won the fifth installment of German reality talent show Popstars and formed the trio Monrose.

[4] In early 2007, the trio qualified for the German national pre-selection of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, organized and broadcast by the ARD, with their second single "Even Heaven Cries".

[citation needed] The lead single "Hot Summer" became the band's second number-one hit in Austria, Germany and Switzerland and one of the biggest-selling songs of the year on German online music stores,[21] also obtaining success in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Benelux states.