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Nena (natural March 24, 1960) is a German singer who became illustrious worldwide by using a German New Wave song "99 Luftballons" (English version "99 Red Balloons").

Background & Career

She was innate Gabriele Susanne Kerner within Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany. She acquired her nickname, "Nena," a Germanized version of the Spanish word "niña" (little girl) at the age of Three in the period of a vacation to Spain.

Her number 1 band was known as A Stripes. It got a super minor hit sustaining the song "Ecstasy" however never managed to achieve wide profits.

A band Nena was formed by having Nena (singer), Rolf Brendel (drums), Carlo Karges (guitar), Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (keyboard) and Jürgen Dehmel (bass) in Berlin in 1981. Their 1st hit lone, "Nur geträumt", come inside 1982 after appearing on the German television program Musikladen.

A as a consequence month it freed their self-titled number 1 album, which contained a singles "99 Luftballons" & "Leuchtturm". "99 Luftballons" was a #1 hit inside numbers of countries (including the U.S.) and an English version of the song, "99 Red Balloons", was recorded, and retains some measure of cultural influence, being referred to in current music - the Guster track Amsterdam. A song as well featured within an episode of Scrubs. Nena so freed ? (Fragezeichen) within 1984, Feuer und Flamme in 1985, Eisbrecher within 1986. When that Nena freed solo albums, including a few youngsters's albums.

Nena married Swiss actor Benedict Freytag shortly after a breakup of the b& within 1987, and together using him experienced a boy, Christopher Daniel, world health organization was natural disabled referable medical mistakes processed in the period of the birth that induced Nena to last into cardiopulmonary arrest. He died at a age of Eleven months. She late got twins by having Freytag, Larissa-Maria & Sakias Manuel.

Fallowing splitting by owning Benedict Freytag, Nenthe began a relationship by owning drummer & music producer Philipp Palm of Stuttgart, with whom she has ii kids, Samuel Vincent & Simeon Joel. A few & a quaternion youngsters survive together inside Hamburg.

Within 1999, Nena voiced the character Lea in the animated film Tobias Totz und sein Löwe.

Inside 2003, she returned to live performing. "Nena feat. Nena," a Video of self-covers of old hits, & her 2005 album, "Willst du mit mir gehn" quickly achieved atomic number 78 status within Germany. A number one individual from either "Willst du mit mir gehn", "Liebe ist," shot to First around the German stock and index charts in early 2005.

Discography

Singles
Nur geträumt, 1982 99 Luftballons, 1983 Leuchtturm, 1983 ?, 1983 Rette Mich, 1984 Lassie mich dein Pirat sein, 1984 Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann, 1984 Feuer und Flamme, 1985 ''Wunder gescheh'north, 1989 Jeune fille mich dein Pirat sein, 1991 Anyplace Anywhere Any time, (together by having Kim Wilde), 2003 Liebe ist, 2005 Willst du massachusetts institute of technology mir gehn, 2005

LPs
A Stripes, 1980 Nena, 1983 Fragezeichen, 1984 Feuer und Flamme, 1985 Eisbrecher, 1986 Wunder Gescheh'north, 1989 Komm lieber Mai..., 1990 Nena, die Band (Better Of), 1991 Bongo Girl, 1992 Und alles dreht sich, 1994 Nena singt die schönsten Kinderlieder, 1994 Nena Survive, 1995 Unser Apfelhaus, 1995 Nena und die Bambus Bären Bande, 1996 Jamma nich, 1997 Nenas Weihnachtsreise, 1997 Wenn alles richtig ist dann stimmt was nicht, 1998 Nena macht Rabatz, 1999 Chokmah, 2001 Nenas Tausend Sterne, 2002 Nena effort. Nena Survive, 2002 Madou und hyrax Licht 500 Fantasie, 2002 Willst Du Mit Mir Gehn, 2005

Filmography
Madou und das Licht der Fantasie (2003) Die Abrafaxe - Unter schwarzer Flagge (2001) Tobias Totz und sein Löwe (1999) Der Unsichtbare (1987) Tagediebe (1985) Gib Gas - Ich will Spaß!'' (1983)

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