Nena has not only dreamed of her incredible career, which began in the 80s through the New German Wave. With a total of 25 million records sold worldwide, the singer is one of the most successful German artists.
With 99 balloons from the New German Wave to the very top
Born on March 24, 1960 (real name Gabriele Susanne Kerner), the pop singer grew up in Hagen. In March 1983, she landed an international hit with “99 Luftballons”, which made it to the top of the international charts in Japan, Australia, Canada and Mexico. The German song placed at number 2 in the US single charts. The subsequently released English version reached the UK charts in February 1984, where it stayed for a total of three weeks. With her album of the same name, the artist reached number one in the German charts and remained there for nine weeks. In 1983 she was awarded with a gold record and then with a platinum record.
Somehow, somewhere, someday
Sometime… that was for Nena’s career start the year 1982, when she appeared with the single “Nur geträumt” in the TV show “Musikladen”. In September, this song was followed by a first-time placement in the German charts. After the era of the New German Wave, Nena started her solo career in the fall of 1989. She wrote her songs “Du bist überall” and “Wunder gescheh’n” after the birth of her son. In the 90s, the German singer released several albums and hosted the magazine “Metro” for a while on the German TV channel Ersten. Likewise, she hosted the “Countdown Grand Prix” in 1998, which was very successful with over 7 million viewers.
The artist in the 2000s
The pop singer has long left the days of the New German Wave behind her. Instead, she has always moved with the times – recording new versions of her old hits. In a duet with Kim Wilde, she released “Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime,” a remake of “Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann” in 2003.
This new recording was in the German charts for weeks at number 3 and reached the first place in Austria and the Netherlands. In 2005, the album “Willst du mit mir geh’n” and the single “Liebe ist” achieved chart success with second and first place respectively. The “Willst du mit mir geh’n tour” took the artist through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On May 15, 2011, she performed at the BVB championship reception in front of over 400,000 Dortmund soccer fans.
From 2011 to 2013, Nena participated as a coach and jury member in the casting show “The Voice of Germany,” which is broadcast by Sat.1 and ProSieben. In 2016, she then swapped songs with Samy Deluxe, Annett Louisan, The BossHoss and others in the third season of “Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert” (VOX) and is again a coach and jury member together with her daughter in “The Voice Kids”. In 2010, she was named “Sexiest Vegetarian of the Year 2010” by PETA Germany for her vegan lifestyle.
As a music godmother, Nena appeared in October 2008 in the children’s show “Your Song” on the KI.KA channel. This was followed in November by the release of the children’s album “Sky, Sun, Wind and Rain”, which includes duets with her daughter Larissa, Rolf Zuckwoski and Philipp Palm, who was also the composer and producer. She received the German Children’s Prize as an honorary award for that album.
Also together with daughter Larissa, she was on the show “The Voice Kids” in 2017 and 2018, judging young up-and-coming musicians. In 2007, Nena participated in the founding of the “Neue Schule” in Hamburg, a general education school based on the Sudbury concept and the first school of its kind in Germany.
This power woman not only stands for cult pop sound, but also for a lot of commitment and heart.
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