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| Nena | |
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 Nena in 2008. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gabriele Susanne Kerner |
| Born | (1960-03-24)24 Mairch 1960 (age 64) |
| Genres | Neue Deutsche Welle,New Wave,synthpop, pop,punk rock |
| Thrift | Muisicker,sangster-sangwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1981–presentpresent (solo) |
| Labels | CBS/Columbia Records,Warner Music |
| Associate acts | Carlo Karges Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Jürgen Dehmel Rolf Brendel Peter Heppner |
Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 Mairch 1960), better kent bi her stage nameNena, is aGermansangster anactress. She rose tae internaitional fame in 1983 wi theNew German Wave sang "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recordit this sang in Inglis as "99 Red Balloons".[1]
Gabriele Susanne Kerner wis born on 24 Mairch 1960 inHagen,North Rhine-Westphalie,Wast Germany, while her faimily bidit in the nearhaun toun oBreckerfeld. She spent the earliest pairt o her bairnheid in Breckerfeld an later bidit in Hagen. She acquired her elk-name, based on the Spainyie wird "nena" (colloquial for "niña"), or "wee lassie", the age o three, while on a hailiday tae Spain wi her parents. In 1977, she left heich schuil afore graduation, an in the three follaein year she wis trained as a gowdsmith.
Her muisical career began in the simmer o 1979 whan guitaristRainer Kitzmann affered her a poseetion as the lead sanstger in his baund,The Stripes. The group haed a minor hit wi the song "Ecstasy", but never achievit mainstream success, an suin disbandit.
In 1981, Nena an her then-cleekRolf Brendel flittit taeWast Berlin, whaur thay trystit futur baund members, guitaristCarlo Karges, keybuird playerUwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, an bass playerJürgen Dehmel. Thegither thay formit the baund "Nena".In 1982 "Nena" lowsed thair first single, "Nur geträumt" ("Only dreamt"), whilk became an instant hit in Germany efter the baund kythed on the German televeesion showMusikladen. The single reportitly sauld 40,000 copies the day efter the sang kythed on the show an reakit nummer twa in the German chairts.
In 1983 the baund lowsed its first albumNena, whilk contained the singles "Leuchtturm" ("Lighthouse") an "99 Luftballons" (the Inglis version is cried "99 Red Balloons."). "99 Luftballons" became a nummer-ane hit in Wast Germany in 1983 an went on tae major internaitional chairt sonse the follaein year, an Inglis version hittin nummer ane in theUK and the oreeginal German version hittin nummer twa in theUnitit States, ahintVan Halen'sJump. In 1984,Casey Kasem's radio show "American Top 40" introducit a "mixed" version o the sang, "splicing" the German an American versions thegither. It wis a huge hit in mony ither kintras an aw, an tae this day it is ane o the best-kent German rock sangs in mony pairts o the warld.Awtho "99 Luftballons" wis Nena's anerlie hit in theInglis-speakin warld, the baund continued tae enjoy success in several European kintras in the follaein years. The baund split in 1987, an Nena went solo thareefter. Nena follae up single "Just a Dream", reakit nummer 70 in the UK chairts in 1984, the B side bein cried "Indianer". A dance version o the A side totally re-written in the 90s wis lowsed tae an unsuspectin audience an became a classic anthem in clubs. Youngsters wis unaware o the sang's oreegins.
Nena stairtit datin Swiss actorBenedict Freitag shortly efter the baund separatit in 1987. Benedict is the son o the German actressMaria Becker[2] an Austrian-Swiss actorRobert Freitag. The couple haed three childer thegither, the first bein Christopher Daniel, wha wis born disabled allegedly due tae medical mistaks made durin the birth that caused Nena tae gang intaecardiac arrest.[3] He dee'd at the age o 11 month. In 1990 thay haed twins, Larissa Marie an Sakias Manuel. Efter splittin wi Freitag, Nena stairtit a relationship wi drummer an muisic producer Philipp Palm fraeStuttgart, wi wham thay haed twa bairns, Samuel Vincent (1995), an Simeon Joel (1997). The couple an the fower childer currently bide inHamburg. On Christenmas Day 2009, Nena became a grandmither whan Larissa gae birth tae a lassie, Carla Maria.[4] Anerlie twa day efter, Nena's son Sakias became a faither tae a lad namit Noah.[5][6]
Ootthrou the 1990s, Nena lowsed a wide range o solo albums, a nummer o thaim consistin o sangs for bairns. Simultaneously, she hostit several TV shows, includinMetro anCountdown Grand Prix, the German preselection for theEurovision Song Contest, in 1998.
In 2002 Nena celebratit her 20t anniversary on stage wi the albumNena feat. Nena, a disc consistin o newly arrangit recordins o her hits frae the 1980s. This album markit a backcome for Nena, an spawned a nummer o sonsie chairt entries. Theremak o "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime" as an Inglis-German duet wiKim Wilde wis a hit in various European kintras, reakin the Nummer 1 spot in the Netherlands an Austria, an Nummer 3 in Germany, in 2003. A DVD follaeed: the 2005 albumWillst du mit mir gehn ("Ar Ye Wantin tae Gang wi Me?") whilk swith gat roon tae platinum status. The first single frae the album, "Liebe ist" ("Love Is"), reackit nummer 1 on the German chairts in early 2005, an wis the theme sang for a German telenovela,Verliebt in Berlin. Nena's 2005 tour in Germany, Austrick, an Swisserland in November an Dizember 2005 haed several sauld-oot concerts. In 2004, Nena teuk the stage durin theHoward Jones 20t Anniversary concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire inLunnon. Nena sang "99 Luftballons", wi baith German an Inglis leerics. In 2004, Nena went on stage at theMayday Music Festival, in Dortmund, accompaniet bi the techno duoToktok. She sang the sang "Bang Bang", an wis later jynt on stage biDJ Westbam tae sing the sang "Oldschool Baby". In October 2007, Nena lowsed a new album entitledCover Me, made up entirely o kiver sangs.David Bowie,Rolling Stones anRammstein are three o the baunds covered. She lowsed the single an aw, "Ich Kann nix Dafür" ("It's not my Fault") in Aprile 2007 for the film,Vollidiot (Complete Idiot). Nena released a single for her kiver o "She's a Rainbow" bi the Rolling Stones an aw. It wis released in the US an the UK an made No. 42 in the Breetish Chairts. Nena recordit an relowsed a new version o her hit sang "99 Luftballons" in 2009 an aw, whilk mair closely follaes the 1980s oreeginal, in contrast tae her 2002 version. This sang wis first performit in Germany on 6 September 2009. Some pairts o the new version is in French.
Nena lowsed a new single on 4 September 2009, cried "Wir sind wahr", an a new album on the 23rd:Made in Germany. She haes developit an interest in the teachins o Indie mysticOsho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) in recent years, an practises his meditation methods, an impression o which is featurt in the "Wir sind wahr" video.[7] Maist racent, she collaboratit wi the popular techno-rap airtistsDie Atzen tae produce a new single, "Strobo Pop". In 2011 she contributit vocals tae the track "Let Go Tonight" biKevin Costner and Modern West.[8]
Besides her singin career, she haes vycit the characterSaphira for the German dub o the movieEragon an aw an the role o the Princess for the German version oArthur and the Invisibles alangsideTokio Hotel'sBill Kaulitz. Kaulitz haes statit on mony occasions that Nena is his favourite sangster an aw.Nena is currently ane o the coaches for the Voice of Germany.
In 2007, jointly wi Philipp Palm, Thomas Simmerl, an Silke Steinfadt, she foondit the Neue Schule Hamburg, a schuil follaein theSudbury model.[9]
Nena wrote an autobiograficalbeuk,Willst du mit mir gehn (Ar Ye Wantin tae Gang wi Me?),[3] jyntly wi Claudia Thesenfitz, a jurnalist. Nena's contreibutions are her disparate accoonts o various episodes in her life. Maist o Thesenfitz's contreibutions is excerpts frae interviews o mony o Nena's freinds, co-wirkers, an relatives.
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