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Nicole Seibert | |
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| Born | Nicole Hohloch (1964-10-25)25 October 1964 (age 60) |
| Other names | Nicole |
| Notable work | "Ein bißchen Frieden" ("A Little Peace") |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Years active | 1980s–present |
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| Website | www |
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Nicole Seibert (néeHohloch; born 25 October 1964), known professionally asNicole, is a German singer, songwriter, musician and producer.[2]In 1982, she became the first German representative to win theEurovision Song Contest.[3] She has released more than 25studio albums and 80singles,[4] some of which she performed and recorded in, among other languages,English,Dutch, andFrench. She wrote the music and lyrics for some of her recordings.[5]
Hohloch was born inSaarbrücken,Saarland,West Germany. She began performing at the age of four, but did not achieve commercial success until she was 16, when her first single ("Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund") was released. It peaked at #2 inAustria and reached Top 40 positions on multipleEuropean music charts.[6]
When she was 17, she won the1982 Eurovision Song Contest with "Ein bißchen Frieden", which reached #1 on multiple European music charts. After the end of the contest's voting, Hohloch reprised the song by performing parts of it in English, French and Dutch, along with the original German.[7]
Interviewed years later, she made a statement regarding the points received fromIsrael: "But the most important victory (was) that a German girl gets 12 points from Israel with a song about peace." In the interview, she also stated that she received an invitation from the Israeli government (which she accepted) to go toTel Aviv to sing for soldiers stationed there.[3]
She recorded an English version of "A Little Peace", which reached #1 on theUK Singles Chart. It went on to be the 500thnumber onesingle in theUK Singles Chart.[8] Full versions inFrench ("La Paix sur Terre"),Dutch ("Een beetje vrede"),Spanish ("Un poco de paz"),Danish ("En smule fred"),Slovene ("Malo miru"),Russian ("Немного мира"),Polish ("Troszeczkę ziemi, troszeczkę słońca"), andHungarian ("Egy kis nyugalmat kívánok én", with Neoton Família) have also been recorded.[9]
Later in 1982, she released three studio albums, one German (Ein bißchen Frieden) and the other in English (A Little Peace) and Meine kleine Freiheit. Like thetitle tracks, most of the songs have corresponding German and Englishtracks.[10]
In 2005 sheco-produced her albumAlles Fließt, which was released in May of that year.[2] In 2008, she released the albumMitten ins Herz,[11] which was accompanied by a three-month "unplugged" tour that ended in January 2009.[6]
Early in her career, the songs she recorded and performed were primarily written by composers such asRalph Siegel,Bernd Meinunger,Robert Jung [de], andJean Frankfurter [de].[12][13] For the recordings of songs in other languages, she's worked with, among others,Paul Greedus,Zack Laurence,Pierre Delano [de], andJean-Paul Cara.[14][15][16]
In 2016 she worked with Siegel and Meinunger when making her studio albumTraumfänger, and Hohloch (as Seibert) is also credited with some of the compositions.[17] In 2019, for the songs on her studio album50 ist das neue 25, she worked withHeinz Rudolf Kunze,Jens Carstens,Martin Koppehele [de],Suna Koppehele [de],Gabi Koppehele [de], andGiorgio Koppehele [de], and is credited with songs from that album as well.[5]
In 2020, Hohloch celebrated her 40th anniversary in themusic industry with aconcert tour; however, these dates were rescheduled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[18]
Mostly associated with being aSchlager musician, she has also recorded and releasedjazz,pop,rock andgospel songs.[1]
Hohloch is one of four children, born to Marliese and Siegfried Hohloch. She grew up with her brother and two sisters in the small community ofNohfelden in Saarland. It was there that she attended school and graduated from high school. She is an honorary citizen of her hometown of Nohfelden.[19]
Hohloch married Winfried Seibert (a childhood friend she had known since she was 14) in acivil ceremony on 17 August 1984; a day later they had a wedding ceremony in a church. They have two children.[20][21]
She likes to give concerts inchurches because of the atmosphere andacoustics. Since she was a child, she has found answers in herspirituality and firmly believes thatguardian angels will take care of her. This belief was reinforced by some events in her life. In one such instance, Hohloch had planned a trip forThailand in the winter of 2004, around the time thetsunami struck, killing over 220,000 people. Due to strong recommendations from friends, she cancelled her trip to Thailand and went toSouth Africa instead.[22]
She supports varioushumanitarian causes, such aschild abuse prevention, and healthy activities forhomeless children in thePhilippines. She continues to campaign forRett syndrome and for "life without chains". She has been toAfrica twice forWelthungerhilfe.[19]
| Year | Title | First published |
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| 1981 | Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund | 1981 |
| 1982 | Ein bißchen Frieden | 17 June 1982 |
| 1982 | A Little Peace | October 1982 |
| 1982 | Meine kleine Freiheit | Nov/Dec 1982 |
| 1983 | So viele Lieder sind in mir | 10 October 1983 |
| 1985 | Gesichter der Liebe | 1985 |
| 1986 | Laß mich nicht allein | 1986 |
| 1987 | Moderne Piraten | 1987 |
| 1988 | So wie du | 1988 |
| 1990 | Für immer...für ewig... | 1990 |
| 1991 | Und ich denke schon wieder nur an dich | 2 September 1991 |
| 1992 | Wenn schon...denn schon | 9 November 1992 |
| 1993 | Mehr als nur zusammen schlafen gehn | 4 October 1993 |
| 1994 | Und ausserdem | 24 October 1994 |
| 1996 | Pur | 3 June 1996 |
| 1998 | Abrakadabra | 20 April 1998 |
| 1999 | Visionen | 20 September 1999 |
| 2001 | Kaleidoskop | 2 April 2001 |
| 2002 | Ich lieb dich | 9 September 2002 |
| 2004 | Für die Seele | 3 May 2004 |
| 2005 | Alles fließt | 30 May 2005 |
| 2006 | Begleite mich | 24 March 2006 |
| 2008 | Mitten ins Herz | 8 February 2008 |
| 2009 | Meine Nummer 1 | 19 June 2009 |
| 2012 | Jetzt komm ich | 16 March 2012 |
| 2013 | Alles nur für Dich | 10 May 2013 |
| 2014 | Das ist mein Weg | 24 October 2014 |
| 2016 | Traumfänger | 15 April 2016 |
| 2017 | 12 Punkte | 14 April 2017 |
| 2019 | 50 ist das neue 25 | 11 October 2019 |
Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today atWikinews
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| Preceded by | Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | Succeeded by |
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