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Nena
- This article is about Nena the singer. See also nena (disambiguation).
Nena (born March 24, 1960) is a German singer who became famous worldwide with the German New Wave song "99 Luftballons" (English version "99 Red Balloons").
She was born Gabriele Susanne Kerner in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The band Nena was formed with Nena (singer), Rolf Brendel (drums), Carlo Karges (guitar), Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (keyboard) and Jürgen Dehmel (bass) in Berlin in 1981. Their first hit single, "Nur geträumt", came in 1982 after appearing on the German television program Musikladen.
The following year they released their self-titled first album, which contained the singles "99 Luftballons" and "Leuchtturm". "99 Luftballons" was a number 1 hit in many countries 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. Nena then released ? (Fragezeichen) in 1984, Feuer und Flamme in 1985, Eisbrecher in 1986.
After that Nena released solo albums, including some children's albums, and gave birth to five children. In 2003, she returned to performing publicly.
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Discography
Singles
- Nur geträumt, 1982
- 99 Luftballons, 1983
- Leuchtturm, 1983
- ?, 1983
- Rette Mich, 1984
- Lass mich dein Pirat sein, 1984
- Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann, 1984
- Feuer und Flamme, 1985
- Wunder gescheh'n, 1989
- Lass mich dein Pirat sein, 1991
- Anyplace Anywhere Anytime (together with Kim Wilde), 2003
LPs
- The Stripes, 1980
- Nena, 1983
- Fragezeichen, 1984
- Feuer und Flamme, 1985
- Eisbrecher, 1986
- Wunder Gescheh'n, 1989
- Komm lieber Mai..., 1990
- Nena, die Band (Best Of), 1991
- Bongo Girl, 1992
- Und alles dreht sich, 1994
- Nena singt die schönsten Kinderlieder, 1994
- Nena Live, 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 feat. Nena Live, 2002
- Madou und das Licht der Fantasie, 2002
External links
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