Nena

Early life

Gabriele Susanne Kerner was born in 1960 in Hagen while her family lived in the nearby town of Breckerfeld. She spent the earliest part of her childhood in Breckerfeld and later lived in Hagen. She acquired her nickname, "Nena", a Spanish word meaning "little girl", at the age of three, while on a vacation to Spain with her parents. In 1977 she left high school prior to graduation, and in the three following years she was trained as a goldsmith.

Musical beginnings

Her musical career began in the summer of 1979 when guitarist Rainer Kitzmann offered her a position as the lead singer in his band, The Stripes. The group had a minor hit with the song "Ecstasy", but never achieved mainstream success, and soon disbanded.

In 1981 Nena and her then-boyfriend Rolf Brendel moved to West Berlin, where they met future band members, guitarist Carlo Karges, keyboard player Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, and bass player Jürgen Dehmel. Together they formed the band "Nena". In 1982 "Nena", released their first single, "Nur geträumt" ("Only dreamt"), which became an instant hit in Germany after the band appeared on the German television show "Musikladen". The single reportedly sold 40,000 copies the day after the song appeared on the show and reached number two in the German charts.

International success and breakup

In 1983 the band released its first album "Nena", which contained the singles "Leuchtturm" ("Lighthouse") and "99 Luftballons" (the English version is called "99 Red Balloons" although the autentic German version does not mention any color). 99 Luftballons became a number-one hit in Germany in 1983, and went on to major international chart success the following year, an English version hitting number one in the UK and the original German version hitting number two in the US. It was also a huge hit in many other countries, and to this day it is one of the most well-known German rock songs in many parts of the world. Although 99 Luftballons was Nena's only hit in the Anglophonic world, the band continued to enjoy success in several European countries in the following years.

The band split in 1987, and Nena went solo thereafter.

Personal life

Nena started dating Swiss actor Benedict Freitag shortly after the band separated in 1987. The couple had three children together, the first being Christopher Daniel, who was born disabled due to alleged medical mistakes made during the birth, which caused Nena to go into cardiac arrest.[citation needed] He died at the age of 11 months. In 1990 they had twins, Larissa Maria and Sakias Manuel.

After splitting with Freitag, Nena started a relationship with drummer and music producer Philipp Palm from Stuttgart, with whom she had two children, Samuel Vincent (1995), and Simeon Joel (1997). The couple and the four children currently live in Hamburg.

Throughout the late 1980s and the 1990s, Nena released a wide range of solo albums, a number of them consisting of songs for children. Simultaneously, she hosted several TV shows, including Metro and Countdown Grand Prix, the German preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest, in 1998.

In 2002, Carlo Karges, songwriter of Nena's most successful songs, including "99 Luftballons" and "Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann", died of liver failure.

Nena at the opening of the Olympiastadion in Berlin on 31 July, 2004

Return to prominence

In 2002 Nena also celebrated her 20th anniversary on stage with the album Nena feat. Nena, a disc consisting of newly arranged recordings of her hits from the 1980s. This album marked a "comeback" for Nena, and spawned a number of successful chart entries. The remake of "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime" as an English-German duet with Kim Wilde was a hit in various European countries, reaching the Number 1 spot in the Netherlands and Austria, and Number 3 in Germany, in 2003. A DVD followed: the 2005 album Willst du mit mir geh'n ("Do You Wanna Go with Me?") which quickly achieved platinum status. The first single from the album, "Liebe ist" ("Love Is"), reached number 1 on the German charts in early 2005, and was the theme song for a German telenovela, Verliebt in Berlin. Nena's 2005 tour in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in November and December 2005 had several sold-out concerts.

In 2004, Nena took the stage during the Howard Jones 20th Anniversary concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. Nena sang "99 Luftballons", with both German and English lyrics.

In October 2007, Nena released a new album entitled Cover Me, made up entirely of cover songs. David Bowie, Rolling Stones and Rammstein are three of the bands covered. She also released the single, "Ich Kann nix Dafür" ("It's Not My Fault") in April of 2007 for the film, Vollidiot. Nena also released a single for her cover of 'She's a rainbow' by the Rolling Stones. It was released in the USA and the UK but only made #42 in the British Charts.

Other work

Besides her singing career, she has also voiced the character Saphira for the German dub of the movie Eragon and the role of the Princess for the German version of Arthur and the Invisibles alongside Tokio Hotel's Bill Kaulitz. Kaulitz has also stated on many occasions that Nena is his favorite singer.

In 2007, jointly with Philipp Palm, Thomas Simmerl, and Silke Steinfadt, she founded the Neue Schule Hamburg, a school following the Sudbury model.

Nena in Vienna on 3 May, 2008

Discography

Albums
The Stripes (1980) as The Stripes
Nena (1983) #1 GER, #1 AUT
? (Fragezeichen) (1984) #1 GER, #1 AUT, #! CHE
99 Luftballons (1984)
Feuer und Flamme (1985) #2 GER, #16 AUT, #5 CHE
It's All In The Game (1985)
Eisbrecher (1986) #45 GER
Wunder gescheh'n (1989) #23 GER
Komm lieber Mai... (1990) #45 GER
Nena Die Band (1991)
Bongo Girl (1992) #32 GER
Und alles dreht sich (1994) #53 GER
Nena singt die schönsten Kinderlieder (1994)
Nena Live (1995)
Unser Apfelhaus (1995) #69 GER
Nena und die Bambus Bären Bande (1996)
Jamma nich (1997) #29 GER
Nenas Weihnachtsreise (1997) #28 GER
Wenn alles richtig ist, dann Stimmt was nich (1998) #42 GER
Nena macht... Rabatz (1999)
Chokmah (2001) #18 GER
Nenas Tausend Sterne (2002)
Nena feat. Nena (2002) #2 GER
Madou und das Licht der Fantasie (2002)
Nena Live Nena (2004) #31 GER
Willst du mit mir gehn (2005) #2 GER
Cover me (2007) #6 GER

99luft Balons :
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LEUCHTTURM - NEW VERSION (2002) :
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Liebe ist :
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Ich Werde Dich Lieben :
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mach die augen auf :
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All gods leave us at some point , the question is which ones come back?

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Canta supper :wub:

... e tare melodia Liebe ist :wub:

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~~~~~ Connect me~~~~~~~
~~~~~~ to your sexy body~~~~
~~~~~~ like nobody did~~~~~~

si mie tot liebe ist imi place mult... dar de exemplu mach die augen auf nu prea am inteles nimic din ea... ma refer la ritm etcetc

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Intamplator, intamplarea a facut sa nu fiu de cat unul din cei multi alti copi, alte persoane, ce vad lumea, diferenta consta in faptul ca eu ii pot vedea partea buna.Neinteresant. O afirmatie cat se poate de neprofunda ce te pune pe ganduri... dar... nimic...
ich liebe sommer
* prefer sa rad. probabil e si mai bine.

Mie imi plac toate melodiile ei , in special : Liebe ist , Darkness , mach die augen auf , 99luftbalons , Ich Werde Dich Lieben si Anyplace , Anywhere , Anytime pe care o canta cu Kim Wilde :-D

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All gods leave us at some point , the question is which ones come back?

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despre Nena nu stiu ce sa zic...inca n-am cunoscut-o prea bine :lol:

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nsa pot sa spun ca melodia "Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime" imi placea foooarte foooarte tare...o fredonam mereu. Eram la Deva si acolo prindeam un post, Music Max (unguresc sau cum naiba se zice) si bagau mereu videoclipul asta...+ vieoclipuri vechi de la Blue, deci numai pe ala ma uitam :lol:

si sincer habar n-aveam cine era ea... De cand a zis Bill de ea, mi-am amintit ca aparea si ea prin videoclipul ala... si in rest am mai ascultat niste melodii dragute de la ea. Dar nu ma omor :-D

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"The Music is all around us ... all you have to do is ... listen"
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