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.
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 Nena's official website
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