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Nena (born Gabriele Susanne Kerner on March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) acquired her nickname “Nena”, which means “girl” in Spanish, at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain.

Her first band was called The Stripes. They had a very minor hit with the song “Ecstasy”, but never managed to achieve broad success.

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” (“Only In Dreams”), 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” (“Lighthouse”). “99 Luftballons” was a #1 hit in many countries (including the U.S.) 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. The song also featured in an episode of Scrubs, Gilmore Girls the film, Grosse Point Blank, and most recently the movie Watchmen. Nena then released ? (Fragezeichen) in 1984, Feuer und Flamme (“Fire And Flame”, means “to be all for it”) in 1985, Eisbrecher (“Icebreaker”) in 1986. During her success in the UK, Nena was also famous for having hairy armpits, which in the UK was unusual for a woman to have.

Nena started dating Swiss actor Benedict Freitag shortly after the breakup of the band in 1987, and together with him had a son, Christopher Daniel, who was born disabled due to medical mistakes made during the birth that caused Nena to go into cardiac arrest.

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ThaisMacedo wrote:
Sunday evening

I wish I had some NDW days...

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OlivaOlivenbaum wrote:
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♥

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u1929 wrote:
last week

Nena band should be the prime pic.

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eastbindong wrote:
16 days ago

Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime ！a good song！

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FoxyGrandma wrote:
16 days ago

die einzige person die nicht wahr haben mag, dass nena ein 80er one-hit wonder fossil ist, ist nena, weswegen sie die menschheit alle jubeljahre mit neuen musikalischen ergüssen aus ihrer giftküche terrorisiert -.-

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goldundtier wrote:
19 days ago

zieht Euch mal JOHANNA ZEUL rein ! :)

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oilucas wrote:
20 days ago

não, não é não ;)

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judgeluki wrote:
last month

Simply Rocks!

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elrafael123 wrote:
last month

@andreiadalotek não :P

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andreidalotek wrote:
last month

será que sou o unico brasileiro a gostar das musicas de NENA ?

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hexe63 wrote:
last month

Nena....Danke für deine Musik....

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michael-so wrote:
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Studienfahrt Berlin '82 - keine Kneipe ohne Nena. Und jetzt das gleiche Gefühl im Bauch ... Danke für das neue Album!

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JDonn wrote:
last month

49 y.o?? she looks like a teenager :-) nice electro sound for her new album

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NettieStrauch wrote:
last month

Mir gefällt Nenas neues Album "Made in Germany". Ich habe es heute zum ersten Mal gehört. Toll! Liebe Grüße aus Wales, GB, Annette

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tineoidea wrote:
last month

neues album rockt, aber sie hätte ruhig auf den auto-tuner verzichten können

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Sterntraum wrote:
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Ich liebe liebe liebe Nena)))))) Sie ist wunderschon)))

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ARGBDude wrote:
last month

49 years old and still hot

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Loaded-Gun wrote:
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Musik: Scheiße; ihr arrogantes Getue: Scheiße. Trotzdem sieht sie mit ihren knappen 50 eecht knackig aus.

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neentjuhhh wrote:
last month

My father was a big fan, so he named me Nena :-D

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PatMourin18 wrote:
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I might be the only Brazilian, American on here, but you're the hottest grandma ever if your daughter is having a baby. I love your music Nena! I hope you come to Miami Fl and perform here one day.

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