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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 ” baby 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.
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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zubarevasasha wrote:
The main picture <3
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wishmaster19 wrote:
Во дают немцы! )))
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outsider27 wrote:
их бин инжинер
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juanmatens wrote:
excelente banda alemana...
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hel1ch wrote:
NIEEEEEEEEEEE MEEEEEEEEEEEHR!
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AlanaDevotional wrote:
Vote up -->> http://www.last.fm/music/Nena/+images/70170310
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german_in_la wrote:
Nena, du bist halt immer noch eine der Besten.
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Alexandr_sp wrote:
99 Red Balloons Gut)
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BlackGentleman- wrote:
Haus der drei Sonnen (feat. Heppner) - Amazing, despite the fact that i don't really like NENA.
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Bangeusz wrote:
und Verliebt in Berlin <3 LIEBE IST! : D
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Bangeusz wrote:
99 Red Balloons Grand Theft Auto: Vice City !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =( [2]
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Dyskolos74 wrote:
I hated (in regards to musical taste!) Nena when i first heard her back in the NDW-Times and that continued to the present day. But then i heard "In meinem Leben" and it was really touching. If these feelings were "staged" then she's more than a fuc**ng Pro! Great! Now she has a place in my (musical) heart forever...even if it took some decades :-)
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shell234 wrote:
Some of my best memories are of the Nena ERA.
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stephendodson wrote:
i remebered 99 luftballoons from in the 1980s just could not remeber who sang it. shes great
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walruzzi89 wrote:
Haus der Drei Sonnen is just ment to fall asleep to.
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GagaDeLaRouX wrote:
Strobo Pop Mit Die Atzen (:
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DunkleEngle wrote:
Sie ist sehr niedlich. <3
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applecloud wrote:
99 red balloons! :D
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Ferny1949 wrote:
Praticamente... ne sono affascinato da sempre! ferny
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TSupporter wrote:
99 Luftballons *-* Strobo Pop is ok
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IN MEINEM LEBEN (2010)
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99 Luftballons Summer of the '80
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- Apr 16 Nena Ratiopharm Arena, Neu-Ulm, Germany
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THE VOICE OF GERMANY - Was für ein Start!
25 Nov 2011 | from www.nena.de/component/content/frontpage
NENA, Rea Garvey, Xavier Naidoo und The BossHoss begeistern
aktuell mit der neuen Musik-Show "The Voice of Germany" die
Nation. Jeden Donnerstag (ProSieben) und Freitag (SAT.1)
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