| Capital: | € 12.5 million |
| Age: | 60 |
| Born: | March 24, 1960 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | singer |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Gabriele Susanne Kerner turned into born on March 24, 1960 in Hagen withinside the country of North Rhine-Westphalia. She have become referred to as a singer beneathneath the degree call Nena, who additionally had worldwide success.
Early life
Gabriele, whose actual call is Nena, grew up with a more youthful brother and a more youthful sister. She left excessive college after the 11th grade. Nena, a educated goldsmith, have become a singer in a band. In 1978 she made her first stay appearances with The Stripes, accompanied in overdue 1979 via way of means of the primary launched single. The LP and the alternative singles have been now no longer a tremendous success. The Stripes cut up in 1981.
Career
Nena moved to West Berlin together along with her boyfriend and based the band Nena there. Thanks to the advent on tv, the general public have become aware about the band Nena and the band reached an area withinside the German charts with the tune “Nur dreamed”. The single “ninety nine balloons” accompanied. This tune turned into located via way of means of twist of fate via way of means of a DJ in Los Angeles, in the end unfold during North America and turned into bought hundreds of thousands of instances withinside the United States. The tune have become an worldwide mega hit.
More albums accompanied earlier than the band broke up in 1987 and Nena began out her solo profession a while later. She additionally launched a few children’s tune albums and seemed on tv greater often, each as an actress and as a presenter. In 2002 she made a comeback with new variations of her vintage hits. In 2003 the Nenas duet with Kim Wilde turned into launched. The tune “Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime” is a remake of an in advance hit. In Germany it got here 0.33 withinside the charts. Even after this remake hit, she seemed on tv greater often, now no longer simply as a singer. In 2011, Nena turned into a jury member and educate withinside the casting show “The Voice of Germany”.
In summer time season 2018, Nena celebrated her 40th anniversary as a singer and toured via Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Career highlights
Without a doubt, the tune “ninety nine balloons” turned into the spotlight of Nena’s profession. The tune reached the pinnacle of the charts now no longer simplest in Germany, additionally in Mexico, Canada, Japan and Australia. The German model reached the second one region at the Billboard charts withinside the USA and the English model “ninety nine Red Balloons” withinside the UK charts first region.
Famous quotes
Nena expressed her love for children and about the children who suffer from hunger with the following quote: “As long as children in the world are hungry, there can be no cooking shows.”
But she also expressed her philosophical side and her wisdom with one of her famous quotes. She once said that you don’t grow old because you have lived for a certain number of years. You would grow old if you gave up your ideals.