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Nena

German singer known for her iconic 1980s hit '99 Luftballons' and a successful solo career.

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Nena is best known for Lead vocalist of the band Nena, famous for the 1983 hit song '99 Luftballons' and its English version '99 Red Balloons'. On Dead or Alive, Nena is listed in the One Hit Wonders category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Nena is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Lead vocalist of the band Nena, famous for the 1983 hit song '99 Luftballons' and its English version '99 Red Balloons'.
Listed under: One Hit Wonders

About Nena

In 1983, as the lead vocalist of the band Nena, she recorded the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In the same year, the band re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena's re-recording of some of the band's old hit songs as a solo artist, produced by the co-composer of most of them, her former Nena band colleague and keyboard player Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, rekindled her solo career in 2002.

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Nena is known for Lead vocalist of the band Nena, famous for the 1983 hit song '99 Luftballons' and its English version '99 Red Balloons'.

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