This article is about 'Nena the singer. See also nena . Nena (born Gabriele Susanne Kerner on March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a singer who rose to international fame in 1984 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons" (German for "99 Air Balloons", but the English translation of the song is called "99 Red Balloons"). "Nena" was also the name of the band with whom she released the song. With the re-recording and subsequent release of some of her old tracks, her career saw a second wind in 2002. Biography Nena acquired her nickname, "Nena", derived of the Spanish "Niña", meaning "little girl" at the age of three, while on a vacation to Spain with her parents. Her musical career began in 1977 when guitarist Rainer Kitzmann offered her a position as the lead singer in his band, The Stripes. The group had

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