Gabriele Susanne Kerner, better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons. In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as 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 songs, her career re-emerged in 2002. In 2007, she co-founded the school Neue Schule Hamburg.
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