Nicole Seibert
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Born | Nicole Hohloch 25 October 1964 |
Other names | Nicole |
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Spouse(s) | Winfried Seibert (married 1984) |
Children | 2 |
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Years active | 1980s–present |
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Website | nicole-4-u.de |
Nicole Seibert (née Hohloch; born 25 October 1964), known professionally as Nicole, is a German singer, songwriter, musician and producer.[2] In 1982 she was the first German representative to win the Eurovision Song Contest.[3] She has released more than 25 studio albums and 80 singles,[4] some of which she performed and recorded in, among other languages, English, Dutch, and French. She wrote the music and lyrics for some of her recordings.[5]
Career[]
Hohloch was born in Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany. She began performing at the age of four, but did not achieve commercial success until she was 16, when her first single ("Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund") was released. It peaked at #2 in Austria and reached Top 40 positions on multiple European music charts.[6]
When she was 17, she won the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with "Ein bißchen Frieden", which reached #1 on multiple European music charts. After the end of the contest's voting, Hohloch reprised the song by performing parts of it in English, French and Dutch, along with the original German.[7]
Interviewed years later, she made a statement regarding the points received from Israel: "But the most important victory (was) that a German girl gets 12 points from Israel with a song about peace." In the interview, she also stated that she received an invitation from the Israeli government (which she accepted) to go to Tel Aviv to sing for soldiers stationed there.[3]
She recorded an English version of "A Little Peace", which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It went on to be the 500th number one single in the UK Singles Chart.[8] Full versions in French ("La Paix sur Terre"), Dutch ("Een beetje vrede"), Spanish ("Un poco de paz"), Danish ("En smule fred"), Slovene ("Malo miru"), Russian ("Немного мира"), Polish ("Troszeczkę ziemi, troszeczkę słońca"), and Hungarian ("Egy kis nyugalmat kívánok én", with Neoton Família) have also been recorded.[9]
Later in 1982, she released two studio albums, one German (Ein bißchen Frieden) and the other in English (A Little Peace). Like the title tracks, most of the songs have corresponding German and English tracks.[10]
In 2005 she co-produced her album Alles Fliesst, which was released in May of that year.[2]
In 2008, she released the album Mitten ins Herz,[11] which was accompanied by a three-month "unplugged" tour that ended in January 2009.[6]
Early in her career, the songs she recorded and performed were primarily written by composers such as Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger, , and .[12][13] For the recordings of songs in other languages, she's worked with, among others, , , , and Jean-Paul Cara.[14][15][16] In 2016 she worked with Siegel and Meinunger when making her studio album Traumfänger, and Hohloch (as Seibert) is also credited with some of the compositions.[17] In 2019, for the songs on her studio album 50 ist das neue 25, she worked with Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Jens Carstens, , , , and , and is credited with songs from that album as well.[5]
In 2020, Hohloch celebrated her 40th anniversary in the music industry with a concert tour; however, these dates were re-scheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]
Mostly associated with being a Schlager musician, she has also recorded and released jazz, pop, rock and gospel songs.[1]
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Personal life[]
Hohloch is one of four children, born to Marliese and Siegfried Hohloch. She grew up with her brother and two sisters in the small community of Nohfelden in Saarland. It was there that she attended school and graduated from high school. She is an honorary citizen of her hometown of Nohfelden.[19]
Hohloch married Winfried Seibert (a childhood friend she had known since she was 14) in a civil ceremony on August 17, 1984; a day later they had a wedding ceremony in a church. They have two children.[20][21]
She likes to give concerts in churches because of the atmosphere and acoustics. Since she was a child, she has found answers in her spirituality and firmly believes that guardian angels will take care of her. This belief was reinforced by some events in her life. In one such instance, Hohloch had planned a trip for Thailand in the winter of 2004, around the time the tsunami struck, killing over 220,000 people. Due to strong recommendations from friends, she cancelled her trip to Thailand and went to South Africa instead.[22]
She supports various humanitarian causes, such as child abuse prevention, and healthy activities for homeless children in the Philippines. She continues to campaign for Rett syndrome and for “life without chains”. She has been to Africa twice for Welthungerhilfe.[19]
Honors and Awards[]
- 1982: First place at the Eurovision Song Contest[3]
- 1983: Second place at the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo with the song "So viele Lieder sind in mir"[6]
- 1991: Winner of the German Schlagerparade with the song "Ein leises Lied".[7]
- 1993: Echo Award for Best Schlager Female Artist (of 1992)[19][23]
- 1999: Saarland Order of Merit[19][23]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
Year | Title | Remarks |
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1981 | Don't go so high, my little friend | First published: 1981 |
1982 | A Little Peace | First published: June 17, 1982 |
1983 | So many songs are in me | First published: October 10, 1983 |
1985 | Faces of love | First published: 1985 |
1986 | Do not leave me alone | First published: 1986 |
1987 | Modern pirates | First published: 1987 |
1988 | Just like you | First published: 1988 |
1990 | Forever...forever... | First published: 1990 |
1991 | And I'm just thinking of you again | First published: September 2, 1991 |
1992 | If already...then already | First published: November 9, 1992 |
1993 | More than just going to bed together | First published: October 4, 1993 |
1994 | And also | First published: October 24, 1994 |
1996 | Pure | First published: June 3, 1996 |
1998 | Abracadabra | First published: April 20, 1998 |
1999 | Visions | First published: September 20, 1999 |
2001 | Kaleidoscope | First published: April 2, 2001 |
2002 | I love you | First published: September 9, 2002 |
2004 | For the soul | First published: May 3, 2004 |
2005 | Everything flows | First published: May 30, 2005 |
2006 | Accompany me | First published: March 24, 2006 |
2008 | Right in the heart | First published: February 8, 2008 |
2009 | My number 1 | First published: June 19, 2009 |
2012 | Now I come | First published: March 16, 2012 |
2013 | All for you | First published: May 10, 2013 |
2014 | This is my way | First published: October 24, 2014 |
2016 | Dream catcher | First published: April 15, 2016 |
2017 | 12 points | First published: April 14, 2017 |
2019 | 50 is the new 25 | First published: October 11, 2019 |
Literature[]
- Guido Knopp, Peter Arens: Our best. The 100 greatest Germans. Econ, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-430-15521-5.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mendez, Fernando. "Germany: What is Nicole up to?". ESCToday.com. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nicole Seibert". charts.org.nz. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Saunders, Emma (May 21, 2015). "Eurovision memories: Oh, what a night!". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on July 24, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Discographie Nicole" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nicole Seibert". charts.org.nz. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today at Wikinews
- ^ Jump up to: a b "29 years ago today - Germany get their first win with Nicole". Wayback Machine. February 24, 2011. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
- ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 224. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ McAlpine, Fraser (May 11, 2018). "7 Eurovision winners nobody talks about any more". BBC. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Release "A Little Peace" by Nicole - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
- ^ "Mitten ins Herz". germancharts.de (in German). Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Papillon credits". Irish Charts.
- ^ "Jean Frankfurter - austriancharts.at".
- ^ "A Little Peace (credits)". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved December 18, 2020.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Nicole - Butterfly". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "lescharts.com - Nicole - La paix sur terre". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- ^ "Nicole - Traumfaenger - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Sanabria-Rangel, Álvaro (October 11, 2020). "Eurovision 1982: Germany's Nicole in focus". Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Nicole Wiki: Die Sängerin im Blickpunkt" (in German). SchlagerPlanet. August 28, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Nicole und ihr Winfried: Eine Liebesgeschichte" (in German). SchlagerPlanet. November 27, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Posselt, Fabian (June 21, 2009). "Nicole und ihr Ehemann Winfried sind seit 25 Jahren verheiratet". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^ Schmidt, Annika (June 26, 2020). "Schlagersängerin Nicole ist dem Tod dreimal von der Schippe gesprungen - eine unglaubliche Fügung" (in German). ExtraTipp. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Nicole". nicole-4-u.de (in German). November 5, 2019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
External links[]
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- Official Website
- Nicole Hohloch at IMDb
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Eurovision Song Contest winners
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Germany
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1982
- Schlager musicians
- German female musicians
- German-language singers
- People from Saarbrücken
- German female pop singers
- Recipients of the Saarland Order of Merit
- Echo (music award) winners