Nena / discography

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Nena  - discography
Nena (2008)
Nena (2008)
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 17th
Arrow southwest blue.svgLive albums 6th
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 24
Arrow southwest blue.svgSoundtracks 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 1
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 74
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 4th
Arrow southwest blue.svgBox sets 5
Arrow southwest blue.svgChildren's albums 9

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German pop singer Nena and the band of the same name . According to the sources, she has sold more than 25 million records in her career. The most successful release by Nena is the single 99 Luftballons with around 2.5 million units sold.

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sourcesTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1980 The Stripes
together with the band of the same name
- - - - -
First published: 1980
1983 Nena DE1
platinum
platinum

(42 weeks)DE
AT1 (8 months)
AT
- UK31 (5 weeks)
UK
-
First published: Jan 4th 1983
Sales: + 800,000
1984 ? (Question mark) DE1
platinum
platinum

(34 weeks)DE
AT1 (4½ months)
AT
CH1 (29 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: Jan 24, 1984
Sales: + 550,000
1985 Fire and Flame
also known as: It's All in the Game (English version)
DE2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)DE
AT16 (2 months)
AT
CH5 (8 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: June 24, 1985
Sales: + 250,000
1986 Icebreaker DE45 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 24, 1986
1989 Miracles happen DE23 (25 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: April 5, 1989
1992 Bongo girl DE32 (13 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: September 28, 1992
1994 And everything turns DE53 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: May 9, 1994
1997 Yeah not DE29 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: April 14, 1997
1998 If everything is right, then something is wrong DE42 (5 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: July 6, 1998
2001 Chokmah DE18 (4 weeks)
DE
AT67 (1 week)
AT
- - -
First published: October 29, 2001
2002 20 years - Nena feat. Nena DE2
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(55 weeks)DE
AT1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(52 weeks)AT
CH5
platinum
platinum

(54 weeks)CH
- -
First published: October 28, 2002
Sales: + 980,000
2005 Would you like to go with me DE2
Triple gold
× 3
Triple gold

(33 weeks)DE
AT1
gold
gold

(28 weeks)AT
CH1
gold
gold

(27 weeks)CH
- -
First published: March 21, 2005
Sales: + 330,000
2007 Cover Me DE6 (6 weeks)
DE
AT18 (5 weeks)
AT
CH22 (5 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: September 28, 2007
2009 Made in Germany DE3
gold
gold

(36 weeks)DE
AT4 (22 weeks)
AT
CH25 (10 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: October 2, 2009
Sales: + 100,000
2012 You're good DE2 (11 weeks)
DE
AT5 (7 weeks)
AT
CH16 (5 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: November 2, 2012
2015 Old school DE4 (14 weeks)
DE
AT10 (6 weeks)
AT
CH19 (6 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: February 27, 2015

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Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2004 Nena live Nena DE31 (7 weeks)
DE
AT24 (8 weeks)
AT
CH41 (5 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: February 27, 2004
2010 Made in Germany - Live DE*DE AT64 (1 week)
AT
- - -
First published: September 17th, 2010
* see Made in Germany
2016 Live at SO 36 DE43 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: March 4, 2016
2018 Nothing missed - live DE27 (1 week)
DE
AT*AT CH*CH - -
First published: November 9, 2018
* see video album

More live albums

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1984 99 balloons DE23 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - US27 (14 weeks)
US
First published: March 1984
Sales: + 50,000
1996 Nena - Definitive Collection DE64 (11 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: 1996
1998 Only dreamed - your greatest successes DE23 (33 weeks)
DE
AT16 (13 weeks)
AT
CH72 (1 week)
CH
- -
First published: May 11, 1998
2003 All the best - The Singles 1982-2002 DE65 (2 weeks)
DE
AT19 (12 weeks)
AT
CH49 (3 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: November 9, 2003
2008 Your heart for children
together with Peter Maffay & Rolf Zuckowski
DE82 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: December 5, 2008
2010 Best of Nena DE17 (12 weeks)
DE
AT23 (13 weeks)
AT
CH78 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: November 12, 2010
2017 NENA 40 - The new Best of Album DE12 (5 weeks)
DE
AT10 (4 weeks)
AT
CH18 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: October 6, 2017

More compilations

  • 1991: Nena the band
  • 2000: Simply the Best
  • 2000: lighthouse
  • 2003: Star Boulevard
  • 2004: Once is never
  • 2004: Maxis and Mixes
  • 2006: Everything ...
  • 2006: Color Collection
  • 2008: 2 in 1
  • 2008: Nena / Nena live
  • 2011: ballads
  • 2011: The Collection
  • 2012: All Time Best - Reclam Music Edition 19
  • 2013: The Essential Nena
  • 2013: 2 in 1 (Nena / Nena-Die Band)
  • 2013: Music & Video Stars
  • 2016: My Star

EPs

  • 1984: Amiga Quartet (release only in the GDR)

Children's albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1990 Come dear May… DE45 (11 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: May 23, 1990
1995 Our apple house DE69 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: September 18, 1995
1997 Nena's Christmas trip DE28 (12 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 7, 1997
2014 The 1 × 1 album with the hits from Nena
together with Lisa, Leni & Malin
DE78 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: August 15, 2014
Number one albums DE2DE AT4thAT CH2CH UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE9DE AT8thAT CH4thCH UK-UK US-US
Albums in the charts DE30thDE AT16AT CH13CH UK1UK US1US

More children's albums

  • 1995: Nena sings the most beautiful children's songs
  • 1999: Nena does ... Rabatz
  • 2002: a thousand stars
  • 2002: Madou and the light of fantasy
  • 2008: sky, sun, wind and rain

Soundtracks

  • 1996: Nena and the Bamboo Bear Gang
  • 2003: Sams in Danger - The song album (Nena and guests)

Singles

Chart placements as lead musician

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sourcesTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1982 Just dreamed / Just a Dream (English version)
Nena
DE2
gold
gold

(32 weeks)DE
AT9 (4½ months)
AT
CH5 (5 weeks)
CH
UK70 (4 weeks)
UK
-
First published: May 1982
Sales: + 250,000
1983 99 Luftballons / 99 Red Balloons (English version)
Nena
DE1
gold
gold

(23 weeks)DE
AT1 (3½ months)
AT
CH1 (11 weeks)
CH
UK1
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK
US2
gold
gold

(23 weeks)US
First published: January 1983
Sales: + 2,595,000
Nena lighthouse
DE2 (17 weeks)
DE
AT3 (2½ months)
AT
- - -
First published: April 25, 1983
? (Question mark) / Interrogacion (Spanish version)
?
DE3 (21 weeks)
DE
AT4 (3½ months)
AT
CH1 (14 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: December 5, 1983
1984 Save me
?
DE11 (13 weeks)
DE
AT17 (1 month)
AT
CH14 (6 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: March 5, 1984
Let me be your pirate
?
DE53 (4 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: June 11, 1984
Somehow, somewhere, someday
fire and flame
DE3 (20 weeks)
DE
AT7 (3 months)
AT
CH2 (12 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: September 10, 1984
1985 Fire and Flame
Fire and Flame
DE8 (11 weeks)
DE
AT18 (2½ months)
AT
CH14 (7 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: May 13, 1985
House of the three suns
fire and flame
DE43 (7 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: July 29, 1985
1986 Moon song
icebreaker
DE37 (5 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 24, 1986
1989 Miracles happened,
miracles happened
DE19 (27 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 6, 1989
1990 Miracles have happened everywhere
DE54 (12 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: March 26, 1990
1992 Sometimes a day is a lifetime
Bongo Girl
DE48 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: September 14, 1992
1997 Quite
easy, yeah
DE75 (7 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: March 10, 1997
1998 What did you do in my dream
If everything is right, then something is wrong
DE91 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: March 2, 1998
1999 I hug the whole world
Tobias Totz and his lion OST
DE98 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: October 11, 1999
2001 Carpe diem
Chokmah
DE66 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First release: October 15, 2001
feat. Söhne Mannheims
2002 99 Luftballons (New Version)
20 Years - Nena feat. Nena
DE28 (9 weeks)
DE
- CH88 (5 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: October 7, 2002
2003 Leuchtturm (New Version)
20 Years - Nena feat. Nena
DE7 (17 weeks)
DE
AT21 (15 weeks)
AT
CH79 (4 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: December 16, 2002
Wunder gescheh'n (New Version)
20 Years - Nena feat. Nena
DE9 (9 weeks)
DE
AT26 (15 weeks)
AT
CH88 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First publication: February 24, 2003
with Ben , Udo Lindenberg , Sasha ,
Helge Schneider , Jasmin Tabatabai & Witt
Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime
20 Years - Nena feat. Nena (2003 Edition)
DE3 (15 weeks)
DE
AT1 (19 weeks)
AT
CH9 (21 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: May 19, 2003
Sales: + 150,000 with Kim Wilde
Just Dreamed (New Version)
20 Years - Nena feat. Nena
DE79 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: August 18, 2003
2005 Love is
you wanna go with me
DE1
gold
gold

(20 weeks)DE
AT2 (27 weeks)
AT
CH8 (20 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: February 28, 2005
Sales: + 150,000
Would you like to go with me?
Would you like to go with me
DE6 (16 weeks)
DE
AT11 (19 weeks)
AT
CH34 (10 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: June 13, 2005
Let me
wanna go with me
DE44 (6 weeks)
DE
AT17 (3 weeks)
AT
CH70 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: October 7, 2005
2006 Caravan of Love
Tribute to Bravo
DE29 (8 weeks)
DE
AT35 (7 weeks)
AT
- - -
First published: September 22, 2006
with Duncan Townsend
2007 I can't help that
idiot OST
DE10 (14 weeks)
DE
AT41 (9 weeks)
AT
CH92 (1 week)
CH
- -
First published: April 13, 2007
with Oliver Pocher & Stephan Remmler
Open your eyes to
Cover Me
DE19 (9 weeks)
DE
AT34 (8 weeks)
AT
CH57 (1 week)
CH
- -
First published: August 10, 2007
I will love you
Cover Me
DE34 (7 weeks)
DE
AT60 (3 weeks)
AT
- - -
First published: September 21, 2007
2009 We are true
Made in Germany
DE17 (10 weeks)
DE
AT50 (2 weeks)
AT
CH50 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: September 18, 2009
2010 You are so good for me
Made in Germany
DE39 (5 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: February 19, 2010
Made in Germany in my life
DE4 (20 weeks)
DE
AT11 (19 weeks)
AT
CH18 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: March 26, 2010
Secret / My friend
Made in Germany
DE82 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
First published: September 3, 2010
House of the three suns
Best of Nena
DE39 (4 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: November 5th, 2010
with Peter Heppner
2012 That's not all.
You're good
DE40 (3 weeks)
DE
AT68 (1 week)
AT
- - -
First published: October 26, 2012
2016 Right now
Oldschool
DE27 (2 weeks)
DE
AT51 (1 week)
AT
CH50 (1 week)
CH
- -
First published: April 8, 2016
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2015 Magic
old school
DE91 (1 week)
DE
- - - -
Chart entry: March 27, 2015

Chart placements as a guest musician

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1985 Nackt im Wind
single track
DE3 (10 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: January 21, 1985
with Band für Afrika
2002 Oldschool Baby
Right On
DE21 (9 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: August 19, 2002
with WestBam
Dear God
single track
DE6 (15 weeks)
DE
AT16 (14 weeks)
AT
CH48 (8 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: September 2nd, 2002
Marlon + Friends
2004 Bang Bang
Tokblock 01
DE51 (2 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First published: May 10, 2004
with Tok Tok
Too bad
The Sound of Sam Ragga
DE37 (6 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First release: August 18th, 2004
with Sam Ragga Band
2008 Your heart for children
A heart for children
DE69 (3 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First publication: November 21, 2008
with Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski
2011 Strobo pop
party chaos
DE14 (24 weeks)
DE
AT10 (21 weeks)
AT
CH36 (7 weeks)
CH
- -
First published: March 18, 2011
with the Atzen Frauenarzt and Manny Marc
Heroes / Helden
The Voice of Germany : The highlights
DE28 (10 weeks)
DE
AT50 (3 weeks)
AT
- - -
First published: November 24th, 2011
with Xavier Naidoo , Rea Garvey & The BossHoss
LOVE
Liberty of Action
DE76 (3 weeks)
DE
- - - -
First release: December 9th, 2011
with The BossHoss feat. Rubbeldiekatz
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2016 House at the More
Famous Last Words
DE62 (2 weeks)
DE
AT67 (1 week)
AT
CH53 (1 week)
CH
- -
Chart entry: May 6, 2016
with Samy Deluxe
Number one singles DE2DE AT2AT CH2CH UK1UK US-US
Top 10 singles DE15thDE AT8thAT CH6thCH UK1UK US1US
Singles in the charts DE47DE AT25thAT CH21stCH UK2UK US1US

more publishments

  • 1979: Ecstasy (as The Stripes )
  • 1980: Strangers (as The Stripes )
  • 1980: Tell Me Your Name (as The Stripes )
  • 1981: Don't You Think I'm Lady (as The Stripes )
  • 1984: cinema
  • 1986: You don't know love
  • 1987: Angel of the Night
  • 1990: In the intoxication of love
  • 1992: Conversation
  • 1993: without end
  • 1993: Far too much luck
  • 1993: an inch of love
  • 1994: get me back
  • 1994: I hold you tight
  • 1995: White Ship (live)
  • 1997: Yeah not
  • 1997: Anything you want
  • 1997: You and me
  • 1998: Then I noticed
  • 1998: that's normal
  • 2007: my way is my way
  • 2009: 99 balloons (2009)
  • 2013: It couldn't be better
  • 2015: Songs from the past
  • 2015: Young professionals
  • 2016: Don't Gimme that (Participation: Sing my Song - The Exchange Concert ; Original: The BossHoss )
  • 2016: Fantasy (Participation: Sing my Song - The Exchange Concert; Original: Samy Deluxe )
  • 2018: Still here
  • 2020: light

Further guest contributions

Video albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2018 Nothing missed - live DE*DE AT3 (1 week)
AT
CH3 (2 weeks)
CH
- -
First publication: November 9, 2018
* see live album

More video albums

Box sets

  • 2004: Ben
  • 2010: Original album Classics
  • 2012: All children love Nena - the children's song box
  • 2012: The Triple Album Collection
  • 2013: Nena 3-CD song box Vol.1

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2018: for the single 99 Luftballons
  • FranceFrance France
    • 1984: for the single 99 Luftballons
    • 1984: for the album Nena
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1984: for the album 99 Luftballons
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1983: for the single 99 Luftballons
    • 1990: for the album ? (Question mark)

Platinum record

  • JapanJapan Japan
    • 1984: for the album Nena
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1984: for the single 99 Red Ballons
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 1983: for the album Nena

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 45,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 3,250,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 600,000 infodisc.fr
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 200,000 americanradiohistory.com
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 150,000 musiccanada.com
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 250,000 nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 95,000 ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 60,000 hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 1,000,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 500,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 16 × gold16 Platinum record icon.svg 12 × platinum12

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  1. Sales by Nena

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