Ricarda Wältken
Ricarda Priscilla Nonyem Wältken (born February 24, 1978 in Dortmund ) is a German pop-rap singer. She belonged to the German girl group Tic Tac Toe under the stage name Ricky .
Life
Wältken was born in Dortmund as one of three children of a German and a Nigerian . She is the niece of the Nigerian-Swedish dentist, singer and music producer Dr. Alban . At the age of 13 Wältken sang in various bands. From 1995 she was a founding member of the pop band Tic Tac Toe with Liane Wiegelmann and Marlene Tackenberg , but got out again in 1997 after a dispute. Wältken then completed a cosmetics course and made up her Abitur before she devoted herself to music and acting again. Wältken became even more famous when she was parodied by Anke Engelke on the weekly show as the stupid presenter of the fictional teenage magazine Rickys Popsofa . In July 1998, Wältken posed for Playboy .
At the end of 2005, Wältken reconciled with Tackenberg and Wiegelmann in advance of the revival of the Tic-Tac-Toe project, which was discontinued in January 2007.
Then Wältken began a primary school teacher training course with the subjects of mathematics and Protestant theology . However, she broke off her studies. She lives in Dortmund with her boyfriend and daughter.
On October 18, 2009, she was seen on the program The Perfect Celebrity Dinner .
Filmography
- 1996: good times, bad times
- 1999: Marienhof (17 episodes)
Discography
Studio album
| year | title |
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| 2000 | Ricky | - | - | - |
First published: February 21, 2000
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Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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| 1998 | Pain inside me ricky |
DE20 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - | |
| 1999 | Run away Ricky |
DE77 (1 week) DE |
- | - |
First published: May 10, 1999
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| He's not the right Ricky |
DE22 (8 weeks) DE |
- |
CH16 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: July 26, 1999
with Laura Schneider |
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More singles
- 2000: Forever and You (Ricky)
Sampler contributions
- 1998: Bravo Christmas Hot & Holy III - Shining Star (The Christmas Star)
Web links
- Ricarda Wältken in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Documentation by ZDF
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jörg Isringhaus: Ricky from Tic Tac Toe becomes a teacher . Ed .: Rheinische Post. Volume 64, No. 253 , MG-W, October 30, 2009, p. A8 ( rp-online.de ).
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DA-CH
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wältken, Ricarda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wältken, Ricarda Priscilla Nonyem (full name); Ricky |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pop-rap singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |