Namika (given name, Hanan Hamdi, ar, حنان حمادي), also known by the stage name Hän Violett, is a German singer and rapper.
Biography
Namika grew up in
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...
. Her grandparents are
Berber
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Ethnic group
* Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
* Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
Places
* Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
People with the surname
* Ady Berber (1913–196 ...
Moroccan, from the coastal city of
Nador
Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census).
Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ...
.
She released her debut album, ''Nador'', on 21 July 2015. The album includes her first single, 'Lieblingsmensch'. By the end of July 2015 the album had reached number thirteen in the German album charts. The single Lieblingsmensch debuted at number twenty-seven in the German single charts and climbed to number one after eight weeks.
Namika has published seven music videos,
including the song Na-Mi-Ka, which is from her EP ''Hellwach''. Namika entered a specially edited version of her song ''Hellwach'' ( en, Wide Awake) in the
Bundesvision Song Contest 2015
The Bundesvision Song Contest 2015 was the eleventh and final edition of the annual Bundesvision Song Contest musical event. The contest took place in the state of Bremen, following Revolverheld's victory with the song " Lass uns gehen" (''Let's g ...
. The track was produced by the German producer team Beatgees, who has also produced for
Lena
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Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
, Curse, and
Ann Sophie
Ann-Sophie Dürmeyer (born 1 September 1990), better known as simply Ann Sophie, is a German singer and songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " Black Smoke". Her latest single "Phantom Pain" was rel ...
. She represented the State of
Hessen
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Darm ...
. By the end of the competition on 29 August 2015 the song had reached seventh place. Recently in 2018 she performed ' Je ne parle pas français' whose remix was featuring Black M. The song reached number one in the German charts. On 1 July, she released her second studio album "Que Walou".
Namika performed three songs as a competitor in the 2015 ''New Music Award'' competition.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Other releases
* 2013: ''Flow zum Gesang'' (as Hän Violett)
* 2015: ''Nador''
* 2015: ''Wenn sie kommen''
(feat. Ali As)
* 2015: ''Na-Mi-Ka''
* 2015: ''Mein Film''
(feat. MoTrip)
* 2016: ''Zauberland''
* 2018: ''Ahmed (1960–2002)''
* 2018: ''Que Walou''
* 2018: ''Ich will dich vermissen''
* 2018: ''Zirkus''
* 2018 ''Phantom''
As featured artist
Awards
* 1Live Krone 2015: Nominated for ''Best Female Artist''
References
External links
Namika's Website*
''Namika''at laut.de
''Namika''at JIVE (Label from
Sony Music Entertainment
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)
''«Als Kind war ich traurig, keine richtige Deutsche zu sein»''in
Die Welt
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''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allg ...
Namikaon
YouTube
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Contemporary R&B singers
German women musicians
German rappers
1991 births
Musicians from Frankfurt
Participants in the Bundesvision Song Contest
German women rappers
German women singers
Living people
German people of Moroccan descent
German people of Berber descent
German people of Riffian descent