Wanda is an

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band founded in

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in 2012. Their debut album ''Amore'' was released in October 2014 at Problembär Records and debuted at number 13 on the Austrian Albums Chart on 31 October 2014. Their single "Bologna" (which features that Italian city) was released in early 2015 and peaked at number 42 on 10 April 2015. Wanda's first tour took place in late 2014, with a second tour in February 2015, with locations in Austria,

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, and Switzerland (i.e. the German Sprachraum). On 2 October 2015 their second album ''Bussi'' was released. They made a deal with Universal Music Germany. Their

style is influenced by

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, as well as Austropop (Austrian singer-songwriters). They label their music as "pop music with ' Amore'". Their songs are sung in German, with a more or less strongly noticeable

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dialect. In August of 2020 drummer Lukas Hasitschka left the band. Keyboarder Christian Hummer died in 2022, after long and severe illness.

Discography

Albums

Studio Live

Singles

Other charted songs

References

External links

Official website
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