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, which was founded in 2005. They were the first girl group in

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R&B music.

History

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was born on December 11, 1989, in

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and moved to

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. When she was five years old she made friends with Rola who was born on 12, February 1990 in

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, capital of Ghana. Rolas mother is from

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, her father is Lebanese of

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. As they always did everything together they sang in school events, attended dance classes, piano and theater groups, and wrote they first song at eleven years old. In 2004 they met Viviane. Vivianes Father is from

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and her mother

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descent. She was born on 2, June 1989 in Bad Homburg and spent many years in Indonesia and Paris and returned to Germany. The band performed at regional competitions and recorded demos under the name Black Supremes. In 2005 The production team Noizemakers and Christopher Applegate, took the Black Supremes under the new name Sistanova under contract. In 2006, the band was signed to the record company Warner Music Germany. On 21 September 2007, their first single 'Was ist los?'(What's going on?) was released, produced by Thomas Troelsen which debuted at #76 in the

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and at #24 in the German Urban Charts. In November 2007 Sistanova entered as the opening act of the US singer

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at four concerts. In addition, they still supported the band as the opening act for Hip Hop group Rapsoul throughout Germany and Austria. On 5 December 2008, their debut album was released Unglaublich.http://www.rockreport.de/cd_details.php?cd_id=3649 "Rock Report – Sistanova" In 2010, the band broke up. According to their MySpace page all the band members will go on a solo career.

Discography

Singles

Studio albums

* Unglaublich * Was Ist Los - EP

Promotional singles

* Unglaublich * Leben * Sexy Girl * Ziele with Thomas Anders of Modern Talking ''HelleWecks'' Soundtrack * Mama * Unsere Stadt * Es Ist Vorbei

Tours

;Opening act

- Good Girl Gone Bad Tour * November 13, 2007 - in Munich - Zenith * November 20, 2007 - in Cologne - Palladium * November 23, 2007 - in Frankfurt -

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* November 26, 2007 - in Berlin - Columbiahalle ;Opening act * Rapsoul - Achterbahn Tour *NRJ Music Tour

References

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