Nicole Seibert
Born
Nicole Hohloch

(1964-10-25) 25 October 1964
Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany
Other namesNicole
Notable work"Ein bißchen Frieden" ("A Little Peace")
Spouse
Winfried Seibert
​
(m. 1984)​
Children2
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
  • producer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • accordion
  • cajón
Years active1980s–present
Labels
Websitewww.nicole-4-u.de

Nicole Seibert (née Hohloch; born 25 October 1964), known professionally as Nicole, is a German singer, songwriter, musician and producer.[2] In 1982, she became the first German representative to win the Eurovision Song Contest.[3] She has released more than 25 studio albums and 80 singles,[4] some of which she performed and recorded in, among other languages, English, Dutch, and French. She wrote the music and lyrics for some of her recordings.[5]

Early life

Hohloch was born in Saarbrücken, Saarland, West Germany. She began performing at the age of four, but did not achieve commercial success until she was 16, when her first single ("Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund") was released. It peaked at #2 in Austria and reached Top 40 positions on multiple European music charts.[6]

When she was 17, she won the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with "Ein bißchen Frieden", which reached #1 on multiple European music charts. After the end of the contest's voting, Hohloch reprised the song by performing parts of it in English, French and Dutch, along with the original German.[7]

Interviewed years later, she made a statement regarding the points received from Israel: "But the most important victory (was) that a German girl gets 12 points from Israel with a song about peace."

In the interview, she also stated that she received an invitation from the Israeli government (which she accepted) to go to Tel Aviv to sing for soldiers stationed there.[3]

She recorded an English version of "A Little Peace", which reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It went on to be the 500th number one single in the UK Singles Chart.[8] Full versions in French ("La Paix sur Terre"), Dutch ("Een beetje vrede"), Spanish ("Un poco de paz"), Danish ("En smule fred"), Slovene ("Malo miru"), Russian ("Немного мира"), Polish ("Troszeczkę ziemi, troszeczkę słońca"), and Hungarian ("Egy kis nyugalmat kívánok én", with Neoton Família) have also been recorded.[9]

Later in 1982, she released two studio albums, one German (Ein bißchen Frieden) and the other in English (A Little Peace). Like the title tracks, most of the songs have corresponding German and English tracks.[10]

In 2005 she co-produced her album Alles Fliesst, which was released in May of that year.[2]

In 2008, she released the album Mitten ins Herz,[11] which was accompanied by a three-month "unplugged" tour that ended in January 2009.[6]

Early in her career, the songs she recorded and performed were primarily written by composers such as Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger, Robert Jung, and Jean Frankfurter.[12][13] For the recordings of songs in other languages, she's worked with, among others, Paul Greedus, Zack Laurence, Pierre Delano, and Jean-Paul Cara.[14][15][16]

In 2016 she worked with Siegel and Meinunger when making her studio album Traumfänger, and Hohloch (as Seibert) is also credited with some of the compositions.[17] In 2019, for the songs on her studio album 50 ist das neue 25, she worked with Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Jens Carstens, Martin Koppehele, Suna Koppehele, Gabi Koppehele, and Giorgio Koppehele, and is credited with songs from that album as well.[5]

In 2020, Hohloch celebrated her 40th anniversary in the music industry with a concert tour; however, these dates were re-scheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18]

Mostly associated with being a Schlager musician, she has also recorded and released jazz, pop, rock and gospel songs.[1]

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Personal life

Hohloch is one of four children, born to Marliese and Siegfried Hohloch. She grew up with her brother and two sisters in the small community of Nohfelden in Saarland. It was there that she attended school and graduated from high school. She is an honorary citizen of her hometown of Nohfelden.[19]

Hohloch married Winfried Seibert (a childhood friend she had known since she was 14) in a civil ceremony on 17 August 1984; a day later they had a wedding ceremony in a church. They have two children.[20][21]

She likes to give concerts in churches because of the atmosphere and acoustics. Since she was a child, she has found answers in her spirituality and firmly believes that guardian angels will take care of her. This belief was reinforced by some events in her life. In one such instance, Hohloch had planned a trip for Thailand in the winter of 2004, around the time the tsunami struck, killing over 220,000 people. Due to strong recommendations from friends, she cancelled her trip to Thailand and went to South Africa instead.[22]

She supports various humanitarian causes, such as child abuse prevention, and healthy activities for homeless children in the Philippines. She continues to campaign for Rett syndrome and for "life without chains". She has been to Africa twice for Welthungerhilfe.[19]

Honors and awards

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title First published
1981 Flieg nicht so hoch, mein kleiner Freund 1981
1982 Ein bißchen Frieden 17 June 1982
1982 A Little Peace October 1982
1983 So viele Lieder sind in mir 10 October 1983
1985 Gesichter der Liebe 1985
1986 Laß mich nicht allein 1986
1987 Moderne Piraten 1987
1988 So wie du 1988
1990 Für immer…für ewig… 1990
1991 Und ich denke schon wieder nur an dich 2 September 1991
1992 Wenn schon…denn schon 9 November 1992
1993 Mehr als nur zusammen schlafen gehn 4 October 1993
1994 Und ausserdem 24 October 1994
1996 Pur 3 June 1996
1998 Abrakadabra 20 April 1998
1999 Visionen 20 September 1999
2001 Kaleidoskop 2 April 2001
2002 Ich lieb dich 9 September 2002
2004 Für die Seele 3 May 2004
2005 Alles fließt 30 May 2005
2006 Begleite mich 24 March 2006
2008 Mitten ins Herz 8 February 2008
2009 Meine Nummer 1 19 June 2009
2012 Jetzt komm ich 16 March 2012
2013 Alles nur für Dich 10 May 2013
2014 Das ist mein Weg 24 October 2014
2016 Traumfänger 15 April 2016
2017 12 Punkte 14 April 2017
2019 50 ist das neue 25 11 October 2019

Literature

  • Guido Knopp, Peter Arens: Our best. The 100 greatest Germans. Econ, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-430-15521-5.

References

  1. 1 2 Mendez, Fernando. "Germany: What is Nicole up to?". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Nicole Seibert". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Saunders, Emma (21 May 2015). "Eurovision memories: Oh, what a night!". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Discographie Nicole" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Nicole Seibert". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today at Wikinews
  7. 1 2 "29 years ago today – Germany get their first win with Nicole". 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 224. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  9. ↑ McAlpine, Fraser (11 May 2018). "7 Eurovision winners nobody talks about any more". BBC. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Release "A Little Peace" by Nicole – MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mitten ins Herz". germancharts.de (in German). Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Papillon credits". Irish Charts.
  13. ↑ "Jean Frankfurter – austriancharts.at".
  14. ↑ "A Little Peace (credits)". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "lescharts.com – Nicole – Butterfly". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "lescharts.com – Nicole – La paix sur terre". lescharts.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Nicole – Traumfaenger – hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  18. ↑ Sanabria-Rangel, Álvaro (11 October 2020). "Eurovision 1982: Germany's Nicole in focus". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "Nicole Wiki: Die Sängerin im Blickpunkt" (in German). SchlagerPlanet. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  20. ↑ "Nicole und ihr Winfried: Eine Liebesgeschichte" (in German). SchlagerPlanet. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  21. ↑ Posselt, Fabian (21 June 2009). "Nicole und ihr Ehemann Winfried sind seit 25 Jahren verheiratet". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  22. ↑ Schmidt, Annika (26 June 2020). "Schlagersängerin Nicole ist dem Tod dreimal von der Schippe gesprungen – eine unglaubliche Fügung" (in German). ExtraTipp. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  23. 1 2 "Nicole". nicole-4-u.de (in German). 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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