Eurythmics Frankie Goes to Hollywood The Fraggles Queen Break Machine Thompson Twins Nik Kershaw Lionel Richie Tina Turner The Smiths Black Lace Bronski Beat Prince Grandmaster & Melle Mel Sade George Michael Kenny Loggins Spinal Tap Bananarama Prince & The Revolution Ray Parker Jr. John Williams Divine Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner , Nena, is a German singer who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In that same year, the band re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons"Nena's re-recording of some of the band's old hit songs as a solo artist, produced by the co-composer of most of them, her former Nena band colleague and keyboard player Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, rekindled her solo career in 2002. Combined with the success of the Nena band years, she has sold over 25 million records Madonna Duran Duran Band Aid Wham