Namika

German singer and rapper

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Namika

Namika at the SWR3 New Pop Festival, 2018

Background information
Birth name| Hanan Hamdi
Also known as| Hän Violett
Born|  (1991-08-23) 23 August 1991 (age 33)[1]
Frankfurt, Germany
Origin| Frankfurt, Germany
Genres|

* Hip hop
* jazz
* pop

Occupations|

* Singer
* rapper

Years active| 2013–present
Labels| Sony Music Entertainment
Website| www.namikamusik.de

Musical artist

Hanan Hamdi (Arabic: حنان حمدي; born 23 August 1991), better known by her stage names Namika and Hän Violett, is a German singer and rapper.

## Biography

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Hamdi was born and grew up in Frankfurt. Her parents are Berbers from the Moroccan coastal city of Nador.[2]

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.

Hamdi has published seven music videos,[3] including the song Na-Mi-Ka, which is from her EP Hellwach. Hamdi entered a specially edited version of her song Hellwach (English: Wide Awake) in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2015. The track was produced by the German producer team Beatgees, who has also produced for Lena, Curse, and Ann Sophie. She represented the State of Hessen. By the end of the competition on 29 August 2015 the song had reached seventh place. In 2018 she released "Je ne parle pas français", the remix of which features French rapper Black M.[4] The song reached number one in the German charts. On 1 July, she released her second studio album Que Walou.

Hamdi performed three songs as a competitor in the 2015 New Music Award competition.

## Discography

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### Albums

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Title  | Details  | Peak chart positions

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GER | AUT | SWI
Nador |

* Released: 24 July 2015
* Label: Sony Music
* Formats: CD, digital download

| 13 | 58 | 36
Que Walou |

* Released: 1 June 2018
* Label: Sony Music
* Formats: CD, digital download

| 12 | 46 | 29

### Extended plays

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Title  | Details

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Hellwach |

* Released: 2015
* Label: Sony Music
* Format: Digital download

### Singles

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications | Album

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GER | AUT | SWI
"Lieblingsmensch"  | 2015  | 1 | 2 | 14  |

* GER: 3× Gold
* AUT: Gold
* SWI: Gold

| Nador
"Hellwach"  | 62 | — | —  |
"Kompliziert"  | 2016  | 60 | — | —  |
"Je ne parle pas français (Beatgees Remix)"
(featuring Black M) | 2018  | 1 | 16
[5] | 7  |

* GER: Platinum
* AUT: Gold
* SWI: Platinum

| Que Walou

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
* 2018 Das Deutschlandlied \- Live

#### As featured artist

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Title  | Year  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications | Album

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GER
[6]
"Lass sie tanzen"
(Ali As featuring Namika) | 2016  | 37  |

* GER: Gold

| Euphoria
"Traum"
(Ufo361 featuring Namika) | 2017  | —  |  | Ich bin 3 Berliner
"Holidays Are Coming"
(The Kingdom Choir featuring Camélia Jordana & Namika) | 2018  | 97  |  | Non-album single

## Awards

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* 1Live Krone 2015: Nominated for Best Female Artist

## References

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1. ^ "Namika". BBC Music. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
2. ^ "Namika im Interview: "Als Kind war ich traurig, keine richtige Deutsche zu sein" - Wildwechsel" (in German). 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
3. ^ "Videos". namikamusik.de. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
4. ^ "Namika - Je ne parle pas français [Beatgees Remix] feat. Black M (Official Video)". YouTube. 13 Apr 2018. Retrieved 25 Aug 2024.
5. ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40: Single-Charts - Ö3 Charts". 8 November 2019.
6. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Ann Sophie" (enter "Ann Sophie" into the "Suchen" box). German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Namika.

* Namika's Website
* Namika discography at Discogs
* Namika at laut.de
* Namika at JIVE (Label from Sony Music Entertainment)
* «Als Kind war ich traurig, keine richtige Deutsche zu sein»
* Article about Namika in Die Welt
* Namika on YouTube

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany

Artists|

* MusicBrainz