Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut known professionally as Lena, is a German singer-songwriter. With three songs, Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the German singles chart. Both "Satellite" and her first album My Cassette Player debuted at number one in Germany, while the former has been certified double Platinum since, the album has been certified five times Gold for sales of over 500,000 units.
Early life[]
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born in Hanover, Germany. She is the granddaughter of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, the Estonian-born West German ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989 and Hanna Karatsony von Hodos who was of Hungarian nobility. She grew up as an only child, and started taking dancing lessons at the age of five; initially doing ballet and later practising various modern styles, including hip-hop and jazz dance. Meyer-Landrut grew fond of singing and appeared as an extra in a number of German television series; however she never received any formal acting or vocal training. In June 2010 she graduated from IGS Roderbruch Hannover, a comprehensive school, receiving her Abitur diploma.
Discography[]
Albums[]
Studio albums[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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GER |
AUT |
BEL (FL) |
DEN |
FIN |
GRE |
NOR |
SWE |
SWI | ||||
My Cassette Player |
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1 | 1 | 54 | 40 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| |
Good News |
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1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
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Stardust |
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2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 |
| |
Crystal Sky |
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2 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Singles[]
As lead artist[]
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
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GER |
AUT |
BEL (FL) |
DEN |
FIN |
NLD |
NOR |
SWE |
SWI |
UK | |||||
2010 | "Satellite" | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
|
My Cassette Player | |
"Touch a New Day" | 13 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2011 | "Taken by a Stranger" | 2 | 18 | 24 | — | — | 92 | — | — | 29 | 117 | Good News | ||
"What a Man" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2012 | "Stardust" | 2 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — |
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Stardust | |
2013 | "Neon (Lonely People)" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Mr. Arrow Key" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2015 | "Traffic Lights" | 14 | 48 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Crystal Sky | ||
"Wild & Free" | 8 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — |
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2016 | "Beat to My Melody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Promotional singles[]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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GER | AUT |
SWI | |||
2010 | "Bee" | 3 | 26 | 27 | My Cassette Player |
"Love Me" | 4 | 28 | 39 |
Other charted songs[]
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
---|---|---|---|
GER | |||
2011 | "Push Forward" | 15 | Good News |
"Maybe" | 53 | ||
"A Million And One" | 55 | ||
"Mama Told Me" | 58 | ||
"Satellite" (Rockabilly Version) (with Stefan Raab) | 24 | Grand Prix Clubhits | |
2012 | "Time" | 52 | Stardust (Single) |
2013 | "Revolution" (with Dicks on Fire) | 63 | Hits Total |