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Lou
Person · female · Germany · Waghäusel · born 1963 · recording since 2003
German singer
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Also known as Lou & Band · Lou Hoffner · Lou Hoffner · Marie-Luise Hoffner · Marie-Luise Steinle
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1960s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Let’s Get Happy
First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography225 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1283847101
Biography
Louise Hoffner (born 27 October 1963), known professionally as Lou, is a German pop singer. She toured with her band for 15 years, in Germany as well as abroad.
Eurovision
Lou participated in the 2001 Eurovision national finals, coming in third place. Shortly before Christmas 2002, composer Ralph Siegel asked her if she would be interested in competing in the national finals again with "Let's Get Happy", a song he had written with lyricist Bernd Meinunger.
Lou won the German 2003 finals on 7 March, which qualified her to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga where she came in 11th place. In March 2006, she made a guest appearance at that year's German Eurovision preselection, singing "Let's Get Happy" in a medley of past German Eurovision entries.
Personal life
Lou was born in Waghäusel, the sixth child of her parents.
Albums
1999 PartyGang Live (Promo Album)
2003 For You (Jupiter Records/Sony BMG)
2004 Ich will leben (Goodlife Records/ZYX)
2011 Blaue Nacht
2013 Gefühl On The Rocks
Singles
2001 Happy Birthday Party, Sha La La La Lee
2003 Let's get happy, Sunshine Dancing / The show must go on, Lou Tango
2004 Dankeschoen, Ich werd dich lieben (Ich werd dich hassen), Ich will leben
2009 Im Labyrinth der Liebe, Dein Bild in meinem Portmonnaie, Heut Nacht oder nie
2013 Im Labyrinth der Liebe, Heut Nacht oder nie
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:43
1Let's Get Happy3:042Be My Baby3:073For You (Cos I Love You)4:134Sunshine Dancing3:515Sha La La La Lee3:006Friends Are Friends3:057Just Feel Good (We're Gonna Party Tonight)4:278Lou Tango4:089All We Need Is a Little Bit of Love4:0910Happy Birthday Party3:0411The Show Must Go On3:5312Good Night My Friends4:3313Let's Get Happy (dance mix)4:4214Let's Get Happy (Marco De Jouge-mix)6:27
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Let’s Get HappySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 5 tracks · 24:08A1Let’s Get Happy (Marco de Jouge mix)5:24 A2Let’s Get Happy (Villa & Gant trance mix)6:11 B1Let’s Get Happy (Villa & Vernett-2-Step-mix)4:17 B2Let’s Get Happy (Lounge mix)3:36 B3Let’s Get Happy (dance mix)4:40 | Remix | 2003 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Lou head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e74ffd20-8b20-4d9e-81af-e8ee146aea51discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e74ffd20-8b20-4d9e-81af-e8ee146aea51core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451310genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451310seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_%28German_singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_%28German_singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of German musicians
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Wikidata: Q451310 · MusicBrainz: e74ffd20-8b20-4d9e-81af-e8ee146aea51
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