Namika

Biography

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

Hamdi was born and grew up in Frankfurt. Her parents are Berbers from the Moroccan coastal city of Nador.
She released her debut album, Nador×Nador19 May 2015 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Nador3:31, on 21 July 2015. The album includes her first single, "Lieblingsmensch×Lieblingsmensch7 August 2015 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Lieblingsmensch3:122Lieblingsmensch (Beatgees remix)3:203Lieblingsmensch (Übernice remix)3:064Lieblingsmensch (instrumental)3:10". 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, including the song Na-Mi-Ka, which is from her EP Hellwach×Hellwach28 August 2015 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Hellwach (Buvisoco Version)2:592Mein Film3:153Na-Mi-Ka3:024Immer Noch Wir3:225Zehn Vor Vier2:53. 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×Je ne parle pas français13 April 2018 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Je ne parle pas français3:00", the remix of which features French rapper Black M. The song reached number one in the German charts. On 1 July, she released her second studio album Que Walou×Que Walou1 June 2018 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Que Walou3:262Alles was zählt3:223Je ne parle pas français3:014Ok2:455Programm2:386Liebe Liebe3:297Dschungel im Kopf2:508Parkbank2:599DNA2:5610Ahmed (1960–2002)3:0511Hände3:5312Comic3:2313Roboterliebe3:1414Kronleuchterlicht1:5515Ich will dich vermissen3:0116Zirkus3:40.
Hamdi performed three songs as a competitor in the 2015 New Music Award competition.

Singles

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