In advance already tipped as the favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest, Lena finally became a rising star in the night of May 29th, 2010 - far beyond Germany’s borders. With her winning song Satelliteas well as with her debut album My Cassette Player she topped the international music charts, e.g. in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.
Ever since her phenomenal triumph in Norway, Lena’s life has changed completely. Interview and autograph requests from fans worldwide as well as concerts and award shows define her life nowadays. She can easily cope with her new life though. “Especially when I’m back home, I can relax without any problems. You surely develop your own techniques and tricks, but there are no real relax rituals,” she says.
In the meantime Lena’s trophy cabinet in her first own apartment in Cologne is filling up with awards quickly: SWR 3 (one of the biggest public radio stations in Germany) has decorated her asNewcomer Of The Year in 2010, she received two 1Live-Krone for “Best Single” and “Best Artist”, and the magazine Hörzu just awarded her the Goldene Kamera for Best Music Act National on February 5th, 2011.
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Now Lena’s second studio album Good News has been released in Germany on February 8th topping the German charts as well as achieving Gold status in its first week.
“On Good News you can find the songs that I liked best out of a huge selection of songs and demo versions we had. They have been sent in by numerous German and international producers. Stefan Raab, the team and I sat together for hours listening to the songs. We started in September, by December we had the basic structure and we started recording everything,” Lena recalls. The result is a multilayered sound and style spectrum sounding absolutely homogeneous. Up-tempo songs take turns with catchy ballads.
On the 18th of February the song to be performed in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest has been selected by the German TV audience: Taken By A Stranger. After the huge success of her 2010Satellite and her album My Cassette Player, Lena will once again charm Europe with her latest effort.
Find out more about Lena's entry on the official participant profile! Be sure to check out the official preview video of Taken By A Stranger below as well:
