Maite Kelly

Maite Star Kelly (born 4 December 1979) is a German-born Irish singer and actress. The second youngest child of The Kelly Family, she is the only one born in Germany. When she was younger, Kelly worked singing with her family. Later she started a solo career.

Maite Kelly
Kelly in 2020.
Born	Maite Star Kelly (1979-12-04) 4 December 1979 (age 43) West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany)
Nationality	German
Occupation	Singer
Spouse	Florent Michel Raimond ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2018)​
Children	3
Musical career
Genres	pop Schlager
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Electrola

Biography

Kelly was born in West Berlin to Daniel and Barbara Kelly. She is one of The Kelly Family, a music group made up of members of the extended Kelly family. Their style of music is folk, pop and pop rock. Her siblings first appeared as Kelly Kids in 1974 and they traveled through the USA and Europe under the name The Kelly Family from 1978 and performed numerous free concerts in public places and pedestrian zones as street musicians. Though she was born in Germany, Kelly was educated in the USA. However she lives in Cologne. She was married to model Florent Michel Raimond with whom she had three children. Her first solo album was released in 2007. She went on to take part in the German version of the musical Hairspray and appear in Dancing with the stars. Kelly wrote the children's book, Die kleine Hummel Bommel which was published in 2015. In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for "her role model as an artist and socially committed citizen" and in 2019 she was given an award by SWR4.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		GER ^[10]	AUT ^[11]	SWI ^[12]
The Unofficial Album	Released: 1 October 2011 Label: Delta Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—
Das volle Programm	Released: 16 September 2011 Label: Polydor Formats: CD, digital download	23	—	—
Wie ich bin	Released: 29 March 2013 Label: Telamo Formats: CD, digital download	87	—	—
Sieben Leben für dich	Released: 14 October 2016 Label: Electrola Formats: CD, digital download	8	8	23	GER: 3× Gold^[13]
Die Liebe siegt sowieso	Released: 12 October 2018 Label: Electrola Formats: CD, digital download	3	4	4	AUT: Gold^[14] GER: Gold^[13]
Hello!	Released: 19 March 2021 Label: Electrola Formats: CD, digital download	1	1	3

References

1. "Alle Infos & News zu Maite Kelly". vip.de (in German). 28 March 1907. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
2. "Suche". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. GmbH, aberratio. "Datenbank: BVMI". BVMI (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2020.
4. "Verleihung des Landesverdienstordens am 24. August 2012 - Das Landesp…". archive.vn (in German). 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
5. Bw, Swr4 (18 October 2019). "Durchstarter 2019 - die Preisverleihung". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 1 May 2020.
6. "Maite Kelly - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
7. "Merkel's Decade: A new Germany dances to a lighter rhythm". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
8. Beile, Mirjam (6 November 2018). "Maite Kelly: Darum macht sie beim Family-Comeback nicht mit". www.bildderfrau.de (in German).
9. "Keeping it Kelly". The Irish Times. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
10. "Chartvelfolgung / Maite Kelly / Longplay" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "Austrian Charts > Maite Kelly" (in German). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "Swiss Charts > Maite Kelly" (in German). swisscharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (US5)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
14. "IFPI Austria Gold & Platin". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Austria. Retrieved 27 March 2021.