Soluna Samay Kettel was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala to a German father, musician Gerd G. Kettel (stage name Gee Gee Kettel) and a Swiss mother, artist Annelis Ziegler. She grew up on the shores of Lago de Atitlán, Guatemala and attended the Robert Muller LIFE school. Soluna moved to Denmark in 2000 when her parents purchased a small farm on Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Soluna is multilingual speaking fluent English, Danish, Spanish and German. Her name is derived from the Spanish words sol and luna, meaning Sun and Moon. Soluna has a Swiss passport, so, officially she is Swiss.[1]
Music careeredit
Soluna's music career began aged 5 when she joined her father on drums and soon after began singing along. At the age of 10 she switched to electric bass, at 16 to upright bass. With her parents she spent her summers touring and playing music on the streets of Europe, and winters living in Guatemala. Soluna started to learn guitar around the age of 12, when she also wrote her first songs.
The song performed 13th in the first semi-final and finished 9th to qualify for the Eurovision final where she finished 23rd.
Debut albumedit
Soluna recorded her debut album "Sing Out Loud" over a two-year period, produced by Jesper Mejlvang and Michael Friis. It was released by Baltic Records on 23 September 2011.
soluna, samay, kettel, pronunciation, born, august, 1990, guatemala, city, guatemala, guatemalan, danish, singer, swiss, german, origin, based, denmark, samay, represented, denmark, eurovision, song, contest, 2012, baku, azerbaijan, with, entry, should, known,. Soluna Samay Kettel pronunciation born 27 August 1990 Guatemala City Guatemala is a Guatemalan Danish singer of Swiss and German origin based in Denmark Samay represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku Azerbaijan with her entry Should ve Known Better Soluna SamayBackground informationBorn 1990 08 27 27 August 1990 age 33 Guatemala City GuatemalaOriginBornholm DenmarkGenresPop rock acoustic pop acoustic rock pop rock soft rock folk rockYears active2001 2001 present present LabelsBaltic RecordsWebsitesolunasamay wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 3 National final and Eurovision 2012 4 Debut album 5 Discography 5 1 Gee Gee amp Soluna 5 2 Soluna Samay 5 2 1 Albums 5 2 2 Singles 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editSoluna Samay Kettel was born in Guatemala City Guatemala to a German father musician Gerd G Kettel stage name Gee Gee Kettel and a Swiss mother artist Annelis Ziegler She grew up on the shores of Lago de Atitlan Guatemala and attended the Robert Muller LIFE school Soluna moved to Denmark in 2000 when her parents purchased a small farm on Bornholm a Danish island in the Baltic Sea Soluna is multilingual speaking fluent English Danish Spanish and German Her name is derived from the Spanish words sol and luna meaning Sun and Moon Soluna has a Swiss passport so officially she is Swiss 1 Music career editSoluna s music career began aged 5 when she joined her father on drums and soon after began singing along At the age of 10 she switched to electric bass at 16 to upright bass With her parents she spent her summers touring and playing music on the streets of Europe and winters living in Guatemala Soluna started to learn guitar around the age of 12 when she also wrote her first songs National final and Eurovision 2012 editMain articles Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Soluna was chosen as a wildcard entry by DR1 for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Danish Eurovision Song Contest singing a song called Should ve Known Better written by Remee Isam B Outlandish and A Sulaiman and produced by Chief1 She won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 on 21 January over Jesper Nohrstedt and Christian Brons amp Patrik Isaksson and won the right to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Results from the voting of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 2 Artist Song nbsp Norway nbsp Russia nbsp Germany nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Denmark Televoting Total 01 Soluna Samay Should ve Known Better 10 10 10 12 12 56 110 02 Jesper Nohrstedt Take Our Hearts 12 12 12 10 10 46 102 03 Christian Brons amp Patrik Isaksson Venter 8 8 8 8 8 48 88 The song performed 13th in the first semi final and finished 9th to qualify for the Eurovision final where she finished 23rd Debut album editSoluna recorded her debut album Sing Out Loud over a two year period produced by Jesper Mejlvang and Michael Friis It was released by Baltic Records on 23 September 2011 Discography editGee Gee amp Soluna edit The Beat Goes On Ozella Music 2001 Thinking Of You Ozella Music 2004 Movin On Chocolate Factory 2006 Lucky Seven Funky Farm Records 2007 Just Passing Through Chocolate Factory 2008 Streetwise Funky Farm 2009 The Best amp the Rest Chocolate Factory 2011 Soluna Samay edit Albums edit Title Album details Sing Out Loud Released 23 April 2012 Label ArtPeople Baltic Records Formats CD digital download Soluna Samay Released 17 June 2013 Label RE A CH Sony Music Formats CD digital download Golden Released 23 September 2016 Label Gateway Music Formats CD digital download Singles edit Year Title Peak chart positions Album DEN 3 AUT 4 GER 5 SWI 6 2003 I Wish I Was a Seagull Non album single 2011 Two Seconds Ago Sing Out Loud Should ve Known Better 1 51 51 67 Soluna Samay 2012 Come Again The Quetzal 7 18 Humble 2013 L O V E If Women Ruled the World 8 References edit Soluna Samay Interview Meet Denmark s Eurovision 2012 Contestant 8 February 2012 First an international jury gave points to each of the final three contestants and afterwards the points from the Televoters were given Soluna Samay Danish Charts danishcharts dk Hung Medien Soluna Samay Austrian Charts austriancharts at Hung Medien Soluna Samay Music Charts aCharts us Soluna Samay Swiss Charts hitparade ch Hung Medien Stories L O V E Single by Soluna Samay iTunes 29 April 2013 External links editOfficial website Soluna Samay at IMDb Preceded byA Friend in Londonwith New Tomorrow Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest2012 Succeeded byEmmelie de Forestwith Only Teardrops Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Soluna Samay amp oldid 1209097782, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
