associated_acts years_active birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
nena , kim wilde , thomas anders 1974 -- present west berlin , germany cbs , bmi , dsign music non_vocal_instrumentalist 10 march 1960 keyboards ndw , pop , rock jörn-uwe fahrenkrog-petersen
 jörn-uwe fahrenkrog-petersen musician , songwriter , music producer
jörn-uwe fahrenkrog-petersen

jörn-uwe fahrenkrog-petersen -lrb- born march 10 , 1960 -rrb- is a keyboard player , producer and composer .
for two decades he has been one of the most known and successful international composers/music producers and artists coming from germany .
with a hit record of more than 60 gold and platinum record awards worldwide , multiple international # 1 records .
a total of over 65 mill .
sold units in usa , uk , japan and germany .
the last four years he has scored 6 x # 1 single hits and 5 x # 1 albums .
he was nominated for the `` echo awards '' as a producer of the year two times , and nominated for the german emmy award as host/judge for the tv show `` pop stars '' .
born in berlin , he first played in a band called `` vanguard '' in 1974 -- 1977 composing their own rock opera .
concerts where conducted with compelling artistic video projections from a then young french artist .
in 1978 , uwe joined the band `` odessa '' with the bassplayer jürgen dehmel winning the berlin music contest award as `` best rock band '' .
uwe joined the band nena in 1981 , having his biggest success in the us with the # 1 hitsong `` 99 luftballons '' , while being even more successful in german-speaking countries throughout the 1980s .
when the band split in 1987 he moved to new york .
in new york he formed the band-project voodoox as a keyboard player and co-producer , together with frontman jean beauvoir formerly member of the plasmatics and little steven 's disciples of soul .
the album `` vol .
1 : the awakening '' was released in 1989 .
metal hammer uk called it the `` best hard rock album of the decade '' .
in the early 2000s uwe worked as a composer for movie soundtracks in hollywood .
`` all the queen 's men '' in 2001 followed by 2002s original motion picture soundtrack for `` igby goes down '' .
in the past years he was also hosting `` popstars '' and other tv projects in germany , while continuously producing successful albums for numerous international artists such as 'n sync and kim wilde .
in 2011 , uwe joined forces with former modern talking lead singer thomas anders as a dance-pop duo anders/fahrenkrog .
the two released their first single `` gigolo '' on may 27 , 2011 , followed by the album `` two '' on june 10 the album peaking at # 11 in german album charts .
their follow-up record is said to be released in mid-2013 .
uwe has since 2012 been signed to dsign music and is a part of the dsign music family .
he is also signed to bmi for publishing .
