Nina Chuba Explained

Nina Chuba
Birth Name:Nina Katrin Kaiser
Birth Date:14 October 1998
Birth Place:Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Years Active:2008–present
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Instrument:Vocals
Label:Jive Germany

Nina Katrin Kaiser (born 14 October 1998), known professionally as Nina Chuba, is a German singer and actress.[2] She was born in Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein and rose to prominence in 2022 with her single "Wildberry Lillet", reaching number one on both the Austrian and German charts.[3] [4]

At the age of seven, she began her acting career in the children's television series Die Pfefferkörner.[5] Following a move to Berlin in 2018, Chuba began releasing music, with the English-language EPs Power and Average. In October 2021, she released her first German-language single "Neben mir".[6] Her debut album Glas was released on 24 February 2023.[7] It reached sixth place in the global album debut charts on Spotify and topped the album charts of Germany and Austria.[8] Following a 13-month hiatus, she returned with the self-titled single "Nina" on 12 April 2024.[9]

Career

2018–2021: Power and Average

Following a move to Berlin in 2018, Nina Chuba began to release music. Initially performing in English, she expressed her reluctance to sing in German as "everything sounds cheesy more quickly", whereas in English, "you can have whack lyrics and a nice melody, and it's fine".[6] Her first single "White Shirt" was released in July 2019, and was followed by a further five singles over the next year. These six singles were released as the Power extended play on 31 July 2020.[10]

On 27 November 2020, Chuba released the single "Babylon Fall", her first since Power. The track saw her leaning further into a hip hop sound.[11] It was included on the Average EP, released on 4 June 2021.[12]

2021–present: Glas

On 1 October 2021, Nina Chuba released her first German-language single, "Neben mir" about a toxic love affair.[13] On 12 August 2022, Chuba released the single "Wildberry Lillet". On the track, she raps about her desire to get rich and gain further commercial success.[14] The song quickly achieved virality on TikTok.[6] Debuting at number two in Germany, the song became her first single to chart in her home country. The following week, it rose to number one, where it would spend four non-consecutive weeks.[3] A remix was released of the song with rapper Juju, for which a music video was released on 16 September 2022.[15] The singles "Ich hass dich", "Glatteis" and "Mangos mit Chili" were also released in promotion of her debut studio album Glas, released via Jive Records on 24 February 2023.[16] The album topped the charts in Germany and Austria, and was certified gold in Germany for shipments exceeding 300,000 copies.

Following the release of Glas, Chuba took a 13-month break, before releasing the self-titled single "Nina" on 12 April 2024.[9] In April and May 2024, she embarked on the Glas Tour, with 16 sold-out arena dates in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[17] On 24 May 2024, she released the single "80qm". A music video for the track was released on the same day. It is a break-up song, with the title referring to her reclamation of the 80 square metres of apartment space she previously shared with her partner.[18] On 8 November 2024, she released the single "Fata Morgana" ahead of the release of the Farbenblind EP on 6 December 2024.[19] In late 2025, she will embark on her first large-scale arena tour with dates in Germany and Switzerland.[17]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[20]
AUT
[21]
SWI
[22]
"My Time"2018
"White Shirt"2019Power EP
"I Owe You Nothing"
"Lips Shut"
"I Can't Sleep"2020
"Power"
"King"
"Jungle"Power EP
"Trying Not to Think About You"
"Babylon Fall"Average EP
"Yellow Black Blue"2021
"Who Hurt You"
"22s"
"Levitating"Average EP
"Neben mir"Glas
"Molly Moon"
"Alles gleich"Glas
"Nicht allein"2022
"Femminello"Glas
"Tracksuit Velours"
"Wildberry Lillet"1 1 6
"Ich hass dich"
8 12 31
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
"Glatteis"19 54 74
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
"Mangos mit Chili"20234 13 56
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI SWI: Gold
"Ich glaub ich will heut nicht mehr gehen"
13 16 28
"Nina"202415 26 28rowspan="2"
"80qm"15 25 38
"Randali"
28 44 Helldunkel
"Fata Morgana"2 3 7Farbenblind
" - " denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
AUT
CIS
Air.

[26]
KAZ
Air.

[27]
RUS
Air.

[28]
SWI
"Zorn & Liebe"
202255 Zorn & Liebe
"AMG"
20238 14 19
"Fühlst du gar nichts?"
202433 Schlaraffenland
"Liebe"
8 17 53 28 36 34Nur für Dich 2
" - " denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Awards

1 Live Krone

HipHop.de-Awards

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: "HipHop sollte kein engstirniges Genre sein" - Nina Chuba im Interview. Luca Mosbacher. LYRICS magazin. 24 February 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023-01-26. de. Castupload - Nina Kaiser.
  3. Web site: Nina Chuba - Wildberry Lillet. 24 May 2024. Offizielle Deutsche Charts. de.
  4. Web site: Wildberry Lillet by Nina Chuba - Music Charts . 2023-01-31 . acharts.co.
  5. News: Wienke. Dagmar. 9 December 2022. Porträt: Von der Schauspielerin zur Musikerin - das ist Nina Chuba . 31 January 2023. Rheinische Post. de.
  6. News: Karger. Lena. Wie werde ich ein Superstar? Wie sich Nina Chuba auf TikTok zum Popwunder macht. 26 January 2023. Die Welt. 4 November 2022. de.
  7. Kej . Enwie . 2023-01-02 . Nina CHUBA veröffentlicht ihr Album GLAS . 2023-01-26 . Der Vinylist . de-DE.
  8. Web site: Top Albums Debut Global (February 24–26) . 2023-02-28 . Instagram.
  9. Schneider. Pia. 2024-04-11. Nina Chuba ist wieder da!. 2024-04-12. DIFFUS. de-DE.
  10. Web site: McIntyre. Cal. 30 April 2020. "Power" by Nina Chuba. 24 May 2024. Notion. en.
  11. Web site: Fulton. Robin. 6 December 2020. Nina Chuba watches "Babylon Fall" on latest single. 24 May 2024. Earmilk. en.
  12. Web site: 7 June 2021. Nina Chuba Levitating. 24 May 2024. The Lowdown. en.
  13. Niang. Yannick. 4 October 2021. "Neben mir": Nina Chuba gesteht sich ihr inneres Durcheinander ein. 24 May 2024. Diffus. de-DE.
  14. Kropfitsch. Johanna. 8 April 2023. "Wildberry Lillet" mit Nachgeschmack: Warum der Hass gegen Nina Chuba ungerechtfertigt ist. 24 May 2024. DIFFUS. de-DE.
  15. Web site: 16 September 2022. Wer ist "Wildberry Lillet"-Sängerin Nina Chuba?. 24 May 2024. bigFM. de.
  16. News: Sager. Eva. 24 February 2023. Nina Chuba: Gelived, gelaughed, geloved. 24 May 2024. Die Zeit. de-DE. 0044-2070.
  17. News: Hofmann. Marc R.. 18 May 2024. Star-Allüren? Nina Chuba lässt sich an diesem Abend in Berlin bitten. 24 May 2024. Berliner Morgenpost. de.
  18. Web site: Nina Chuba: "80 QM" frisch gewonnene Freiheit. 24 May 2024. 24 May 2024. laut.de. de.
  19. Kej. Enwie. 2024-11-06. Neue EP von NINA CHUBA - FARBENBLIND. 2024-11-07. Der Vinylist. de.
  20. Web site: Nina Chuba - Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 2023-01-26 . www.offiziellecharts.de.
  21. Web site: Discographie Nina Chuba - austriancharts.at . 2024-11-20 . austriancharts.at.
  22. Web site: Discographie Nina Chuba - hitparade.ch . 2024-11-20 . hitparade.ch.
  23. Germany. Nina Chuba. 6 July 2023.
  24. Austria. Nina Chuba. 16 March 2023.
  25. Switzerland. Nina Chuba. 16 March 2023.
  26. Web site: Top Radio Hits Global Weekly Chart: Nov 21, 2024. TopHit. 22 November 2024.
  27. Web site: Top Radio Hits Kazakhstan Weekly Chart: Nov 21, 2024. TopHit. 22 November 2024.
  28. Web site: Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart: Nov 21, 2024. TopHit. 22 November 2024.
  29. Web site: 2022-12-09. 2022-12-09. Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Nina Chuba gewinnt die 1LIVE Krone 2022. 1.wdr.de.
  30. Web site: 2022-12-09. 2022-12-09. Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Nina Chuba gewinnt die 1LIVE Krone 2022. 1.wdr.de.
  31. Web site: 2023-01-28. de. Alle Gewinner*innen der Hiphop.de Awards 2022. hiphop.de.