Senna Guemmour

Senna Guemmour (born 28 December 1979[1]) is a German singer, songwriter and television presenter. She was a member of the pop group Monrose.

Senna Guemmour
Senna Guemmour (March 2015)
Background information
Birth nameSenna Guemmour
Born (1979-12-28) 28 December 1979
Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
  • television presenter
Years active2006–present
Labels
Associated actsMonrose

Early life

Guemmour was born in Frankfurt to a Moroccan mother and Algerian father [2] She grew up in the housing estate of Frankfurt-Nordweststadt. Guemmour's father died in 1992. Shaped by her life in the urban area, Guemmour became interested in hip hop culture and music; she also worked as a waitress.[1]

Career
Guemmour performing with Monrose at Cologne Pride (July 2009)

In 2003, Guemmour auditioned for the television show Popstars – Das Duell, but was eliminated during the callback. In 2006, she auditioned again, this time for Popstars – Neue Engel braucht das Land where she made it throughout the entire competition and became a member of the girl group Monrose. The group turned out to be very popular, attaining two number-one singles on the German Singles Charts ("Shame" and "Hot Summer") and landing a total of seven top-10 hits, of which six of them were attained before 2008.

In 2007, Guemmour collaborated with German musician Dieter Falk on the track "Kein Schöner Land", from his album Volkslieder. The following year, she was featured on German rapper Kool Savas' single "Melodie", which reached a peak position of 68 on the Official German Charts' Top 100 Singles chart.[3]

On 9 September 2008, Guemmour, along with Oliver Petszokat, began hosting the German edition of The Singing Bee on television channel ProSieben; the program ran until early 2009. Furthermore, she served a jury member of the German talent show Mascerade.

On 25 November 2010, Monrose announced that they would disband in early 2011. Guemmour would later continue her career as a television presenter by co-hosting the German version of Deal With It (known as Iss oder quizz) with Lutz van der Horst; the program aired on ZDFneo for 56 episodes between March 2011 and March 2012.[4]

Guemmour served as a judge on the tenth season of Popstars, which aired on ProSeiben in the summer of 2012.

Discography

With Monrose
Main article: Monrose discography
Title Year Peaks Album
GER
"Melodie"
(Kool Savas featuring Senna and Meo Mitchell)		 2008 68 Tot oder Lebendig

References
  1. ""Senna – Eine Frau mit vielen Gesichter"". ProSieben. 2006.
  2. "DER DEMOKRATISCHE STAR - DER SPIEGEL 1/2009". Spiegel.de.
  3. "Monrose-Senna singt fremd". T-Online. 2008.
  4. "RESTAURANT-QUIZ – „Iss oder quizz": ZDFneo mit neuer Vorabend-Show". DWDL.de. 2011.


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