Maite Kelly
Maite Star Kelly (born 4 December 1979) is a German-born Irish-American singer and actress, who is the second youngest child of The Kelly Family and is the only one born in Germany. When she was younger, Kelly worked singing with her family. Later, she started a solo career.
Also recorded as Maite Star Kelly
Maite Kelly
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- Name
- Maite Kelly
- Birth Name
- Maite Star Kelly
- Born
- 4 December 1979
- Birthplace
- West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany)
- Occupation
- Singer
- Nationality
- Ireland · United States · Germany
- Fields
- music · guitar performance · bass guitar performance · percussion instrument
- Honours
- Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia · Umweltmedienpreis
- Languages
- German · English
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Maite Star Kelly (born 4 December 1979) is a German-born Irish-American singer and actress, who is the second youngest child of The Kelly Family and is the only one born in Germany. When she was younger, Kelly worked singing with her family. Later, she started a solo career.
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The recorded working language is German and English. The field of work recorded is music, guitar performance and bass guitar performance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Cologne. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia and Umweltmedienpreis.
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Key facts
• Name — Maite Kelly • Birth Name — Maite Star Kelly • Born — 4 December 1979 • Birthplace — West Berlin, West Germany (now Berlin, Germany) • Occupation — Singer • Children — 3
Biography
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.
Studio albums
Studio albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Certifications • GER — AUT — SWI • 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 • Die Liebe siegt sowieso — *Released: 12 October 2018 *Label: Electrola *Formats: CD, digital download — 3 — 4 — 4 — *AUT: Gold *GER: Gold • Hello! — *Released: 19 March 2021 *Label: Electrola *Formats: CD, digital download — 1 — 1 — 3 • Nur Liebe — *Released: 28 March 2024 *Label: Electrola *Formats: CD, digital download — 2 — 2 — 4
Identity
Identity
Maite Kelly is recorded with the occupation musical theatre actor. Recorded as singer, actress, musician, guitarist and writer.
Life and career
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1979
Maite Kelly was born on 4 December 1979.
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- “Maite Kelly”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.CK. Maite Kelly. schlagerportal.com.
- 2.Das Leben von Maite Kelly. schlagerparadies.de.
- 3.Biografie Maite Kelly. Schlager.de.
- 4.Seitenwechsel: Die Neue in der Jury auf rtl.de.
- 5.Maite Kelly in Quarantäne!: Schauspieldebüt! vom 8. April 2014 auf schlagerplanet.de
- 6.Maite Kelly erweckt „Die kleine Hummel Bommel“ zum Leben vom 16. Januar 2015 auf schlagerplanet.com.
- 7.Kleine Hummel Bommel Bücher in der richtigen Reihenfolge vom 12. März 2020 auf buechertreff.de
- 8.Barbara Schöneberger & Maite Kelly vs. KLUBBB3 – Mädchen gegen Jungs.
- 9.Roland Kaiser & Maite Kelly – No Risk, No Fun.
- 10.Roland Kaiser und Maite Kelly: Lyric Video zu „Klinget hell ihr Glocken“. schlagerplanet.com.
- 11.Martina Rehmer. Weihnachtliche Coverversion. abba.de. 2019-11-05.
- 12.Chartquellen: Deutschland Österreich Schweiz
- 13.https://www.universal-music.de/maitekelly/news/die-neue-single-ich-brauch-einen-mann-von-maite-kelly-268628
- 14.Jahrescharts Deutschland Konservativ Pop.
- 15.Maite Kelly – Love, Maite – das Beste … bis jetzt!. universal-music.de.
- 16.Nach Trennung vor 2,5 Jahren – Ehe annulliert: Deswegen sind Maite Kelly und ihr Ex Florent Raimond nicht geschieden auf rtl.de
- 17.Was macht eigentlich... Maite Kelly? vom 16. August 2005 auf stern.de.
- 18.https://www.krebshilfe.de/informieren/ueber-uns/unsere-botschafter/
- 19.Maite Kelly – Vom Hippiekind zum Schlagerstar bei Youtube
- 20.Verleihung des Landesverdienstordens am 24. August 2012. 2012-08-24.
- 21.smago! exklusiv: Alle Preisträger der smago! Award Verleihung vom 13.01.2019!. smago.de. 2019-01-13.
- 22.SWR4 Festival 2019 Durchstarter 2019 – die Preisverleihung. 20191019093538.
- 23.smago! top-exklusiv: Die Preisträger mit den vollständigen Award-Kategorien!. smago.de. 2021-06-13.
- 24.Jasmin Twardawa. Das waren die "Schlagerchampions" 2026: Alle Ausgezeichneten im Überblick. Schlager.de. 2026-01-10.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Maite Star Kelly. Her recorded languages were German and English. She was the child of Dan Kelly and Barbara-Ann Kelly. She married Florent Raimond. Kelly worked in music, guitar performance, bass guitar performance, percussion instrument and musical play. She belonged to The Kelly Family. She worked at Cologne.
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