Ronnie Atkins
Ronnie Atkins (born Paul Christensen on 16 November 1964) is a Danish singer, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist and primary songwriter for heavy metal band Pretty Maids. Atkins co-founded Pretty Maids in Horsens, Denmark in 1981 with guitarist Ken Hammer. Pretty Maids has released sixteen studio albums, four live albums and four extended plays.
Also recorded as Paul Christensen
Ronnie Atkins
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- Name
- Ronnie Atkins
- Birth Name
- Paul Christensen
- Born
- 16 November 1964
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Full name
- Paul Christensen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark.
- Languages
- Danish.
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Ronnie Atkins (born Paul Christensen on 16 November 1964) is a Danish singer, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist and primary songwriter for heavy metal band Pretty Maids. Atkins co-founded Pretty Maids in Horsens, Denmark in 1981 with guitarist Ken Hammer. Pretty Maids has released sixteen studio albums, four live albums and four extended plays.
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Biography
Biography
He released his first solo album, One Shot, in 2021, followed by his sophomore album, Make It Count, in 2022.
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Key facts
• Name — Ronnie Atkins • Birth Name — Paul Christensen • Born — 16 November 1964 • Genre — * Hard rock • heavy metal • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • Label — Frontiers • Current Member Of — * Pretty Maids • Nordic Union • Avantasia
Health
Health
Atkins has been diagnosed with and treating lung cancer since August 2019.
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Life and career
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1964
Ronnie Atkins born at Vejle.
Discography
• Studio albums • One Shot (2021) • Make It Count (2022) • Trinity (2023) • Extended plays • 4 More Shots (2021) • Symphomaniac (2022) • Nordic Union • Nordic Union (2016) • Second Coming (2018) • Animalistic (2022) • Avantasia • The Mystery of Time (2013), guest on Invoke The Machine • Ghostlights (2016), guest on Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Unchain the Light and Wake up to the Moon • Moonglow (2019), guest on Book of Shallows, Starlight and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn • A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society (2022), guest on Paper Plane • Here Be Dragons (2025), guest on Phantasmagoria
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- 1.PRETTY MAIDS Singer Reflects On Early 1990s Rise Of Grunge: 'When I Look At It In Hindsight, It Was So Depressing'.
- 2.Pretty Maids Biography.
- 3.Avantasia.
- 4.AVANTASIA - Ronnie Atkins joins band!.
- 5.Avantasia vuelve a conquistar Leyendas Del Rock.
- 6.Pretty Maids Ronnie Atkins Diagnosed With Health Issues!.
- 7.Ronnie Atkins: "Hace un par de días recibí el fantástico mensaje de que no hay más signos de cáncer".
- 8.Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) vence al cáncer de pulmón.
- 9.Ronnie Atkins anuncia que se enfrenta a un cáncer incurable tras haberse extendido.
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