Senna Guemmour is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and a member of the pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 group Monrose

Monrose

Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...

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Early life

Guemmour was born in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...

 to an Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

n father and a Moroccan

Moroccan people

The Moroccan people are a people that share a common Moroccan culture, ancestry and speak the Moroccan variant of the Arabic language or a Berber language as a mother tongue....

  mother. She grew up in the housing estate of Frankfurt-Nordweststadt. Senna Guemmour's father died in 1992. Shaped by her life in the urban area, Guemmour became interested in hip hop culture and music

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

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Career

In 2003, Senna Guemmour auditioned for the television show Popstars – Das Duell but was eliminated during the callback. In 2006 she auditioned yet another time, 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

Monrose

Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...

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Monrose turned out to be very popular reaching two number-one hits on the German Singles Charts ("Shame

Shame (Monrose song)

"Shame" is a pop song performed by German pop trio Monrose. It was written by Christian Ballard, Tim Hawes, Pete Kirtley and Andrew Murray and co-produced by production teams Jiant and Snowflakers for the band's debut studio album, Temptation ....

" and "Hot Summer

Hot Summer (song)

"Hot Summer" is a dance-pop song recorded by German pop group Monrose for their second studio album, Strictly Physical . It was written and co-produced by Danish songwriters Remee and Thomas Troelsen....

") and landing six top-ten hits as of mid-2008.

Guemmour acts as a spokesperson for Monrose, dominating the interviews and cutting the other band members short. From time to time she does solo projects such as the single "Melodie

Melodie

"Melodie" is a hip-hop ballad by German rapper Kool Savas. It features Senna Guemmour, member of pop group Monrose, and R&B singer Moe Mitchell. The single released on April 18, 2008.- Music video :...

" from rapper Kool Savas

Kool Savas

Savas Yurderi also known as Kool Savas , is a German rapper and hip hop artist. Savas is mostly referred to as "King of Rap" or "King of German Rap"."Savaş" is the Turkish word for "war"....

' album Tot oder Lebendig and her appearance on Dieter Falk

Dieter Falk

Dieter Falk is a German pianist, keyboardist, Christian composer, arranger, and record producer Dieter Falk (born 5 December 1959 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German pianist, keyboardist, Christian composer, arranger, and record producer Dieter Falk (born 5 December 1959 in Siegen,...

's album Volkslieder

Volkslieder

Volkslieder is the seventh studio album of Dieter Falk. The album has only appearance of the artist Senna Guemmour of Monrose and Rapsoul.- Track listing :#Heyo, spann den Wagen an#Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust...

with the track "Kein Schöner Land".

On 9 September 2008 Guemmour, along with Oliver Petszokat, hosted the German edition of The Singing Bee

The Singing Bee (US game show)

The Singing Bee is a karaoke game show that originally aired on NBC and now airs on CMT. Combining karaoke singing with a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs...

on television channel ProSieben. Furthermore she is a jury-member of the German talentshow "Mascerade".

Featured singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...	SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
2008	"Melodie Melodie "Melodie" is a hip-hop ballad by German rapper Kool Savas. It features Senna Guemmour, member of pop group Monrose, and R&B singer Moe Mitchell. The single released on April 18, 2008.- Music video :... " (Kool Savas Kool Savas Savas Yurderi also known as Kool Savas , is a German rapper and hip hop artist. Savas is mostly referred to as "King of Rap" or "King of German Rap"."Savaş" is the Turkish word for "war"....  feat. Meo Mitchell & Senna)	68			Tot oder Lebendig