Sandra

Sandra's career is marked by extraordinary commercial achievements. She is the most successful German female vocalist of all time, with over 33 million records sold worldwide. Her single "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" reached No. 1 in 21 countries, making it one of the most successful European singles of the 1980s. She outsold Madonna in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland at her peak, a feat no other German female artist has matched. Her work with Enigma on the album MCMXC a.D. sold 14 million copies and topped charts in 41 countries. She holds a Guinness World Record for most simultaneous No. 1 singles in different countries for a German female artist (5 at once). In 2022, she received the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) for lifetime achievement in music and cultural diplomacy.