Nicole Bernegger

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Nicole Bernegger
Bernegger at Openair auf dem Bundesplatz in 2013
Bernegger at Openair auf dem Bundesplatz in 2013
Background information
Birth nameNicole Schlachter
Born (1977-03-10) 10 March 1977 (age 47)
Möhlin, Aargau, Switzerland
GenresSoul
Occupation(s)Singer
LabelsUniversal

Nicole Bernegger (née Schlachter; born 10 March 1977) is a Swiss soul singer who was the winner of the first season of The Voice of Switzerland. She is also the lead singer of the soul band "The Kitchenettes", founded in 2003.

Biography[edit]

Bernegger, who was born as Nicole Schlachter,[1] was born and raised in Möhlin, Aargau. At the age of 20, she moved to Basel to study German and history.

In 2012–2013, Bernegger took part in the first season of the Swiss reality talent show The Voice of Switzerland. When she won the final on 16 March 2013, she was in the seventh month of her pregnancy. The winning single "No Matter" reached number one on the Swiss iTunes charts and #4 on the singles chart.[2] Half a year after winning, she released her first album called The Voice. It reached number three on the Swiss albums chart and was certified gold for selling more than 10,000 copies.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Bernegger lives with her husband Daniel and three children in Birsfelden in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.[4][5]

Discography[edit]

Studio Albums

  • The Voice (2013)
  • Small Town (2015)
  • Alien Pearl (2019)

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

  • No Matter (2013)
  • The Fool (2013)
  • Don't Stay Away (2015)

As featured artist[edit]

  • Horizon / Stress featuring Nicole Bernegger (2014)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Krebs, Marc (7 October 2021). "Eine imposante Stimme verschafft sich Gehör". Tages Woche. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Nicole Bernegger". Chartdiskografie Schweiz.
  3. ^ "Gold für Nicole Bernegger und The Voice". 17 January 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ Haas, Katja (22 October 2018). "Meine Tochter machte die ersten Schritte und ich war nicht da". Telebasel. Archived from the original on 16 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. ^ Plaff, Susi (19 June 2020). "Nicole Bernegger ist die Schweizer Queen of Soul". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2023.

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