Natalie Horler
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Horler during the 2013 Eurovision in Malmö
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Natalie Christine Horler 23 September 1981 Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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| Spouse(s) | Moritz Raffelberg (2011–present) |
| Children | 1 |
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| Relatives | John Horler (uncle) |
Natalie Horler (born 23 September 1981) is a German singer and television presenter. She is known as the lead singer of Eurodance and Eurotrance group Cascada. She is known to have a mezzo-soprano voice type and spans three octaves in her range.
Natalie Horler was born in Bonn, then West Germany. Her parents came from England and are of English heritage. They moved to West Germany in 1980. Her father, David Horler, is a jazz musician and her mother, Christine, is a foreign languages teacher. Horler grew up with her 2 siblings. She has stated that she had a very English childhood. Natalie soon began singing jazz songs in her father's studio as well as songs from Disney movies.
Horler began her musical career by singing in bars and casinos. At 18, she then went on to working with different DJs recording a number of tracks in a studio. This is how she met future bandmembers Manian and Yanou. Her most notable song of her pre-Cascada era is "Piece Of Heaven" as Akira. In addition, Horler appeared on the German adaptation of Star Search in 2004.
In 2004, she formed the group Cascada with DJ Manian and Yanou (the latter known for his smash hit with DJ Sammy and Dominique van Hulst, "Heaven", released in 2002), and began touring with her dancers Essa and Falk.
Originally Cascade, the group name was soon changed to Cascada due to legal issues.
On 21 February 2006, Cascada's 14-track album titled Everytime We Touch was released in the United States. Her most successful song in the U.S remains the band's U.S. debut single "Everytime We Touch". It was a worldwide hit, peaking at #10 on the US Hot 100. In addition, it peaked at #2 in the UK Charts, #1 in Israel for 2 weeks and #1 in Ireland for an impressive 6 weeks. Horler has stated that at that time that they were overwhelmed at the success they had, suggesting they came along at the right time, and were very lucky (particularly in the tough American market, where Eurodance music hardly ever accomplishes mainstream chart-success). The success of the album gained them a World Music Award, winning them World's Best Selling German Artist in 2007. Other well-known Cascada songs include "Bad Boy", "Miracle", "Evacuate the Dancefloor", and covers such as "Truly Madly Deeply" and "What Hurts The Most".
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