Sandy Mölling

Sandy Mölling (born 27 April 1981) is a German singer and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the members of the girl group No Angels, which were formed in 2000 on the German television talent show Popstars, becoming one of the best-selling girl groups of European origin of all time. Outside her work in the entertainment industry, she is involved in many charitable activities, promoting various causes, including education, children's care and animal welfare. In 2015, she co-authored the children's book Pumpel, der Baumzwerg along with her mother.

Early life Mölling was born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, to Lothar Mölling, a graduate engineer, and his first wife, Dagmar Sprenger-Fuchs, a nurse. She has three brothers, Brian, Kevin and Dustin, and a younger half sister named Melina. After her parents' divorce, Mölling, her mother, and her siblings moved from Remscheid to Koblenz, where she finished secondary school and later quit the gymnasium to start an apprenticeship as a retail saleswoman at a jeans retailer.

In the following years, No Angels released another two number-one studio albums, Now... Us! and Pure, a live album and a successful swing album branded When the Angels Swing, totalling twelve singles altogether - including four-number one singles. Eventually selling more than five million singles and albums worldwide, No Angels became the best-selling German girl group to date The singer spent much of early 2004 with the recording of her solo debut album Unexpected which saw her reteaming with No Angels' Scandinavian team of songwriters and producers, including Niclas Molinder and Joacim Persson of production team Twin. Produced under the group's former label, Cheyenne Records, it was preceded by the single "Unnatural Blonde" which reached number eight on the German Singles Chart and would become the highest-charting single among the solo releases by all former band members. The summer-laid follow-up "Tell Me", a ballad, saw similar success in August of the same year, becoming another top ten hit. Unexpected was released on 13 September 2004 and debuted at number 13 on the German Albums Chart. It earned a generally mixed reception from critics who called it uneven and compared the sound to No Angels's latest records. A remix version of the album opener "Unexpected" featuring additional vocals from German rapper Manuellsen, was released as the album's third and final single and served as Rhineland-Palatinate's entry at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005 after Mölling had been chosen to represent state at the annual song competition. The singer eventually finished last with 10 points, while the single entered at a moderate number 29 on the German Singles Chart. One of the commercially most successful female singers of the year in Germany, Mölling received Echo Award and 1 Live Krone nominations in the Female Artist National categories for her solo efforts.

Personal life Between 2002 and 2008, Mölling was in a relationship with the Dutch dancer Renick Bernadina. The couple separated before the birth of their son Jayden, whom Mölling gave birth to in Koblenz on 27 March 2009. The family first lived in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Discography

Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positionsAUT GER SWI UnexpectedReleased: 13 September 2004 Label: Cheyenne Formats: CD, digital download 73 13 91 Frame of MindReleased: 26 May 2006 Labels: Starwatch Formats: CD, digital download — 53 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumAUT GER SWI "Unnatural Blonde" 2004 29 8 41 Unexpected "Tell Me" 34 10 46 "Unexpected" (featuring Manuellsen) 2005 52 29 — "Crash" 2006 — 24 — Frame of Mind "Living Without You" 71 36 —