Nicole Bernegger
{{short description|Swiss soul singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nicole Bernegger
| image = Nicole_Bernegger_2013.jpg
| caption = Bernegger at Openair auf dem Bundesplatz in 2013
| birth_name = Nicole Schlachter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|03|10}}
| birth_place = Möhlin, Aargau, Switzerland
| death_date =
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| origin =
| genre = Soul
| occupation = Singer
| years_active =
| label = Universal
| website =
}}
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
Bernegger, who was born as Nicole Schlachter,{{cite news |last=Krebs |first=Marc |title=Eine imposante Stimme verschafft sich Gehör |url=https://tageswoche.ch/gesellschaft/eine-imposante-stimme-verschafft-sich-gehoer/ |publisher=Tages Woche|access-date=14 March 2013 |date=7 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008081027/https://tageswoche.ch/gesellschaft/eine-imposante-stimme-verschafft-sich-gehoer/|archive-date=8 October 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nicole+Bernegger|title=Nicole Bernegger|work=Chartdiskografie Schweiz}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Gold-fuer-Nicole-Bernegger-und-The-Voice |title=Gold für Nicole Bernegger und The Voice |work=Musikmarkt |date=17 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120154549/http://www.musikmarkt.de/Aktuell/News/Gold-fuer-Nicole-Bernegger-und-The-Voice |archivedate=20 January 2014}}
Personal life
Bernegger lives with her husband Daniel and three children in Birsfelden in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.{{cite news |last=Haas |first=Katja |title=Meine Tochter machte die ersten Schritte und ich war nicht da |url=https://telebasel.ch/2018/10/22/meine-tochter-machte-die-ersten-schritte-und-ich-war-nicht-da/?channel=5527 |publisher=Telebasel |access-date=15 June 2021 |date=22 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043223/https://telebasel.ch/2018/10/22/meine-tochter-machte-die-ersten-schritte-und-ich-war-nicht-da/?channel=5527|archive-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite news |last=Plaff |first=Susi |title=Nicole Bernegger ist die Schweizer Queen of Soul |url=https://www.nzz.ch/themen-dossiers/festival-da-jazz/nicole-bernegger-ist-die-schweizer-queen-of-soul-ld.1562239 |publisher=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |access-date=27 January 2023 |date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206134446/https://www.nzz.ch/themen-dossiers/festival-da-jazz/nicole-bernegger-ist-die-schweizer-queen-of-soul-ld.1562239|archive-date=6 December 2021}}
Discography
Studio Albums
- The Voice (2013)
- Small Town (2015)
- Alien Pearl (2019)
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
- No Matter (2013)
- The Fool (2013)
- Don't Stay Away (2015)
==As featured artist==
- Horizon / Stress featuring Nicole Bernegger (2014)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://nicolebernegger.com Official Website]
- [http://www.kitchenettes.ch/ Website of The Kitchenettes]
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Category:People from Rheinfelden District