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Sandra Cretu
Background information
Birth name	Sandra Ann Lauer
Born	May 18, 1962 (1962-05-18) (age 45)
Origin	Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany
Genre(s)	Pop, Eurodisco
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1970s-present
Label(s)	Virgin
Website	SANDRA fan Connection website

Sandra Cretu (born Sandra Ann Lauer May 18, 1962, Saarbrücken, Germany), and professionally known as "Sandra", is a popular German singer/songwriter, currently living in Ibiza (Spain). After enjoying some success as lead singer of the disco trio Arabesque, Sandra began performing under her solo name in 1984. She can also be heard on her husband Michael Cretu's project Enigma. In 2007 Sandra announced that she and Michael Cretu will get divorced; they got married in January 1988.

Other members of her team include Hubert Kemmler (singer and song writer aka Hubert Kah), Markus Löhr, Klaus Hirschburger, Armand Volker, Frank Peterson, Andy Jonas (singer) and Jens Gad (song writer, co-producer).

Contents 1 Early history 2 Arabesque 3 Influence of Michael Cretu 4 Albums 4.1 The Long Play (1985) 4.2 Mirrors (1986) 4.3 Ten on One (1987) 4.4 Into a Secret Land (1988) 4.5 Paintings in Yellow (1990) 4.6 Close to Seven (1992) 4.7 18 Greatest Hits (1992) 4.8 Fading Shades (1995) 4.9 My Favourites (1999) 4.10 The Wheel of Time (2002) 4.11 Reflections - The Reproduced Hits (2006) 4.12 The Art of love (2007) 5 Discography 5.1 Albums 5.2 Commercial Singles 5.3 Promotional only Singles / other releases 5.4 Compilations 5.5 CD Boxes 5.6 Video 6 Audio sample 7 References 8 External links

Sandra Ann Lauer was born on May 18th, 1962 in the German town of Saarbrücken, close to the French border. Sandra’s father, Robert Lauer is French and her mother, Karin Lauer is German. Sandra also had an older brother, Gaston (who died in 1995), who was paraplegic. Her father owned a wine shop in Saarbrücken and her mother worked in a shoe shop. Sandra showed an early interest in music and dancing. She started to learn classical ballet at age five and continued lessons for 10 years. At the age of 10, she received a guitar and took lessons from a school teacher on her street.

In 1975 at the age of 13, Sandra was visiting a competition in Saarbrücken, called "Young Star Festival", where new talents for the music industry were scouted. She was not actually in the competition, but was in the audience. When all the nominees finished their parts and the jury was discussing the results, she told her mother that she had to go to the bathroom, stood up, walked onto the stage, persuaded the DJ to put on the German cover version of a song from Olivia Newton-John, grabbed the microphone and started singing. Aided by newfound recognition, she released the single "Andy Mein Freund", a song about a pet dog. The single, however, performed poorly on the charts and she withdrew from the music scene for a few years.

Arabesque was a disco group consisting of Michaela Rose and Jasmine Vetter. Sandra joined the band and they recorded their second album with Sandra on lead vocals at "Europasound Studios" in Offenbach, near Frankfurt. The studio was owned by famous producer Frank Farian, creator of Boney M, and later Milli Vanilli. One of the musicians there was a keyboardist called Michael Cretu. Sandra and Michael found that they shared the same birthday, albeit five years apart, and became good friends.

With Arabesque a new period in Sandra’s life began. For the first time, she was away from her family, appearing on stage and TV in foreign countries, giving interviews, singing at concerts and performing promotion dates. Arabesque became successful, and by Sandra's sixteenth birthday she was a star.

Arabesque were particularly popular in Japan, and their outrageous, sometimes daring costumes, dance routines and cheerful music suggested ABBA and Boney M. They enjoyed success in several other countries and scored the top 10 hit "Marigot Bay" 1981 in Germany. After nine studio albums, however, differences in musical interests and the end of disco's popularity signalled the group's final breakup.

Sandra and Michael, now romantically involved, moved to Munich, where Michael soon brought his own studio, called "Data-Alpha", after a song from his solo album "Legionäre". Their first single together 1984 was a cover of the Alphaville song "Japan ist weit" (Big in Japan), an appropriate way to describe Sandra's fame up to that point. Unfortunately the song failed to reach the charts.

However, with her team, now known simply as Sandra, she persisted and finally found success.

Her first album, The Long Play (1985), reached the top 20 in her home country of Germany, while the single "Maria Magdalena" topped the charts in 21 countries worldwide, and reached the top 10 in five countries. The song was aimed at the continental European market, so it never received a promotional video (in Europe, personal appearances remained the most effective method of record promotion until the early 90s).^{[citation needed]}

Although "Maria Magdalena" had already gone number one in some European countries, it took some time to do so in Germany where it remained in the German top 20 for 16 weeks.

The follow-up single was called "In the Heat of the Night". In her first proper music video, Sandra was featured in a steaming sauna filled with bare-chested men. Although the song rushed to number one again in Switzerland,Lebanon and Israel, it remained at number two in Germany for a couple of weeks, not able to get past "Nikita" by Elton John. Nevertheless, the song earned Sandra the second place at the Tokyo Music Festival later in 1986.

"Little Girl" was the third single with the music video filmed on location in Venice.

Shortly after the release of The Long Play, Sandra moved to London for six months. Helena Shelen, a singing therapist who had worked with artists like George Michael and Paul Young took her under her wing. She also joined the London Berlitz School for Languages, where she improved her English abilities and took drumming lessons to get a better feeling for rhythm and timing. Over weekends she went back to Munich to work on her new album.

Sandra's second studio album Mirrors (October 1986) reflected the continuous musical development of Michael Cretu. On this album, he used more of the writing and singing talents of Hubert Kemmler (who was already a popular singer in Germany aka Hubert Kah. "(Don't Cry) The Breakup of the World" was the first track on the album, written in reaction to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

"Innocent Love" (written by Müller, Hubert Kemmler, Ulrich Herter and Klaus Hirschburger) was the first of four successful singles from the album, entering the German top 20 at number 11. Sandra continued her success with a string of hits.

Two years after her debut album, in 1987, Sandra released the greatest hits compilation "Ten on One". Accompanied with it was the video collection of the album giving fans a glimpse inside her private life and day-to-day routine. Her version of "Everlasting Love", a favourite song since her childhood, went to number five on the European chart. The music video showed Sandra and a male model depicting scenes of various lovers through the ages, with Adam and Eve, Bonnie and Clyde, Cleopatra and Marc Anthony, and a colorful 80s punk couple.

The British team, Stock Aitken Waterman tried to cash in on the success of "Everlasting Love" by releasing a remix of the song in 1988 for the British market. The song failed to make any impression on the UK charts, but did well in Sweden, The Philippines and South Africa. The second single from the album "Stop for a Minute" was written especially for the German TV crime series Tatort; she sang the song during a scene in a club in one of the episodes. The music video was controversial as it included a rape scene.

At this stage Sandra was already known as the "European queen of pop" and rivaled Madonna in terms of her popularity and top 10 hits.

On January 7, 1988, Sandra married Michael Cretu and relocated from Munich to the Spanish island of Ibiza.

In 1988 Sandra recorded the album Into a Secret Land (1988), moving away somewhat from electro-pop to a more mysterious and seductive sound. This proved to be a huge success and the album delivered four hit singles.

The first single was "Heaven Can Wait", accompanied by a video featuring Sandra dancing and singing on a Mediterranean beach. The title track "Secret Land" entered the German charts at number seven and went to number one in Lebanon and Israel.

With animal rights and nature conservation high on her personal agenda, she took part in the project Artists United for Nature in 1989. The song "Yes We Can" featured, amongst others, Brian May, Harold Faltermeyer and Chaka Khan.

Sandra ended the 1980s as one of the most popular female performers in Europe, and had sold out concerts in Moscow.

Sandra's album Paintings in Yellow (1990) gave her another top 10 hit with a surprising cover version of Wishful Thinking's "Hiroshima". Elements of this song foreshadowed the Enigma sound, which was particularly evident on the album track "The Journey". Frank Peterson, long-time band member, took up the role of writing and producing some of the tracks with Michael. Frank was also the co-producer (alias "F. Gregorian") on the Enigma project. The influence was clearly audible.

In 1991, the song "Sadeness" became a huge hit in many countries all over the world. At first nobody knew who was hiding behind the alias Enigma, but Sandra fans quickly identified her voice. Sandra performed the second single of the album "(Life May Be) A Big Insanity" at the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo when she accepted the prize for Best Selling German Artist at the end of 1990.

Because of the overwhelming success of Enigma, and the more than two years break after Paintings in Yellow, there was a gap in Sandra’s career, which was finally closed with the album Close to Seven.

"Close to Seven" (1992) continued a development towards a more meditative, less dance-oriented musical style. Sandra wanted to get rid of her teen idol image and perform for a more mature audience. This was her first album produced almost completely by Michael Cretu. The male vocals were sung by Andy Jonas, a German singer who chose the artist name Andy "Angel" Hart. Although the first single "Don't Be Aggressive" entered the European top 20, subsequent singles failed to achieve the same success. The music video for "Don't Be Aggressive" was directed by Howard Greenhalgh.

The second single "I Need Love" was the first single after "Japan ist weit" for Sandra to flop. Nevertheless, Sandra and Michael were recognized as the most successful married couple and were awarded with the Golden Europe Award in 1992.

The compilation 18 Greatest Hits from 1992 marked the end of Sandra's successful solo career up to that point. She recorded a new version of "Johnny Wanna Live", previously off the Paintings in Yellow album. The song, co-written by Frank Peterson and later redone by his wife Sarah Brightman, was an anthem against cruelty to animals.

The music video was once again directed by Howard Greenhalgh and showed shocking scenes of cruelty to animals. In 1993 she released a new techno version of "Maria Magdalena" with a futuristic music video, but it was not a success.

In 1995, while pregnant with twins, Sandra recorded and released Fading Shades. The album saw a new writer/producer Jens Gad working alongside Michael. The album featured a powerful cover version of "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues. The song went to number one in Israel and entered the TOP20 in Finland. The music video showed only close ups of Sandra's face as she was heavily pregnant at the time. She even had to sit during the recording sessions of the album. Again Andy "Angel" Hart performed all the male vocals on Fading Shades. The second single release "Won’t Run Away" was Sandra's first in a long time without a video clip, but it did not chart.

Sandra decided to put her career on hold to raise her children. On July 6 1995, she gave birth to twin sons Nikita and Sebastian in a Munich hospital through Caesarean section.

In 1999 a double disc album was released. As the trend began with artists like Modern Talking to remix old material, My Favourites was released featuring remixes of her hits by long-time band companion Peter Ries, featuring also some of Sandra's personal favourite ballads. It quickly made its way into the top 20 of the German album charts. "Secret Land '99" was taken as the single and showed Sandra sporting a short hairstyle in the music video. In 2000, Sandra did background vocals on Andru Donald's single release "Precious Little Diamond".

Sandra's first studio album in seven years came with The Wheel of Time in 2002, reaching number eight on the German album charts. The first single "Forever" had moderate success and showed a new mature, more natural-looking Sandra, still sporting short hair. Although some criticised the fact that The Wheel of Time contained no less than five cover versions of 80s songs, including the second single release "Such a Shame" by Talk Talk, the album was received well by her fans. Michael Cretu convinced Sandra to cover a Depeche Mode song, which she did in one take - "Freelove". However, The Wheel of Time faded away quickly.

In 2003, the DVD The Complete History was released.

Sandra's public appearances were few and far between when word got out in 2005 that the Swiss superstar DJ Bobo was planning a duet with her. She met DJ Bobo during the World Music Awards in Monte Carlo in 2002, when her husband accepted the prize for best-selling German artist. That meeting led to the single "The Secrets of Love" in 2006. The dance anthem reached number five in Switzerland and 13 in Germany. The music video was shot in Disneyland Park in Paris with Sandra and DJ Bobo being the only artists ever allowed to film inside the Cinderella castle. During this time Sandra took up performing live again and signs of her retro 80s look, with the signature long hair, were seen again.

Virgin Music France suggested that vocal recordings of Sandra's biggest hits be sent to different teams of producers/remixers so that they could produce entirely new music. Sandra hesitated at first because she had already put out a remix collection in 1999 and did not want to promote all of her former hits once again. She had already finished her ninth studio album and wished to move forward in a new musical direction. Nevertheless, five teams from Germany - Christian Geller, Schallbau, Felix J. Gauder, Matthias Menck, Ivo Moring and Mirko on Schlieffen - delivered a successful result. Sandra's 1987 dance hit "Everlasting Love" even got new vocals and was redone as a powerful ballad and distributed to the radio stations as a promotional single. Although the album reached the top 10 of many online stores worldwide, no commercial single was released and as far as publicity goes not much was done to promote this album. However, the radio single "Around my heart 2006" became a huge hit in Poland, where the record company decided to promote on the radio stations.

In 2007 Virgin Music France decided to release a special version of "Reflections", containing three new remixes made by French DJs. In the heat of the night was released online as a single containing four new versions of the song.

A highly anticipated new studio album, "The art of love" was released in February 2007, entering the 16th position in the German charts. For the first time, Michael Cretu didn't work as a producer for the album, as he was reportedly busy producing his new Enigma album "A Posteriori". Sandra's management first tried to find producers from United Kingdom, but Sandra didn't like the idea of leaving her family for a long period of time. Finally, Sandra contacted Michael Cretu's "right hand", Jens Gad who produced the entire album. Sandra, for the first time during her career, now participated actively in composing and writing the album. She would work at Gad's studio at nights, returning home to prepare breakfast for her twins, and then sleeping until they would come home from the school. Also, for the first time, Sandra revealed her new, sexier look in the promotional pictures shot in New York by Bärbel Miebach.

The first single release of the album, "The Way I Am", was released in January 2007, and it gained the 50th chart position in Germany, even if it didn't have any music video and hardly any promotion. The second single, "What is it about me", was released in May 2007. The fans were delighted for the fact that the both singles contained unreleased songs and versions in other languages, such as Spanish and French. The album also includes a duet with the Swiss superstar DJ Bobo, and both sons of Sandra, Nikita and Sebastian, are singing choirs in three songs.

EMI Music in Poland decided to release the song "All you Zombies" as a radio single instead of "What is it about me", and it has become a big hit in Poland. In a recent interview Sandra revealed, that "Put your arms around me", a Sinead O'Connor cover, could be the next single. Sandra fans all over Europe have though started a campaign wishing a release of "All you Zombies", which EMI Music Germany doesn't seem to believe in.

In a fresh interview made by Radio Music Box, Sandra revealed that one of the b-sides of the next single could be a third song recorded with DJ Bobo.

See also : Enigma, Arabesque.

Title	Chart-Position
	DE	AT	CH	GB	IT	ISR	FR	SW	NL
Andy, mein Freund	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Japan ist weit	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maria Magdalena	1	1	1	87	1	1	5	1	1
In The Heat Of The Night	2		2	-	4	1	5	2	15
Little Girl	14		18	-	3	2	-	-	-
Innocent Love	11		14	-	7	4	10	18	-
Hi! Hi! Hi!	7	12	20	-	8	5	13	-	-
Loreen	23		29	-	-	8	-	4	-
Midnight Man	24			-	33	12	-	13	8
Everlasting Love	5	6	5	45	11	2	12	13	8
Stop For A Minute	9		14	-	-	-	-	19	-
Heaven Can Wait	12	4	6	97	-	2	6	-	-
Secret Land	7	17	9	-	32	1	26	16	-
We’ll Be Together (’89er Remix)	9	16	22	-	-	3	13	-	-
Around My Heart	11	23	19	-	-	6	28	-	-
Hiroshima	4	4	4	-	-	4	16	21	-
(Life May Be) A Big Insanity	27			-	-	18	41	-	-
One More Night	31			-	-	-	-	-	-
Don’t Be Aggressive	17	30	24	-	-	11	39	-	-
I Need Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Johnny Wanna Live	37			-	-	9	-	-	-
Maria Magdalena (‘93er Remix)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nights In White Satin	86	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Won’t Run Away	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Secret Land (‘99er Remix)	69	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-
Forever	47			-	-	-	-	-	-
Such A Shame	76	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
I Close My Eyes	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Secrets Of Love	13	39	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Way I Am	50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

(all albums were released on Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)

• 1985 The Long Play - #12 Germany, #4 Switzerland, #18 Austria, #2 Sweden

Track List 01. In the heat of the night 02. On the tray (seven years) 03. Little girl 04. You and I 05. (I'll never be) maria magdalena 06. Heartbeat (that's emotion) 07. Sisters and brothers 08. Change your mind

• 1986 Mirrors - #16 Germany, #13 Switzerland, #40 Sweden

Track List 01. The second day 02. Don't cry (The breakup of the world) 03. Hi! hi! hi! 04. Midnight man 05. You'll be mine 06. Innocent love 07. Two lovers tonight 08. Mirror of love 09. Loreen

• 1988 Into a Secret Land - #14 Germany, #14 France, #9 Switzerland, #13 Austria, #22 Sweden

Track List 01. Secret land 02. We'll be together 03. Heaven can wait 04. Just like diamonds 05. Around my heart 06. Crazy juliet 07. La vista de luna 08. Celebrate your life 09. Children of England

• 1990 Paintings in Yellow - #4 Germany, #13 France, #8 Switzerland, #14 Austria, #30 Sweden

Track List 01. Hiroshima 02. (Life may be) a big insanity 03. Johnny wanna live 04. Lovelight in your eyes 05. One more night 06. The skin I'm in 07. Paintings in yellow 08. The Journey (A-Cold out here B-I'm alive C-Paintings D-Come alive E-The end) 09. Hiroshima (extended club mix) (on CD only)

• 1992 Close to Seven - #7 Germany, #18 France, #13 Switzerland, #26 Austria, #27 Sweden

Track List 01. Don't be aggressive 02. Mirrored in your eyes 03. I need love 04. No taboo 05. When the rain doesn't come 06. Steady me 07. Shadows 08. Seal it forever 09. Love turns to pain 10. Your way to india

• 1995 Fading Shades - #42 Germany, #37 Switzerland

Track List 01. Fading shades (part I) 02. Nights in white satin 03. Son of a time machine 04. Won't run away 05. Tell me more 06. Will you whisper 07. Invisible shelter 08. You are so beautiful 09. I need love '95 10. First lullaby 11. Fading shades (part II)

• 2002 The Wheel of Time - #8 Germany, #68 Switzerland, #63 Austria, #35 Eurochart

Track List 01. Forgive me 02. Footprints 03. Motivation 04. I close my eyes 05. Perfect touch 06. Silent running 07. Such a shame 08. Now! 09. Free love 10. Forever 11. The wheel of time

• 2007 The Art Of Love - - #16 Germany, #88 Switzerland, #26 Poland

Track List 01. What d'ya think of me 02. The way I am 03. The art of love 04. What is it about me? 05. Dear God... if you exist 06. Silence beside me 07. Once upon a time 08. Put your arms around me 09. What's left to say 10. Casino Royale 11. Love is the price (with DJ Bobo) 12. Shadow of power 13. All you Zombies

(all singles were released on Virgin Schallplatten GmbH)

• 1976 Andy mein Freund (b-side Ich bin noch ein kind) , as Sandra Ann
• 1984 Japan Ist Weit (b-side Sekunden)
• 1985 Maria Magdalena (b-side Party games) - #1 Germany, #1 Austria, #3 Italy, #5 France, #2 South Africa, #87 UK, #1 Sweden, #1 Switzerland, #1 Greece (Worldwide sales: 5 Million)
• 1985 In the Heat of the Night (b-side Heatwave)- #2 Germany, #6 Austria, #4 Italy, #5 France, #2 Switzerland, #1 Israel, #2 Sweden, #8 South Africa
• 1985 Little Girl (b-side Sisters and brothers)- #14 Germany, #3 Italy, #2 Israel, #18 Switzerland
• 1986 Hi! Hi! Hi! (b-side You'll be mine)- #7 Germany, #8 Italy, #13 France, #5 Israel, #20 Switzerland, #4 South Africa
• 1986 Innocent Love (b-side Innocent theme) - #11 Germany, #7 Italy, #10 France, #4 Israel, #18 Sweden, #14 Switzerland
• 1986 Loreen (b-side Don't cry) - #23 Germany, #8 Israel, #4 Sweden, #29 Switzerland
• 1987 Midnight Man (b-side Mirror of love) - #24 Germany, #33 Italy, #12 Israel, #13 Sweden
• 1987 Everlasting Love (b-side Change your mind) - #5 Eurochart, #88 UK, #5 Germany, #11 Italy, #12 France, #5 Israel, #8 Netherlands, #13 Sweden, #6 South Africa, #5 Switzerland
• 1988 Everlasting Love (PWL Hammond mix) - #45 UK, #22 Dance US
• 1988 Stop For A Minute (b-side Two lovers tonight) - #38 Eurochart, #9 Germany, #5 Israel, #19 Sweden, #14 Switzerland
• 1988 Heaven Can Wait (b-side Heaven's theme) - #11 Eurochart, #12 Germany, #6 France, #97 UK, #2 Israel, #16 Switzerland
• 1988 Secret Land (b-side Into Nobody's Land) - #24 Eurochart, #7 Germany, #32 Italy, #26 France, #9 Switzerland, #1 Israel, #16 Sweden, #8 South Africa
• 1989 We'll Be Together ('89 Remix) (b-side It means forever) - #9 Germany, #13 France, #3 Israel, #22 Switzerland
• 1989 Around My Heart (b-side Around my drums) - #11 Germany, #28 France, #6 Israel, #19 Switzerland
• 1989 Hiroshima (b-side La vista de luna) - #4 Germany, #16 France, #4 Switzerland, #4 Israel, #21 Sweden
• 1990 A Big Insanity (b-side The skin I'm in) - #27 Germany, #41 France, #18 Israel
• 1990 One More Night (b-side The Journey)- #31 Germany
• 1992 Don't Be Aggressive (b-side Seal it forever) - #17 Germany, #39 France, #11 Israel, #24 Switzerland
• 1992 I Need Love (b-side Shadows)
• 1992 Johnny Wanna Live (b-side Mirrored in your eyes) - #37 Germany, #9 Israel
• 1993 Maria Magdalena '93- #8 Finland
• 1995 Nights In White Satin - #86 Germany, #1 Israel, #19 Finland
• 1995 Won't Run Away
• 1999 Secret Land '99 - #69 Germany, #61 Czech Republic, #19 Israel
• 2001 Forever - #47 Germany
• 2002 Such A Shame - #76 Germany, #19 Hungary, #21 Czech Republic
• 2002 I Close My Eyes - #93 Germany
• 2007 The Way I Am #50 Germany
• 2007 What Is It About Me
• 2007 Put Your Arms Around Me - Single release planned

• 1988 Sisters and brothers (Japan only promotional single b-side Stop for a minute)
• 1989 La vista de luna (Spain only promotional 7" single)
• 1989 Yes we can (Charity single released with Artists United for Nature)
• 1992 Steady me (Promo only, Germany)
• 2000 No Taboo (Radio promo only, Israel)
• 2002 Forgive me (Promo only, Germany)
• 2006 Secrets Of Love (with DJ BoBo) - #13 Germany, #39 Austria, #5 Switzerland, #59 Czech Republic
• 2006 Everlasting love 2006 (Germany only radio promo)
• 2006 Around my heart 2006 (Poland only radio promo) #1 Poland
• 2007 In the heat of the night 2007 (Digital platform only single release)
• 2007 All You Zombies - (Poland only radio promo) # 5 Poland

• 1987 Ten on One (The Singles) - #19 Germany, #14 Switzerland, #28 Austria

Track List 01. Everlasting love 02. Hi! Hi! Hi! 03. Stop for a minute 04. Innocent love 05. Little girl 06. Maria Magdalena 07. In the heat of the night 08. Midnight man 09. Don't Cry (The breakup of the world) 10. Loreen

• 1988 Everlasting Love (Virgin Records, USA/UK)

Track List 01. Everlasting love (PWL Mix) 02. Maria Magdalena 03. Secret land 04. Heaven can wait 05. Hi! Hi! Hi! 06. We'll be together 07. In the heat of the night 08. Around my heart 09. Little girl 10. Loreen

• 1992 18 Greatest Hits - #10 Germany, #7 France, #27 Swtizerland, #36 Sweden, #1 Finland

Track List 01. Maria Magdalena 02. In the heat of the night 03. Little girl 04. Innocent love 05. Hi! Hi! Hi! 06. Loreen 07. Midnight man 08. Everlasting love 09. Stop for a minute 10. Heaven can wait 11. Secret land 12. We'll be together 13. Around my heart 14. Hiroshima 15. (Life may be) A big insanity 16. One more night 17. Don't be aggressive 18. Johnny wanna live

• 1999 My Favourites (2xCD) -#15 Norway, #16 Germany, #16 France, #43 Switzerland, #69 Eurochart

Track List CD1 (Remixes): 01. Mirrored in your eyes 02. Secret land 03. We'll be together 04. Won't run away 05. Maria Magdalena 06. Heaven can wait 07. Hiroshima 08. Tell me more 09. Celebrate your life 10. Around my heart 11. In the heat of the night 12. Way to India CD2 (Originals): 01. No Taboo 02. Johnny wanna live 03. Don't be aggressive 04. One more night 05. Steady me 06. Love turns to pain 07. Seal it forever 08. I need love '95 09. When the rain doesn't come 10. Nights in white satin 11. First lullaby 12. Fading shades

• 2003 Essential (Same track list as "18 greatest hits")
• 2006 Reflections - The Reproduced Hits - #44 Germany

Track List 01. Around my heart 02. Stop for a minute 03. Hi! Hi! Hi! 04. Maria Magdalena 05. In the heat of the night 06. Heaven can wait 07. Everlasting love 08. Hiroshima 09. One more night 10. Secret land 11. Innocent love 12. We'll be together

• 2007 Reflections - The Reproduced Hits (Special Edition) (3 bonus tracks)# 145 France

Track List (bonus tracks): 01. In the heat of the night (Future Vision Remix) 02. Maria Magdalena (Junior Caldera Remix) 15. In the heat of the night (Superfunk Remix)

• 1993 France / 1994 Germany The Long Play / Mirrors / Into a Secret Land

(France: blue cover, Germany: yellow cover / includes reissued picture CDs of the first 3 studio albums)

• 2000 France / 2001 Germany The Long Play / 18 Greatest Hits

• 1987 Ten On One (VHS)
• 1992 18 Greatest Hits (VHS)
• 2003 The Complete History (DVD)

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• SandraNet.Com - official site.
• Enigmamusic.com - contains information about her Enigma involvement

v • d • e Enigma
Michael Cretu Peter Cornelius  · Sandra Cretu  · David Fairstein  · Jens Gad  · Frank Peterson Guest singers: Ruth-Ann Boyle · Andru Donalds
Studio albums	MCMXC a.D. · The Cross of Changes · Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! · The Screen Behind the Mirror · Voyageur · A Posteriori
Compilation albums	Trilogy · Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits · Love Sensuality Devotion: The Remix Collection · 15 Years After
Singles	"Sadeness (Part I)" · "Mea Culpa (Part II)" · "Principles of Lust" · "The Rivers of Belief" · "Carly's Song" · "Return to Innocence" · "The Eyes of Truth" · "Age of Loneliness" · "Out from the Deep" · "Beyond the Invisible" · "T.N.T. for the Brain" · "Gravity of Love" · "Push the Limits" · "Turn Around" · "Voyageur" · "Following the Sun" · "Boum-Boum" · "Hello and Welcome" · "Goodbye Milky Way"
DVDs	Remember the Future · MCMXC a.D.: The Complete Video Album
Related projects	Sandra · Cretu and Theirs · Cornelius and Cretu · Moti Special · Trance Atlantic Air Waves
Related articles	Discography · A.R.T. Studios · Enigma videography · The Dusted Variations