Nina Katrin Kaiser (born 14 October 1998), known professionally as Nina Chuba, is a German singer and actress. She was born in Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein and rose to prominence in 2022 with her single "Wildberry Lillet", reaching number one on both the Austrian and German charts.
At the age of seven, she began her acting career in the children's television series Die Pfefferkörner. Following a move to Berlin in 2018, Chuba began releasing music, with the English-language EPs Power and Average. In October 2021, she released her first German-language single "Neben mir". Her debut album Glas was released on 24 February 2023. It reached sixth place in the global album debut charts on Spotify and topped the album charts of Germany and Austria. Following a 13-month hiatus, she returned with the self-titled single "Nina" on 12 April 2024.
Career 2018–2021: Power and Average Following a move to Berlin in 2018, Nina Chuba began to release music. Initially performing in English, she expressed her reluctance to sing in German as "everything sounds cheesy more quickly", whereas in English, "you can have whack lyrics and a nice melody, and it's fine". Her first single "White Shirt" was released in July 2019, and was followed by a further five singles over the next year. These six singles were released as the Power extended play on 31 July 2020.
On 27 November 2020, Chuba released the single "Babylon Fall", her first since Power. The track saw her leaning further into a hip hop sound. It was included on the Average EP, released on 4 June 2021.
2021–2023: Glas On 1 October 2021, Nina Chuba released her first German-language single, "Neben mir" about a toxic love affair. On 12 August 2022, Chuba released the single "Wildberry Lillet". On the track, she raps about her desire to get rich and gain further commercial success. The song quickly achieved virality on TikTok. Debuting at number two in Germany, the song became her first single to chart in her home country. The following week, it rose to number one, where it would spend four non-consecutive weeks. A remix was released of the song with rapper Juju, for which a music video was released on 16 September 2022. The singles "Ich hass dich", "Glatteis" and "Mangos mit Chili" were also released in promotion of her debut studio album Glas, released via Jive Records on 24 February 2023. The album topped the charts in Germany and Austria, and was certified gold in Germany for shipments exceeding 300,000 copies.
2024–present: Ich lieb mich, ich lieb mich nicht Following the release of Glas, Chuba took a 13-month break, before releasing the self-titled single "Nina" on 12 April 2024. In April and May 2024, she embarked on the Glas Tour, with 16 sold-out arena dates in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On 24 May 2024, she released the single "80qm". A music video for the track was released on the same day. It is a break-up song, with the title referring to her reclamation of the 80 square metres of apartment space she previously shared with her partner. On 8 November 2024, she released the single "Fata Morgana" ahead of the release of the Farbenblind EP on 6 December 2024.
In 2025, Chuba released the singles "Ende", "Unsicher", "Wenn das Liebe ist" and "Rage Girl". During a concert at Berlin's Parkbühne Wuhlheide on 18 July 2025, she announced her second studio album Ich lieb mich, ich lieb mich nicht which was released on 19 September 2025. Following the album's release, she will embark on her first large-scale arena tour with dates in Germany and Switzerland.
In Fortnite, she was the first German artist to get her own island, where fans can recreate the virtual musician's studio and tour stage and watch an exclusive performance.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications GER AUT SWI Glas Released: 24 February 2023 Label: Jive Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 1 1 5 BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold Ich lieb mich, ich lieb mich nicht Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Jive Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 1 1 2 BVMI: Gold
Extended plays + List of EPs, with selected details Title Details Peak chart positions GER AUT SWI Power Released: 31 July 2020 Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — Average Released: 4 June 2021 Formats: Digital download, streaming — — — Farbenblind Released: 6 December 2024 Label: Jive Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming 3 5 14
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album or EP GER AUT SWI "My Time" 2018 — — — "White Shirt" 2019 — — — Power "I Owe You Nothing" — — — "Lips Shut" — — — "I Can't Sleep" 2020 — — — "Power" — — — "King" — — — "Jungle" — — — Power "Trying Not to Think About You" — — — "Babylon Fall" — — — Average "Yellow Black Blue" 2021 — — — "Who Hurt You" — — — "22s" — — — "Levitating" — — — Average "Neben mir" — — — Glas "Molly Moon" — — — "Alles gleich" — — — Glas "Nicht allein" 2022 — — — "Femminello" — — — Glas "Tracksuit Velours" — — — "" 1 1 6 BVMI: Diamond IFPI AUT: 4× Platinum IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum "" 8 12 31 BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold "Glatteis" 19 54 74 BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold "" 2023 4 13 56 BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold "Ich glaub ich will heut nicht mehr gehen" 13 16 28 BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold "Nina" 2024 15 26 28 Ich lieb mich, ich lieb mich nicht "80qm" 15 25 38 "Randali" 28 44 — Helldunkel "" 2 3 7 BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold Farbenblind "" 2025 36 52 80 Ich lieb mich, ich lieb mich nicht "Unsicher" 3 1 2 BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold "Wenn das Liebe ist" 2 2 6 BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold "Rage Girl" 17 22 65 "Fucked Up" 3 3 13 "3 Uhr Nachts" 18 20 69 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, with chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album GER AUT SWI "Zorn & Liebe" 2022 55 — — — — — — Zorn & Liebe "AMG" 2023 8 14 — — — — 19 "Fühlst du gar nichts?" 2024 33 — — — — — — Schlaraffenland "Liebe" 8 17 8 23 6 18 34 Nur für Dich 2 "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Other charted songs + List of other charted songs with chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album GER AUT SWI "Fliegen" 2024 23 32 35 Farbenblind "Farbenblind" 73 — — "Waldbrand" 73 — — "Malediven" 2025 41 — — Ich lieb mich, ich lieb mich nicht "Überdosis" 92 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Awards and nominations Live Krone 2022: in the category „Hip-Hop/R&B-Song“(Wildberry Lillet) 2022: in the category „Newcomer-Act“ HipHop.de-Awards 2022: Best female newcomer national
Berlin Music Video Awards
2023: Best Art Director for 'Wildberry Lillet Remix' feat. Juju 2025: Nominated for Best Art Director for "80QM" 2026: Nominated for Best Cinematography for "Rage Girl" 2026: Nominated for Best Art Direction for "Wenn das Liebe ist"
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