Anika (musician)
German musician
Anika (born Annika Henderson, 1987) is a British and German singer-songwriter, musician, political journalist and poet.
Life and career
Anika was born in Surrey, England and grew up speaking English and German. Before she began her singing career, Anika worked as a music promoter in Cardiff and political journalist in Berlin.
After meeting producer Geoff Barrow, who was looking for a singer to work with his band Beak, they recorded an album in 12 days with no overdubs. The album was titled Anika, with Anika explaining she chose the name by taking out one letter from her real name as a way to distance herself from it personally.
Anika was released in 2010 by Barrow's Invada imprint in Europe and by Stones Throw Records in the US, and received positive reviews from contemporary critics. According to the music review aggregation of Metacritic, it garnered an average score of 65/100. The album included a number of covers, such as "Yang Yang" by Yoko Ono, "Terry" by Twinkle, "End of the World" by Skeeter Davis, "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan, and "I Go to Sleep" by Ray Davies.
Several songs on Anika found digital success on iTunes. "End of the World" peaked at number seventy-eight on the iTunes Japan Top 100 Alternative Songs, while "Yang Yang" peaked at number sixty-four on the iTunes Spain Top 100 Alternative Songs.
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