Peter maffay age, hometown, biography

He is popularly known for creating a string of fairy tales about a little green dragon named Tabaluga. The tales spanned across five albums and was turned into a musical. He holds the German record for the most number one ranked album sales charts, including 16 albums. He was born in Romania but his parents moved back to Germany when he was 14 years.

His father is Transylvanian Saxon.

Peter Maffay was.

In he started his first band, The Dukes. After completing his education and working for Chemigraphics, an art manufacturer, Maffay worked in clubs, where he distributed his music. They released two albums and continued a close cooperation until In , the album Revanche Revenge broke his previous record, selling 2. Maffay holds the German record for the most number one ranked album sales charts, including 16 albums.

In addition, each of his studio albums since reached the top ten. He also holds a German record for most albums to have sold over one million copies, with His album, Laut und Leise Loud and Quiet , became the fourteenth. It was the biggest German hit in and brought Maffay instant fame. With the album Steppenwolf in , Maffay became a major music star in Germany.

The album sold 1. Altogether, Maffay has sold over 40 million records, which makes him one of the top selling artists in Germany.