1. Peter Maffay's career started with the publication of his first single, "Du".
12 Facts About Peter Maffay
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Peter Maffay created a string of fairy tales about a little green dragon named Tabaluga.
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In 1998, Peter Maffay created an album in collaboration with global artists, including Aboriginal singers and musicians from Israel, called "Begegnungen".
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Peter Maffay holds the German record for the most number one ranked album sales charts, including 16 albums.
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Peter Maffay holds the German record for most albums to have sold over one million copies, with 14.
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Altogether, Peter Maffay has sold over 40 million records, which makes him one of the top selling artists in Germany.
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In 2022, Peter Maffay served as a judge on The Voice of Germany.
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In September 2023, American singer Anastacia released her album Our Songs; Peter Maffay duetted with Anastacia on the song "Just You", an English-translated version of the former's "So bist du".
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Peter Maffay is active in politics and sometimes inserts his own political stances into his music.
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Peter Maffay is a peace activist, and in 2005 he performed a concert for German International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan.
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Peter Maffay has been awarded the Toleranzpreis der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing in 2012.
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Peter Maffay has been married four times, has a son and lives with his family on a farm on Mallorca.