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Context:I-Modern Talking kwakuyi-duo yomculo we-pop yaseJalimane eyayihlanganisa umhleli, umbhali wezingoma nomkhiqizi uDieter Bohlen nomculi uThomas Anders. Babizwa ngokuthi yi-duo ye-pop ephumelele kakhulu eJalimane, futhi babe nezingoma eziningi eziphumelelayo, bafinyelela ezinhlanu eziphezulu emazweni amaningi. Izingoma zabo ezithandwa kakhulu yilezi "UyiNhliziyo Yami, Ungumphefumulo Wami", "Ungawina Uma Ufuna", "Cheri, Cheri Lady", "Brother Louie", "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love) " ne "Geronimo's Cadillac". I-Modern Talking yasebenza ndawonye kusukela ngo-1983 kuya ku-1987, lapho iqembu lahlukana khona. Ngo-1998, baphinde bahlangana futhi babuya ngempumelelo, baqopha futhi bakhipha umculo kusukela ngo-1998 kuya ku-2003. Laba bobabili bakhipha izingoma (eziningi zazo ezibandakanya umculi we-rap waseMelika u-Eric Singleton) ezaphinde zangena kwabayishumi abaphezulu eJalimane nakwamanye amazwe, enye yazo kwakuyi-re-recorded version of "You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98". Ngemuva kokuhlukana kwesibili nokokugcina kwe-duo ngo-2003, ukuthengiswa kwabo emhlabeni wonke kufinyelele ku-120 million wezingoma nama-albhamu kuhlanganisiwe.
Baqale bakhiwa eNtshonalanga Berlin ekuqaleni kuka-1983, ngokungazelelwe baba nodumo ekuqaleni kuka-1985 nge- "UyiNhliziyo Yami, Ungumphefumulo Wami", abahlala kuzo izindawo eziyishumi eziphezulu emazweni angama-35 kubandakanya nezwe lakubo lapho i-single ihlala phezulu amasonto ayisithupha alandelanayo, i-single yagcina ithengise amakhophi ayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili emhlabeni jikelele. Ingoma yalandelwa enye eyayinombolo eyodwa, "Ungawina Uma Ufuna", eyakhishwa maphakathi no-1985 kusuka ku-albhamu yokuqala i-The 1st Album. I-albhamu yaqinisekiswa nge-platinum eJalimane ngokuthengisa amayunithi angaphezu kuka-500,000.  Ngokushesha ngemuva kokushaywa kwabo kwesibili, i-Modern Talking yakhipha ingoma ethi "Cheri, Cheri Lady" nayo eyasheshe yakhuphukela phezulu emashadi eNtshonalanga Jalimane, eSwitzerland, e-Austria naseNorway, okwamanje ingena kwabayishumi abaphezulu eSweden naseNetherlands. Le single, okuwukuphela kwethrekhi ekhishwe ku-albhamu yabo yesibili ethi Let's Talk About Love, ikwazile ukucindezela i-albhamu ibe yisimo se-platinum eNtshonalanga Jalimane ngokuthengisa okungaphezu kuka-500,000. Impumelelo yaqhubeka nezinye izingoma ezimbili ezihamba phambili, i- "Brother Louie" ne- "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)", zombili ezivela ku-albhamu yesithathu, Ready for Romance. Laba bobabili baphinde bafinyelela phezulu ngamagama abo ayisithupha athi "Geronimo's Cadillac" avela ku-albhamu yabo yesine ethi In the Middle of Nowhere, nelithi "Jet Airliner" avela ku-albhamu yabo yesihlanu ethi Romantic Warriors.  Ngenxa ye-albhamu yabo yesithupha engakhanyi kahle, uBohlen umemezele ukuphela kwephrojekthi ngesikhathi enengxoxo, ngenkathi u-Anders eseLos Angeles. Lokhu kwabangela ubutha obengeziwe phakathi kwalaba ababili, ababenobudlelwano obuneziyaluyalu nokuxabana ngisho nalapho behlangene. Ngokusho kukaBohlen, isizathu esiyinhloko sokuhlukana kweqembu kwakunguNora, owayengunkosikazi ka-Anders ngaleso sikhathi, owenqaba ukuthi umyeni wakhe axhumane nezintatheli zabesifazane, futhi wayelokhu efuna izinguquko ezinkulu ezenziwe emibukisweni, kumavidiyo noma ekuqopheni, iqiniso u-Anders alivuma kamuva emlandweni wakhe. Ngemva kokushaywa ucingo okokugcina lapho la madoda amabili ayehlambalazana khona kakhulu, anqaba ukukhuluma omunye nomunye iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi.  Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Modern Talking yayiphumelela eYurophu, e-Asia, eNingizimu Melika, eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Iran. E-United Kingdom, bangena ezinhlanu eziphezulu kanye kuphela, ngengoma ethi "Brother Louie". Ngo-1985, i-RCA yasayina i-Modern Talking ngesivumelwano se-US futhi yakhipha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala e-US, kodwa bahlala bengaziwa eNyakatho Melika, bengazange bavele kumashadi ase-US. Bakhipha ama-albhamu amabili unyaka ngamunye phakathi kuka-1985 no-1987, ngenkathi futhi bekhangisa ngama-single abo kuthelevishini kulo lonke elaseYurophu, bagcina bethengise amarekhodi ayizigidi ezingamashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu kungakapheli iminyaka emithathu.  Ngokuphawulekayo, i-Modern Talking yayingelinye lamaqembu okuqala aseNtshonalanga avunyelwe ukuthengisa amarekhodi awo eSoviet Union. Ngemva kwamashumi amane eminyaka okucwaninga kweMpi Yomshoshaphansi nemikhawulo yokungenisa, izinguquko zikaGlasnost zikaMikhail Gorbachev ngo-1986 zavula indawo yaseSoviet kumaqembu aseNtshonalanga, kuhlanganise neModern Talking ngesikhathi idumela lawo seliphezulu kakhulu. Ngenxa yalokho, basalokhu benesisekelo esikhulu sabalandeli eMpumalanga Yurophu.  Phakathi kuka-1987 no-1997 Ngokushesha ngemuva kokuhlukana kwe-duo maphakathi no-1987, uBohlen wasungula iphrojekthi yakhe ebizwa ngeBlue System futhi wajabulela izikhundla eziningana eziphezulu zamashadi, ngamathrekhi afana ne- "Sorry Little Sarah", "My Bed Is Too Big", "Under My Skin", "Love Suite", "Laila" ne- "Déjà vu". Phakathi naleso sikhathi, u-Anders waya yedwa, ehambela ngaphansi kwegama le-Modern Talking emazwenikazi amaningana kuze kube sekuqaleni kuka-1989, lapho eqala khona ukuqopha okunye kokuthunyelwe kwakhe okusha okufana ne-pop e-LA naseLondon, nasezweni lakubo. U-Anders uqophe ama-albhamu ayisihlanu eyedwa ngesiNgisi, i-Different, Whispers, Down on Sunset, When Will I See You Again ne-Souled, kanti enye yama-albhamu akhe nayo yaqoshwa ngeSpanishi iBarcos de Cristal. Wayephumelela kakhulu kwamanye amazwe kunasezweni lakubo, kodwa futhi wafinyelela ama-hits amaningi eJalimane. Naphezu kwazo zonke izingxabano nokungavumelani uBohlen no-Anders ababenakho esikhathini esidlule, baqala ukuxhumana futhi ngemva kokuba u-Anders ebuyele eKoblenz, eJalimane ngo-1994.  1998<unk>2003: Ukuhlangana kabusha Ekuqaleni kuka-1998, laba bobabili baphinde bahlangana futhi baba nomsebenzi wabo wokuqala ndawonye ngoMashi ohlelweni lwe-TV lwaseJalimane iWetten, dass..?. Bakhipha inguqulo ehlanganisiwe yezingoma zabo zango-1984 "UyiNhliziyo Yami, Ungumphefumulo Wami", ene-Eric Singleton ezingomeni ze-rap. I-albhamu yabo yokuqala yokubuya i-Back for Good, eyayihlanganisa izingoma ezine ezintsha, kanye nazo zonke izingoma zangaphambilini ezihlanganiswe kabusha ngamasu anamuhla, yahlala inombolo eyodwa eJalimane amasonto amahlanu alandelanayo futhi yakwazi ukuhola amashadi emazweni ayishumi nanhlanu, ekugcineni yathengisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezintathu eYurophu kuphela. Le duo yawina umklomelo weBhendi Ethengisa Kakhulu yaseJalimane kuma-World Music Awards ngalowo nyaka. I-albhamu eyalandela ethi Alone nayo yaya ngqo endaweni yokuqala eJalimane futhi yaphumelela kakhulu kwenye indawo; i-albhamu yakwazi ukuthengisa amayunithi angaphezu kwesigidi eYurophu kuphela.  UBohlen no-Anders balandela iphethini ye-Modern Talking yama-1980 njengoba bakhetha ukukhipha izingoma ezimbili ku-albhamu ngayinye, njengasesikhathini esedlule. Kwabe sekulandela uchungechunge lwama-single nama-albhamu amane afana ne-Year of the Dragon, i-America, Victory ne-Universe. Ngemuva kokufinyelela iphuzu lapho base beqoqe khona imiklomelo yegolide ne-platinum engaphezu kwama-400 emhlabeni wonke, uBohlen no-Anders banquma ukuhlukana futhi ngo-2003 ngaphambi nje kokukhishwa komunye umhlanganisi ongcono kakhulu. Ukwehlukana kwesibili kubonakala sengathi kwabangelwa ngokuyinhloko ukuvezwa okungalungile kuka-Anders nguBohlen okubhalwe encwadini yakhe yokuphila eyashicilelwa ngo-Okthoba 4, 2003. Phakathi nazo zonke izingxabano ezaholela ekuhlakazekeni kwaleli qembu, uBohlen wayebandakanyeka ku-Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), uhlelo lwesiJalimane lwe-Pop Idol yase-UK. I-albhamu yokuqoqa yakhishwa ngo-2003 enesihloko esithi I-Album Yokugcina equkethe wonke ama-singles we-duo. UThomas Anders waqala omunye umsebenzi wakhe wedwa ngokushesha ngemuva kokuphela kweModern Talking, ngenkathi uBohlen manje eseqale ukunikela isikhathi sakhe esiningi kumathalente amasha, ikakhulukazi lawo awatholile ku-DSDS.