Both his brother Wilhelm and his wife Anna Henkel-Grönemeyer died of cancer within the
same week (3 and 5 November 1998).
Talks about his pain after the death of his wife Anna in his latest
album "Mensch", which was 36 weeks in the Top 10 of Germany's album
charts. The first single "Mensch" was number 1 for 5 weeks (2002).
He was the first German singer to do "MTV Unplugged"
His fifth album "4630 Bochum" was the best-selling German language album
of all time.