Anika Nilles
Sign in to saveAnika Nilles is a German drummer, composer, and musical educator. She launched her career on YouTube during the early 2010s, and has released three full-length albums to date, all with backing band Nevell: Pikalar (2017), For a Colorful Soul (2020) and False Truth (2025). On 6 October 2025, Nilles was announced as the touring drummer for Rush's 2026 reunion tour.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Pad Book
- Anika Nilles' Pad Book : Fundamental Workouts
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1983
Discography
- Anika Nilles2014
- Chary Life2014
- Have You2015
- Synergy2015
- Golden Sparks2017
- Pikalar2017
- For A Colorful Soul2020
- Studio Live Session2021
- Boom2022
- Opuntia2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anika
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Aschaffenburg
- Occupation
- music teacher
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- rock music
- Image
- Anika Nilles at a drum clinic (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1983-01-01
- social media followers
- 256000
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
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