Ronnie Atkins Explained

Ronnie Atkins (born Paul Christensen on 16 November 1964) is a Danish singer, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist and primary songwriter for heavy metal band Pretty Maids.^[1] Atkins co-founded Pretty Maids in Horsens, Denmark in 1981 with guitarist Ken Hammer. Pretty Maids has released sixteen studio albums, four live albums and four extended plays.

He released his first solo album, One Shot, in 2021,^[2] followed by his sophomore album, Make It Count, in 2022.^[3]

Discography

See also: Pretty Maids discography.

Studio albums

• One Shot (2021)
• Make It Count (2022)
• Trinity (2023)

Extended plays

• 4 More Shots (2021)
• Symphomaniac (2022)

Nordic Union

• Nordic Union (2016)
• Second Coming (2018)
• Animalistic (2022)

Avantasia

• The Mystery of Time (2013), guest on Invoke The Machine
• Ghostlights (2016), guest on Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Unchain the Light and Wake up to the Moon
• Moonglow (2019), guest on Book of Shallows, Starlight and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society (2022), guest on Paper Plane
• Here Be Dragons (2025), guest on Phantasmagoria

Health

Atkins has been diagnosed with and treating lung cancer since August 2019.^[4]

References

PRETTY MAIDS Singer RONNIE ATKINS On His Stage Four Cancer Battle: 'I'm Pretty Much Living Day By Day'

Notes and References

1. Web site: Johansson . Susanne . Forsanger fra Pretty Maids ramt af kræft: 'Det rev gulvtæppet fuldstændig væk under mig' . BT . 5 April 2021 . da . 21 February 2021.
2. Web site: Rud . Keld . Soloskud fra østjysk hardrockveteran . Gaffa . 5 April 2021 . da . 12 March 2021.
3. Web site: Landini . Federico . RONNIE ATKINS: previsto per marzo il nuovo album solista, ecco il brano Unsung Heroes . Metallized.it . Metallized . 12 April 2022 . it.
4. https://blabbermouth.net/news/pretty-maids-singer-ronnie-atkins-approaches-six-year-mark-since-he-was-diagnosed-with-lung-cancer-im-alive-and-i-still-feel-blessed