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___MASK23___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western ___MASK5___ and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK23___ extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK23___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK23___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Hamburg ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg " ( Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ), is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the ___MASK92___ . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider Hamburg Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the river Elbe . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK1___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . Lyon or ( more archaically ) Lyons ( or ) is a city in east - central ___MASK23___ , in the Auvergne - Rhône - Alpes region , about from Paris and from Marseille . Inhabitants of the city are called " Lyonnais ". Von hier an blind ( German for " Blind from here on ") is the second ___MASK1___ by Wir sind Helden , released on 4 April 2005 in Germany . The ___MASK1___ entered the German top 100 ___MASK1___ charts at # 1 on 18 April and remained in the top 10 for twenty weeks . It also reached # 1 in Austria , and # 5 in Switzerland . The ___MASK1___ also reached # 16 on the ___MASK73___ ' US ___MASK1___ charts . ___MASK5___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK5___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK5___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK5___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK5___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Toulouse is the capital city of the southwestern French department of Haute - Garonne , as well as of the Occitanie region . The city lies on the banks of the River Garonne , from the Mediterranean Sea , from the Atlantic Ocean , and from Paris . It is the fourth - largest city in ___MASK23___ with 466 , 297 inhabitants in January 2014 . The Toulouse Metro area is , with 1 312 304 inhabitants as of 2014 , ___MASK23___ ' s 4th metropolitan area after Paris , Lyon and Marseille and ahead of Lille and Bordeaux . MPEG - 1 and / or MPEG - 2 Audio Layer III , more commonly referred to as MP3 , is an audio coding format for ___MASK47___ which uses a form of lossy data compression . It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage , as well as a de facto standard of ___MASK47___ compression for the transfer and playback of music on most ___MASK47___ players and computing devices . Lille is a city in northern ___MASK23___ , in French Flanders . On the Deûle River , near ___MASK23___ ' s border with Belgium , it is the capital of the Hauts - de - ___MASK23___ region and the prefecture of the Nord department . Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western ___MASK5___ . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , Germany is the most populous member state of the ___MASK92___ . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . Germany ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . The Mediterranean Sea ( pronounced ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean , surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land : on the north by Southern ___MASK5___ and Anatolia , on the south by North Africa , and on the east by the Levant . The sea is sometimes considered a part of the Atlantic Ocean , although it is usually identified as a separate body of water . Paris ( French : ) is the capital and most populous city of ___MASK23___ . It has an area of and a population in 2013 of 2 , 229 , 621 within its administrative limits . The city is both a commune and department , and forms the centre and headquarters of the Île - de - ___MASK23___ , or Paris Region , which has an area of and a population in 2014 of 12 , 005 , 077 , comprising 18 . 2 percent of the population of ___MASK23___ . Die Reklamation ( German for " The Complaint ") is the debut ___MASK1___ of the German band Wir sind Helden , released on 7 July 2003 by ___MASK30___ , a subsidiary of ___MASK96___ . It sold over 800 , 000 copies in Germany and reached four times Platinum . The Rhine (, , ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1 , 050 , 000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western ___MASK5___ ( after the Danube ), at about , with an average discharge of about . The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium , and ___MASK23___ . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the ___MASK68___ Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . French Guiana ( pronounced or ), officially called Guiana , is an overseas department and region of ___MASK23___ , located on the north Atlantic coast of South America in the Guyanas . It borders Brazil to the east and south , and Suriname to the west . Its area has a very low population density of only 3 inhabitants per km , with half of its 244 , 118 inhabitants in 2013 living in the metropolitan area of Cayenne , its capital . By land area , it is the second largest region of ___MASK23___ and the largest outermost region within the ___MASK92___ . Wir sind Helden ( German for We are heroes ) is the third ___MASK1___ by Wir sind Helden , released on 29 May 2006 in ___MASK23___ . The ___MASK1___ consisted of a number of tracks from their first two albums ( Die Reklamation and Von hier an blind ) along with French versions of some songs . The ___MASK1___ was the group ' s first official release in ___MASK23___ , and included all singles preceding its release , though none charted in ___MASK23___ . Compact disc ( CD ) is a ___MASK59___ optical disc data storage format released in ___MASK54___ and co - developed by Philips and ___MASK74___ . The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data ( CD - ROM ). Several other formats were further derived from these , including write - once audio and data storage ( CD - R ), rewritable media ( CD - RW ), Video Compact Disc ( VCD ), Super Video Compact Disc ( SVCD ), Photo CD , PictureCD , CD - i , and Enhanced Music CD . Audio CD players have been commercially available since October ___MASK54___ , when the first commercially available CD player was released in Japan . ___MASK96___ ( officially ___MASK96___ Group Limited , originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and often known as ___MASK96___ Records and ___MASK96___ Music ) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 and was based in London . At the time of its break - up in 2012 , it was the fourth - largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and was one of the big four record companies ( now the big three ). Its ___MASK96___ Records Ltd . group of record labels included ___MASK96___ Records , Parlophone , ___MASK61___ and Capitol Records . ___MASK96___ also had a major publishing arm , ___MASK96___ Music Publishing  also based in London with offices globally . Judith Holfelder - Roy ( née Holfelder - von der Tann ; born 12 November 1976 ), known by her stage name Judith Holofernes , is a German singer , guitarist , songwriter and author . She is best recognized as the lead singer of Wir sind Helden , a German ___MASK99___ rock band that came to fame in Germany following the release of the song " Guten Tag " in 2002 . The band received critical acclaim owing in part to Holofernes ' lyrics , which are characterized by their playful use of words and their often sociocritical nature . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the ___MASK92___ : Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the ___MASK92___ and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , Berlin is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the ___MASK92___ . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of the Berlin - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third of the city ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . Nice (; Niçard , classical norm , or "", nonstandard , ) is the fifth most populous city in ___MASK23___ and the capital of the Alpes - Maritimes " département ". The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits , with a population of about 1 million on an area of . Located in the French Riviera , on the south east coast of ___MASK23___ on the Mediterranean Sea , at the foot of the Alps , Nice is the second - largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and the second - largest city in the Provence - Alpes - Côte d ' Azur region after Marseille . Nice is about 13 kilometres ( 8 miles ) from the principality of Monaco , and its airport is a gateway to the principality as well . The ___MASK68___ Channel (" the Sleeve " [ hence ] " Sea of Brittany " " British Sea "), also called simply the Channel , is the body of water that separates southern England from northern France , and joins the southern part of the North Sea to the rest of the Atlantic Ocean . The LP ( from " long playing " or " long play ") is an analog sound storage medium , a vinyl ___MASK78___ format characterized by a speed of rpm , a 12 or 10 inch ( 30 or 25 cm ) diameter , and use of the " microgroove " groove specification . Introduced by Columbia in 1948 , it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire ___MASK78___ industry . Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound , it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums . A book is a set of written , printed , illustrated , or blank sheets , made of paper , parchment , or other materials , fastened together to hinge at one side , with text and / or images printed in ink . A single sheet within a book is a ___MASK7___ , and each side of a ___MASK7___ is a page . A set of text - filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book , or e - book . ___MASK99___ rock is rock music with a lighter , smoother approach that is more reminiscent of commercial ___MASK99___ music . Originating in the 1950s as an alternative to rock and roll , early ___MASK99___ rock was influenced by the beat , arrangements , and style of rock and roll ( and sometimes doo wop ), but placed a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft . The detractors of ___MASK99___ rock often deride it as a slick , commercial product , less authentic than rock music . Wir sind Helden ( German for " We are heroes ") was a German ___MASK99___ rock band that was established in 2000 in Hamburg and based in Berlin . The band was composed of lead singer and guitarist Judith Holofernes , drummer Pola Roy , bassist Mark Tavassol and keyboardist / guitarist Jean - Michel Tourette . Bordeaux ( Gascon Occitan : "") is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern ___MASK23___ .