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Free (Kate Ryan Album)
''Free'' is the fourth studio album by Belgian singer Kate Ryan. It was released on May 30, 2008 by ARS Entertainment and Universal Music. It produced the singles, " Voyage Voyage", " L.I.L.Y.", " Ella elle l'a", " I Surrender" and " Your Eyes". ''Free'' performed moderately well on the charts and was certified Gold in Poland for shipments of 10,000 copies. Critical reception AllMusic editor John Lucas rated the album four out of five stars. He noted found that ''Free'' "is another consistently strong effort. It only once hits the heights of the best tracks from ''Alive'' ..but it is a strong collection of Europop with much less filler than her first two records." Track listing All songs produced by Niclas Kings and Niklas Bergwall, collectively known as 2N. *Original release *Second edition :UK edition only # "The Rain" #" Je T'Adore" #"Libertine" #"Désenchantée" #"I Surrender" (Chuckle Brothers remix) Tunes Exclusive#"Ella Ella L'a (English Extended Version)" Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essential (Kate Ryan Album)
''Essential'' is the first compilation released by Kate Ryan. The album was released by the labels EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ... and Capitol in early June 2008. Track listing #Désenchantée #Je t'adore #Alive rench Version #All For You #Libertine #Only If I #The Promise You Made #Mon coeur résiste encore #UR (My Love) #Je lance un appel #The Rain #Goodbye #Alive #Scream for More #Voyage Voyage #Ella, elle l' a Charts References 2008 compilation albums Kate Ryan albums Capitol Records compilation albums {{Belgium-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Ryan
Kate Ryan (born Katrien Verbeeck, 22 July 1980) is a Belgian singer and songwriter, and the winner of a World Music Award. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of Mylène Farmer and France Gall, such as "Désenchantée", " Libertine", and " Ella, elle l'a", and Desireless' " Voyage Voyage", as well as new material. Ryan represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with " Je t'adore" coming in 12th place in the semi-final. Biography 2001–2004: ''Different'' Ryan was born in the small village of Tessenderlo, Belgium, and grew up in a musical family. At eight years old she learned to play piano and guitar. She received singing and piano lessons from her aunt who teaches at a conservatory. She studied at an art school, specialising in jewellery design. Ryan played frequently in bars and cafés as a teenager, and one night she was offered a recording deal. She became a member of a pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Gall
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French ''yé-yé'' singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "", representing Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, Luxembourg. Later in her career, she worked with singer-songwriter Michel Berger, whom she married in 1976. Her most successful singles include "", "" and "". Early life Gall was born in Paris on 9 October 1947, to a highly musical family. Her father, the lyricist Robert Gall, wrote songs for Édith Piaf and Charles Aznavour. Her mother, Cécile Berthier, was a singer as well and the daughter of Paul Berthier, the co-founder of Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois. The only daughter of her family, France had two brothers: Patrice and Philippe. In spring 1963, Robert Gall encouraged his daughter to record songs and send the demos to the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désenchantée
"Désenchantée" (; feminine of ''désenchanté'', which is French for "Disenchanted" or "Disappointed") is a song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The first single from her third studio album '' L'autre...'', it was released on 18 March 1991 and achieved great success in France, topping the charts for more than two months. It is Farmer's most successful song and is generally considered her signature song. In 2002, the song was covered by Belgian singer Kate Ryan, whose version reached number one in Belgium and became a top-20 hit across Europe. Mylène Farmer version Background and writing After a two-year absence from the media, Farmer launched this new single "Désenchantée" on 18 March 1991, three weeks before the release of the album '' L'autre...''. At the time, many demonstrations were organized by students throughout France to protest against their status and conditions for learning, and the Gulf War was raging. The pessimistic lyrics of the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je T'Adore
"Je t'adore" (; "I adore you") is a song by Belgian singer Kate Ryan. It was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English (with only the title and the phrase on the chorus in French). It was the seventh song to be performed in this contest and the 999th by counting all songs which had ever performed on Eurovision Song Contest. "Je t'adore" was released in 2006 as the lead single from Ryan's third studio album '' Alive'' (2006). Composition The song is composed in a key of G minor, and has 131 beats per minute. Song information The song was performed in the semi-final, as Belgium had not qualified for the final at the . On the night, it was performed seventh, following 's Luiz Ejlli with "Zjarr e ftohtë" and preceding 's Brian Kennedy with "Every Song Is a Cry for Love". At the close of voting, it had received 69 points, with a maximum of 7 points given by , , and the , placing 12th out of 23 and missing the final – thus forcing that Belgium would hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Styles
Darren James Mew (born 23 May 1975), better known as Darren Styles, is an English music producer, DJ, singer and songwriter from Clacton-On-Sea, Essex. Originally a member of the breakbeat hardcore group DJ Force & the Evolution, Styles found success during the 1990s as one half of Force & Styles. The duo were pioneers of happy hardcore and wrote several well-known songs such as "Heart of Gold (Force & Styles song), Heart of Gold", "Pretty Green Eyes" and "Paradise & Dreams". In the early 2000s, Styles began producing more trance music, trance-influenced records with Mark Breeze, Mark Brady as Styles & Breeze. The duo released two hit singles "You're Shining" (2002) and "Heartbeatz" (2003) which both reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart. They have been involved in all volumes of the popular ''Clubland X-Treme Hardcore'' compilation series. Darren Styles also has a collab alias with Stonebank called "Zero Hero". As a solo artist, Styles has released two studio albums, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soraya Arnelas
Soraya Arnelas Rubiales (; born 13 September 1982), better known mononymously as Soraya, is a Spanish singer. Soraya represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with the song " La noche es para mí", finishing 23rd with 23 points. Biography Early life Arnelas was born in Valencia de Alcántara, Cáceres, Spain on 13 September 1982. At the age of 11, she left for Madrid. She wanted to study drama but soon started working as an airline stewardess for Iberworld, where she travelled around the world. Apart from her native Spanish, she is also fluent in English and Portuguese. 2005: ''Operación Triunfo'' and ''Corazón De Fuego'' Soraya participated in the fourth series of the Spanish television series '' Operación Triunfo'' in 2005 where she came second overall. Her début album ''Corazón De Fuego'' was released on 5 December 2005 produced by Kike Santander. The album got Platinum status. 2006: ''Ochenta's'' On 21 November 2006, Soraya released her second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Lemaire
Jo Lemaire (born 5 January 1956) is a Belgian singer and songwriter born in Gembloux, Namur. Beyond her native country, she is also popular in France, Switzerland, Canada, and the Netherlands. Career Jo Lemaire debuted musically in the late 1970s with her musical group, "Jo Lemaire + Flouze". The group saw true success with the release of their album '' Pigmy World'' in 1981. That album, containing a moody synthpop adaptation of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je suis venue te dire que je m'en vais", propelled the singer into stardom all over Europe and Canada. In 1982, the group separated, and Lemaire continued her career as a solo artist. She divorced Philippe Depireux, a fellow former bandmember, and moved to Bilzen with her new partner, Fa Vanham. Her first solo album, ''Concorde'', was released to great success in 1983. The vinyl was uniquely bilingual, in having one side in English and the other in French. A year later, a self-titled album was released, produced by Jean-Marie Aer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Olsson
Jeanette Olsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She started working as a session singer in Stockholm in the late 1990s. Olsson has provided accompanying and background vocals on tracks by numerous top-selling artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Ariana Grande, Steps and many others. Olsson signed her first publishing deal in 2001 with Kobalt Label Services, with her songs recorded by such artists as Kelly Rowland and Kate Ryan. Olsson moved from Stockholm to Los Angeles in 2010, continuing to sing backing vocals. She co-wrote and sang the title track for Disneynature movie '' Wings of Life''. She has sung on commercials for Fiat 500, Gillette, Sears and others. Olsson's is one of the voices on the movie scores for '' Soulsurfer'' and '' Rock of Ages'', and for the Mickey's Soundsational Parade that premiered in 2011 at Disneyland California. Starting in 2011, she became one of the backing-vocalists on the TV show ''Glee''. Olsson sang a cover ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romano Musumarra
Romano Musumarra (born 21 July 1956) is an Italian composer, arranger, musician and record producer. Life and career Born in Rome, Musumarra approached music as a child, learning to play pipe organ at his church. He studied piano, composition and conducting at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and in 1975 he formed the melodic pop-rock group La Bottega dell'Arte, with whom he achieved some significant success throughout the 1970s. Eddy Anselmi (2009). "Romano Musumarra". ''Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana'', Panini Comics. .Riccardo Giagni (1990). "Musumarra, Romano". Gino Castaldo (ed.) ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore. Besides his work with the band, in 1978 he made an electronic album called ''Automat'' together with Claudio Gizzi. In 1983 he left La Bottega dell'Arte and devoted himself to the activity of arranger and composer, arranging among others works by Riccardo Cocciante, Mango, Fred Bongusto and Franco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Mas
Jeanne Mas is a French pop singer. She is well known in France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. Her first success was "Toute première fois" in 1984. This song was simultaneously released in the United Kingdom in English. Two of her singles charted at number one in France: "Johnny, Johnny" and "En rouge et noir" in 1985 and 1986, respectively. Her 1980's albums are good examples of the Euro disco electropop style popular in Continental Europe at the time, featuring synthesizers and very catchy melodies. Biography Jeanne Mas was born on 28 February 1958 in Alicante, Spain. She started studying languages at the University of Nanterre (near Paris). After one year studying Spanish and Italian, she took off for Italy giving up her studies at the university. She settled in Rome when she was only 18 years old. In Rome, she took dance and acting classes. She started landing small parts in commercials as well as in full-length films and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clea (band)
Clea are an English girl group whose members met on the television show ''Popstars: The Rivals'' in 2002. Chloe Morgan (née Staines), Lynsey Brown, Emma Beard and Aimee Kearsley decided to form a band after they were voted off the series. The name 'Clea' is an acronym of the first letter of each member's name. History They initially had a management contract with Upside Management, a company set up by former BMG/Sony employees Denise Beighton and Simon Jones, and a recording contract with Warner Music, Warner offshoot 1967 Records. Their first single, "Download It", released in 2003, entered the UK Singles Chart at number 21, and the band spent the remainder of the year playing small concerts in the United Kingdom. In February 2004, the band released their second single, "Stuck in the Middle (Clea song), Stuck in the Middle," which reached number 23 in the UK Singles Chart. They continued playing, including appearances at Soccer 6 in Liverpool and Reading, Berkshire, Reading. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
