Adeva (born Patricia Daniels) is an American singer. She had a string of successful
house
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and R&B hits in the late 1980s to early 1990s, including "Warning!", "I Thank You" and "Respect" (all three of which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart).
Early life
Born in 1960 in
Paterson, New Jersey
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Easy Street Records
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.
Debut album
Immediately after this, she signed with the UK label Cooltempo (a subsidiary of EMI) later in 1988 and released a house reworking of the
Aretha Franklin
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hit "
Respect
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Adeva!
''Adeva!'' is the debut album by American singer Adeva, released in 1989. The album features the singles "Respect" ( UK No. 17), "Musical Freedom (Free At Last)" (UK No. 22), "Warning!" (UK No. 17), "I Thank You" (UK No. 17), "Beautiful Love" (UK ...
'' was released in August 1989, and peaked at #6 on the UK Albums Chart, #28 in Germany, and #14 in Australia. The album was certified platinum by the
British Phonographic Industry
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for UK sales exceeding 300,000 copies. In addition to "Respect", the album contained several other hit singles including "Warning!" and "I Thank You", both of which also reached #17 in the UK, and "Musical Freedom" which reached #22. The album was released in the United States in 1990 via EMI's
Capitol Records
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, where "Warning!" had become a top 10 ''Billboard'' Dance Chart hit.
Later career
Her second album, 1991's ''Love or Lust?'' failed to chart in both the UK and US, despite featuring two hit singles on the US Dance chart, "Independent Woman" (US Dance #7) and "It Should Have Been Me" (US Dance #1), and she was dropped by Cooltempo in 1992.
Adeva collaborated with
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pioneer
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in 1995, with whom she released two UK top 40 singles and an album, ''Welcome to the Real World''.
In 1997, Adeva released another album, ''New Direction'', on Distinct'ive Records, but this was unsuccessful. It is her last album to date, though she was featured on various singles in 2003–04 with other artists, including Radical Noiz and
Eric Prydz
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who both sampled Adeva's 1988 single "In and Out of My Life", which was also sampled by OnePhatDeeva in 1999. She was also featured on the 2004 single "Wish I Never Knew" by the Scandinavian dance act, Slippery People.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Collaborations
Videos
* 1991 ''Live at the Town and Country Club'', Chrysalis/EMI Video (UK)
* 1992 ''The Video Hits!''