Kristine Blond (born Anne-Kristine Blond on 16 April 1975) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Blond had success as a pop and R&B singer in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She achieved three top 40 hit singles on the
UK Singles Chart. Her biggest hit, "
Love Shy", peaked at No. 22 in 1998. A re-release of remixes was released in 2000 and peaked at No. 28, containing the popular
UK garage
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She released several singles in Denmark including "You Make Me Go Oooh", "You Belong to Someone Else" and "All I Ever Wanted".
In the early 2000s, Blond recorded the theme song "A Day Without You" for the Dutch television show ''
Star Academy
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'', which also charted in the Netherlands.
Other releases in Germany and Denmark were "Teach Him" and "Fra i dag" (theme song for ''
Peter Pan 2'').
In 2008, Blond released a self-titled album changing musical direction to a more acoustic and non-commercial sound and began to write her own songs. She has since toured Denmark promoting the new material as well as performing her older material in the UK.
Discography
Albums
*''All I Ever Wanted'' (2001),
WEA
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*''Kristine Blond'' (2008), Hithouse
Singles
*"
Love Shy" (1998), Reverb -
UK #22,
: Gold
*"
Love Shy (Remixes)" (2000),
Relentless - UK #28
*"You Belong to Someone Else" (2001), WEA/Milkk
*"You Make Me Go Oooh" (2001), WEA/Milkk - UK #35
*"All I Ever Wanted" (2001), Warner
*"Teach Him" (2002), Milkk -
GER #95
*"A Day Without You" (2002), Milkk -
NETH #81
*"So Invincible" (with
Funkstar De Luxe) (2008), 3some Music
*"Nothing Left" (2008), Hithouse
References
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1975 births
20th-century Danish women singers
Living people
UK garage singers
Relentless Records artists
Warner Music Group artists
21st-century Danish women singers