Amber (performer)
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Marie-Claire "Amber" Cremers (born May 9, 1970; Ubbergen
, Gelderland
, Netherlands
) is a Dutch
-German
singer, songwriter
, label owner and executive producer. She is best known for her hits "This Is Your Night," "If You Could Read My Mind," and "Sexual (Li Da Di)."
In 1999 Amber released her second (self titled) album which garnered the most mainstream attention thus far. The first single "Sexual (Di Da Di)" achieved success in the US Billboard charts as well as charting across Europe. The album also included the single "If You Could Read My Mind" by Stars On 54 (a collaboration with Ultra Naté and Jocelyn Enriquez) which was featured on the soundtrack to the movie '54'.
In 2000, Amber released the album 'Remixed', which contained remix
es of all her previous singles, including "If You Could Read My Mind." It also included a non-album track "Taste The Tears" which had previously appeared on the TV soundtrack for "Sex and The City
".
In 2001, she received a Grammy nomination as the writer of 'Love One Another' for Cher's cover version and also co wrote for Bette Midler.
Amber's third album "Naked" was released in early 2002. It was her first album not produced by the Berman Brothers but with her longtime collaborator and producer Wolfram Dettki, as she bought out her contract. Musically, Amber continued the path she had started with: she continued to write her own lyrics and attempted even more of a departure from her original Eurodance
sound. Amber parted ways with Tommy Boy Records after her third album because of creative differences.
Amber's fourth album, "My Kind Of World" was the first to be released on her own label, and was more personal and moodier than her previous releases. The album did not gain mainstream attention. Three singles were taken from the album, "You Move Me", "Voodoo" and "Just Like That".
In 2006 Amber released a new single "Melt With the Sun
" and an album Undanced II which included unreleased tracks/remixes.
In 2008 she re-released her debut single "This Is Your Night" with new remixes. The song had not been made available digitally due to legal issues regarding distribution. In August 2008 she collaborated with Zelma Davis of C&C Music Factory fame on a cover of No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
, the classic duet by Donna Summer
and Barbra Streisand
. Both songs were accompanied by new music videos.
In 2009 Amber was the closing act at Baltimore's Gay Pride festival on Saturday, June 20, 2009. In 2010 she was the closing act at Pittsburgh's Gay pride festival on Sunday, June 13, 2010. She was also the closing act at Providence Gay Pride on June 19, 2010. She is the scheduled headliner at SC Pride on September 3rd, 2011.
Ubbergen
Ubbergen is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.- Population centres :Beek, Berg en Dal, Erlecom, Groenlanden, Kekerdom, Leuth, Ooij, Persingen, Tiengeboden, Ubbergen and Wercheren.-External links:*...
, Gelderland
Gelderland
Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
-German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, label owner and executive producer. She is best known for her hits "This Is Your Night," "If You Could Read My Mind," and "Sexual (Li Da Di)."
Career
Amber's music career took off when one of her demos, "This Is Your Night" gained interest from Tommy Boy Records. Soon after its release as a single, it became one of the most successful songs of 1996 and 1997. A full length album soon followed. It included two more hit singles, "Colour Of Love" and "One More Night."In 1999 Amber released her second (self titled) album which garnered the most mainstream attention thus far. The first single "Sexual (Di Da Di)" achieved success in the US Billboard charts as well as charting across Europe. The album also included the single "If You Could Read My Mind" by Stars On 54 (a collaboration with Ultra Naté and Jocelyn Enriquez) which was featured on the soundtrack to the movie '54'.
In 2000, Amber released the album 'Remixed', which contained remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es of all her previous singles, including "If You Could Read My Mind." It also included a non-album track "Taste The Tears" which had previously appeared on the TV soundtrack for "Sex and The City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
".
In 2001, she received a Grammy nomination as the writer of 'Love One Another' for Cher's cover version and also co wrote for Bette Midler.
Amber's third album "Naked" was released in early 2002. It was her first album not produced by the Berman Brothers but with her longtime collaborator and producer Wolfram Dettki, as she bought out her contract. Musically, Amber continued the path she had started with: she continued to write her own lyrics and attempted even more of a departure from her original Eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
sound. Amber parted ways with Tommy Boy Records after her third album because of creative differences.
Amber's fourth album, "My Kind Of World" was the first to be released on her own label, and was more personal and moodier than her previous releases. The album did not gain mainstream attention. Three singles were taken from the album, "You Move Me", "Voodoo" and "Just Like That".
In 2006 Amber released a new single "Melt With the Sun
Melt with the Sun
"Melt With the Sun" is a dance music song written by Amber and Sweet Rains, performed by Amber and produced by Sweet Rains and released on November 14, 2006...
" and an album Undanced II which included unreleased tracks/remixes.
In 2008 she re-released her debut single "This Is Your Night" with new remixes. The song had not been made available digitally due to legal issues regarding distribution. In August 2008 she collaborated with Zelma Davis of C&C Music Factory fame on a cover of No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
"No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song...
, the classic duet by Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
and Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
. Both songs were accompanied by new music videos.
In 2009 Amber was the closing act at Baltimore's Gay Pride festival on Saturday, June 20, 2009. In 2010 she was the closing act at Pittsburgh's Gay pride festival on Sunday, June 13, 2010. She was also the closing act at Providence Gay Pride on June 19, 2010. She is the scheduled headliner at SC Pride on September 3rd, 2011.
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Electr Top Electronic Albums Dance/Electronic Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States. The chart debuted on the issue dated June 30, 2001. It originally began as a fifteen-position chart and has since expanded to twenty-five... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| 1997 | This Is Your Night This Is Your Night This Is Your Night is the debut album of dance-pop singer Amber. It was released on Tommy Boy Records on November 25, 1996.The album featured international hit title track "This Is Your Night", which peaked at #24 on the U.S...
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| 1999 | Amber Amber (Amber album) Amber is Amber's second album, released in 1999 on Tommy Boy Records, featured an alluring array of soulful Dance-pop, Hi-NRG and House music song with a few Urban contemporary songs such as "Object of Desire." The song "Above the Clouds" was prominently featured on the final episode of Season... |
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| 2002 | Naked
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| 2004 | My Kind of World My Kind of World Amber's fourth album was titled My Kind of World. Amber co-wrote 10 of the 12 songs on the album. The album features three singles: "You Move Me", "Voodoo" and "Just Like That."-Tracklisting:* 1. "Crucified Solitude"* 2. "You Move Me"* 3. "Voodoo"... |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Dance | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
SPA Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| 1996 | "This is Your Night" | 24 | 10 | - | 40 | 11 | - | 3 | This Is Your Night This Is Your Night This Is Your Night is the debut album of dance-pop singer Amber. It was released on Tommy Boy Records on November 25, 1996.The album featured international hit title track "This Is Your Night", which peaked at #24 on the U.S... |
| "Colour of Love" | 74 | 5 | - | 31 | - | - | - | ||
| 1997 | "One More Night" | 58 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1998 | "If You Could Read My Mind" (Stars on 54: Ultra Naté Ultra Naté Ultra Naté is an American house music, Dance-pop and sometimes R&B musician who has achieved a respectable amount of success on the pop charts with songs such as "Free" and "If You Could Read My Mind" as part of Stars on 54.... , Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez Jocelyn Enriquez Jocelyn Enriquez is a Dance-pop singer from San Francisco. She is of Filipino descent: her parents are from the province of Pangasinan. She graduated from Pinole Valley High School in 1993.-Career:... ) |
52 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 82 | 1 | Amber Amber (Amber album) Amber is Amber's second album, released in 1999 on Tommy Boy Records, featured an alluring array of soulful Dance-pop, Hi-NRG and House music song with a few Urban contemporary songs such as "Object of Desire." The song "Above the Clouds" was prominently featured on the final episode of Season... |
| 1999 | "Sexual (Li Da Di)" | 42 | 1 | 34 | 24 | - | 40 | - | |
| "Do That To Me One More Time" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000 | "Above the Clouds" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Love One Another" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001 | "Yes!" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | Naked |
| 2002 | "The Need to Be Naked" | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | "Anyway (Men are From Mars)" | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2004 | "You Move Me" | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | My Kind of World My Kind of World Amber's fourth album was titled My Kind of World. Amber co-wrote 10 of the 12 songs on the album. The album features three singles: "You Move Me", "Voodoo" and "Just Like That."-Tracklisting:* 1. "Crucified Solitude"* 2. "You Move Me"* 3. "Voodoo"... |
| 2005 | "Voodoo" | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2006 | "Just Like That" | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "Melt With the Sun Melt with the Sun "Melt With the Sun" is a dance music song written by Amber and Sweet Rains, performed by Amber and produced by Sweet Rains and released on November 14, 2006... " |
- | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | Non-album single | |
| 2008 | "This is Your Night 2008" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| "No More Tears (Enough is Enough) No More Tears (Enough is Enough) "No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song... " (Amber and Zelma Davis) |
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| 2009 | "I Don't Believe in Hate (Drip Drop)" | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
See also
- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- Mononymous personsMononymous personsA mononymous person is an individual who is known and addressed by a mononym, or "single name". In some cases, that name has been selected by the individual, who may have originally been given a polynym...