Karen Danzig is a British singer with paternal German ancestry.

Danzig, mostly known for her success in the Clubland genre of Dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

, sang and co-wrote "Heartbeatz" which entered the Top 20 UK charts at No.16 on All Around The World Records.

She has co-written & given vocal performances for tracks by Styles & Breeze, Flip N Fill, Love to Infinity

Love to Infinity

Love to Infinity is a platinum selling UK based remix, production and songwriting team, Andy, Pete and Dave Lee.Formed in 1992, Grammy nominated Love to Infinity has remixed a wealth of dance and pop artists including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cher, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Ace...

 and Micky Modelle

Micky Modelle

Micky Modelle is a Disc jockey and Record producer from Ireland, born in 1972.-Career:He came in to the media spotlight in 2006, when he had he had a top ten hit with Flemish singer Jessy, Dancing in the Dark was originally released by Jessy in 2004 in Belgium. However after meeting jessy, he...

, and for labels such as All Around The World, Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...

, Sony ATV, Can You Feel It

Can You Feel It

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, and Serious Records.

She is published by Notting Hill Music/23rd Precinct, & now writes, records & performs with songwriter/producer Bill Padley

Bill Padley

Bill Padley is a Scottish born, award winning record producer and songwriter.He won an Ivor Novello Award on 25 May 2006, for the best selling single of 2005, "That's My Goal", by The X-Factor's Shayne Ward...

 as dance-pop act Radiola

Radiola

Radiola is a compilation album by Skank released in 2004, containing recent hits and four new songs...

.

Training & Early Career

Karen trained from an early age in classical singing at the Watford School of Music & went on to achieve a First Class Honours Degree in Music & Performing Arts at Chichester University, & a Post Graduate Diploma in Acting & Musical Theatre at Hertfordshire Theatre School.
In 1992 she toured the world with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.
Upon graduation she enjoyed a career singing jazz & pop in London

London

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 & Bangkok

Bangkok

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, as well as being a vocal coach.
Her first major recording project was with legendary 80’s pop producers Stock & Aitken, fronting a ‘Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

-esque’ pop-rock band called The Park. The band were created to promote the world’s first CD Phonecard Single, which featured 2 of Karen’s songs.
She continued songwriting with the likes of Ricky Wilde (Kim

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...

’s brother & songwriter) & Sam Bergliter (Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Stansfield is an English singer and songwriter.-Early years:Stansfield was born to Marion and Keith Stansfield in Heywood, Lancashire, in England, where she attended Redbrook School, Rochdale. Her first television appearance was on a talent programme in the Granada TV area in 1982...

), & recording for Serious Records (Sonique’s label), & Red Rose/Millennium (DJ Luck & MC Neat).
Solo releases included ‘Outcry’ (funky house) with Sam Bergliter & ‘DJ in Town’ (Millennium distribution) which she showcased at the London Astoria

London Astoria

The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000. It was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished...

 & other UK clubs. Karen also worked on several commercial UK garage/2 Step projects with remixers The Problem Kids & Big Ca$ino.
Karen also had her own pop-dance girlband, TULA

Tula

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, who made appearances on the first series of X Factor

The X Factor (UK)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...

. They performed regularly around London clubs at acoustic nights at the Kashmir Club (Tony Moore

Tony Moore (musician)

Tony Moore is an English singer/songwriter, musician, radio presenter and music promoter. He was also one of the early members of Iron Maiden...

) & Kabaret

Kabaret

Kabaret ist the eighth studio album by French singer Patricia Kaas. It was first released digitally on December 15, 2008. The physical release followed in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Russia on February 6, 2009, and in a double CD edition in France on March 30, 2009.Kabaret, written with a K,...

 (Christopher Peyton).
Karen first met up with hardcore DJ’s, Hixxy, Force & Styles in 1999, when she was asked to contribute a track for the Sony Music TV album, ‘This Is Noize’ (Top 10 national UK Compilation Charts, Feb ’99 & over 1 million sales in Japan).

TOP 20 Chart

In 2005 Karen’s club anthem Heartbeatz, with hardcore legends Styles & Breeze, reached No. 16 in the UK Top 40 charts and featured on many Clubland and Floorfillers compilations, as well as ‘Now That's What I Call Music 60’. The provocative video was at the top of the Box TV Video charts for four consecutive weeks.
She continued to work with various producers including Love To Infinity, Micky Modelle, Billy Bunter

Billy Bunter

William George Bunter , is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards...

, Kenny Hayes, and countless others, on labels such as All Around The World, Ministry Of Sound,.

Tours & Clubs

In 2007 she was chosen to front all UK P.A.s for the No. 10 UK chart hit ‘Dancing In the Dark’ (Micky Modelle) & she featured on the first CLUBLAND LIVE UK Arena Tour, with major dance acts Cascada

Cascada

Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

, Scooter

Scooter (band)

Scooter are a German hard dance band founded in Hamburg, who have sold over 25 million records and earned over 80 gold and platinum awards. Scooter are considered the most successful single-record German act with 23 top ten hits. The band is currently composed of members H.P. Baxxter, Rick J....

, Ultrabeat

Ultrabeat (English band)

Ultrabeat are an English electronic music group from Liverpool, England consisting of producer and vocalist Mike Di Scala and producers Ian Redman and Chris Henry. Formed in 2002, Ultrabeat first emerged with their single "Pretty Green Eyes" which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart...

, Flip & Fill, Kelly Llorenna

Kelly Llorenna

Kelly Llorenna is an English female dance music and Euro-trance singer, who was raised in Oldham, Greater Manchester.-1992: Debut with N-Trance:...

, Styles & Breeze, and others.
She performed to over 50,000 kids on the Choices For Life arena tour with the McDonald Brothers (X Factor) & Keith Jack

Keith Jack

Keith Jack was the runner-up on the BBC reality talent show Any Dream Will Do, which offered the chance to be the next West End Joseph for the hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice...

 (Any Dream Will Do

Any Dream Will Do (TV series)

Any Dream Will Do, often known as 'Joseph', was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a West End revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.The show...

) for 2 years running.
She sang on the first Clubland Ibiza tour, as well as the first DANCE NATION Arena tour (Ministry of Sound/Hard2Beat

Hard2Beat

Hard2Beat was a British independent record label which is a subsidiary of Ministry of Sound. In 2010 it was rebranded as 'Dance Nation'.The label's first release was "Now You're Gone" by Basshunter in 2007, and they have released other singles and compilation albums since then.In April 2009 they...

) with Basshunter

Basshunter

Jonas Erik Altberg , better known by his stage name Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Dota", "Now You're Gone" and "All I Ever Wanted". Basshunter has so far released a total of six albums, two of which have...

, Sash, September, Booty Luv

Booty Luv

Booty Luv also known as Cherise & Nadia are an English dance group formed in June 2006 via the Hed Kandi label. It is fronted by two R&B vocalists Cherise Roberts and Nadia Shepherd, both of whom were in the original line-up of the successful hip hop band Big Brovaz...

 and many others.
More recent releases include La La La La La, with the Sound Selektaz (Top 5, Music Week Commercial Pop Top 30),
& brand new project, ‘RADIOLA’, a collaboration with Ivor Novello winning songwriter Bill Padley

Bill Padley

Bill Padley is a Scottish born, award winning record producer and songwriter.He won an Ivor Novello Award on 25 May 2006, for the best selling single of 2005, "That's My Goal", by The X-Factor's Shayne Ward...

 (4 international & UK No.1 hit records, including Atomic Kitten

Atomic Kitten

Atomic Kitten were an English girl group from Liverpool, first established in 1997. Created by Andy McCluskey, the final line-up, and most commercially successful, consisted of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost...

’s Whole Again & That’s My Goal for Shayne Ward

Shayne Ward

Shayne Thomas Ward is an English pop singer who rose to fame as the winner of second series of The X Factor. He has sold over 3 million records worldwide and has had number one albums and singles in 9 countries.During The X Factor competition, Ward was mentored by manager Louis Walsh...

).

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External links

• [ Allmusic] entry for Karen Danzig