Amber (performer)
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Amber, aka Marie-Claire Cremers (b. May 9th 1969) is a Holland-born and Germany-raised singer/songwriter.
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[edit] Official Bio
Amber's official bio can be found at http://www.amber-mcc.com/main_ABOUT_AMBER.htm
[edit] Music
Her music in its original form can be accurately categorized as Dance/Rock, Dance-pop, Pop/Rock, Electronica and her stellar Club Remixes have run the gamut from House in its various styles to Trance.
Amber is played extensively on Rhythmic and the newly formed "Rhythmic AC" format which plays Disco, 1980's and 1990's mainstream Dance and Dance-pop hits and Quiet Storm, Adult Contemporary and Urban contemporary.
[edit] Releases
[edit] This Is Your Night
This album was released in 1996, following the success of the single of the same name. It was a European hit but did not fare successfully in America, where dance musicians' singles are usually far more commercially successful than their entire albums. Still the album sold well on the album chart for club/dance music.
[edit] Singles:
- 1996 - This is Your Night (Single)
- Amber is best known for this, her debut 1996 single. It quickly became an international hit, crossing over from the rhythmic and club charts to the Hot 100 (peak #24) in America. It also charted at #40 in the Adult Top 40 radio. In Australia it peaked at #11.
- 1997 - Colour Of Love (Single)
- The album's second single peaked at #74 in the pop charts in America, despite American club success and European success. In Australia it peaked at #58
- This song was originally a slow ballad on the This Is Your Night album but was given a dance beat by Hani. It became a pop hit in America, peaking at #58 on the Hot 100.
[edit] If You Could Read My Mind (Single)
In 1998, Amber also teamed up with fellow international dance divas Jocelyn Enriquez and Ultra Nate to record a remake of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" for the 54 movie soundtrack, and which was released under the group name Stars on 54. It became an American hit that summer.
[edit] Amber
Amber's second album, released in 1999.
[edit] Singles:
- 1999 - Sexual (Li Da Di) The first single from this album, became a pop hit, peaking at #42 on the Hot 100. It was also a number one in the American club charts. It peaked at #70 in Australia.
- 2000 - "Love One Another" and "Above The Clouds"
- These singles did not become mainstream hits in America, although both also became number one club hits, dominating the dance clubs along with 'Sexual'. They were also very big pop successes internationally.
[edit] Remixed
In 2000, Amber released an album, Remixed, which contained remixes of all her previous singles, including "If You Could Read My Mind".
[edit] Naked
Amber's third album was released in early 2002 and displayed a more stripped-down and honest Amber. It was her first album not produced by the Berman Brothers. Musically, Amber continued the path she had started with its predecessor: she continued to write more of her own lyrics and attempted even more of a departure from her original Eurodance sound. This album would be considered more of a Dance-pop album.
- 2001 - Yes
- The first single from this album, was a perfect example of the newer, deeper direction Amber was taking in her work. "Yes" borrowed its chorus from the final few lines of James Joyce's controversial novel Ulysses. For a lead Amber single, it received a luke-warm response from American radio. However, it became a #1 smash hit in the American dance clubs- her sixth consecutive #1 on that chart. (Amber has subsequently commented that the difficulties obtaining airplay display a double standard, in that many sexually explicit songs by men obtain airplay, but radio stations are uncomfortable with a song by a woman expressing her sexual desire that explicitly used the word "breasts.")
- 2002 - The Need To Be Naked
- This became Amber's seventh consecutive number one in the American club charts and again received high rotation airplay on the Dance format but received little American pop radio airplay.
- 2002 - Anyway (Men Are From Mars)
- This was a hit on the American club charts and Dance format radio but also received even less American radio airplay than her two previous singles. This was the most viable single for the mainstream pop charts.
[edit] 2004: My Kind of World (Album)
In late 2004, Amber released a fourth studio album, "My Kind of World", her first release on her own label, JMCA Enterprises, and the first of her albums stylistically to break free of her dance classification (although many of its songs have been, or are going to be, released in remixes for the dance floor). Its first single, "You Move Me", was released to radio and clubs in late August. It swiftly climbed the dance and club charts following its release, though it has received no mainstream radio support. "You Move Me" achieved a #4 peak on the Billboard club charts in September. "You Move Me" was followed by the Maxi Single release "Voodoo" in 2005. The third and possibly final Single from "My Kind of World", namely "Just Like That", is as of February 2006 a Top Ten Dance Radio hit in America.
Amber is currently working on a new single, titled, "Melt With The Sun" featuring a stellar list of remix producers. Amber is also working on a new album. She describes the album as more of a techno-dance feel than her last album. Her last album was mostly rock. She said that her next album due in summer, 2007 will be more techno-dance. She is working with many remix producers that she collaborated with in the past.
Amber will start her world-tour in the end of 2007, stopping at about 50 places in the United States and in Europe. Her tour is rumoured to start in Madison Square Garden in New York.
[edit] Albums
- This Is Your Night
- Amber
- Naked
- My Kind of World
[edit] Partial Chart Success
- 2006 "Melt With the Sun"
- 2006 "Just Like That" Hot Dance Airplay #8
- 2006 "Just Like That" Hot Dance Club Play #9
- 2005 "Voodoo" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #13
- 2004 "You Move Me" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #4
- 2003 "Anyway (Men Are From Mars)" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #12
- 2002 "The Need To Be Naked" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
- 2001 "Yes Hot" Dance Music/Club Play #1
- 2000 "Above The Clouds" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
- 2000 "Love One Another" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
- 2000 "Sexual (Li Da Di)" The Billboard Hot 100 #42
- 1999 "Sexual (Li Da Di)" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
- 1998 "One More Night" The Billboard Hot 100 #58
- 1997 "Colour Of Love" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #5
- 1997 "Colour Of Love" The Billboard Hot 100 #74
- 1997 "One More Night" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #9
- 1997 "This Is Your Night" The Billboard Hot 100 #24
- 1996 "This Is Your Night" Hot Dance Music/Club Play #10
[edit] External links
- Official website - Among other things, her website includes a discussion board on which Amber frequently corresponds directly with her fans.
- http://www.MySpace.com/Ambersings - the Official MySpace.
- Amber performs at Southern Decadence - Headlines the Bourbon Street Extravaganza
- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chartes:Amber
