Des'ree
Des'ree | |
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Birth name | Desirée Annette Weekes |
Born | Croydon, London, England | 30 November 1968
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Epic Records, Sony Soho Square, 550, Stargazer Records |
Desirée Annette Weekes
Early life
Des'ree was born in
Career
Des'ree's debut single, "Feel So High", was released in August 1991, a mere 12 weeks after her signing. The single did not initially reach the UK top 40, but hit #13 when it was re-released in January 1992. Her debut album Mind Adventures was released in February 1992. It received good reviews and hit the top 30 in the UK. She spent in 1992 touring as the opening act to Simply Red. In 1993, Des'ree collaborated with Terence Trent D'Arby on the song "Delicate", which was released as a single and hit the UK top 20 and the US top 100. She ended the year singing with a host of other artists at the first concert of secular music at the Vatican City, on 23 December 1993, which was aired on Italian TV. The concert, named Concerto di Natale, has been held with different artists every Christmas in the years since.
In 1994, her single "
In 1998, her single "
A compilation of rare songs and live tracks,
Shortly afterwards, she took a hiatus from music to focus on her interest in naturopathy,[8] also training as a nutritionist.[9] In 2008 she came out of her hiatus to perform at the O2 Arena for Young Voices' "The Big Sing" charity concert. She helped break the record for "most people simultaneously singing the same song" by leading 600,000 schoolchildren across the United Kingdom in singing "You Gotta Be".[10] In 2011, she performed "You Gotta Be" at the wedding for George Medal recipient Paul Jacobs.[citation needed] That same year, she sang a lullaby on naturopath Julie Langton-Smith's sleep therapy CD Sleep Talk Lullaby.[11]
Her first album in sixteen years, titled A Love Story, was released by her own label, Stargazer Records, on 11 October 2019.[12] She had begun work on the album in 2012, but took a break to care for her mother.[13]
Other work
"Silent Hero", written by Des'ree and Prince Sampson, featured in
Awards
Des'ree has won several awards, including a
Personal life
Des'ree is a
Awards and nominations
BMI London Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007 | "You Gotta Be" | 4 Million Award | Won |
2015 | 5 Million Award | Won |
BMI Pop Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1996 | "You Gotta Be" | Award-Winning Song | Won | [20] |
Billboard Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1995 | "You Gotta Be" | Top Adult Contemporary Single | Nominated |
Brit Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1995
|
Herself | British Female Solo Artist | Nominated | [21] |
1999
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Won | [22] | ||
"Life" | British Single of the Year
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Nominated |
Ivor Novello Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1995 | "You Gotta Be" | Best Contemporary Song | Won |
1999 | "Life" | International Hit of the Year | Nominated |
MTV Video Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1995 | "You Gotta Be" | Best New Artist | Nominated |
Best Female Video | Nominated |
RSH Gold Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | Herself | Catchy Tune of 1998 | Won | [23] |
World Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1999 | Herself | World's Best Selling British Artist | Won |
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [24] |
AUS [25] |
GER
[26] |
NLD
[27] |
NZ [28] |
US [29] | |||
1992 | Mind Adventures
|
26 | 39 | 53 | 57 | — | — | |
1994 | I Ain't Movin'
|
13 | 14 | 91 | 77 | 9 | 27 | |
1998 | Supernatural
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16 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 41 | 185 | |
2003 | Dream Soldier
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2019 | A Love Story
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"—" denotes releases that were not released in that country or did not chart. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details |
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Mystic Mixes |
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Endangered Species (B-sides and rare tracks) |
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Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
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UK
[24] |
AUS [25] |
GER
[26] |
IRE [35] |
ITA
[36] |
NLD
[27] |
SPA [37] |
US [38] | ||||
"Feel So High"1 | 1991 | 13 | 28 | 15 | 20 | — | 25 | — | 67 | Mind Adventures | |
"Mind Adventures" | 1992 | 43 | 89 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Why Should I Love You" | 44 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"You Gotta Be" | 1994 | 14 | 9 | 79 | — | 15 | 47 | — | 5 | I Ain't Movin' | |
"I Ain't Movin'" | 44 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Little Child" | 69 | 210 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"I'm Kissing You" | 1997 | 83 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
Romeo + Juliet |
"Life" | 1998 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | Supernatural | |
"What's Your Sign?" | 19 | 167 | 65 | — | — | 70 | 1 | — | |||
"You Gotta Be" (remix)3 | 1999 | 10 | — | 76 | — | — | 77 | 1 | — | ||
"It's Okay" | 2003 | 69 | 96 | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | Dream Soldier | |
"Why?"[42] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes releases that were not released in that country or did not chart. |
Notes
- 1 "Feel So High" originally peaked at number 51 in the UK Singles Chartin 1991. It was re-released in 1992 and peaked at number 13. In the US, the single did not chart until 1995 and featured on I Ain't Movin'.
- 3 "Fire" was included on the 1998 edition of Supernatural as track 11.[43] "You Gotta Be" replaced it when the album was re-released in the UK in 1999, albeit not the 1999 Mix.[44]
As a featured artist
Song | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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UK
[45] |
AUS [25] |
GER
[26] |
IRE [35] |
NLD
[27] | |||
"Delicate" (Terence Trent D'Arby, featuring Des'ree) | 1993 | 14 | 99 | 56 | 23 | 45 | Symphony or Damn |
"Ain't No Sunshine" (Ladysmith Black Mambazo, featuring Des'ree) | 1999 | 42 | — | — | — | — | In Harmony |
"Wake Up the Morning" (Together As One) | 2001 | 161 | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that were not released in that country or did not chart. |
Promotional singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"Sun of '79" | 1992 | Mind Adventures |
"Competitive World" | ||
" Babyface )
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1998 | Supernatural |
"God Only Knows"[46] | ||
"Best Days" | 1999 |
References
- ^ "Images for Des'ree - Supernatural". Discogs.com.
- ^ "Des'ree". Metro.co.uk. 27 October 2009.
- ^ "R.E.M win International Group presented by Des'ree | BRIT Awards 1995". YouTube. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ Nina Myskow, "star challenge: Hanging on the telephone with... Des'ree.", Daily Mirror, 15 March 2003
- ^ Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce (1995), Time, Volume 145, Issues 18–26, 1995.
- ^ Paul Sexton, "550 Music's Des'ree Gets 'Supernatural' On 3rd Set", Billboard, 13 June 1998.
- ^ "Des'ree takes bad lyric top spot". BBC. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 29 February 2008.
- ^ "Desree". Youngvoices.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "First Album Since 2003" (PDF). Republicamedia.net. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Pembrokeshire-led Big Sing aims to smash its own record". Western Telegraph. 27 November 2008.
- ^ "Sleep Hypnotherapy - Sleep Talk Lullaby by Julie LangtonSmith and Des'ree". YouTube. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ Smith, Nick (18 January 2022). "Des'ree – A Love Story | Album Reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Des'ree Does Logic Course". Garnishmusicproduction.com. 19 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2019.
- ^ Q Magazine, July 1998.
- ^ a b Ian Hyland, "Des'ree wins pounds 2m in Janet Jackson song copying war.", Sunday Mirror, 31 May 1998
- ^ "On the Up and Up". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "des'ree". Sonymusic.co.jp.
- ^ Des'ree Archived 9 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Metro, 27 October 2009. Retrieved on 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Des'ree sues Beyonce over song". Metro. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Billboard". June 1996.
- ^ "BRIT Awards 1995 - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "BRIT Awards 1999 - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "RSH - Wie alles begann... - RSH Gold 1999". 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Des'ree". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Des'ree in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- Top 100 peaks: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 79.
- "I Ain't Movin'" (single): "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Nov 1994". Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Retrieved 25 February 2016 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- "Why Should I Love You", "Little Child" and "What's Your Sign?": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- "It's Okay": "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 16 June 2003" (PDF) (695). Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. 7 July 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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- ^ a b c "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach "Des'ree"" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 21 March 2020. N.B. Select the Album tab to display albums chart peaks.
- ^ a b c "dutchcharts.nl > Des'ree in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "charts.nz > Des'ree in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ^ "Billboard > Des'ree Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ a b "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Mind Adventures' (from bpi.co.uk)". BPI. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'I Ain't Movin' (from bpi.co.uk)". BPI. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 79.
- ^ ISBN 978-1877443-00-8.
- ^ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Supernatural' (from bpi.co.uk)". BPI. Retrieved 19 November 2016 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts - All there is to know > Search results for 'Des'ree'". Fireball Media. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Hit Parade Italia > Indice per Interprete: D" (in Italian). HitParadeItalia. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 January 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Billboard > Des'ree Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "British single certifications – Des'ree – You Gotta Be". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "British single certifications – Des'ree – I'm Kissing You". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "British single certifications – Des'ree – Life". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Supernatural: Des'ree: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads. [dead link]
- ^ Desree: Supernatural: Includes You Gotta Be (1999): CD: hmv.com.
- ^ UK chart peaks as featured artist:
- "Delicate": "Official Charts > Terence Trent D'Arby". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- "Ain't No Sunshine": "Official Charts > Ladysmith Black Mambazo". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- "Wake Up the Morning": "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > DJ T – Tzant". zobbel.de. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
External links
- Official web site
- Des'ree Japan
- Des'ree from Allmusic
- Des'ree at IMDb