Gina G

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Gina G
Birth nameGina Mary Gardiner
Born (1970-08-03) 3 August 1970 (age 53)
Origin
Warner Bros, Stunt Girl Music, WEA
, Discipline Music

Gina G (born Gina Mary Gardiner, 3 August 1970)

Gimme Some Love
" #25 (1997).

Career

Early 1990s

During the early 1990s, Gina G was a DJ in Melbourne and a singer in the Australian dance music group Bass Culture. She appeared under the name Geena for a track she co-wrote with the group, "Love the Life", which was released in Australia in May 1992.[2]

Mid to late 1990s

By 1995, she had moved to the UK, where she entered the

Grammy in the Best Dance Recording category in 1998.[6]

Gina G released "

Top 40 Mainstream
chart.

Following this, she disappeared from the music industry for several years. A long lawsuit against a former manager was reported as taking all her energy, and despite the fact that a lot of new music was recorded for a second album, she was prevented from releasing the material.[citation needed]

2000s

By 2000, she recorded a number of songs with Swedish producers Lagoona, including a new version of her debut hit "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit", and a cover of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". The latter was released as a CD single through a small independent label, but the release did not attract any major attention.

After this quiet period, G returned to the spotlight in March 2003, when she took part in the reality television show

. Even though she received the most votes from the American audience and won the first show, she got the fewest votes in the next show, and went up for the British public's vote. She lost, and was eliminated from the show in the third programme.

In early 2005, Gina G attempted to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest, she finished fifth out of five entries on the pre-selection program with her song "Flashback". She competed against Javine and Katie Price.[7]

In August, she released her second album, Get Up & Dance to good reviews. However the album was only available through her website, with the majority of first orders being personally signed by G.

In June 2006, her debut album,

Universal Records
. Based in Los Angeles, she records in her own studio there as well as in London. In late 2006 she released a new single, "Tonight's the Night" and promoted it round the clubs and it went into the commercial dance chart at #2. It was released on 2 October through download and larger music stores. The single charted at #57 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 October.

In March 2009, her second album Get Up & Dance, previously only available through her website, was released on iTunes. The album had a new cover design.

2010s

Gina G released "Next 2 You" on 27 May 2011 to iTunes Australia. It was written by Gina G, Billy Pace, Duane Morrison, and John Collins. New remixes featuring rapper Vigilante were released in November 2011. A planned second single called 'Set the Night on Fire' was scheduled for early 2012 and a music video was planned, but ultimately both song and video were never released, and as of 2023, Gina G has not returned to musical activity.[8]

Discography

Gina G discography
Studio albums2
Singles11
Remix albums1

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[9]
NOR
[10]
UK
[4]
Fresh!
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Eternal (0630-17840-2)
  • Format:
53 40 12
Get Up & Dance
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: G-Force Music
  • Format: DD

Remix albums

Title Details
Remix Album
  • Released: December 1998 (Japan)
  • Label: WEA (WPCR-2296)
  • Format: CD

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Certifications Album
AUS
[9]
CAN
Dance
FIN
[12]
GER
[13]
IRE
[14]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[15]
UK
[4][16]
US US
Dance
1992 "Love the Life" (with Bass Culture) 130 BC Nation
1996 "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" 5 2 6 88 6 5 6 1 12 4 Fresh!
"I Belong to You" 34 21 18 16 24 6
1997 "Fresh!" 23 83 29 6
"Ti Amo" 113 11
"
Gimme Some Love
"
121 8 25 46 18
"Every Time I Fall" 144 52
2004 "Just a Little Bit" (2004 remix) Non-album single
2005 "Flashback" Get Up & Dance
2006 "Tonight's the Night" 57 Non-album singles
2011 "Next 2 U"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

Australian music
. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1997 "(Ooh Aah) Just a Little Bit"
ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Single
Nominated [18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Gina G". Eurovision TV. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 18/05/92 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 120 – Week Ending 17 May 1992)". ARIA. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original
    on 29 August 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Official Charts > Gina G". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Biography". Gina G Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  6. ^ Essex, Andrew (16 January 1998). "Same Old Tune". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Javine exposure angers TV viewers". BBC News. 7 March 2005. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Where is Gina G now? Eurovision singer's age, songs, and family revealed". Smooth. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. ^ a b Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  10. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com > Gina G in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  11. ^ a b "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Gina G (from bpi.co.uk)". Imgur.com (original source published by BPI). Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  12. ^ "finnishcharts.com > Gina G in Finnish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  13. ^ German chart peaks:
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  15. ^ "swedishcharts.com > Gina G in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  16. .
  17. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  18. ^ "1997 ARIA Awards Winners".

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
UK in the Eurovision Song Contest
1996
Succeeded by
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