Hinda Hicks

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Hinda Hicks
Background information
Origin	Tunisia
Genres	Pop, R&B
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Island Records

Hinda Hicks (born 1976)

Hicks was born in Tunisia but was raised in West Sussex, where she soon emerged as "one of the U.K.'s most promising talents".^[2] Before her musical career, she had a passion for basketball, which resulted in a coaching qualification, as well as a United States scholarship. However, her sights set on music after her friend overheard her singing along to an Aretha Franklin track, thus encouraging her to sing.^[3]

Artists like

After performing "high-profile support slots"[2] with Irish boyband Boyzone and English group 911, Hicks' next three singles all reached the Top 40. "If You Want Me" reached #25, "You Think You Own Me" ranked #19, and a re-release of "I Wanna Be Your Lady" topped #14 on the charts.^[6]

After Hick's debut album Hinda charted at #20, Hick's received 3 nominations at the 1998 MOBO Awards and also nominations for Best British Female and Best British Newcomer at the 1999 Brit Awards. Later in the year, Hicks fourth Top 40 single "Truly" reached #31 on the charts.^[7]

Second album

After the 1999

In between record companies and albums, Hicks recorded vocals on other artists' tracks and musical projects. This included "Let's Do It Again" with the late Lynden David Hall, which featured on his album The Other Side, as well as the compilation album Pure R&B Volume 2.^[8] Hicks was also featured in "Brand New Day" from Terri Walker's debut album Untitled, which released on 3 March 2003 with Mercury Records.

Third album and the future

Hicks returned to

In February 2007, Hicks' MySpace page announced that a fourth album would be released in 2010, however the album was shelved as Hicks focused on other roles.^[9] As of November 2008, Hicks was listed as part of a London-based artistic and music collective created by the DJ and producer Yvan Healer Selecta and called Raison d'Etre [sic].

Critical acclaim

In October 1998, Hicks was nominated for three

• Hicks has appeared in two British
  G:MT - Greenwich Mean Time in 1999 (for which she performed several of the songs on the official soundtrack^[10]) and Circus
  in 2000.
• Hicks took an uncredited role in a well-received US film
  Love & Basketball
  in 2000 and wrote the song "Our Destiny" that appeared in the movie but was not featured on the soundtrack. The track did, however, feature on the Everything to Me album, which was not released in the UK.

• "
  UK
  No. 14
• "If You Want Me" / "When You Touch Me There" (Island Records) (7 March 1998) – UK No. 25
• "You Think You Own Me" (Island Records) (16 May 1998) – UK No. 19
• "Truly" (Island Records) (24 October 1998) – UK No. 31
• "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" single with the MOBO Allstars (Polygram) (11 December 1998) – UK No. 47
• "Let's Do It Again" single with Lynden David Hall, (11 September 2000) – UK No. 69
• "My Remedy" (Universal/Island Records) (14 October 2000) – UK No. 61
• "Up Up" (Shout Out Records) (17 July 2004) – UK No. 99
• "Love It* (2010) (Unreleased)[7]
• Our Destiny" (Love & Basketball Soundtrack)

Albums

• Hinda (Island Records) (29 August 1998) – UK No. 20
• Everything to Me (Island/Universal Records) (10 October 2000) – Limited release
• Still Doin' My Thing (Shout Out Records) (19 July 2004)
• Journey's (2010/2011) (Unreleased)^[7]

Music videos

• "If You Want Me" Directed by Dani Jacobs
• "You Think You Own Me" Directed by Dani Jacobs
• "I Wanna Be Your Lady"
• "Truly"
• "My Remedy"
• "Up Up"
• "Love It"

Other appearances

• "If You Want Me" on the album, Street Jams 1998, by various artists (Telstar) (11 May 1998)
• "If You Want Me" on the album, Music in Motion II, by various artists (Stichting CPG (Netherlands)) (1998)
• "Tears Are Waiting", "Where is the Love?", "Please Can I Go Now?", "Who Would You Have Me Love?" and "Succumb To You", all on the album G:MT: The Soundtrack, (Island Records) (27 September 1999)
• "Burn the Floor" on the album, Burn the Floor: Soundtrack, by various artists (MCA/Universal) (18 October 1999)
• "My Remedy" on the album, MOBO 2000, by various artists (Universal) (2 October 2000)
• "Let's Do It Again" on the album, Pure R&B Volume 2, by various artists (Telstar) (13 November 2001)
• "Let's Do It Again" on the album, Other Side, by Lynden David Hall (BMG International) (12 June 2001)
• "If You Want Me" on the album, Girls, by various artists (Spectrum Music) (2 September 2002)
• "I Just Wanna Dance", vocals on the 12" white label version by Global Rhythm (Solo Recordings) (2002)
• "Brand New Day" on the album, Untitled', by Terri Walker (Mercury Records) (3 March 2003)
• "Dreamin'" on the album, Dance and Urban, by various artists (HMV) (2004)
• "Family Affair" on the album, Revival, by Nate James (MoreThan4) (30 March 2009)

References