Ann Lee (singer)
| Ann Lee | |
|---|---|
 Lee on the cover of her 1998 single, 2 Times | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Annerley Emma Gordon |
| Born |
12 November 1967 Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, dancer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | Corona |
Ann Lee (born Annerley Emma Gordon, 12 November 1967)[1] is a British eurodance singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s.
Career
Having moved to live in Italy in the late 1980s, Lee was talent-scouted, and was used as the lead singer on a series of Eurodance singles, issued under various aliases. These have included Charme, Anne, Ally & Jo, DJ Space'C, Lolita, A Kay BJ, Alex, Wienna and TH Express. She also released a few Eurobeat solo singles on the Italian label A.Beat-C. under the names Annerley Gordon and Annalise.[2] Gordon is credited with contributing to the composition of "Rhythm of the Night", released in Italy in December 1993 on the DWA record label, by the Eurodance project Corona.
Gordon co-wrote several songs for the Whigfield project.[2]
Her first solo single under the name "Ann Lee" was "2 Times", originally released in 1998. It was re-released in early 1999 and became a Top 10 hit in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Norway, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. It also hit number 2 in her native United Kingdom,[3] and reached number one in Flanders and Denmark. In Canada it reached number 14 on the singles chart.[4] "2 Times" was featured in the 2001 film Head Over Heels as the movie's theme song.
The second Ann Lee single, "Voices", fared considerably less well, although it was a Top 10 hit in the Czech Republic, Denmark and Spain, and Top 30 in the United Kingdom.[3]
2007 saw the return of Lee with a new album, So Alive, with the single "Catches Your Love". In 2009, Lee released a new single, "2 People", on the Off Limits label.[5] In December of that year, Lee provided the vocals for Favretto's single "I Get The Feeling", also released by Off Limits.
Personal life
Annerley Gordon bought a house in Italy in 2005, and has a son born in the same year.[6]
Discography
Albums
- 1999: Dreams
- 2007: So Alive
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
BEL (Vl) [9] |
CAN [10][11] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
IRE [14] |
NED [15] |
SPA [16] | |||||
| 1999 | "2 Times" | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | Dreams | ||
| "Voices" | 27 | — | 18 | 13 | — | 57 | 53 | — | 55 | 6 | ||||
| 2000 | "Ring My Bell" | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — | 17 | |||
| 2001 | "So Deep" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2003 | "No No No" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | ||
| 2007 | "No No No" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | So Alive | ||
| "2 Times 2007" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |||
| 2009 | "2 People" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "United Kingdom Sheffield, Annerley Gordon - findmypast.co.uk".
- 1 2 Annerley Gordon on Discogs
- 1 2 3 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 315. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ "Ann Lee > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ Balls, David (2009-06-22). "Whatever happened to... Ann Lee?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ↑ Meran, Tavi (September 2009). Ann Lee Interview. Eurodance Encyclopedia. Accessed from 24 April 2013.
- ↑ Ann Lee Australian peaks Archived 12 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine.. australian-charts.com
- ↑ Ann Lee Austrian peaks Archived 18 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine.. austriancharts.at.
- ↑ Ann Lee Flanders peaks Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. ultratop.be.
- ↑ Chary History. Billboard. Accessed from 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Ann Lee Overview. Billboard. Accessed from 14 April 2013.
- ↑ Ann Lee French peaks Archived 16 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine.. lescharts.com.
- ↑ Ann Lee German peaks. charts.de
- ↑ Search for Irish peaks Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.. Irishcharts.le. Under Search by artist enter Ann Lee. Then click search.
- ↑ Ann Lee Dutch Top 40 peaks. top40.nl.
- ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
- ↑ "Certified Awards Search: Ann Lee". BPI. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Ann Lee)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ↑ "Gold & Platin". IFPI (Austria). Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.