Anna David (singer)
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Anna David is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
RnB
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
and Soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer.
At the age of 14 she got her first recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
where she released 5 singles.
Her debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, simply titled Anna David, was released in Denmark in September 2005 and was certified Gold. The lead single, Fuck Dig, held the #1 position on Danish single chart for twelve weeks and received the Payload Prize 2005 for being the most downloaded song of the year in Denmark. In October 2006, Anna recorded Fuck dig in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
as Fick Dich. The German version entered the charts in both Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. Simultaneously, she recorded Fuck You, an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version of the song.
In 2006 she participated in the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
.
Discography
- 2005: Anna David
- 2007: 2
- 2009: Tættere på
- 2010: Music is Taking Over
Singles
- 2000: "P.Y.B. (Pretty Young Boy)" with Christoph BrüxChristoph BrüxChristoph Brüx is a German composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger and music producer.He composed for interpreters such as No Angels, Matthias Reim, The Underdog Project, Brooklyn Bounce etc., and he also composed film scores....
, Toni CotturaToni CotturaToni Cottura is a eurodance and hip-hop producer and rapper from Germany. He started his career in 1988 as a hip-hop producer with David Fascher and later worked with DJ Shahin.... - 2001: "U and Me and the Sunshine"
- 2002: "Impossible"
- 2002: "Terminal Love"
- 2005: "Fuck dig"
- 2006: "Fuck You" (in EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
) - 2006: "Fick Dich" (in GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
)
- 2006: "Fuck You" (in English
- 2005: "Hvad nu hvis?"
- 2006: "Når musikken spiller"
- 2006: "Kys mig"
- 2007: "Nr. 1"
- 2007: "Chill"
- 2007: "Den lille pige"
- 2009: "Tæt på"
- 2009: "Den sommer"
- 2009: "All About Love" featuring Mohamed AliMohamed Ali (singer)Mohamed Ahmed Ali is a Danish singer of mixed Egyptian and Iraqi origin.Ali was born at Nørresundby, Aalborg. In 2009, he took part in Season 2 of The X Factor, coming third after winner Linda Andrews and runners up Alien Beat Club. After the series, he signed a contract with Sony Music...
- 2010: "Bow (for the Bad Girls)"
Other Songs
- "Mavepuster" - Jokeren featuring Anna David from Jokeren's album Jigolo Jesus
- "My Sunshine" - Demo song presented on her MySpace
- "Næh næh" - Single by Ufo Yepha feat. Anna David on their album Kig mig i øjnene
- "Flip Reverse" - B-Side to the "Fick Dich" single
- "You Drive Me Crazy" - B-Side to the "Impossible" and "Terminal Love" singles
- "Recognise Me" - B-Side to the "Terminal Love" single
- "Drop Mobning" - A version of "Fuck Dig" with different lyrics, used for the '"Drop Mobning" campaign