DaYeene was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 soul/house music group

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

, active in early 1990s. The group consisted of the sisters, Jeanette and Diane Söderholm. Diane had previously been vocalist in the Swedish synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 band, Freestyle

Freestyle (Swedish band)

Freestyle was a short lived Swedish electronic music group active in the early 1980s. The original line-up consisted of Tommy Ekman, Christer Sandelin, Gigi Hamilton, Joakim Hagleitner, Anders Uddberg and Kayo Shekoni, but Kayo left the group with the release of the fourth single Vill ha dej and...

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The duo was one of many new Swedish acts associated with the early 1990s Nordik beat

Nordik beat

-Origins:The Scandinavian electro-pop scene kickstarted with the invention of the Nordik Beat sound in Stockholm in the late 1980s. By merging the new technologies at the time, building small inexpensive studios armed with computers and samplers rather than traditional instruments and studio...

 scene that specialized in urban music. Notable artists were Papa Dee

Papa Dee

David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren , better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician...

, Kayo

Kayo Shekoni

Kayode Maria Söderberg Shekoni , better known as Kayo Shekoni, or just Kayo, is a Swedish pop/dance singer, TV personality and actress of Nigerian descent.-Career:...

, Rob'n'Raz

Rob'n'Raz

Rob'n'Raz were a Swedish musician duo of Robert Wåtz and Rasmus Lindwall.After some years of disc jockeying in the late 1980s, they decided to start performing and composing together. They worked on production, remixing and scratching...

, and Titiyo

Titiyo

Titiyo Yambalu Felicia Jah is a Swedish pop singer and songwriter, who has won four Grammis.-Early life:Titiyo was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Ahmadu Jah, a Sierra Leonean drummer, and Maylen Bergström. She is the half- sister of singer Neneh Cherry, and stepsister to Eagle-Eye Cherry...

. DaYeene guest featured on most of these artists' album

Album

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s. They were signed to the label

Record label

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, SweMix

Cheiron Studios

Cheiron Studios was a recording studio located at Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa. Cheiron Studios was apart from being a recording studio, also a label Cheiron Records in affiliation with BMG for a while, and the music publishing service Cheiron Songs...

, one of the very early Swedish labels specializing in urban music.

The duo got started when SweMix co-founder StoneBridge

Stonebridge (DJ)

StoneBridge is the pseudonym for the Swedish DJ and record producer, Sten Hallström.-History:StoneBridge won international renown with the remix of the 1993 hit "Show Me Love" with Robin S. Until then, he had been running the Swedish DJ/remix outfit Swemix, formed at the end of the 1980s...

, did a remix

Remix

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 for Frankie LaMotte in 1989, and needed backing vocalist

Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

s. He loved their voices and signed the sisters.

While the first single

Single (music)

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, "We're On The Case", was a Salt-n-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

 inspired hip hop

Hip hop

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 track with the two sistes rapping

Rapping

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 (not singing), the majority of their output was soulful club music. "And It Hurts" was released as a single in the summer of 1999, including in the UK

United Kingdom

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. Whilst not being a major hit, belatedly peaking at #63 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in July 1999, the track was a success on UK dancefloors. Two album

Album

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s were released in the 1990s, with their biggest hits

Hit record

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 being "Alright" in February 1991, and "Revelation" in November 1993.

During this time, Jeanette Söderholm also worked as an in-house backing vocalist at Cheiron Studios

Cheiron Studios

Cheiron Studios was a recording studio located at Kungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa. Cheiron Studios was apart from being a recording studio, also a label Cheiron Records in affiliation with BMG for a while, and the music publishing service Cheiron Songs...

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Personal life

Diane Söderholm is married to Sten Hallström (aka StoneBridge), and they have two children.

The sisters are the half-sisters of Rita Marley

Rita Marley

Alpharita Constantia Anderson , better known as Rita Marley, and sometimes called "Nana Rita", is the widow of reggae legend/musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers.-Biography:...

, wife of Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

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Albums

• United Soul Power (1990)
  • "Believe" 2:05
  • "Big Bad World" 4:37
  • "I Found You" 3:19
  • "D.D.D. (Dead Drearie Dearie)" 3:25
  • "Dizzy Morning" 3:00
  • "Drive My Car" 3:02
  • "Go To Work" 1:23
  • "Solution" 4:43
  • "The B-Side" 2:40
  • "United Soul Power" 4:54
  • "Karma Is The Sign" 3:18
  • "We're On This Case" 3:08
  • "I'm Coming" 4.01

• Primetime (1992)
  • "Prime Time" (The K Mix) 4:14
  • "Alright" 4:24
  • "Good Thing" 3:52
  • "Freedom" 3:40
  • "Your Love" 3:16
  • "Love The Reggae Bad" 4:47
  • "To Be Yourself" 3:37
  • "Around The World" 3:20
  • "Who's Gonna Take You Back" 4:46
  • "Danger Lovin'" 3:43
  • "Love The Reggae Bad" (Yellow Cab Mix) 3:28
  • "D'Yall's Gonna Rock The Place" (Moronic Dub Edit) 4:02
  • "Prime Time" (The Original Big Bass Dub) 2:55