Maria 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...

 R&B singer and songwriter. Although she was born in Denmark, she grew up in different parts of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. Despite her parents' initial hesitation and the fact that she did not come from a musical family, Maria decided to pursue a career as a singer. She was eventually discovered and signed by Soulshock, from the famous writing and production duo Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin

Soulshock & Karlin is a duo of Danish record producers and songwriters, Carsten Schack and Kenneth Karlin. They have produced a large number of successful songs, including Monica's "Before You Walk out of My Life", Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", JoJo's "Leave ", and Fantasia's "Truth Is"...

, to Soulpower/Dreamworks Records

DreamWorks Records

DreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...

. Her first single which had success on RnB and Top 40 radio was titled "I Give, You Take". She then released her debut album, My Soul, on September 30, 2003. However Dreamworks Records

DreamWorks Records

DreamWorks Records was an American record label. Founded in 1996 by David Geffen, Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg as a subsidiary of DreamWorks SKG, the label operated until 2005 when it was shut down...

 failed to follow up promotion for a 2nd single (as they have done with other acts such as Lifehouse

Lifehouse (band)

Lifehouse is an American rock band from Los Angeles. The band came to mainstream prominence in 2001 with the hit single "Hanging by a Moment" from their debut studio album, No Name Face. The single won a Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year, beating out Janet Jackson and Alicia...

 and Floetry

Floetry

Floetry was a British R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart . The group recorded two studio albums, one live album, and sold over 800,000 records worldwide. Formed in 1999, Floetry started on the performance poetry stage.In 2002, the duo released their first album entitled, Floetic...

) and she was soon dropped shortly before the label folded.

She wrote 5 songs for Saseline's 2010 debut album Restart.
She co-wrote 2/3 of Mikkel Solnado's 2011 debut album, "IT'S ONLY LOVE GIVE IT AWAY",
including the hit single "BACK TO LIFE", which reached #7 on Mtv in Portugal

Maria also produced the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGFJdWZOcWg

Albums

• My Soul (2003)
  1. Lonely
  2. I Give, You Take
  3. My soul
  4. Nowadays
  5. Coffee In Bed
  6. You, Me & She
  7. Interlude (Dreams From The Hills)
  8. Intoxicated
  9. Weakness
  10. Always
  11. Simplified
  12. Hate To Love You
  13. Miss You

External links

• [ Maria on Allmusic]
• http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=349* Maria on Slant magazine