Ocean Drive (band)
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Ocean Drive, a dance music project established in 2008 and made up of French
music producers Nicolas Carel and Just Uman. A successful European electronic dance and pop act with an album With the Sunshine and a number of singles in France, Belgium and Switzerland, they collaborate with vocalist Gilles Luka, formerly a member of bands Galleon
and Luka, and with DJ Oriska, Smartzee
and more recently with Norwegian singer / entertainer of Iranian origin Aylar Lie
. Carel and Uman launched the band after meeting at a nightclub in Miami, Florida
and the music project is named after the fashionable Ocean Drive
in South Beach
, Miami, Florida.
In May 2010, Ocean Drive signed a record deal with British electronic label Dance Nation for launching their materials in Britain as well. The remake of "Some People" featuring Aylar was the debut single on the new label in Britain.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
music producers Nicolas Carel and Just Uman. A successful European electronic dance and pop act with an album With the Sunshine and a number of singles in France, Belgium and Switzerland, they collaborate with vocalist Gilles Luka, formerly a member of bands Galleon
Galleon (band)
Galleon is French electro-pop duo from Marseille, founded by Gilles Fahy and Phillippe Laurent.They emerged on the European dance scene in 2001 with a hit single "So I Begin" sung in English...
and Luka, and with DJ Oriska, Smartzee
Smartzee
Smartzee is a French rapper born in Benin.-Biography:Born in 1980 in Benin , Smartzee got the opportunity to experience different cultures as he moved at an early age from Africa to the USA, to France, Switzerland......
and more recently with Norwegian singer / entertainer of Iranian origin Aylar Lie
Aylar Lie
Aylar Dianati Lie is a Norwegian model of Iranian Azerbaijani descent and former pornographic actress who gained celebrity status under the pseudonym Diana. She is currently working in the music industry as a music video actress and singer, having featured in several of Swedish DJ Basshunter's...
. Carel and Uman launched the band after meeting at a nightclub in Miami, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
and the music project is named after the fashionable Ocean Drive
Ocean Drive (South Beach)
Ocean Drive is a street in South Beach—the southern part of Miami Beach, Florida. It is known for its Art Deco hotels. Ocean Drive is also the location of the famed , one of the most photographed houses in North America. The street is the center of the city's Art Deco District, which is home to...
in South Beach
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed SoBe, is a neighborhood in the city of Miami Beach, Florida, United States. It is the area south of Indian Creek and encompasses roughly the southernmost 23 blocks of the main barrier island that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.This area was the first...
, Miami, Florida.
In May 2010, Ocean Drive signed a record deal with British electronic label Dance Nation for launching their materials in Britain as well. The remake of "Some People" featuring Aylar was the debut single on the new label in Britain.
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... |
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| BEL (Wa) Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization... |
BEL (Vl) Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| 2009 | "Some People (Ton Desir)" (feat. DJ Oriska) |
30 | 17 | 8 | 39 | ||
| "Without You (Perdue Sans Toi)" (feat. DJ Oriska) |
22 | — | 4 | 37 | |||
| "Because (Connecte-Toi)" (feat. DJ Oriska) |
— | — | 11 | — | |||
| "Diggin It" (feat. DJ Oriska and Smartzee Smartzee Smartzee is a French rapper born in Benin.-Biography:Born in 1980 in Benin , Smartzee got the opportunity to experience different cultures as he moved at an early age from Africa to the USA, to France, Switzerland...... ) |
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| "Your Man" (feat. DJ Oriska and Smartzee) |
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| 2010 | "Some People" (feat. Aylar Aylar Lie Aylar Dianati Lie is a Norwegian model of Iranian Azerbaijani descent and former pornographic actress who gained celebrity status under the pseudonym Diana. She is currently working in the music industry as a music video actress and singer, having featured in several of Swedish DJ Basshunter's... ) (remake of 2009 hit) |
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