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Sweetbox
Sweetbox is a German based pop music project formed in 1995 by executive producer Heiko Schmidt and music producer Roberto "Geo" Rosan. Throughout the years Sweetbox has had several lead singers including Kimberly Kearney, Dacia Bridges, Tina Harris, Jade Villalon, Jamie Pineda and most recently and currently, Miho Fukuhara and LogiQ Pryce. Although the project released four singles in the mid 1990s, with initial singers Kimberley Kearney and Dacia Bridges, worldwide success came with third vocalist, Tina Harris. " Everything's Gonna Be Alright" was released in 1997, which topped charts around the world and started a musical theme, sampling classical music, which the project would later become known for. Tina Harris left after two years, with Jade Villalon replacing her as the fourth vocalist with five original albums, all reaching Gold or Platinum in South Korea. Villalon, along with "Geo" left the project after seven years to go on and do other projects. Vocalist Jamie P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Generation (Sweetbox Album)
''The Next Generation'' is the seventh studio album by international pop music project, Sweetbox. Released in 2009 after almost two years in the making, it is the first album to have Jamie Pineda as front woman after Jade Villalon departed for her solo career. It is also the first album to have Derek Bramble as the producer after longtime producer of the project Geo left. The new sound that came with a new singer now featured more powerful R&B-influenced ballads and a few dance tunes co-wrote by Jamie and various writers from all around the globe including Lindy Robbins, Georgie Dennis and Derek Bramble. The album sticks to the element Sweetbox is known for—the mixing of classical music with pop. *" We Can Work It Out" sampled Vivaldi's " Four Seasons". *" Crash Landed" sampled Bach's " Toccata & Fuge in D minor". *"Magic" sampled Beethoven's " Symphony No. 9". In addition, a new version of " Everything's Gonna Be Alright" was recorded and featured Derek Bramble on the tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetbox (album)
''Sweetbox'' is the debut album of Sweetbox. It was the first and only album to have Tina Harris on vocals, and the last to have a R&B urban main influence, as Jade Villalon took over on vocals on '' Classified'' and changed the sound of Sweetbox to classical infused pop. The album, Sweetbox, was first released in January 1998 in Germany and released throughout the year in continental Europe and Asia. In North America, the album was released in September 1998 and titled ''Everything's Gonna Be Alright'', adding newly recorded songs. In Japan, the album was reissued in that same year including two new songs which were released as singles: "Sometimes" and a Tears For Fears cover of their hit " Shout. The album reached double platinum and triple gold status in Japan and sold well in Asia but was not a big seller in Europe and America, despite having a worldwide hit single. The most famous single from this album, " Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (based on J. S. Bach's passage Air, take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Villalon
Jade Valerie Villalon (born August 12, 1980), also known by her project and stage name Jade Valerie, is an American pop singer, songwriter, and actress. From 1999 to 2007, she was the vocalist and lyricist of Sweetbox, releasing five original albums and a number of compilations. During this time, each major release achieved either a gold or platinum status in Japan and Korea, also earning various awards and chart positions around the world. Following Villalon's departure from this project, both Villalon, and Sweetbox composer and producer Rosan Geoman, worked together once again to release albums under Villalon's own name, Jade Valerie. After two album releases under this name, two additional side-projects were formed, entitled Eternity ∞ and Saint Vox, both releasing a self-titled album respectively. Saint Vox presented a collaboration effort between Villalon's vocal and lyrical work, Geoman's arrangements of both original and sampled classical pieces, and the stylings of Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Sweetbox Song)
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" is a song by German-based music group Sweetbox. It was released in October 1997 as the second single from their debut album, ''Sweetbox'' (1998), the only album that had American singer Tina Harris as the group's frontwoman. The song is based on "Air" from Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3, played on the track by the German Symphony Orchestra. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" is the most successful song of Sweetbox worldwide; it reached the top five in Austria, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Outside Europe, the song peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Critical reception Larry Flick from ''Billboard'' wrote, "American-born rapper Tina Harris Tina Harris is a Maryland-born singer best known for being a member of Sweetbox. Career Early life Tina Harris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and due to her military father being stationed there, the whole family moved to Frankf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classified (Sweetbox Album)
''Classified'' is the second Sweetbox album and the first album to feature Jade Villalon as the frontwoman and songwriter. Released in 2001, the album was made in three different editions. Sounds on the album include pop, dance and rock, with all of the songs based on various classical pieces, many borrowed from famous film themes. With Jade Villalon's songwriting style, this album saw Sweetbox's sound change from the R&B influences of its past. Three additional songs were written for the album; "In the Corner" and "Heartbreaker", which were released on two Sweetbox demo compilations, and "Happy Tears", which was released on Jade's final album under Sweetbox, '' Addicted.'' Track listing Credits *Conductor – Mario Klemens *Engineer dditional Sound– Mila Jilek *Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By – Geo Rosan *Executive Producer – Heiko Schmidt *Score trings– Boris Jojic Samples * "Boyfriend" samples "Gonna Fly Now", the ''Rocky'' theme song, by Bill Conti * "Brown Hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Pineda
Jamie Irene Pineda (born September 27, 1988) is an American pop singer-songwriter and former model. In late 2007, Pineda signed on to be the front woman of the international pop music project Sweetbox staying with the group until 2012. In 2013, she took part in third season of the American music competition series ''The X Factor''. Early life Pineda is of Mexican descent and grew up in Fall River Mills, California with eight brothers and sisters. Growing up, she played guitar and piano in the church choir while also singing in the school choir. When she was 14, she was offered a contract after an executive heard her singing on the balcony of her grandmother's restaurant. However, her family said she was much too young and they passed on the opportunity. When she was 15, Jamie stood in line to audition for ''American Idol'' but was 20 days too young to compete. Among her credits, she has performed at a halftime show for the Sacramento Kings game. She has stated before that some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade (Sweetbox Album)
''Jade'' is the third album of Sweetbox and the second with Jade Villalon as a frontwoman. It was released in 2002 in Japan and Europe, 2003 in Taiwan, and 2004 in Korea. Although similar to '' Classified,'' the album saw new influences emerging, and showcased a number of tracks, such as "Lighter Shade of Blue", that had not sampled famous classical pieces. A year later, a Silver edition was released with acoustic versions of some of the songs, including remixes and the re-vamped, re-done version of "Lighter Shade of Blue" that was featured on the "Here on My Own" music video, and a bonus DVD with three music videos. Track listing Credits Standard Edition * Backing Vocals - Denise, Mucky * Executive Producer – Heiko Schmidt * Vocals - Jade Villalon * Mixed By - Geoman Silver Edition * Guitar - Geo * Guitar, Mandolin - Holger Düchting * Guitar (Bass) - Oliver Poschmann * Guitars, Backing Vocals - Toby Breitenbach * Percussion - Tilman Bruno * Producer - Geoman * Backing V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trying To Be Me
"Trying To Be Me" is the first single by Sweetbox from the album '' Classified,'' with Jade Villalon as a frontwoman. The song is based on "Solveig's Song" from Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...'s ''Peer Gynt'' Suite. The song features Mucky as a guest vocalist, who also featured as a background vocalist in some of the other songs from the ''Classified'' album. One of its remixes can be found on the Japanese version of the album '' Classified'' (2001). The remix, titled "Trying To Be Me (RMX)" (from the Japanese version of "Classified") is the same remix as the one found on the Europe/Korea release, which is titled "Trying To Be Me (Geo's Remix)." Track listing Charts Sources {{Peer Gynt Sweetbox songs 2000 songs Songs written by Jade Vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Harris
Tina Harris is a Maryland-born singer best known for being a member of Sweetbox. Career Early life Tina Harris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and due to her military father being stationed there, the whole family moved to Frankfurt, West Germany, when she was four and grew up there. Tina Harris's start in the music industry came when her cousin, rapper Turbo B of the music group Snap! chose Harris's sister Jackie to mime on the videoclip and on promotional appearances to the female parts of their hit " The Power". Later, Tina Harris and her other sister Angel became dancers on Snap!'s tour and in videoclips, first appearing in the videoclip for "Ooops Up". In 1991, the three Harris sisters left Snap! and formed the pop-rap group B.O.Y. (an acronym for Because Of You), which was active for two years. Sister Angel left in 1992 after the release of the second single and Tina and Jackie carried on as a duo for two more singles. After meeting singer Liza da Costa, Harris and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Veil
''Diamond Veil'' is the eighth studio album by Sweetbox with Jamie Pineda's second studio album. It was released on May 25, 2011, in Japan, and on June 3, 2011, in Korea. It includes 15 new songs written by Jamie Pineda, Sebastian Thott and many others. The Korean and Japanese releases contains all 15 songs, with Japan's version including 2 extra bonus tracks. The album was also released digitally via iTunes and Amazon on May 18, 2011. Retrieved October 11th, 2011 Track listing Credits *A&r – Hayden Bell *Backing Vocals – Alina Devecerski (tracks: 1, 5, 9 - 11) *Edited By ocals– Carl Bjorsell (tracks: 1, 2), Didrik Thott (tracks: 3, 4, 6), Sebastian Thott *Executive Producer – Ha ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lighter Shade Of Blue
"Here on My Own (Lighter Shade Of Blue)" is the second single by Sweetbox from the album '' Jade'' with Jade Villalon as a frontwoman. On the album the song is titled "Lighter Shade of Blue". The song peaked at 90 on the German singles chart. It spent 1 week at this position and 4 weeks on the chart. An acoustic version and the music video of the song can be found on the album '' Jade (Silver Edition).'' A remix of the song can be found on the album '' Best of 12" Collection.'' The music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ... for the song was directed by Oliver Sommer.''Jade: Silver Edition'' CD booklet Track listing Positions References {{authority control Sweetbox songs 2003 singles 2001 songs Songs written by Jade Villalon Warner Music Group sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adagio (Sweetbox Album)
''Adagio'' is the fourth album of Sweetbox and the third album with Jade Villalon as frontwoman. It was released in 2004, in two different versions. One was released in Japan, debuting at #3, and the other was released in Europe, South Korea and Taiwan. The album was heavily inspired by world music, with songs sampling music originating from around the globe. The album also saw a hip-hop influence, furthered by guest vocalist RJ. Many of the songs showcased a far more personal approach from Jade's songwriting, dealing with topics such as spirituality and accepting the death of loved ones. The album also contains the extended versions of "Real Emotion" and "1000 Words", which Villalon recorded for the English/international version of ''Final Fantasy X-2''. The track 'Chyna Girl' was originally written by Jade and Geo, for the pop group S.H.E. Track listing Credits * Bass Guitar – Oliver Poschmann * Drums – Bertil, Robbie Siemens * Engineer – Toby Breitenbach * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |