Annemie Anne Francine Coenen (born 14 July 1978 in

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) is a Belgian singer and songwriter who was in the duo

AnnaGrace AnnaGrace, formerly Ian Van Dahl, was a Belgian progressive house, electro house, and deep house music project fronted by Belgian singer Annemie Coenen and produced by DJ and record producer Peter Luts. The project first achieved success in 2008 ...

(formerly known as Ian Van Dahl).

Life

Coenen sang in school musical comedies and choral in

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. She joined a dance band at the age of 17. She hoped to become a fashion designer, and aimed to enter a fashion school at Antwerp. To this end, she worked a variety of odd jobs around Antwerp. One of her friends invited her to

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where she found the dance scene. When she did return to Belgium, Coenen recorded a demo which she said was mainly "just for fun." However, the demo came to the attention of Stefan Wuyts, representing the A&R label, who was looking for a mime artist for a song called " Castles in the Sky" which was meant to be part of a new Belgian project called

Ian Van Dahl AnnaGrace, formerly Ian Van Dahl, was a Belgian progressive house, electro house, and deep house music project fronted by Belgian singer Annemie Coenen and produced by DJ and record producer Peter Luts. The project first achieved success in 2008 ...

. Since her joining the group in 2001, it has sold four million CDs and singles worldwide. She was the main vocalist on the albums ''

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''. In June 2008, Coenen and Luts teamed together to create their own trance music project called

. Since March 2014, Coenen has had her own fashion line named Gracenatic.

Discography

Albums

* ''

'' * ''

'' * (AnnaGrace) ''Ready to Dare''

Singles

* Ian Van Dahl: ** 2000 " Castles in the Sky" ** 2001 "Secret Love" ** 2001 " Will I?" ** 2002 "Reason" ** 2002 "Try" ** 2003 "I Can't Let You Go" ** 2004 "Where Are You Now?" ** 2004 "Believe" ** 2004 "Inspiration" ** 2005 "Movin' On" ** 2006 "Just a Girl" * AnnaGrace: ** 2008 "

You Make Me Feel You Make Me Feel may refer to: * ''You Make Me Feel'' (Bonfire album), 2009 * ''You Make Me Feel'' (Milosh album), 2004 * "You Make Me Feel" (AnnaGrace song), 2008 * "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", song by Sylvester * " You Make Me Feel...", s ...

" ** 2009 "

Let the Feelings Go "Let the Feelings Go" is a song by Belgian trance project AnnaGrace. The song was a follow-up to their first single "You Make Me Feel" (2008), and like the former, it reached number one on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Airplay chart in its 25 J ...

" ** 2009 "

Love Keeps Calling "Love Keeps Calling" is the third single released by the Belgian act AnnaGrace, following their 2008 debut single " You Make Me Feel" and 2009 second single " Let the Feelings Go", both of which reached number No.1 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dan ...

" ** 2010 " Celebration" ** 2011 "Don't Let Go" ** 2012 "Ready to Fall in Love" ** 2012 "Alive" ** 2013 "Girls Like Dancing"

References

External links

Official Annagrace site

Official Gracenatic site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coenen, Annemie 1978 births Living people Belgian songwriters Women in electronic music English-language singers from Belgium Trance singers 21st-century Belgian women singers