Kristine Blond (born Anne-Kristine Blond on 16 April 1975) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Blond had success as a pop and R&B singer in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She achieved three top 40 hit singles on the

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. Her biggest hit, " Love Shy", peaked at No. 22 in 1998. A re-release of remixes was released in 2000 and peaked at No. 28, containing the popular

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. She released several singles in Denmark including "You Make Me Go Oooh", "You Belong to Someone Else" and "All I Ever Wanted". In the early 2000s, Blond recorded the theme song "A Day Without You" for the Dutch television show ''

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'', which also charted in the Netherlands. Other releases in Germany and Denmark were "Teach Him" and "Fra i dag" (theme song for '' Peter Pan 2''). In 2008, Blond released a self-titled album changing musical direction to a more acoustic and non-commercial sound and began to write her own songs. She has since toured Denmark promoting the new material as well as performing her older material in the UK.

Discography

Albums

*''All I Ever Wanted'' (2001),

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/Milkk *''Kristine Blond'' (2008), Hithouse

Singles

*" Love Shy" (1998), Reverb - UK #22, BPI: Gold *" Love Shy (Remixes)" (2000),

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- UK #28 *"You Belong to Someone Else" (2001), WEA/Milkk *"You Make Me Go Oooh" (2001), WEA/Milkk - UK #35 *"All I Ever Wanted" (2001), Warner *"Teach Him" (2002), Milkk - GER #95 *"A Day Without You" (2002), Milkk - NETH #81 *"So Invincible" (with Funkstar De Luxe) (2008), 3some Music *"Nothing Left" (2008), Hithouse

References

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