Maria Lumiere (born Maria Jensen on 13 May 1978) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Born in Denmark, she grew up living in different parts of Europe. Despite her parents' initial hesitation and the fact that she did not come from a musical family, she decided to pursue a career as a singer. She was eventually discovered and signed by Soulshock, from the writing and production duo

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, to Soulpower/ Dreamworks Records. Her first single "I Give, You Take" was released in 2003 and received success on R&B/Top 40 radio. It reache
#33 on the Billboard
Pop 100 chart. Her debut album, ''My Soul'' was released in September 2003. Dreamworks failed to follow up with promotion for a second single, and she was let go when Dreamworks Records was sold, shortly before the label folded. Afterwards, she ended up studying acting in New York, and doing other ventures such as voiceover work, and writing for other artists (such as Mikkel Solnado's album ''It's Only Love, Give It Away''). She collaborated with producer Holbek (alias Steen Rock) on the song “Hudløs” from his album ''Frit Løb'' in 2011. The following year, she announced she was working on some new music, and her three-track EP ''Oh So Full of Promise'' was released in early 2013. ''Next To You'', written by Maria and produced by Chris Colonna from

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, was featured in the 80 year-anniversary campaign for

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. Additionally, her song "Missing piece" was featured in a 2013 Pandora campaign. Her second full-length album
Oh So Full of Promise
' was released on digital and streaming services through her independent label Kintsugi Records. She collaborated with the artis
PEDER
on the song "The Last Time."

Discography

Albums

* ''My Soul'' (2003) * ''Oh So Full of Promise''

EPs

* ''Oh So Full of Promise – EP'' (2013)

Singles

* "I Give, You Take" (2003) * "Make You Stay" (2012) * "Missing Piece" (2013)

Collaborations

* "Hudløs" (2011) (with Holbek) * "Next To You" (2012) (with Bumblebeez) * "The Last Time" (2016) (with PEDER)

References

External links

*
Maria in ''Slant'' magazine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maria 1978 births Living people 21st-century Danish women singers Danish people of African descent Contemporary R&B singers Soul singers English-language singers from Denmark