Alannah Myles

Alannah Myles (2007)

Alannah Myles (born December 25, 1958 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian singer and actress .

biography

Myles grew up in Toronto and Buckhorn , where her family owns a ranch where she also learned to ride . Her first song she wrote with only eight years - a song called Ugly Little Cabbage in the Garden ( dt. Ugly little cabbage in the garden ), which she wrote for her sister to annoy them. She later sold her horse so that she could afford a guitar and perform in clubs and cafes .

Her music is influenced by other Canadian musicians such as Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen . At first, her parents stopped her from starting a music career. When she turned 18, she performed in southern Ontario. Eventually she met Christopher Ward , with whom she formed a band that played covered songs by Aretha Franklin , Bob Seger and The Pretenders . This band was later supplemented by David Tyson .

Myles tried some producers to gain for themselves by their own songs as covers spending.

In October 1989 she released the single Black Velvet , which became a hit in many countries, including Canada. It was the most successful debut by a Canadian singer. However, Black Velvet remained their only big international hit, because the subsequent singles Love Is and Lover of Mine could no longer build on this success.

Alannah Myles contributed the title song What Are We Waiting For in a duet with Zucchero for the film Prinz Eisenherz . The song You Love Who You Love to Stolen Hearts with Sandra Bullock was also sung by her. She has also recorded songs with other artists, e.g. B. with Saga Don't Give Up and with Nine Below Zero I've Never Loved a Man (the Way I Loved You) , which was performed with her at the Royal Albert Hall in London . It has also at the Rock Opera Nostradamus Nikolo Kozev, the Peace Choir against the first Iraq war and a Tina Turner - Tribute album ( I Can not Stand the Rain ) involved and also for the shipment kick of premiere the song Like Flames contributed. In 2005 she performed with K2 in the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest . Myles also sang the national anthem at the Toronto Sky Dome to mark the opening of Canadian football season .

There are recordings ( bootlegs ) of Myles together with Mavis Staples ' The Staple Singers , live from the Diamond Club in Toronto. In September 2007 her new album Black Velvet was released , which includes a new recording by Black Velvet and 10 new titles.

Before starting her music career, Myles appeared in many commercials in Canada. In 2001 she appeared in the globally successful Canadian series La Femme Nikita (season 5, episode 4, All the World's a Stage ). In 2006/07 she appeared on American cable television as the host host of the mystery series Beyond .

Alannah Myles appears very often in Canadian clubs and festivals and is considered an excellent live performer.

On the album The Dark Side of the Chant of Gregorian Alannah Myles sings the female part in three songs. One of them is the cover Bring Me to Life , which originally comes from Evanescence .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1990	Alannah Myles	DE2 platinum (35 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (21 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (29 weeks)CH	UK3 gold (21 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (36 weeks)US	First published: March 28, 1989 Producer: David Tyson
1992	Rocking horse	DE53 (11 weeks) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	CH16 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: October 13, 1992 Producer: David Tyson
1995	A-lan-close	-	-	CH40 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 18, 1995 Producer: Pat Moran

More albums

• 1997: Arival
• 2007: Black Velvet
• 2014: 85 BPM (released April 29)

Compilations

• 1998: The Very Best of Alannah Myles
• 2001: Myles & More - The Very Best Of

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Black Velvet Alannah Myles	DE2 gold (27 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (18 weeks)AT	CH1 (20 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (18 weeks)UK	US1 gold (25 weeks)US	First published: July 26, 1989 Grammy (Best Female Rock Vocal Performance) Authors: David Tyson, Christopher Ward
1990	Love Is Alannah Myles	DE45 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK61 (2 weeks) UK	US36 (13 weeks) US	First published: April 3, 1990 Authors: David Tyson, Christopher Ward
	Lover of Mine Alannah Myles	-	-	-	UK78 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1990 Authors: David Tyson, Christopher Ward
2000	Like Flames Myles & More - The Very Best Of	DE98 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: November 20, 2000 Author: Rob Brill

More singles

• 1989: Still Got This Thing (released March)
• 1992: Living on a Memory
• 1992: Song Instead of a Kiss
• 1993: Our World Our Times
• 1994: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (with Nine Below Zero )
• 1995: Family Secret
• 1996: You Love Who You Love
• 1997: Bad 4 You
• 1997: What Are We Waiting For (with Zucchero )
• 1998: Break the Silence

Guest Posts

• 2010: The Dark Side of the Chant (album by Gregorian , participation in three songs)

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  Finland 1990: for the album Alannah Myles 2 × platinum record  Canada 1993: for the album Rockinghorse

Diamond record  Canada 1990: for the album Alannah Myles

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	platinum1	-	750,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	platinum1	-	59,694	ifpi.fi
Canada (MC)	-	2 × platinum2	diamond1	1,200,000	musiccanada.com
Austria (IFPI)	2 × gold2	-	-	50,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	platinum1	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	gold1	platinum1	-	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × gold2	-	-	500,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × gold6th	6 × platinum6th	diamond1

Filmography

• 1984: With Us and Next Door ( The Kids of Degrassi Street , TV series, an episode)
• 1987: Adderly (TV series, episode)
• 1989: War of the Worlds ( War of the Worlds , television series, one episode)
• 2001: Nikita ( La Femme Nikita , TV series, an episode)
• 2012: Covenant

swell

1. ↑ release date
2. ↑ Press release on Beyond. PRWeb, accessed May 9, 2014 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US

Web links

Commons : Alannah Myles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Alannah Myles at Allmusic (English)
• Alannah Myles at Discogs (English)
• Alannah Myles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Alannah Myles at laut.de
• Alannah Myles at find-your-music
• Where Are They Now? Pop's Class of 1990 including a short biography in Rolling Stone