Alice DeeJay

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Alice DeeJay is a Dutch dance music -Formation with lead singer Judith Anna Pronk (*  8. December 1973 ), dance music - DJ 's from the Netherlands (Sebastiaan Molijn, Eelke Kalberg) and Jurgen Rijkers , also known by the stage name " DJ Jurgen ". Other singers were Mila Levesque and Angelique Versnel.

Career

Pronk began taking ballet lessons at the age of six . She trained as a ballet teacher, but then did not continue her career. At the age of 18 she started working in Amsterdam nightclubs.

The group's first and only album, Who Needs Guitars Anyway? , was released in the UK on April 11, 2000 . The first single from the album Better Off Alone reached many top 10 spots in the European charts .

Later single releases failed to build on the success of the first hit, except in the UK, where they were all in the top 20. The group is often seen as a one-hit wonder .

After November 9, 2002, the group no longer had a public appearance, from that point on it was considered to be dissolved.

Since autumn 2013, the group with an altered is the line-up on tour again, mainly as a 1990 - Revival band.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NL NL
2000 Who Needs Guitars Anyway? DE28 (6 weeks)
DE
- CH12 (10 weeks)
CH
UK8th
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK
US76 (26 weeks)
US
NL27 (31 weeks)
NL
First published: March 28, 2000

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NL NL
1998 Better Off Alone
Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
DE32 (13 weeks)
DE
- CH28 (19 weeks)
CH
UK2
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)UK
US27 (20 weeks)
US
-
First published: July 1998
1999 Back in My Life
Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
DE17 (9 weeks)
DE
AT28 (6 weeks)
AT
CH19 (13 weeks)
CH
UK4th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)UK
- NL4 (15 weeks)
NL
First published: November 1999
2000 Will I Ever
Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
DE33 (9 weeks)
DE
- CH25 (9 weeks)
CH
UK7 (12 weeks)
UK
- NL8 (10 weeks)
NL
First published: May 2000
The Lonely One
Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
DE59 (3 weeks)
DE
- CH72 (5 weeks)
CH
UK16 (7 weeks)
UK
- NL19 (5 weeks)
NL
First published: August 2000
Celebrate Our Love
Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
DE71 (4 weeks)
DE
AT71 (2 weeks)
AT
CH85 (3 weeks)
CH
UK17 (4 weeks)
UK
- NL25 (6 weeks)
NL
First published: December 2000

Individual evidence

  1. a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US NL1 NL2
  2. Music Sales Awards: UK