Amber (singer)
Amber (born Marie-Claire Cremers in Ubbergen , Netherlands , May 9, 1970 ) is a Dutch-German pop singer , songwriter and producer .
Career
Born in the Netherlands and raised in Germany , she started her musical career under the pseudonym Amber in 1996 , after having worked as a studio singer in the early 1990s. Her debut single This Is Your Night peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996 . For the soundtrack for the film Studio 54 , she recorded the song If You Could Read My Mind together with Ultra Naté and Jocelyn Enriquez as Stars on 54 , which became an international success.
Amber had her greatest commercial solo success in 1999 with Sexual (Li Da Di) . This was followed by further publications, with which she reached high chart positions in the US dance charts. The song Love One Another , written by Amber, Billy Steinberg and Rick Nowels and covered by Cher , was nominated for a Grammy . Melt with the Sun was her twelfth top 10 hit on the US dance charts in 2006.
Together with Zelma Davis ( C + C Music Factory ) she released the duet No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) in 2008 , a cover version by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand . In 2013, she was one of the headliners of the Stonewall Summer Pride in Wilton Manors , Florida . Amber is divorced and has one son.
Discography
Albums
- 1996: This is Your Night
- 1999: Amber
- 2002: Naked
- 2004: My Kind of World
Compilations
- 2000: The Hits Remixed
- 2004: Undanced
- 2007: Undanced II
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
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 DE
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 AT
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 UK
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 US
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Dance
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 NL
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| 1996 | This Is Your Night This Is Your Night |
- | - | - |
US24 (40 weeks) US |
Dance10 (14 weeks) Dance |
NL16 (7 weeks) NL |
Authors: Amber, Christian Berman, Frank Berman
|
| Color of Love This Is Your Night |
- | - | - |
US74 (10 weeks) US |
Dance5 (16 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Christian Berman, Frank Berman, Amber
|
|
| 1997 | One More Night This Is Your Night |
- | - | - |
US58 (20 weeks) US |
Dance9 (12 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Amber, Christian Berman, Frank Berman, Kama
|
| 1998 | If You Could Read My Mind Amber |
DE65 (9 weeks) DE |
AT17 (12 weeks) AT |
UK23 (5 weeks) UK |
US52 (15 weeks) US |
Dance3 (14 weeks) Dance |
- | |
| 1999 | Sexual (Li Da Di) Amber |
DE87 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
UK34 (2 weeks) UK |
US42 (29 weeks) US |
Dance1 (15 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Amber, Billy Steinberg , Rick Nowels
|
| Above the Clouds Amber |
- | - | - | - |
Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels, Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo
|
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| 2000 | Love One Another Amber |
- | - | - | - |
Dance1 (17 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Amber, Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels
|
| 2001 | Yes! Naked |
- | - | - | - |
Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Billy Steinberg, Rick Nowels, Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo
with text samples from the novel Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 2002 | The Need to Be Naked Naked |
- | - | - | - |
Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Billy Steinberg, Jimmy Harry, Marie-Claire Cremers
|
| Anyway (Men Are from Mars) Naked |
- | - | - | - |
Dance12 (15 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Marie-Claire Cremers, Wolfram Dettki
|
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| 2004 | You Move Me My Kind of World |
- | - | - | - |
Dance4 (12 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Marie-Claire Cremers, Wolfram Dettki
|
| 2005 | Voodoo My Kind of World |
- | - | - | - |
Dance13 (13 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Marie-Claire Cremers, Wolfram Dettki
|
| Just Like That (Romeo and Juliet) My Kind of World |
- | - | - | - |
Dance9 (14 weeks) Dance |
- |
Authors: Marie-Claire Cremers, Wolfram Dettki
|
|
| 2006 | Melt with the Sun Undanced II |
- | - | - | - |
Dance5 (16 weeks) Dance |
- |
feat. Sweet Rains
Authors: Igor Kisil, Marie-Claire Cremers |
More singles
- 1999: Do That to Me One More Time
- 2001: Taste the Tears
- 2001: I Found Myself in You
- 2008: No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (feat.Zelma Davis)
- 2009: I Don't Believe in Hate (Drip Drop)
Awards
- ASCAP Award, Dance Songs, for Sexual (Li Da Di) , 2000.
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Web links
- Official website
- Amber at Allmusic (English)
- Amber at Discogs (English)
- Amber at Myspace
- umdmusic.com (English)
- enotes.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amber |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cremers, Marie-Claire (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch-German pop singer, songwriter and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ubbergen , Netherlands |