Des'ree

Des'ree (* the thirtieth November 1968 in London as Desiree Annette Weeks ) is a British singer . She was one of the most successful British soul - pop singers in the 1990s.

Life

Des'ree's debut album Mind Adventures was released in 1992 and contained the hit single Feel So High . In 1993 she published the duet Delicate with Terence Trent D'Arby .

Her second album I Ain't Movin ' (1994) contained the single You Gotta Be , which was in the top 5 of the Billboard charts . The single Life from the album Supernatural (1998) was a Europe-wide top 10 success and Des'ree's greatest success in Germany . The album also contained a duet with Babyface with Fire . Her fourth album, Dream Soldier, was a commercial flop; it did not reach a position in the German album charts.

Awards

In 1999 she won a BRIT Award for best British solo artist.

Others

In 2007, the lyrics of her song Life were voted worst lyrics of all time by listeners on BBC station 6 Music .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1992	Mind Adventures	DE53 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK26th silver (5 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 17, 1992
1994	I ain't movin '	DE91 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 silver (8 weeks)UK	US27 platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: May 11, 1994
1998	Supernatural	DE17 (22 weeks) DE	AT6 (13 weeks) AT	CH8th gold (18 weeks)CH	UK16 gold (25 weeks)UK	US185 (2 weeks) US	First published: August 26, 1998
2003	Dream Soldier	-	-	CH77 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: March 31, 2003

Compilations

year	title	Remarks
1999	Mystic Mixes	First published: August 4, 1999
2000	Endangered Species	First published: October 23, 2000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1991	Feel So High Mind Adventures	DE15 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (12 weeks) CH	UK13 (12 weeks) UK	US67 (10 weeks) US	First published: August 1991
1992	Mind Adventures Mind Adventures	DE94 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1992
	Why Should I Love You? Mind Adventures	-	-	-	UK44 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1992
1994	You Gotta Be I Ain't Movin '	DE79 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK14th gold (17 weeks)UK	US5 (44 weeks) US	First published: April 1994
	I Ain't Movin ' I Ain't Movin'	-	-	-	UK44 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1994
	Little Child I Ain't Movin '	-	-	-	UK69 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1994
1997	Kissing You Supernatural	-	-	-	UK83 silver (2 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 18, 1997
1998	Life Supernatural	DE8th gold (24 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (17 weeks)AT	CH3 gold (26 weeks)CH	UK8th silver (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: June 2, 1998
	What's your sign? Supernatural	DE65 (9 weeks) DE	AT31 (2 weeks) AT	CH43 (5 weeks) CH	UK19 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 26, 1998
1999	You Gotta Be (1999 Mix) Supernatural	DE76 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 22, 1999
2003	It's okay Dream Soldier	-	-	CH86 (2 weeks) CH	UK69 (1 week) UK	-	First published: February 10, 2003

more publishments

• 1997: Kissing You
• 1998: Fire ( feat.Babyface )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1993	Delicate Symphony or Damn	DE56 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH34 (3 weeks) CH	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	US74 (8 weeks) US	First published: June 1993 Terence Trent D'Arby feat. Des'ree

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 1997: for the album I Ain't Movin '  Belgium 1998: for the album Supernatural  France 1999: for the album Supernatural  Canada 1995: for the album I Ain't Movin '  New Zealand 1995: for the single You Gotta Be

Platinum record  Australia 1998: for the single life  Belgium 1998: for the single life  France 1998: for the single life  Spain 1999: for the album Supernatural

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

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	platinum1	105,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	platinum1	600,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	-	platinum1	1,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	-	1,020,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	11 × gold11	5 × platinum5

swell

1. ↑ shortlist of the worst song lyrics ... ever! , BBC Radio 6 music, as of January 5, 2008
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Des'ree at Allmusic (English)
• Des'ree at Discogs (English)
• The Official Des'ree Website