Ida Corr

Ida Corr 2008

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

One   DK 23 03/28/2008 (6 weeks)

Singles

Let Me Think About It (vs. Fedde Le Grand )   DE 14th 01/25/2008 (53 weeks)   AT 13 01/25/2008 (39 weeks)   CH 23 01/27/2008 (42 weeks)   UK 2  silver 09/29/2007 (25 weeks)   DK 12  platinum 11/02/2007 (27 weeks) Ride My Tempo   DE 54 05/01/2009 (3 weeks)   DK 8th 02/08/2008 (4 weeks) I want you   DE 72 09/10/2009 (2 weeks) Sjus ( Kato feat.Ida Corr, Camille Jones & Johnson )   DK 1  platinum 07/01/2011 (22 weeks) Muses more often to chat   DK 13 09/16/2011 (1 week) Hold my head up high   DK 23 04/26/2013 (5 weeks)

Ida Corr (born March 14, 1977 in Aarhus ) is a Danish singer with Gambian roots.

Career

At the age of eleven, Ida Corr won the first Danish Children's Grand Prix (Børne Melodi Grand Prix "MGP"). As a young adult she made experiences as a background singer for studio recordings and concerts etc. a. by Danish artists such as Gnags, Sanne Salomonsen , Thomas Helmig and Rasmus Nøhr.

2002 gained Corr notoriety in Denmark through regular appearances in popular TV show Venner for livet ( "Friends Forever") as a member of the short-lived girl group Sha Li Mar . The band released an album in the same year.

As a solo artist, Ida Corr made her breakthrough in her home country in 2004 with the release of her debut single U Make Me Wanna (featuring Ataf Khawaja). The following year she released her debut album Street Diva and in 2006 her second album Robosoul came out, on which she was also involved as a co-producer and songwriter. Late Night Bimbo , Lonely Girl and Let Me Think About It were released as singles from the last album .

She achieved worldwide fame in the summer of 2007 with the remix for the song Let Me Think About It produced by Fedde Le Grand . For this she shot a music video in London. With the single she was able to reach number 2 in Great Britain , in 2008 in the United States number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Charts and also in the German-speaking countries. The highest ranking in Germany was 14th place. The single stayed in the German sales charts for 40 weeks in 2008, making it the title that stayed in these charts for the longest. In 2009, 12 more weeks followed in the Top 100 single charts.

Corr is represented at the most famous festivals in Denmark, such as the Skanderborg Festival or Roskilde . She also took part in the Live Earth Concert 2007 in Amsterdam , Netherlands , where Corr and Fedde Le Grand presented their song Mirror 07-07-07 , which was created especially for Live Earth .

In 2008 Corr released her international debut album One in Scandinavia , the United States of America, Russia and France . A year later the album was also released in German-speaking countries. The album is a compilation of the best songs from their two previous solo albums, which also includes the last two singles Let Me Think About It and Ride My Tempo .

In parallel to her solo career, Ida Corr was also involved as lead singer in the international band SugaRush Beat Company , in which she participated from 2005 to 2009. In 2008 the three-piece band released their debut album SugaRush Beat Company on the British label RCA Records and digitally in the United States. The singles LOVE , They Said I Said and Love Breed emerged from the album .

In January 2009 she received, alongside Alphabeat, a prize for the best Danish artist in Europe at the European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen . On January 26, 2009, Ida Corr's second single Ride My Tempo from album One reached number 1 in the German Dance Charts. An official music video for the single was released in March 2009. With Time , a teaser single for the upcoming fourth album Under the Sun was released in Scandinavia in May 2009 . The "lead single" of the album was I Want You , which was released in Germany at the same time as the album One was released.

On December 16, 2009 Ida took part in a concert against climate change in Copenhagen , which took place during the UN climate change conference COP-15 . Together with Simon Mathew she sang the song Illusion , which was written by both artists for a WWF climate campaign.

On January 7, 2011, Corr, together with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson, went straight to number 1 in the Danish single charts with their Danish-language single Sjus . Ida was fascinated by the idea of ​​singing songs in her mother tongue, so a few months later she decided to release a new single called Musen Efter Katten . At the same time Corr released the English-language single What Goes Around Comes Around with a music video worldwide .

In spring 2012, a collaboration was launched: See You Later by British DJ duo Bimbo Jones, which is composed of the original instrumental track Questions developed with vocals by Ida Corr in a new house track. It was followed by the next single Naughty Girl , which was recorded in both Danish and English. On August 20, 2012, Corr was announced as the new jury member in the Danish adaptation of the music show The X-Factor . From January 2013 she can be seen on DR1 alongside Anne Linnet and Thomas Blachman every week . In November 2012, Tonight I'm Your DJ featuring Fatman Scoop was released worldwide as a single, an English-language version by muses Efter Katten . This single was extracted from the compilation album Singled Out , which will be released in December 2012 in German-speaking countries.

Discography

Albums

• Street Diva (2005)
• Robosoul (2006)
• One (2008)
• Under the Sun (2009) (2011 in Germany)
• Singled Out (2012)

Singles / digital releases

• 2004: U Make Me Wanna (feat.Ataf Khawaja)
• 2005: Make Them Beg
• 2005: Country Girl
• 2006: Lonely Girl
• 2006: Latenight Bimbo (feat.Bow Hunt)
• 2007: Mirror 07-07-07 (with Fedde Le Grand )
• 2007: Let Me Think About It (versus Fedde Le Grand)
• 2008: Ride My Tempo
• 2009: Time (released in Scandinavia)
• 2009: I Want You
• 2009: Under the Sun (feat. Shaggy )
• 2010: Time (release in German-speaking countries)
• 2010: In the Name of Love (Remix)
• 2011: Sjus ( Kato feat.Ida Corr, Camille Jones & Johnson) (DK: +platinum Streaming)
• 2011: What Goes Around Comes Around
• 2011: Muses efter kattening
• 2012: Naughty Girl
• 2012: You Make My Heart Go (with Havin Zagross & Alex Saja)
• 2012: See You Later (with Bimbo Jones )
• 2012: Tonight I'm Your DJ ( feat.Fatman Scoop )
• 2013: Hold My Head Up High
• 2013: I Found Her
• 2013: Jungle Fever

Awards

• Danish Deejay Awards 2008
  • “Danish DJ Favorite” for Let Me Think About It
  • "Danish Club Hit of the Year" for Let Me Think About It
• IMPALA Award 2008
  • “Golden Record” for Let Me Think About It for more than 100,000 records sold in Europe
• European Border Breakers Awards 2009
  • "Best Danish Artist in Europe"
• African Achievement Awards 2009
  • "Best African Artist"
• Danish Deejay Awards 2012
  • "The Voice Clubbing Prize" for Sjus (with Kato , Camille Jones and Johnson)
  • "DK Prize" for Sjus (with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson)
  • "Dancechart.dk-Prize" for Sjus (with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK DK
2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: DK1 DK2 UK
3. ↑ idacorr.net: Ida Corr Biography ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Official website , your father comes from Gambia, so she has Gambian citizenship according to Gambian law.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Article on DJz.dk ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Article on musiklinien.dk
7. ↑ idacorr.net: Ida Corr Facts ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ youtube.com: Behind The Scenes
9. ↑ 411mania.com: WHAT'S HOT ON THE DIAL?  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ germanchartblog: end of 2008
11. ↑ musicline: Chart tracking ( memento of the original from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ berlingske: report
13. ↑ sound venue: report
14. ↑ trackitdown: News Report ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
15. ↑ mosamerica.com: Ministry of Sound America ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
16. ↑ soyuz.com: Ida Corr One
17. ↑ radioactu.com: FG DJ Radio en direct du MIDEM ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ^ Ida Corr Press
19. ↑ One: Ida Corr: Amazon.co.uk: Music
20. ↑ cdon.com: One (2CD)
21. ↑ SugaRush Beat: Official site inactive since 2009 ( memento of the original from August 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
22. ↑ sugarushbeatco.com: SugaRush Bio ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
23. ↑ youtube.com: SugaRush TV Profiles
24. ↑ sugarushbeatco.com: The Curtain Raises ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
25. ↑ sugarushbeatco.com: Releases ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
26. ↑ ec.europa.eu: European Border Breakers Awards
27. ↑ technobase: German Dance Charts
28. ↑ houzer.ru: Interview ( memento of the original from August 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
29. ↑ myspace.com: Ride My Tempo  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
30. ↑ Danish Dancehit is back on kpn.dk
31. ↑ Earthtour on wwf.dk
32. ↑ Kato feat. Ida Corr, Camille Jones & Johnson - Sjus (Song) at Danishcharts.com
33. ↑ Musen Efter Katten ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Mayavinagency.com  
34. ↑ The dance is on fire! ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Energy.de  
35. ↑ Song Of The Day: See You Later on notabledance.com
36. ↑ Naughty Girl on scandipop.co.uk
37. ↑ Ida Corr: Jeg bliver den søde dommer on dr.dk
38. ↑ Tonight I'm Your DJ is out now on idacorr.net
39. ↑ Singled Out (with Tracklist) on houseblogger.de
40. ↑ gucca.dk: Under the Sun
41. ↑ houseblogger.de: Singled Out with Tracklist
42. ↑ dr.dk: P3's Uundgåelige ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
43. ↑ ministryofsound.de: " I Want You  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. "  
44. ↑ TDC Play: Ida Corr - In The Name Of Love
45. ↑ notabledance.com: Song Of The Day: See You Later
46. ↑ Let Me Think About It on kick.dk ( memento of the original from August 8, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
47. ↑ Let Me Think About It on vut-online.de ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
48. ↑ Entry on politiken.dk
49. ↑ Entry on cultures.dk  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
50. ↑ Complete list from DDJA 2012 . ddja.dk. April 9, 2012. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 9, 2012. 

Web links

Commons : Ida Corr  - Collection of Images

• Official website
• Ida Corr on MySpace