Jem

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Jem (2005)
Jem (2005)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Finally woken
  DE 98 09/26/2005 (1 week)
  AT 73 October 16, 2009 (2 weeks)
  UK 6th 
platinum
platinum
03/05/2005 (34 weeks)
  US 197 05/29/2004 (1 week)
Down to Earth
  DE 91 03/20/2009 (1 week)
  UK 64 02/14/2009 (1 week)
  US 43 04/10/2008 (3 weeks)
Singles
They
  DE 45 09/26/2005 (9 weeks)
  AT 15th 10/09/2005 (18 weeks)
  UK 6th 03/26/2005 (17 weeks)
Just a ride
  UK 16 06/25/2005 (9 weeks)
Wish I
  UK 24 09/24/2005 (4 weeks)
It's amazing
  DE 77 03/13/2009 (9 weeks)

Jem (born May 18, 1975 in Penarth, Wales ; actually Jemma Griffiths ) is a Welsh singer and songwriter .

biography

Jem graduated from the University of Sussex with a law degree . From 2002 she recorded the first demo versions of her songs at home, which were also played on the radio . Together with Guy Sigsworth she wrote the song Nothing Fails , which was later revised by Madonna and released in 2003 on their album American Life . She was signed to the ATO label , which released her EP It All Starts Here and later the album Finally Woken , which went platinum in the UK. In addition, her songs Come On Closer and 24 were used in advertisements for the films Hautnah (Closer) and Ultraviolet , but were not released on the accompanying soundtracks . Wish I was the theme song for the British reality TV series Celebrity Love Island . After the success of their first single They , which u. a. is played in the opening credits of the MTV format "The X-Effect", she released this in 2005 together with the album Finally Woken across Europe. They owe their success not least to the intro, a well-known interpretation of Bach's Prelude in F minor, BWV 881, by the Swingle Singers . In the winter of 2006 she contributed a song to the fantasy film Eragon with Once in Every Lifetime , and in the spring of 2008 she contributed the title It's Amazing to the soundtrack to Sex and the City .

Discography

Albums

  • 2004: Finally Woken
  • 2008: Down to Earth
  • 2016: Beachwood Canyon

Singles

  • 2005: They
  • 2005: Just a Ride
  • 2005: Wish I
  • 2005: 24
  • 2008: It's Amazing
  • 2008: Crazy
  • 2009: And So I Pray
  • 2009: I Want You To ...
  • 2016: Beachwood Canyon

EPs

  • 2003: It All Starts Here

Contributions to compilations

  • 2004: Music from the OC: Mix 1
    (title Just a Ride from the album Finally Woken )
  • 2004: Music from the OC: Mix 2
    (title Maybe I'm Amazed , later re-released as B-side on the single They )
  • 2005: Six Feet Under Vol.2 - Everything Ends
    (Title Amazing Life )
  • 2006: Long Way Round
    (title Just a Ride )
  • 2008: Sex and the City: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
    (Title: It's Amazing )
  • 2009: Damages Series 2 - End Title:
    (Title: Keep On Walking ; Album: Down to Earth )

Others

  • 2004: Maybe I'm Amazed (promo single)
  • 2005: 24 (promo single)
  • 2005: Come On Closer (promo single)
  • 2006: Once in Every Lifetime (single for the film Eragon)

swell

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ Gavin Allen: There's room for all of us female singers, says a relaxed Jem ( English ) January 3, 2009. Retrieved on February 16, 2010: "[...] Penarth-born Jem, who now lives in LA [...]"

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personal data
SURNAME Jem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griffiths, Jemma (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Welsh pop singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Penarth, Wales , UK