Lemar
Lemar (* 4. April 1978 in Tottenham , London as Lemar Obika ) is an igbo - British R & B singer.
Career
Lemar began his career supporting Usher and Destiny's Child . Nevertheless, it was ignored for a long time and its reputation only slowly built up. A major label contract he had already signed was terminated due to internal restructuring on the label side. His breakthrough he finally succeeded in 2002 with the participation in the talent show Fame Academy of the British television channel BBC .
On April 18, 2005 Lemar released the single "If There's Any Justice" from his album "Time to Grow". On April 25, 2005, "Time to Grow" was released in Germany by Sony BMG. On September 4, 2006 the new single "It's Not That Easy" from the third album "The Truth About Love" (to be released on September 19) was released in England.
In April and May 2007 Lemar was seen live in Germany as Beyoncé's “special guest” . In 2018 he took part in the tenth season of the figure skating show Dancing on Ice .
Today Lemar is one of the most famous European RnB stars, although typically the US artists get the most attention. Lemar has been put on par with other internationally renowned UK acts like Jamelia by critics .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
2003 | Dedicated | - | - |
CH54 (3 weeks) CH |
UK16
platinum
(25 weeks)UK |
|
2004 | Time to grow |
DE55 (3 weeks) DE |
AT68 (1 week) AT |
CH38 (5 weeks) CH |
UK8th × 2
(30 weeks)UK |
|
2006 | The Truth About Love | - | - |
CH87 (1 week) CH |
UK3
platinum
(33 weeks)UK |
|
2008 | The reason | - | - | - |
UK41
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
|
2010 | The hits | - | - | - |
UK18 (5 weeks) UK |
|
2012 | Invincible | - | - | - |
UK49 (1 week) UK |
|
2015 | The Letter | - | - | - |
UK31 (1 week) UK |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | |||
2003 | Dance (With U) Dedicated |
DE71 (6 weeks) DE |
- |
CH89 (2 weeks) CH |
UK2 (11 weeks) UK |
|
2003 | 50/50 and Lullaby (1) Dedicated |
- | - | - |
UK5 (14 weeks) UK |
|
2004 | Another Day Dedicated |
- | - | - |
UK9 (6 weeks) UK |
|
2004 | If There's Any Justice Time to Grow |
DE42 (8 weeks) DE |
AT41 (13 weeks) AT |
CH48 (15 weeks) CH |
UK3
silver
(18 weeks)UK |
|
2005 | Time to Grow Time to Grow |
- | - |
CH22 (2) (11 weeks) CH |
UK9 (11 weeks) UK |
|
2005 | Don't give it up time to grow |
- | - | - |
UK21 (5 weeks) UK |
|
2006 | It's Not That Easy The Truth About Love |
- | - | - |
UK7 (14 weeks) UK |
|
2006 | Someone Should Tell You The Truth About Love |
- | - | - |
UK21 (7 weeks) UK |
|
2007 | Tick Tock The Truth About Love |
- | - | - |
UK45 (2 weeks) UK |
|
2008 | If She Knew The Reason |
- | - | - |
UK14 (10 weeks) UK |
|
2009 | Weight of the World The Reason |
- | - | - |
UK31 (5 weeks) UK |
|
2010 | The Way Love Goes The Hits |
- | - | - |
UK8 (7 weeks) UK |
Awards
- 2004: "Best Urban Artist"
- 2005: "Best Album" (Time to Grow)
- 2005: "UK Act of the Year"
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- ↑ Lemar Biography. (No longer available online.) In: Sing365.com. April 8, 2013, archived from the original on April 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 16, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ Lemar survives third Dancing on Ice skate-off , January 29, 2018, Raidió Teilifís Éireann
- ↑ Welcome to the History Section on Hiphop-SMS.COM ( Memento from March 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
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↑ a b chart sources:
- Lemar in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- Lemar in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- Lemar in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- Lemar in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ UK Certified Awards Search (Search Artist = Lemar)
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lemar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obika, Lemar (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tottenham , London |