Lutricia McNeal

Lutricia McNeal (2007)

Lutricia McNeal (* 27. November 1973 in Oklahoma City ) is an American pop - and soul - singer .

Life

McNeal first had commercial success in Sweden in 1997 with the single Ain't That Just the Way (originally by Barbi Benton ), which hit the charts in other European countries a year later. In 1998 she made it into the UK's top 10 with Stranded and Someone Loves You Honey. Lutricia McNeal also enjoyed success in Asia and New Zealand, where three of her singles went platinum . From 1998 to 2000, a number of very successful singles followed across Europe.

In 2000, McNeal had their second child. In 2002 she switched to the Swedish label Bonnier and released the uptempo number Perfect Love . Other singles received little attention in Germany.

In November 2004 she was seen without a shell in the men's magazine Playboy . In the summer of 2005 she went on an open-air festival tour and made several guest appearances in Germany.

In autumn 2005, the single It's Not Easy was released and reached number 3 in the Swedish singles charts. The follow-up single, Best of Times , also reached number 6 in Sweden.

In 2011 her single You make me feel good was released on the German label tsp-music. The song, written with Ansgar Huppertz, appeared in 3 versions. The "feel good guitar version" was accompanied by Anthony Thet .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1997	My Side of Town	DE37 (13 weeks) DE	AT22 (24 weeks) AT	CH19 (10 weeks) CH	-	-
1998	Lutricia McNeal	-	-	-	UK16 gold (18 weeks)UK	-
1999	Whatcha Been Doing	DE84 (2 weeks) DE	AT50 (1 week) AT	CH21 (5 weeks) CH	-	-

More albums

• 2002: Metroplex
• 2003: My Side of Town (US version of the album Lutricia McNeal )
• 2004: Soulsister Ambassador
• 2005: Rise

Compilations

• 2004: Greatest Hits
• 2010: Complete Best (2 CDs)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1997	Ain't That Just the Way My Side Of Town	DE5 gold (31 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (13 weeks)AT	CH3 (20 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (18 weeks)UK	US63 (16 weeks) US
	My Side of Town My Side Of Town	DE73 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
1998	Stranded	DE33 (16 weeks) DE	AT4 (13 weeks) AT	CH14 (18 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (12 weeks)UK	-
	Someone Loves You Honey	DE51 (9 weeks) DE	AT13 (10 weeks) AT	-	UK9 (7 weeks) UK	-
	The Greatest Love You'll Never Know	-	-	-	UK17 (6 weeks) UK	-
1999	365 Days Whatcha Been Doing	DE58 (9 weeks) DE	AT26 (8 weeks) AT	CH31 (12 weeks) CH	-	-
2000	Fly Away Whatcha Been Doing	DE84 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH61 (7 weeks) CH	-	-
2002	Perfect Love Metroplex	DE41 (10 weeks) DE	AT22 (16 weeks) AT	CH93 (2 weeks) CH	-	-
2003	Wrong or Right Metroplex	-	AT50 (6 weeks) AT	-	-	-
2004	Promise Me Soulsister Ambassador	DE86 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-

More singles

• 1997: Washington
• 1998: When a Child Is Born
• 2000: Sodapop
• 2002: You Showed Me
• 2002: Money
• 2003: Power of Music
• 2005: It's Not Easy
• 2005: What About It
• 2006: Best of Times
• 2011: You Make Me Feel Good (music / lyrics: Ansgar Huppertz + Lutricia McNeal)

Awards

• 1998: RSH Gold

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles / Albums / UK
2. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: DE AT UK
3. ↑ RSH Gold Award 1998

Web links

• lutriciamcneal.net , personal website (English)
• Lutricia McNeal at Allmusic (English)
• Lutricia McNeal at Discogs (English)