Sweetbox

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Sweetbox
General information
Genre (s) Pop , R&B , dance
founding 1995
Website http://www.sweetbox-miho.com/
Current occupation
Jade Villalon
(2000–2007, 2017, since 2020)
Roberto "Geo" Rosan
(1995–2007,2017, since 2020)
Saint Viv (since 2020)
former members
Kimberley Kearney (1995)
Dacia Bridges (1995-1996)
Tina Harris (1997-1999)
Jamie Pineda (2009-2012)
Miho Fukuhara (2013-2017)
LogiQ Price (2013-2017)

Sweetbox is a German - American pop project by German producers Heiko Schmidt and Roberto "Geo" Rosan.

biography

With Kimberly Kearney as the singer and the single Booyah, Here We Go , the debut came in the summer of 1995. In 1996, Dacia Bridges was added with the single Shakalaka as a new singer.

In 1997 Rosan hit the Maryland - rapper and singer Tina Harris, the new lead singer of Sweetbox was. With their entry into the project, the music of walked Euros - House to hip-hop - beats with rap verses. The single, I'll Die for You , was released by Harris in 1997 and was mostly successful in Europe. But the successor Everything's Gonna Be Alright became an international success for the project in the same year. The combination of a hip-hop beat with the classical piece of music Air from the Overture in D major BWV 1068 by Johann Sebastian Bach and a gently sung accompanying text became a global hit.

The single Don't Go Away , released in 1998, was a very calm interpretation of the Adagio in G minor (Giazotto) , which goes back to the Venetian musician Tomaso Albinoni , and was also used as the introductory piece for the album Everything’s Gonna Be Alright . In December of that year, Sweetbox was part of the Rap Allstars alongside 4 the Cause , 2 Ruff , 2-4 Family and Joe Thompson and Mike Dalien from Down Low . This project released a cover version of the Wham! -Christmas hits Last Christmas and made it into the top 30 in Germany and Switzerland.

From 2000 to 2007, Jade Villalon was the singer of the band until she left the project together with Geo Rosan to start a solo career. In 2007, Heiko Schmidt signed Jamie Pineda, the fifth front singer for the project. Sweetbox sold a total of over three million albums and two million singles worldwide. The songs 1000 Words and Real Emotion were used in the video game Final Fantasy X-2 .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1998 Sweetbox DE76 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT37 (5 weeks)
AT 		CH38 (3 weeks)
CH 		- -
with Tina Harris
2001 Classified DE45 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
with Jade Villalon

More albums

  • 1998: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
  • 2002: Jade
  • 2004: Adagio
  • 2004: After the Lights
  • 2006: Addicted
  • 2006: Live in Seoul (Christmas Eve 2005)
  • 2009: The Next Generation
  • 2011: Diamond Veil
  • 2013: # Z21
  • 2020: Da Capo

Compilations

  • 2004: 13 chapters
  • 2005: Best of Sweetbox , also The Greatest Hits
  • 2005: Best of 1995 - 2005
  • 2005: Raw Treasures Vol # 1
  • 2006: Best of 12 "Collection 1995-2005
  • 2006: Best of Remix 1995 - 2006
  • 2007: Complete Best
  • 2007: Greatest Hits (3 CDs)
  • 2008: Sweet Wedding Best
  • 2008: Rare Tracks
  • 2008: Sweet Reggae Mix
  • 2008: Sweet Perfect Box (box with 6 CDs)

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1995 Booyah (Here We Go) DE37 (11 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
feat. Tempest
1996 Shakalaka DE46 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
Wot DE80 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
feat. Tempest
1997 I'll Die for You
Sweetbox 		DE59 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Sweetbox 		DE12 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT5 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH10 (21 weeks)
CH 		UK5
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK 		US46 (8 weeks)
US
1998 Don't go away
sweetbox 		DE65 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH37 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -
Shout (Let it All Out)
sweet box 		DE64 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
feat. Christopher Taylor
Last Christmas DE24 (5 weeks)
DE 		- CH21 (3 weeks)
CH 		- -
Rap Allstars feat. Leroy Daniels
2000 Trying to Be Me
Classified 		DE63 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
2001 For the Lonely
Classified 		DE34 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH84 (4 weeks)
CH 		- -
Cinderella
Classified 		DE49 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT56 (4 weeks)
AT 		- - -
2003 Here on My Own (Lighter Shade of Blue)
Jade 		DE90 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - -

More singles

  • 1996: Never Alone (Close Your Eyes) - The X-mas Song
  • 1998: Sometimes
  • 1998: U Make My Love Come Down
  • 2001: Boyfriend
  • 2002: Read My Mind
  • 2003: Unforgiven
  • 2004: Life Is Cool
  • 2004: Somewhere
  • 2004: After the Lights
  • 2004: Christmas EP
  • 2004: Killing Me DJ (feat. Toby)
  • 2004: This Christmas
  • 2005: Everything's Gonna Be Alright -Reborn-
  • 2006: Addicted
  • 2006: Addicted EP
  • 2006: Here Comes the Sun
  • 2007: Tour de France EP
  • 2007: Everything's Gonna Be Alright 2008 (Q; indivi Jubilie Classico Remix)
  • 2008: Rare Tracks EP
  • 2009: The Next Generation EP
  • 2009: We Can Work It Out
  • 2009: Crash Landed
  • 2009: Everything Is Nothing
  • 2011: Remember This Dance
  • 2011: minute by minute
  • 2011: I Know You're Not Alone
  • 2013: # Z21 (# Zeitgeist21)
  • 2013: Nothing Can Keep Me from You (Ain't No Mountain) [Justin Wildenhain Nu-Disco Mix] (feat. Miho Fukuhara and LogiQ Pryce)
  • 2020: Everythings Gonna Be Alright [Da Capo]
  • 2020: Coming Home

swell

  1. ↑ Rap Allstars at Discogs (English)
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK Singles Rap Allstars feat. Leroy Daniels
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK

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