Tanita Tikaram

Tanita Tikaram (2019)

Tanita Tikaram (born August 12, 1969 in Münster ) is a British singer-songwriter . She became internationally known in 1988 with the song Twist in My Sobriety .

Personal

Her father Pramod Tikaram came from the Indian population on the Fiji islands, her mother Fatimah Rohani was Malaysian . They met in England and moved to Münster , Westphalia , because Pramod Tikaram was stationed there in the service of the British Army . In the British Military Hospital Münster (BMH, British Military Hospital) Tanita Tikaram was born; at the age of twelve she went to Basingstoke in England with her parents .

Tanita Tikaram's older brother is actor Ramon Tikaram .

Tikaram moved from Basingstoke to Primrose Hill , where she still lives. She has been in a relationship with media artist Natacha Horn since 2012.

Career

Tanita Tikaram (2016)

Tikaram was discovered by manager Paul Charles at The Mean Fiddler nightclub , now known as Astoria 2 , in London . As a musical influence she gives the songs of Joni Mitchell . In September 1988 her debut album Ancient Heart was released , which was successful with over four million records sold and marked the international breakthrough for Tikaram at the age of 19. The album also features the hit single Twist in My Sobriety . With their successor singles and albums, however, Tikaram could no longer build on the commercial success of Twist in My Sobriety . For the 1991 album Everybody's Angel , she recorded two songs with Jennifer Warnes .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1988	Ancient Heart	DE1 × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)DE	AT1 (24 weeks) AT	CH1 platinum (27 weeks)CH	UK3 × 2 Double platinum (49 weeks)UK	US59 (23 weeks) US	First published: September 13, 1988
1990	The Sweet Keeper	DE3 gold (19 weeks)DE	AT7 (13 weeks) AT	CH7th gold (10 weeks)CH	UK3 gold (7 weeks)UK	US124 (7 weeks) US	First published: January 30, 1990
1991	Everybody's Angel	DE17 (16 weeks) DE	AT19 (6 weeks) AT	CH12 (10 weeks) CH	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	US142 (5 weeks) US	First published: February 4, 1991
1992	Eleven Kinds of Loneliness	-	AT33 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	-	First published: March 16, 1992
1995	Lovers in the City	DE74 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH44 (1 week) CH	UK75 (1 week) UK	-	First published: February 13, 1995
1998	The Cappuccino Songs	-	-	CH47 (1 week) CH	UK69 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 7, 1998
2005	Sentimental	-	-	CH87 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: April 12, 2005
2012	Can't go back	DE50 (1 week) DE	AT33 (2 weeks) AT	CH79 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: September 3, 2012
2016	Closer to the people	DE61 (1 week) DE	AT68 (1 week) AT	CH84 (1 week) CH	-	-	First published: March 11, 2016

Compilations

• 2002: The Best of
• 2008: Best Good Tradition

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1988	Good Tradition Ancient Heart	-	-	-	UK10 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 1988
	Twist in My Sobriety Ancient Heart	DE2 gold (20 weeks)DE	AT2 (16 weeks) AT	CH6 (16 weeks) CH	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1988
1989	Cathedral Song Ancient Heart	DE71 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK48 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1989
	World Outside Your Window Ancient Heart	-	-	-	UK58 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1989
1990	We Almost Got It Together The Sweet Keeper	DE50 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK52 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1990
	Little Sister Leaving Town The Sweet Keeper	-	-	-	UK83 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1990
1991	Only the Ones We Love Everybody’s Angel	DE58 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK69 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 21, 1991
1995	I Might Be Crying Lovers in the City	-	-	-	UK64 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1995
1998	Stop Listening The Cappuccino Songs	-	-	-	UK67 (1 week) UK	-	First published: May 1998
	I Don't Wanna Lose at Love The Cappuccino Songs	-	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	-	First published: August 1998

Web links

Commons : Tanita Tikaram  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Tanita Tikaram at Discogs (English)
• Tanita Tikaram at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tanita Tikaram at Allmusic (English)
2. ↑ Tanita Tikaram: Ramon Tikaram / Actor. In: Tanita Tikaram - Official Blog. Blogger.com , April 9, 2010, accessed January 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ BBC Radio London - Robert Elms, Tributes to David Bowie, Listed Londoner Tanita Tikaram and Red Sky July . January 11, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
4. ↑ Jane Czyzselska: Tanita Tikaram in: Diva, February 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ Awards: DE CH UK