Lutricia McNeal

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Lutricia McNeal
Background information
Birth name Lutricia McNeal
Origin Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Genre(s) Pop
Years active 1996 - Present
Label(s) Wildstar Records
Website http://www.lutricia.com

Lutricia McNeal is an American R&B/pop singer who mainly releases her records and CDs in Europe. Her biggest hit records so far were "Ain't That Just The Way" (UK: #5, Germany: #5, Sweden: #1), which sold 2 million copies worldwide, "Stranded" (UK: #3, Sweden: #6) and "Someone Loves You Honey" (UK: #9).

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[edit] Biography

Lutricia McNeal was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She comes from a large family - Lutricia is the seventh of nine children. Her father is a preacher and she used to sing regularly in the local church choir. Her career took off during a visit to Europe, when she teamed up with the Swedish producer team Rob'n'Raz. Together they scored three TOP 15 hits and one No 1 hit in Sweden, namely "Clubhopping" (Sweden: #13), "Bite the Beat" (Sweden: #14) and "In Command" (Sweden: #1).

A few years later she started her own solo career with the No 1 single "Ain't That Just The Way," which made her famous worldwide. The song is still considered one of the most important dance hits of the 1990s. It was a Top 10 chart hit in every European country and even cracked the Asian market and became a No 1 hit on US Billboard Dance Charts. The single went gold and platinum in several countries.

A couple of more hit singles followed from the debut album "My Side Of Town." The biggest airplay hits from this album are surely "Stranded" (No 1 airplay hit in the UK) and "Someone Loves You Honey." While McNeal enjoys regular success in Sweden, Scandinavia and Austria, she also scored big hits in other countries. Her single "My Side Of Town", for example, went platinum and was a No. 1 hit in New Zealand. She managed to have three Top 10 hit singles in the UK.

Another album followed in 1999 entitled "Whatcha Been Doing" before she took a short break from the music business to give birth to her second son.

She is the mother of two kids: Dean (*1991) and Dallas (*2000). She lives with her husband and manager in Texas, USA but spends a lot of time in Europe to be available for tours, promotion and concerts. Since the late 90's she has released several albums, which were particularly successful in Sweden, Germany and Japan. In October 2004 she posed for the German version of Playboy magazine. She expresses her disapproval for George W. Bush and his policies (especially regarding the Iraq War) very clearly in interviews and is very involved in women's rights.

Her most recent success were the singles "It's Not Easy" (in September 2005), which was released in Sweden only and reached No 3 on the Single Charts, and "Best Of Times" (in February 2006) which reached No 6 on the Swedish Single Charts.

[edit] Chart positions

Year Single UK Swe Ger Au Nor Fin
1996 Ain't That Just The Way 6 1 5 2 - 15
1997 My Side Of Town no1 30 73 - no1 no1
1998 Stranded 3 6 33 4 4 -
1998 Someone Loves You Honey 9 26 51 13 17 -
1998 The Greatest Love You'll Never Know 17 36 no1 no1 no1 no1
1999 365 Days no1 18 58 26 14 -
2000 Fly Away no1 14 84 - - 7
2000 Sodapop no1 54 - - - -
2002 Perfect Love no1 8 41 22 13 20
2003 Wrong Or Right no1 no1 - 50 no1 no1
2004 Promise Me no1 no1 86 - no1 no1
2005 It's Not Easy no1 3 no1 no1 no1 no1

[edit] Notes

  1. Single was not released in this country.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  • 1996 Ain't That Just The Way
  • 1997 My Side Of Town
  • 1997 Washington
  • 1998 Stranded
  • 1998 Somone Loves You Honey
  • 1998 The Greatest Love You'll Never Know/When A Child Is Born (UK Only)
  • 1999 365 Days
  • 2000 Fly Away
  • 2000 Sodapop
  • 2002 Perfect Love
  • 2002 You Showed Me
  • 2003 Wrong Or Right
  • 2004 Promise Me
  • 2005 Rise (Japan only)
  • 2005 It's Not Easy (Sweden only)
  • 2006 Best Of Times (Sweden only)

[edit] Albums

  • 1997 My Side Of Town
  • 1998 My Side Of Town (The U.S. Version)
  • 1999 Whatcha Been Doing
  • 2002 Metroplex
  • 2004 Soulsister Ambassador
  • 2005 Rise (Japanese edition of her 2004 album "Soulsister Ambassador")

[edit] External links

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