Abigail (singer)
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Abigail is a Hi-NRG dance music singer born in England. She began her career with the song, "I Feel You", released in 1992. Since "Could It Be Magic" hit the #1 slot on the British NRG chart, she has been a mainstay on the NRG Chart as well as the stateside chart Hot Dance Music/Club Play. She is particularly known for her deep, smooth, evokatic contralo singing voice.
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[edit] Career
She is well known for her fabulous Hi-NRG covers of popular songs on both sides of the Atlantic. Some of those are K.D. Lang's "Constant Craving", Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion." Abigail's debut album, Feel Good was released in 1995, on the UK based label, Klone. The latter was also became a Top 40 club hit for Rozalla in 1995. Abigail's massive 1999 hit single, "Let The Joy Rise" give fans a respit from her darker, moodier hits, such as "Don't You Wanna Know" (1994). The hit, "Let The Joy Rise" was produced by the production duo, Thunderpuss In 2000 she hit #1 with her song "If It Don't Fit" also produced by Thunderpuss. She had a second #1 in 2001 with "You Set Me Free." The public's response to those three hit single helped pave the way for her true emergence as a music artist. Her most recent hit single is "Songbird" which is featured on the compilation album, Party Groove: Winter Party Volume 8 released on Centuar Music. In 2006, she collaborated with 10 Monkeys to release "Lay Down" with a mulititude of remixes including Hex Hector and Tracy Young.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Feel Good Klone 1995
[edit] Singles
- "I Feel You"
- "Could It Be Magic"
- "Losing My Religion"
- "Don't You Wanna Know"
- "Constant Craving"
- "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
- "Night Moves"
- "The Double Take"
- "Let The Joy Rise"
- "If It Don't Fit"
- "You Set Me Free"
- "Songbird"
- "Lay Down" (with 10 Monkeys)
[edit] See also
- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart