Loona

Loona
Loona in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Marie-Jose van der Kolk
Born	September 16, 1974 (1974-09-16) (age 37)
Origin	IJmuiden, Netherlands
Genres	Dance, Pop, Latin
Occupations	singer, songwriter, dancer
Years active	1994–2005, 2008–present
Website	www.Loona.com

Marie-Jose van der Kolk (born September 16, 1974 in IJmuiden, Netherlands) also known by her stage names Loona and Carisma, is a dutch singer, songwriter and dancer. She is most noted for her collaboration with DJ Sammy, and performing as a duo under the stage name of DJ Sammy feat. Carisma. She has a daughter, Saphira Maria (born February 10, 2005).

Career

When Marie danced on Mallorca she met DJ Sammy. She wanted to be a singer, Sammy gave her a chance to sing, they started recording songs under the name DJ Sammy featuring Carisma with "Life is Just a Game", which was their first hit (in 1996). This single was followed by "You Are My Angel", "Prince of Love" and "Golden Child". All of those songs were put together for their debut album Life Is Just A Game.

In the Summer of 1998. Marie came up with a new project called Loona, produced also by DJ Sammy. The first single was a cover of Paradisio's song "Bailando" and it became the summer song of 1998 in Germany, reaching the top of the German charts. By Autumn, it was followed by another single "Hijo de la Luna" (a cover of the Spanish band Mecano) which also reached number 1 on the German charts. The next release was her debut solo album called Lunita,^[1] which was an all-Spanish album.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		DE	AT	CH
1998	Life is just a game	-	-	-
1999	Lunita	13	8	7
2000	Entre dos aguas	57	-	49
2002	Colors	84	-	-
2005	Wind of Time	-	-	-
2008	Moonrise	-	-	-
TBA	Summer Dance	-	-	-

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		DE	AT	CH
2000	Greatest Hits	-	-	-
2001	Baila mi ritmo	-	-	-
2007	Everybody on the floor	-	-	-

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions					Album
		AT	DE	FR	SWI	NL
1995	"Life is just a game"	-	-	-	-	-	Life Is Just a Game
1996	"You're my angel"	-	-	-	-	-
1997	"Prince of love"	-	24	-	-	-
	"Golden child"	-	43	-	-	-
1998	"Magic moment"	-	67	-	-	-
	"Bailando"	3	1	-	1	14	Lunita
	"Hijo de la Luna"	3	1	-	2	21
1999	"Dónde Vas"	-	26	-	40	-
	"In 2 eternity"	-	31	-	-	-	DJ Sammy at work
	"Mamboleo"	8	3	-	4	-	Entre Dos Aguas
	"Salvador Dalí"	-	63	-	80	-
2000	"La vida es una flor"	-	55	-	-	-
	"Navidad"	-	-	-	-	-
	"Latino lover"	9	6	-	6	40	Greatest hits
2001	"Baila mi ritmo"	52	40	-	34	-	Colors
	"Viva el amor"	-	42	-	75	-
2002	"Rhythm of the night"	18	4	-	30	-
	"Colors"	-	79	-	-	-
	"Sunlight"	-	50	-	-	-	Heaven
	"The boys of summer"	-	25	-	-	-
2004	"Tears in heaven"	-	46	-	-	-	Wind of time
	"Rise again"	-	53	-	88	-	The rise
2005	"Oye el Boom"	70	32	-	44	-	Everybody on the floor
2007	"Everybody on the floor (Uh la la la)"	-	-	-	-	-
2008	"Por la noche"	-	64	-	-	-	Moonrise
	"Salam aleikoum"	-	-	-	-	-
2009	"Parapapapapa"	-	34	-	-	-	Summer Dance (TBA)
2010	"Vamos a la playa"	-	32	4	16	-
	"El cucaracho, el muchacho" (feat. Movetown)	-	67	-	-	-
2011	"El tiburón"	-	-	-	-	-

References

1. ^ Bonacich, Drago. "Biography: Loona". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p373910. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 

External links

• Official website

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