- Ian Van Dahl
Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Ian Van Dahl
Img_capt = Annemie Coenen
Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|Belgium Belgium
Instruments =Vocals ,Synthesizer
Genre = Pop, Vocal Trance
Formed = 2000
Years_active =2000 -2008
Label =EMI (Netherlands)
URL = [http://www.ianvandahl.com/ Official website]
Current_members =Annemie Coenen
Peter Luts
David Vervoort
Christophe Chantzis
Erik Vanspauwen
Past_members = Martine Theeuwen (Marsha)
Cindy Mertens group, made up of five members.Music
The band's members are
singer/songwriter Annemie Coenen ,Peter Luts and David Vervoort (more famously known asDave McCullen ), with producersChristophe Chantzis andErik Vanspauwen . Luts and Vervoort have also worked with the trance groupLasgo . Coenen said in an interview with "Mixmag " that their name is the Belgian equivalent ofJoe Bloggs . Ian van Dahl is best known for the2001 summer hit "Castles in the Sky", which charted highly acrossEurope . The song was originally sung byMarsha .Ian Van Dahl scored international hits and hits in the Americas with "Will I?", "Try", "Reason", "Believe", "Where Are You Now?", "I Can't Let You Go", "Secret Love", and "Inspiration". Ian Van Dahl's second album, "Lost & Found" featured songs with deeper meanings. The album proved that dance heavy music can be serious and thought provoking. "Where Are You Now?" and "Inspiration", the two American single releases, became massive
Hot Dance Airplay ,Hot Dance Club Play andHot Dance Singles Sales hits. Ian Van Dahl's American fanbase expanded because of the people who could relate to the stories the songs on the album told.Their most recent singles are "Movin' On", which was released in December
2005 , and "Just a Girl", which was released in July 2006.The band was expected to release their third full length album in 2007.
In early July 2007, it was announced that Ian Van Dahl's third album is completed, but instead will be released as Coenen's solo debut album produced by Peter Luts. The new Dance project with Coenen is named
Annagrace .Discography
Albums
Singles
*(*) Belgian dance chart
Other Chart Positions
Albums
*2002 "Ace" #16 U.S.Top Electronic Albums
*2004 "Lost & Found" #13 U.S.Top Electronic Albums Singles
*"Castles in the Sky"
*Canada : #17
*Sweden : #51
*Australia : #57
*Switzerland : #90
*U.S. : #91Billboard Hot 100 *"Will I?"
*Australia : #29
*Sweden : #47
*Austria : #54
*U.S. : #18Hot Dance Music/Club Play *"Reason"
*US Hot Dance Single Sales: #6
*Spain : #14
*Australia : #29*"Try"
*Spain : #8*"Secret Love"
*(Unknown)*"I Can't Let You Go"
*(Unknown)*"Where Are You Now?"
*US Hot Dance Single Sales: #7*"Believe"
*(Unknown)*"Inspiration"
*US Hot Dance Single Sales: #8*"Movin' On"
*Brazil : #6*'"Just a Girl"
*U.S. : #8Hot Dance Airplay See also
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Annagrace External links
* [http://www.ianvandahl.com Ian Van Dahl's official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ianvandahl The Official Ian Van Dahl My Space Page]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ian+Van+Dahl Ian Van Dahl at Discogs]
* [http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/ian-van-dahl.htm Interview with Christophe Chantzis at MusicOMH.com]
* [http://eurokdj.free.fr/search/eurodb.php?name=Ian%20Van%20Dahl Ian Van Dahl at the Eurodance Encyclopedia]
* [http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=623 Chart positions]
* [http://www.marsha.be/ Website of former singer Marsha] ~
* [http://www.freewebs.com/annagracefan/ Fan site]
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