Candee Jay

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Candee Jay
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genre = Eurodance
Years_active = 2003-2006
Label = Flight Music
Past_members = Sebastiaan Molijn Eelke Kalberg Ilze Lankhaar
Past_dancers = Jezebel Zwiers Elske Cinibulk

Candee Jay (born Ilze Lankhaar, 1 September 1981, Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch electronica artist. She is produced by Pronti and Kalmani, the production duo who worked with fellow Dutch artist, Alice Deejay.

Career

Together with Jezebel Zwiers and Elske Cinibulk as background dancers, the Candee Jay project aimed to be as successful as Alice Deejay. In fact, this project did not work out the way that they wanted it to be. Candee Jay's biggest hit singles are "If I Were You", "Back For Me" and "Lose This Feeling". Although the latter two never reached the chart heights of the former.

Candee Jay has released one album, "Electrifying", in the UK, but it failed to make the chart there. Candee Jay made a moderate impression in the United States with "If I Were You" and "Back For Me." Both singles sold well, and featured on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. However, "Electrifying" failed to appear on all Stateside music charts, including the Top Electronic Albums list.

Before her career as Candee Jay, Lankhaar was a professional model and successfully graduated from Lucia Marthas Dance Academy. Zwiers and Cinibulk also graduated from Lucia Marthas.

At the end of 2006 and up to March 2007, Lankhaar appeared on several episodes of the Dutch real-life series "De Bouwers", which follows Frans Bauer, a famous Dutch singer, while he is creating his concerts. Lankhaar was followed in the first episode of the series while she was auditioning for being a background dancer. On the other episodes she just was asked to share some opinions. She has said on television that she has worked with him before. Whilst Lankhaar was still auditioning, Zwiers and Cinibulk were already background dancers for Frans Bauer during his show in Ahoy Rotterdam.

Discography

ingles

*"If I Were You" (2004) #14 UK Singles Chart
*"Back For Me" (2004) #23 UK
*"Lose this Feeling" (2005)

Album

*"Electrifying" (2004)

#"If I Were You"
#"Back For Me"
#"Lose This Feeling"
#"Every Party"
#"Oh Boy"
#"Without You"
#"Fiesta In Mexico"
#"Forever And A Day"
#"You Don't Seem"
#"I Will Find You"
#"Rising Into Love"
#"Another Year"

Unreleased tracks

*"Love Is A Fire"
*"Back In Love"

External links

* [http://www.candeejay.com - Candee Jay's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/officialmyspacecandeejay - Candee Jay's Official Myspace]
* [http://www.candeejay.nl.tt - Candee Jay's First Fansite - on hiatus]
* [http://www.alicedeejay.net - Alice Deejay, the first dance act of Pronti & Kalmani]