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Full Des'ree Biography
Des'ree was raised in South London and introduced to reggae, calypso and jazz music by her parents, who came to Britain from the Caribbean. Des'ree's interest in pursuing a musical career followed a three year trip to Barbados with her family at the age of fourteen.
In 1994, her single "You Gotta Be" hit the Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 and was a hit in the UK three times. You Gotta Be became the most played music video on VH1 and remained on the Billboard recurrent air-play chart for 80 weeks.
Following the single's success, Des'ree's second album, I Ain't Movin' , sold in excess of 1.6 million copies worldwide. Her success lead to an American tour with Seal in 1995. The following year, she contributed the song "Kissing You" to the soundtrack of the film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.
In 1998, her single "Life" became a hit in Europe. In 1999, she won a BRIT Award for the British Female Solo Artist category.
Her 2003 release Dream Soldier was considerably less successful and she was dropped by her record label, Sony.
Des'ree has also performed various duets, including "Fire" with Babyface, "Plenty Lovin" with Steve Winwood and "Delicate" with Terence Trent D'Arby.
In spring of 2007, Des'ree was voted the worst pop lyricist of all time for the song "Life" according to a BBC Radio poll. . The writing process for the song "Life" was famously documented on video.
Des'ree also re-appeared in the news recently, when Beyoncé recorded a cover version of the Tim Atack/Des'ree penned song, "I'm Kissing You", for the re-release of her latest album, B'Day. It turns out that the song was recorded without permission, legal action to recover royalties and block further distribution of the song is pending.
Her song, "Feels So High" was interpolated into the Janet Jackson song "Got 'Til It's Gone" from Jackson's CD, "The Velvet Rope". The album itself does not list the song or Des'Ree as a contributor, but the maxi single, released in 2000, lists Des'ree as one of the song's writers. |
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