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Cheyne is the stage name of Cheyne Coates (born 6 September 1970, in Melbourne) an Australian dance music and pop singer, best known for her work in Madison Avenue. Madison Avenue is best known for the song "Don't Call Me Baby" which went to the top of the Australian singles charts in 1999 and to the top of the UK singles and Billboard dance charts in 2000. Since the breakup of Madison Avenue in 2003, Cheyne has recorded an album and the first single "I've Got Your Number" has reached #15 on the ARIA top 40 singles charts. Her second single, "Taste You", also reached the top 100. September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...
Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...
Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ...
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Madison Avenue is an Australian dance music and pop duo. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...
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2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Madison Avenue
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Before joining Madison Avenue, Cheyne was working as a choreographer and singer in Melbourne. Cheyne met producer and writer Andy Van in a dance club. Van was the founder of the Vicious Vinyl record label and had remix credits for Tina Arena and CDB. Van had also won an ARIA award for his production work on "Coma" by Pendulum. Madison Avenue is an Australian dance music and pop duo. ...
Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...
Vicious Vinyl is a record label based in Melbourne, Australia. ...
Tina Arena (born Filippina Lydia Arena on November 1, 1967, in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Australia) is a pop singer. ...
CDB can refer to: Caribbean Development Bank Charlie Daniels Band CDB, an Australian band This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Pendulum is the name of the critically acclaimed DnB group from Australia. ...
The duo started working together mainly as writers and producers in 1988. Their first single "Fly" featured Kellie Wolfgram as the vocalist. However, Cheyne sang on the group's breakthrough single "Don't Call Me Baby" because Andy Van liked her version initially used as the guide track for the intended singer. Van took the song to the MIDEM Conference leading to the band being signed by Virgin Records in the UK and Sony Music for the rest of the world. Midem (short for Marché international de lédition musicale) is the worlds largest music industry trade fair, which has been held annually at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France since 1966. ...
Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ...
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"Don't Call Me Baby" proved to be a breakthrough record for Madison Avenue topping the Australian charts in 1999. It sold 200 000 singles in Australia, the best singles sales achieved by any Australian act in that country for 1999 and Madison Avenue were the first Australian dance act to top the Australian singles charts. The single was released internationally in 2000. In the UK, the single topped the singles charts selling 400 000 copies in that country and the song was a hit throughtout Europe. "Don't Call Me Baby" also topped the Billboard dance charts in the US. By this stage, Cheyne was widely established as the public face of the band although Madison Avenue was originally intended to be a collective dance group like C&C Music Factory or Soul II Soul. C&C Music Factory was a dance music pop group. ...
Soul II Soul is a dance/funk/soul act that emerged at the end of the 80s from London. ...
The album Polyester Embassy was released in 2000 and reached the #4 of the Australian album charts. It spawned three other singles as well as "Don't Call Me Baby", notably:
- "Who The Hell Are You?" a number one hit in Australia and on the Billboard Dance Charts and it also reached #10 in the UK;
- "Everything You Need" went to #6 and was certified gold in Australia and it reached the top 40 in the UK; and
- "Reminiscing" a cover version of the 1978 hit by the Little River Band was the 9th most popular single by an Australian artist in Australia in 2001 (reaching #9 in the Australian singles charts that year).
Madison Avenue won the Best Dance Artist at the International Dance Awards in 2001 in Miami. Destiny's Child, Madonna, *NSYNC and Britney Spears were also nominated for the award. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Little River Band (also known as LRB) is an Australian rock music band. ...
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Destinys Child was a Grammy Award-winning American R&B girl group. ...
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958), better known worldwide as simply Madonna, is an iconic American pop singer, songwriter, musician, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author, A music and fashion icon whose level of fame and success has earned her superstar status for more than two decades. ...
*NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ...
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer, dancer, and occasional actress, author and songwriter. ...
Her next feature is as vocalist on a funky new track called "Lucky" by Canadian duo "The Soundbluntz". This single was released in July 2006 and the album, "Blame The Bling" was released in Canada in Oct 2006. The album will be released globally in early 2007.
Cheyne - solo career Madison Avenue announced that it had broken up in 2003. Cheyne had married and had a child called Liberty in 2002. Cheyne started working on a solo album with Brian Canham, formerly of Australian synth pop band Pseudo Echo, and Ewen McArthur. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...
Pseudo Echo were an Australian New Romantic band. ...
The first single "I've Got Your Number" reminiscent of "Don't Call Me Baby" made the #15 on the Australian singles charts in 2004 and was added to the playlist on BBC Radio 1. She has also started the Aperitif record label in 2003. Her second single, "Taste You", also reached the top 100 in July 2004. BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ...
Following the release of the club stomper "Taste You", Cheyne released her debut album "Something Wicked This Way Comes". The album features an eclectic mix of chill-out, dance, jazz and pop music. "Femininity" could easily be seen as an homage to her days in Madison Avenue, while "I Don't Do Nice" is reminiscent of tracks on Madonna's "American Life" album. The 'show pony' makes it clear that she is a force to be reckoned with in Australian dance music.
Discography The phrase something wicked this way comes originates in Act IV scene 1 of William Shakespeares play Macbeth (where the wicked thing is Macbeth himself, by this point in the play a traitor and murderer). ...
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