André on stage

Peter André, (born as Peter James Andrea February 27, 1973 in Harrow, London, UK is a pop singer achieving success mainly in the United Kingdom. He was raised in Australia, and is of Greek Cypriot descent. He currently lives in Buxted in East Sussex, UK. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 473 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Peter Andre ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (768x1024, 473 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Peter Andre ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Harrow is the principal town in the London Borough of Harrow. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Greek Cypriot refers to the Greek-speaking population of Cyprus. ... Buxted is a small village in the Wealden District of East Sussex. ... East Sussex is a county in South East England. ...

Biography

Born to Greek parents Savvhas and Thea, André has four older brothers (Andrew, Chris, Danny, Michael) and one older sister (Debbie).

André was discovered on the Australian TV talent show New Faces in 1990. Australian music guru and Melodian Records boss Molly Meldrum was one of the judges on the show and signed André up after seeing him do a Bobby Brown impression. In 1992, the singles Drive Me Crazy and Gimme Little Sign were released. In 1993, a self-titled album charted well in Australia and the hit singles Funky Junky Punky, Let's Get It On Honey, Do You Wanna Uh Uh and To The Top all hit the Australian Top 50 charts. In 1993, Gimme a Little Sign picked up an ARIA Award - as the highest selling single of the year. New Faces was an Australian version of the British show of the same name. ... Ian Molly Meldrum (born January 29, 1946) is an Australian popular music critic, journalist, and record producer, and musical entrepreneur best known for hosting the seminal popular music program Countdown from 1974 to 1986. ... Bobby Brown Robert Beresford Bobby Brown (born February 5, 1969 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American Grammy-winning R&B singer and dancer. ... The Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) is the Australian counterpart of the Recording Industry Association of America. ...

André first had a top 50 single in the UK called Only One, which reached number #16, and then gained further success with the song Mysterious Girl (featuring Bubbler Ranx), which reached #2 in the UK singles chart. He then had a #1 album Natural, and two #1 singles Flava, and I Feel You. However, after attempting to transform into an R&B artist rather than pop and releasing a few more singles, his success waned with his second album Time, only reaching #28. In 1998 he released his last single (a cover of the song Kiss the Girl from Disney's The Little Mermaid) before being dropped by his music label, and taking a long break from the charts. Bubbler Ranx is a internationally renowned cheese-loving reggae artist, best known for featuring in the hit single Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) is a fairy tale about a young mermaid who is willing to give up everything to gain the love of a prince and an eternal soul. ...

During this period he journeyed to Cyprus, later appearing on the British reality TV series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, where he constantly flirted with model Jordan. He then re-released his breakthrough hit Mysterious Girl in 2004, finally reaching #1 eight years after the 1996 re-release of the song (it had been released once before in 1995). This marked six years since his last chart appearance. He released a follow-up song In-sane-ia, which reached #3 in the UK in June 2004. A new album, entitled The Long Road Back, was also released that month, however only reached #44. The next single from the album was The Right Way, and featured Jordan in the video. This reached #14 in September 2004. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Im a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! is a UK reality television show in which minor celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts. ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) other events of 2004 list of years in music 2000s in music // January 1 Vienna New Years Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a... See also: 1994 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. ...

André and Jordan became the parents of a 5lb 13oz (2.6 kg) boy, Junior, on June 13, 2005. On September 10, 2005, they were married at Highclere Castle, Berkshire. he's also spent nearly half a million on spray tan. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Highclere Castle is a Victorian country house in high Elizabethan style, with park designed by Capability Brown, in a 24 square kilometre estate south of Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... Berkshire (IPA: or  ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ...

Jordan revealed in an interview with Elle magazine that Peter's secret for keeping his perma-tan is to smother himself in Coca-Cola before sunbathing. She also said that the secret to keeping insects away is to use Diet Coke.

Recently André released a rendition of "A Whole New World" from the Disney movie Aladdin in which Jordan sings Jasmine's lyrics. The song has been panned by critics for Jordan's singing, with one critic stating "when Jordan chimes in after a minute or so with her high-pitched, way off tune karaoke, you would swear an animal was being attacked."^[1] However, in Jordan's defense, her spokesperson has stated that it is not her singing, but an imposter.^{[citation needed]} A Whole New World was a song off the soundtrack to the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin. ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... For the Golden Films film, see Aladdin (Golden Films film) Aladdin is the thirty-first animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, made and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released on November 25, 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Princess Jasmine Princess Jasmine is a fictional character, voiced by Linda Larkin in the Disney film, Aladdin and its two direct-to-video sequels, The Return of Jafar (1994) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996), and the animated television series. ...

Quotes

"I've written this song called Insania - it's a mix of Insane and Mania, and even though it's a made up word, you instantly know what it means".

External links

1. ^ The Daily Telegraph. [1]

• Official website
• Peter Andre at the Internet Movie Database
• Peter Andre Discography

Peter and Jordan's duets album "A Whole New World" will be released on 27 November 2006,and all money will go to charities selected by Jordan and Peter. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, films, television shows, video games and production crew personnel. ...