Alice DeeJay

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Alice DeeJay
Origin Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres Trance, euro-trance, eurodance
Years active 1999–2002
Labels Republic/Universal (US)
Armada Music
Past members Sebastiaan Molijn
Eelke Kalberg
DJ Jurgen
Judith Anna Pronk
Marc Lee-Smith
Mila Levesque
Angelique Versnel

Alice DeeJay was a Dutch Eurodance group from Amsterdam formed in 1999. The group was founded by Dutch Company Violent Music. They are best known for their 1999 single, "Better Off Alone", which was a worldwide success. They disbanded in 2002.

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Biography [edit]

Members [edit]

The group consisted of successful record producers Danski (Born Dennis van den Driesschen), Delmundo (a.k.a. Wessel van Diepen), their protégés Pronti (Sebastiaan Molijn), Kalmani (Eelke Kalberg), DJ Jurgen and face and lead singer Judith Anna Pronk. They also had background dancers: Mila Levesque and Angelique Versnel. Versnel began her education as a dancer at the School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles, United States. After completing four years at the dance academy (as well as high school study) at Alvin Aley in New York, she became a part of Alice Deejay.

1999-2001: Formation and Who Needs Guitars Anyway? [edit]

Alice DeeJay launched their career in July 1999 with the single, "Better Off Alone", credited to DJ Jurgen presents Alice DeeJay. In the UK, the song went platinum and reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart,[1] and number 3 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, also reaching number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Alice Deejay achieved success with the follow-up single "Back In My Life" in November of the same year. The group's first and only album was Who Needs Guitars Anyway?, which was released on April 11, 2000. It entered the Top Ten of the UK Albums Chart.[1]

Alice DeeJay made the UK Top 20 with three more tracks: "Will I Ever", "The Lonely One" and "Celebrate Our Love", although each single's chart position was lower than its predecessors.[1]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

Title Details Peak chart positions
FIN FRA GER NED NOR SWE SWI UK
[1]		 US
Who Needs Guitars Anyway? 7 45 28 27 14 24 12 8 76
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles [edit]

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)		 Album
AUS
[2]		 AUT
[3]		 BEL
(Vl)
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 FIN
[6]		 FRA
[7]		 GER
[8]		 NED
[9]		 SWE
[10]		 SUI
[11]		 UK
[12]		 U.S.
[5]
1999 "Better Off Alone" 4 — — 2 16 6 32 9 5 28 2 27 Who Needs Guitars Anyway?
"Back In My Life" 19 28 11 14 10 11 17 4 4 19 4 —
2000 "Will I Ever" — — 20 — — 37 33 8 10 25 7 —
"The Lonely One" — — 25 — — 60 59 19 24 72 16 —
2001 "Celebrate Our Love" — 71 39 — 7 71 71 25 33 85 17 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 18. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
  2. ^ Australian peaks
  3. ^ Austrian peaks
  4. ^ Flanders peaks
  5. ^ a b Canadian and US peaks
  6. ^ Finnish peaks
  7. ^ French peaks
  8. ^ German peaks
  9. ^ Dutch peaks
  10. ^ Swedish peaks
  11. ^ Swiss peaks
  12. ^ UK peaks(Link redirected to OCC website)
  13. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association. "Australian Certification". Retrieved 2011-07-20. 
  14. ^ a b "Les Certifications depuis 1973". infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 
  15. ^ a b "Certified Awards Search: Alice DeeJay". BPI. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 
  16. ^ "SØK I TROFÉER". IFPI Norway. Retrieved 2010-08-14. 

External links [edit]

Alice DeeJay
Studio albums
Singles
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