Magic Affair
| Magic Affair | |
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 Magic Affair (2009) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1993-1997 |
| Labels | CDL - Cologne Dance Label |
| Members | |
| A.K.-S.W.I.F.T. Anita Davis Franca Morgano Jannet De Lara Mike Staab Richard Michael Smith |
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Magic Affair was a German eurodance project founded in 1993 by Mike Staab.
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[edit] History
Magic Affair originated with the band Mysterious Art, which in 1989 topped the German charts with their singles, "Das Omen - Teil 1" and "Carma - Omen 2".
In 1993, Staab head and producer of Mysterious Art, began to publish new songs under the name Magic Affair and was successful in Europe and beyond. The name of the first single "Omen III" and the band's name, which on the first cover only appeared as M.A., referred to Mysterious Art their "Omen" singles.
Originally, the group consisted of female vocalist Franca Morgano and rapper A.K. Swift (born in 1969, Chicago). Magic Affair released four singles, "Omen III", "Give Me All Your Love", "In the Middle of the Night" and "Fire", all of which were from the album called The Story Continues. They gained success especially with their first single "Omen III" entering top five single charts in many European countries including Germany and France and number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]
In 1995 the two original members were replaced with female singers Jannet De Lara and Anita Davis and their first single "The Rhythm Makes You Wanna Dance" was subsequently released.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| AUT | GER | NED | SWE | SWI | ||||||||||
| Omen...The Story Continues |
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11 | 8 | 71 | 18 | 7 | ||||||||
| PhenOMENia |
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— | 99 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [2] |
FRA [2] |
GER [3] |
IRE [4] |
NED [2] |
SWE [2] |
SWI [2] |
UK [2] |
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| 1993 | "Omen III" | 2 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | Omen... The Story Continues | ||||
| 1994 | "Give Me All Your Love" | 13 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 30 | |||||
| "In the Middle of the Night" | 14 | 26 | 16 | — | 29 | 16 | — | 38 | ||||||
| "Fire" | 17 | — | 20 | — | — | 34 | 23 | — | ||||||
| 1995 | "The Rhythm Makes You Wanna Dance" | 32 | — | 54 | — | — | 36 | — | — | Future World | ||||
| 1996 | "Energy of Light" | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | 37 | — | |||||
| "World of Freedom" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Bohemian Rhapsody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Singles only | |||||
| 1997 | "Break These Chains" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Night of the Raven" | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | ||||||
| 1998 | "Sacrifice" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1999 | "Miracles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2004 | "Fly Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 343. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b c d e f Intl. peaks Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ German peak positions
- ^ Search for Irish peak positions
- ^ "Gold & Platin". IFPI (Austria). http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Magic Affair)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Magic+Affair&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
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