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For the water amusement park with a similar name, see Las Cascadas. For other uses, see Cascada (disambiguation).
Cascada

Cascada (Template:PronEng [1][2]) is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit single "Everytime We Touch". Cascada is a group of three musicians: Natalie Horler, DJ Manian, and Yann Pfeiffer. Several of the Cascada members have launched side projects such as Tune Up!, Scarf!, Akira, Diamond and Siria.

Music Careers

Pre- Everytime We Touch (2004-2005)

When Natalie Horler was 17, she was doing studio work for various DJs. Eventually, she met Yanou and DJ Manian. Originally, they released music under the name, Cascade, but due to another artist with a similar name threatening a suit, they changed it to Cascada. Under Andorfine Records, they produced the hit "Miracle", and its follow-up, "Bad Boy", in Germany. This caught the attention of American dance label, Robbins Entertainment. They negotiated a contract and Miracle was released in 2004. However, it did not attract much attention, so Cascada offered them Everytime We Touch.

Everytime We Touch (2005-2007)

Cascada experienced mainstream success in the United Kingdom and the United States almost a year after releasing their second American single, "Everytime We Touch", which interpolates the chorus of a 1992 Maggie Rielly song of the same name. Soon after the popularity of the single skyrocketed, an album was quickly recorded and released (in a matter of weeks), and a music video for "Everytime We Touch" was also distributed for promotion. For these reasons, the debut album maintains a very similar formula throughout, to the extent of near-identical tempo and beats. Four singles have been released in the United Kingdom; "Everytime We Touch", "Truly Madly Deeply" (originally by Savage Garden),"Miracle" and "A Neverending Dream" all of which gained top 10 status apart from "A Neverending Dream" which charted at #46. Their album "Everytime We Touch" has experienced success in the UK Album chart where it moved up in the charts for 6 weeks since it was released in the beginning of March, peaking at #2. The album experienced success on the U.S. charts as well.

Perfect Day (2007-present)

Natalie Horler first announced that Cascada were working on their second album during a Japanese interview, which was posted on their blog on MySpace. She stated that there were to be a few more ballads, and possibly a house track on the album. There are a few of cover songs on the album, most notably Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi, Pink's Just Like A Pill, Patti Smith's Because the Night and the Rascal Flatts' song What Hurts the Most as well as two tracks, Endless Summer and I Will Believe It that were previously recorded by Natalie Horler and DJ Manian under the Siria name. Natalie also stated in a French Interview before the release that she would take a hand in writing parts of the album. The album was released at the end of 2007 in the UK, as Natalie said in a Toazted Interview. The album is expected to be released in the United States around March 4th with approximately 40% of the album having U.S. exclusive tracks, including replacements for I Will Believe It and Endless Summer which have already been released in the United States by Marian Records as Siria. [3] The first song released from Perfect Day was "What Hurts The Most", with a b-side, Last Christmas. The single was released on various dates around the world. The UK follow-up single has been decided to be What Do You Want From Me?.

Discography

Singles

All high charting singles and their chart positions on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (U.S. Hot 100), the Hot Dance Airplay (U.S. Dance), and in the United Kingdom (UK), France (FRA), Ireland (IRE), Sweden(SWE), Israel (ISR), and on the United World Chart (UWC)

For a full Cascada singles discography and chart positions, go to Cascada discography.

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S.
Hot100 		U.S.
Dance 		UK FRA IRE SWE ISR UWC
2004 "Miracle" 106 8 8 1 4 10 2 — Everytime We Touch
2005 "Everytime We Touch" 10 1 2 2 1 1 1 29
2006 "Truly Madly Deeply" — 14 4 — 3 11 3 47
2007 "What Hurts The Most" 61 1 10 — 6 5 11 — Perfect Day
2007 "What Do You Want From Me?" TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Perfect Day
Total number-one hits 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0

Awards and Nominations

Award Show Award
2006 International Dance Music Awards Won Best New Dance Artist/Solo [4]
Nominated Best High Energy Track
Napster Awards Won Most-Played Dance/Electronic Recording [5]
2007 World Music Awards Nominated World's Best Selling Female Pop Artist [6]
Won Best-Selling German Artist Award
2008 European Border Breakers Awards Won Best European Border Breaker- Germany[7]

References

  1. ^ Interview with Cascada, by ADOS.FR, notice how Natalie Horler pronounced it, retrieved 22/Dec/2007
  2. ^ Interview with Cascada by TOAZTED, notice how Natalie Horler pronounced it, retrieved 22/Dec/2007
  3. ^ Robbins Message Board. Robbins Entertainment. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
  4. ^ Interview with Energy Arizona FM. Energy Arizona FM. Retrived January 27, 2008.
  5. ^ Napster Awards Winners List. Napster Awards. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  6. ^ World Music Awards Press Release. World Music Awards. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  7. ^ European Border Breakers Award Winner List. European Border Breakers Awards. Retrieved January 15, 2008.
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