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词条 Rozalla
释义

  1. Musical career

  2. Discography

     Studio albums  Compilation albums  Singles 

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

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}}Rozalla Miller (born 18 March 1964), better known as simply Rozalla, is a Zimbabwean electronic music performer who was born in Zambia to a Zimbabwean father. She later moved with her parents at the age of 18 to her father's country of origin, Zimbabwe. She is best known for her three 1991/92 hit singles "Faith (In the Power of Love)", "Are You Ready To Fly" and particularly "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)", which has been remixed and re-issued several times. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 98th most successful dance artist of all-time.[1]

Musical career

Rozalla began performing at a young age in her native Zambia singing in clubs and at events; then at age 13, she was singing on a children's TV show. While still in her teens, she relocated to Zimbabwe where she fronted various R&B cover bands before beginning her own recording career with a resultant five number-one hits on that nation's chart.[2] In 1988, Rozalla relocated to London with her manager Chris Sergeant and worked with the Band of Gypsies, a production duo consisting of Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox.

Rozalla's first UK single "Born to Luv Ya" became a club hit in 1990. The singer's career really took off when the dance anthem "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991. It became a Top 10 hit in many European countries soon afterwards and reached the Billboard Top 40 the following year. It remains her biggest hit to date. It was later included on her debut album Everybody's Free, which peaked at number 20 in the UK Albums Chart and went silver. The album spawned two more sizeable hits in "Faith (In the Power of Love)" and "Are You Ready to Fly", reaching number 11 and 14 respectively in the UK Singles Chart, plus a lesser charting single in the ballad "Love Breakdown".[3]

In 1992 Rozalla toured with Michael Jackson, opening all of his shows on the European leg of his Dangerous tour, including the UK. She enjoyed four UK Top 40 hits in 1994/95, including her rendition of "I Love Music", the theme song to the film Carlito's Way. The attendant album Look No Further featured more R&B and soul elements than her previous album. [4]

A 1996 remix of "Everybody's Free" reached number 30 in the UK Singles Chart. Her 1998 album Coming Home saw her reunite with the Band of Gypsies and spawned a stateside club hit with its lead single "Don't Go Lose It Baby", produced by METRO.[5]

In 2003, Rozalla entered the lower regions of the UK Singles Chart alongside Plastic Boy on the song "Live Another Life". She issued the jazz/soul album Brand New Version in 2009, adding her surname Miller to her recording guise. She promoted the album by performing as Billy Ocean's support act on his UK tour of 2009. A Global Deejays remix of "Everybody's Free" reached number 7 in Australia in 2009 after it had been used as the theme song to So You Think You Can Dance.

In 2015, Rozalla returned to the Top 10 of the Billboard Club Dance Charts for the first time since 1994 with her track "If You Say It Again".[6] This was quickly followed by the single 'Shadows of the Moon'.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1992: Everybody's Free (UK #20,[7] AUS #75,[8] GER #53,[8] NED #62,[8] SUI #31,[8] SWE #36[8])
  • 1995: Look No Further (UK #138[13])
  • 1998: Coming Home
  • 2009: Brand New Version

Compilation albums

  • 1993: Everybody's Free- Style 1993 - Remixed To Perfection
  • 1998: Feelin' Good'
  • 2003: Best Of
  • 2004: Everybody's Free (Special Edition with DVD)

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
AUS
[9]
AUT
[15]
FRA
[10]
GER
[11]
IRE
[12]
NED
[13]
NZ
[10]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[10]
UK
[7][14][15]
US Club
[16]
1990"Born to Luv Ya"Everybody's Free
1991"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" 11 10 8 6 8 2 9 4 2 6 1
  • UK: Silver[17]
"Faith (In the Power of Love)" 62 14 14 11 4
1992"Are You Ready to Fly" 88 21 11 25 16 32 15 6 14 1
"Love Breakdown" 33 65
"In 4 Choons Later" 50Single only
1993"Don't Play With Me" 50Everybody's Free-Style 1993
1994"I Love Music" 90 69 39 18 1Look No Further
"This Time I Found Love" 33
"You Never Love the Same Way Twice" 54 16 11
1995"Baby" 233 26
"Losing My Religion"
1996"Everybody's Free (Ca$ino Mix)" 30 14Single only
1997"Coming Home" 137Coming Home
1998"Don't Go Lose It Baby" 134 23
"Friday Night" (with Phat 'N' Phunky) 76Singles only
2003"Live Another Life" (with Plastic Boy) 55
2014"Can You Feel The Love" (with David Anthony)
2015"If You Say It Again" 5
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

1. ^http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-top-dance-club-artists
2. ^Vibe Vol 2 No. 2 (March 1994) p.37
3. ^Officialcharts.com
4. ^Billboard 30 September 1995, p.28
5. ^Billboard 17 January 1998, p.31
6. ^ 
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26977/rozalla/|title=Official Charts > Rozalla|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=2015-09-18}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rozalla&titel=Everybody%27s+Free&cat=a|title=australian-charts.com > Rozalla 'Everybody's Free' (album) worldwide peaks|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-09-18}}
9. ^Australian (ARIA) chart peaks*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rozalla|title=australian-charts.com > Rozalla in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=7 September 2018}}*Top 100 peaks to December 2010: {{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia|edition=pdf|page=240}}*"I Love Music": {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/wiIAjS8.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Mar 1994|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=25 February 2016}} N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.*All ARIA chart peaks to 20 September 2018: {{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/9yEHLRI.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: Rozalla chart history, received 20 September 2018|publisher=Imgur.com|accessdate=20 September 2018}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
10. ^International peaks
11. ^German peaks
12. ^Search for Irish peaks {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hFf8iFDu?url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=3 June 2009 }}
13. ^Dutch peaks
14. ^{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 473}}
15. ^UK singles and albums chart peaks outside the top 100: {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_R.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994-2010 > The Rabble Army – RZA|publisher=Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|accessdate=2015-09-18}}
16. ^Club Chart Billboard peaks
17. ^Search for UK certification {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |date=24 September 2009 }}

External links

  • Official Rozalla website
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10 : 1964 births|Living people|Alumni of Chinhoyi High School|British dance musicians|British house musicians|Epic Records artists|Zambian emigrants to the United Kingdom|Zambian people of Zimbabwean descent|Zambian emigrants to Zimbabwe|British people of Zimbabwean descent

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