Adeva
| Adeva | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Patricia Daniels |
| Also known as | Adeva |
| Born |
1960 Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | |
| Associated acts |
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Adeva (born Patricia Daniels) is an American singer. She had a string of successful house and R&B hits in the late 1980s to early 1990s, including "Warning" (UK #17), "I Thank You" (UK #17) and "Respect" (UK #17).
Career
Born around 1960 in Paterson, New Jersey, Daniels was the youngest of six children. She developed her voice as a member, and later director and vocal coach, of her church choir.[1] She began singing professionally in the mid-1980s, releasing the single "In and Out of My Life" in 1988 on Easy Street Records. Immediately after this, she signed with the UK label Cooltempo (a subsidiary of EMI) later in 1988[1] and released a house rendition of the Otis Redding hit "Respect" that reached #17 in the UK.[2] Her debut album Adeva! was released in August 1989, and peaked at #6 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] #28 in Germany,[3] and #14 in Australia.[4] The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry[5] for UK sales exceeding 300,000 copies. In addition to "Respect", the album contained several other hit singles including "Warning!" and "I Thank You", both of which also reached #17 in the UK,[2] and "Musical Freedom" which reached #22.[2] The album was released in the United States in 1990 via EMI's Capitol Records, where "Warning!" had become a Top 10 Dance Chart hit.
Her second album, 1991's Love or Lust? failed to chart in either the UK or the US despite featuring two hit singles on the US Dance chart, "Independent Woman" (US Dance #7) and "It Should Have Been Me" (US Dance #1), and she was dropped by Cooltempo in 1992.[1]
Adeva collaborated with house-music pioneer Frankie Knuckles in 1995, with whom she released two UK Top 40 singles,[2] and an album, Welcome to the Real World.[6]
In 1997, Adeva released another album, New Direction, on Distinct'ive Records, but this was unsuccessful. It was her last album to date, though she was featured on various singles in 2003–04 with other artists including Radical Noiz and Eric Prydz who both sampled Adeva's 1988 single "In and Out of My Life" (the track had also been sampled by OnePhatDeeva in 1999). She was also featured on the 2004 single "Wish I Never Knew" by the Scandinavian dance act Slippery People.
Discography
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
AUS [4] |
BEL (FLA) [7] |
FRA [8] |
GER [9] |
IRE [10] |
NED [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWI [13] |
US Dance [14] |
US R&B [15] | ||||
| 1988 | "In And Out Of My Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Adeva! | |
| "Respect" | 17 | 150 | 34 | — | — | 17 | 21 | — | — | 21 | 84 | |||
| 1989 | "Musical Freedom (Free At Last)" (with Paul Simpson) | 22 | 151 | — | — | — | 26 | 43 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Warning!" | 17 | 38 | — | — | — | — | 46 | 18 | — | 4 | — | |||
| "I Thank You" | 17 | 30 | — | 50 | 38 | 19 | 40 | 46 | — | — | — | |||
| "Beautiful Love" | 57 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1990 | "Treat Me Right" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Ring My Bell" (Vs. Monie Love) | 20 | 35 | 44 | — | 25 | — | 15 | 13 | 8 | — | — | Love Or Lust? | |
| "It Should've Been Me" | 48 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| 1992 | "Don't Let It Show On Your Face" | 34 | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Independent Woman" (US only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | |||
| "Until You Come Back To Me" | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I'm The One For You" | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1993 | "Respect '93" | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | |
| 1996 | "I Thank You '96" | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ultimate Adeva | |
| 1997 | "Where Is The Love? / The Way That You Feel" | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | New Direction | |
| "Don't Think About It" | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | "Been Around" (GER only) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
Studio Albums
- 1989: Adeva! — Cooltempo/Chrysalis/EMI (UK) | Capitol/EMI (US)—UK #6,[2] AUS #14,[4] GER #28[3] (re-released by Parlophone/WEA in 2013)
- 1991: Love or Lust — Cooltempo/Chrysalis/EMI (UK) | Capitol/EMI (US)—AUS #114[4] (re-released by Parlophone/WEA in 2013)
- 1997: New Direction — Distinctive
Compilations
- 1992 Hits!
- 1996 Ultimate Adeva
Collaborations
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
US Dance [16] |
AUS [4] | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | "Too Many Fish" (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) | 34 | 1 | 110 | Welcome To The Real World (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) | |||||||||
| "Whadda U Want (From Me)" (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) | 36 | 3 | — | |||||||||||
| "Walkin'" (Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva) | — | 5 | — | |||||||||||
| 1996 | "Do Watcha Do" (Hyper Go Go & Adeva) | 54 | — | — | National Anthems (Hyper Go Go) | |||||||||
| 1997 | "Do Watcha Do (Remix)" (Hyper Go Go & Adeva) | 60 | — | — | singles only | |||||||||
| 2004 | "Wish I Never Knew" (Slippery People featuring Adeva) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
Videos
- 1991 Live at the Town and Country Club, Chrysalis/EMI Video (UK)
See also
- List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- 1 2 3 Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Virgin Books; ISBN 978-0-7535-0252-5, p. 8
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Adeva – UK Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- 1 2 "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Adeva – Adeva! (album)". GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Peaks within the top 50: "australian-charts.com > Adeva discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- Peaks between 51–100: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- Peaks for "Respect", "Beautiful Love", "Treat Me Right", "Don't Let It Show On Your Face" & "Too Many Fish": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- Peak for "Musical Freedom (Moving On Up)": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-11-09". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- Peak for "Love or Lust": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-07-15". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ↑ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Adeva'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ↑ Bush, John "Adeva Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-02-04
- ↑ "ultratop > Adeva". Ultratop & Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- ↑ "lescharts.com > Discographie Adeva". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Adeva (single)". GfK Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts: All there is to know > Adeva (search results)". Fireball Media. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- ↑ "dutchcharts.nl > Discografie Adeva". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ↑ "charts.org.nz > Adeva discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ↑ "hitparade.ch > Discographie Adeva". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ↑ "Adeva – US Dance Club Songs Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ↑ "Adeva Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ↑ "Frankie Knuckles – US Dance Club Songs Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
