Ian Van Dahl Biography
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Ian Van Dahl
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| Ian Van Dahl | |
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| Origin | .svg){kind=small} Belgium |
| Years active | 2000-2008 |
| Label(s) | EMI (Netherlands) |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Annemie Coenen Peter Luts David Vervoort Christophe Chantzis Erik Vanspauwen |
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| Former members | |
| Martine Theeuwen (Marsha) Cindy Mertens |
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Ian Van Dahl was a Belgian dance and pop group, made up of five members.
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Music
The band's members are singer/songwriter Annemie Coenen, Peter Luts and David Vervoort (more famously known as Dave McCullen), with producers Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen. Luts and Vervoort have also worked with the trance group Lasgo. Coenen said in an interview with Mixmag that their name is the Belgian equivalent of Joe Bloggs. Ian van Dahl is best known for the 2001 summer hit "Castles in the Sky", which charted highly across Europe. The song was originally sung by Marsha.
Ian Van Dahl scored international hits and hits in the Americas with "Will I?", "Try", "Reason", "Believe", "Where Are You Now?", "I Can't Let You Go", "Secret Love", and "Inspiration". Ian Van Dahl's second album, Lost & Found featured songs with deeper meanings. The album proved that dance heavy music can be serious and thought provoking. "Where Are You Now?" and "Inspiration", the two American single releases, became massive Hot Dance Airplay, Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales hits. Ian Van Dahl's American fanbase expanded because of the people who could relate to the stories the songs on the album told.
Their most recent singles are "Movin' On", which was released in December 2005, and "Just a Girl", which was released in July 2006.
The band was expected to release their third full length album in 2007.
In early July 2007, it was announced that Ian Van Dahl's third album is completed, but instead will be released as Coenen's solo debut album produced by Peter Luts. The new Dance project with Coenen is named Annagrace.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE | UK | DN | FI | |||
| 2002 | Ace |
41 | 7 | 40 | 10 | Gold in the United Kingdom |
| 2004 | Lost & Found |
29 | - | - | - | |
| Top 10 hits | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Notes | ||||||||
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| BE | BDC* | UK | IE | DK | DE | NL | FI | EU | |||
| 2000 | Castles In The Sky Ace |
35 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 43 | 43 | - | 22 | There exist two different versions |
| 2001 | Will I? Ace |
14 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 14 | |
| 2002 | Reason Ace |
31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 51 | 75 | - | 26 | |
| 2002 | Try Ace |
36 | 10 | 15 | - | 18 | - | - | 20 | 32 | |
| 2003 | Secret Love Ace |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | In Germany together with Try |
| 2003 | I Can't Let You Go Lost & Found |
22 | 12 | 20 | 35 | - | 72 | - | - | 61 | |
| 2004 | Where Are You Now? Lost & Found |
23 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | - | |
| 2004 | Believe Lost & Found |
- | - | 27 | 40 | - | - | - | - | 75 | Only in the United Kingdom and Ireland |
| 2004 | Inspiration Lost & Found |
23 | 1 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | |
| 2005 | Movin' On - |
24 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 48 | 7 | - | |
| 2006 | Just A Girl - |
35 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | |
| No. 1 hits | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Top 10 hits | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
- (*) Belgian dance chart
Other Chart Positions
Albums
- 2002 Ace #16 U.S. Top Electronic Albums
- 2004 Lost & Found #13 U.S. Top Electronic Albums
Singles
- "Castles in the Sky"
- Canada: #17
- Sweden: #51
- Australia: #57
- Switzerland: #90
- U.S.: #91 Billboard Hot 100
- "Will I?"
- Australia: #29
- Sweden: #47
- Austria: #54
- U.S.: #18 Hot Dance Music/Club Play
- "Try"
- Spain: #8
- "Secret Love"
- (Unknown)
- "I Can't Let You Go"
- (Unknown)
- "Where Are You Now?"
- US Hot Dance Single Sales: #7
- "Believe"
- (Unknown)
- "Inspiration"
- US Hot Dance Single Sales: #8
- "Movin' On"
- Brazil: #6
- "Just a Girl"
- U.S.: #8 Hot Dance Airplay