AnnaGrace

AnnaGrace
AnnaGrace live in Hasselt
Background information
Origin	Belgium
Genres	Eurodance, electronica, vocal trance, House
Years active	1998–2008 (as Ian Van Dahl) 2008–Present (as AnnaGrace)
Labels	Sinuz Kontor Records
Website	Official website
Members	Annemie Coenen Peter Luts
Past members	Martine Theeuwen (Marsha) Cindy Mertens David Vervoort Christophe Chantzis Erik Vanspauwen

AnnaGrace (formerly known as Ian Van Dahl) was a Belgian trance group. They have seen success on dance and pop charts around the world. Among their hit songs are "Castles in the Sky", "Will I?" and "Reason".

No new material has been released since May 2013, and fans did not see the release of the planned fourth album. AnnaGrace is still touring as of 2016.

Ian Van Dahl began in 1998 as Christophe Chantzis, Erik Vanspauwen and Martine Theeuwen, who was referred to as Marsha. Marsha was later replaced by vocalist Annemie Coenen. Later, Peter Luts and David Vervoort (more famously known as Dave McCullen) joined the group. In 2008, the group changed its name to AnnaGrace, retaining only Annemie Coenen and Peter Luts as members.

In 2000 the debut single "Castles in the Sky" was released by Ian Van Dahl. The vocals were originally recorded by Marsha; however, the producers felt that Marsha wouldn't make a good frontwoman for the act and therefore cast Cindy Mertens for the role. This decision proved to be quite controversial at the time as Cindy mimed to Marsha's vocals both in the video and during live performances. Cindy was later replaced, however, by Annemie Coenen due to her poor performance at live shows. Annemie continued to mime to Marsha's vocals before a re-recorded version appeared on the debut album, Ace. There are two different videos for the track, both of which feature Cindy Mertens. A video with Annemie Coenen was never made. The first is the regular radio edit, which shows a selection of dancers in an underground sewer. The second video uses the Peter Luts radio edit and features clips of an instrument being played amongst clips of the original video. The song achieved great success throughout Europe, charting at #3 in the UK Singles Chart.

The second single "Will I?" was the first to officially feature Annemie Coenen as the vocalist and frontwoman. The song, again, was an international success, peaking at #5 on the UK chart.

Following the release of the first two singles, Ian Van Dahl released their debut album Ace to global success. The album charted at #7 in the UK Albums Chart, achieving gold status after only four weeks.