Cheyne Coates
| Cheyne Coates | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | April M. Coates |
| Born | 6 September 1970 |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | dance/pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Vicious Vinyl, Virgin, Sony |
| Associated acts | Madison Avenue |
April M. Coates (born 6 September 1970, Melbourne) is an Australian dance music and pop singer-songwriter and producer, best-known as Cheyne Coates. She and Andrew Van Dorsselaer (aka Andy Van) were the pop duo, Madison Avenue. Their song "Don't Call Me Baby" peaked at number two on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart in 1999 and at the top of the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard dance charts in 2000. Since the break-up of Madison Avenue in 2003, Cheyne recorded an album, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and its first single "I've Got Your Number" which reached No. 26 in 2004.
Before joining Madison Avenue, Cheyne was working as a choreographer, singer and dancer at Chasers Nightclub in the 1990s in Melbourne. She met producer, DJ and songwriter Andy Van Dorsselaer (Andy Van) in a dance club, he was the founder of the Vicious Vinyl record label and had remix credits for Tina Arena and CDB. Van had also won an Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) award for his production work on "Coma" by Pendulum.
The duo started working together mainly as writers and producers in 1998. Their first single "Fly" featured Kellie Wolfgram as vocalist. Cheyne sang on Madison Avenue's breakthrough single "Don't Call Me Baby" because Van liked her version which was initially to be used as the guide track for the intended singer. Van took the song to the MIDEM Conference which led to them being signed by Virgin Records in the UK and Sony Music for the rest of the world.
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