Tina Harris
| Tina Harris | |
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| Born |
April 23, 1975 Maryland, United States |
| Genres | R&B, hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, rapper |
| Years active | 1998–2003 |
| Labels | RCA, Sony, Columbia |
| Associated acts | Sweetbox |
| Website | www.tinaharris.com |
| Love Makes the World Go Round | |
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| Studio album by Tina Harris | |
| Released | May 26, 2003 |
| Genre | R'n'B |
| Label | Sony, Columbia |
Tina Harris is a Maryland-born singer best known for being a member of Sweetbox.
Harris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and due to her military father being stationed there, the whole family moved to Frankfurt, Germany, when she was four and grew up there.
Her start in the music industry came when Harris's cousin, rapper Turbo B of the music group Snap! chose Harris's sister Jackie to mime on the videoclip and on promotional appearances to the female parts of their hit "The Power". Later, Turbo B. asked Harris and her other sister Angel to become dancers on their tour and on their videoclips, first appearing on the videoclip to their follow-up single "Ooops Up".
In 1991, the three Harris sisters left Snap! and formed the pop-rap group B.O.Y. (an acronym for Because Of You), which was active for two years. Sister Angel left in 1992 after the release of the second single and Tina and Jackie carried on as a duo for two more singles.
After meeting singer Liza da Costa, Harris and her sister Jackie formed a Eurodance trio with her called Security for about two years in 1993-1995. Afterwards, Harris lent vocals to a few Eurodance records in the mid-90s.
In 1997, Harris was contacted by Sweetbox producer Roberto "Geo" Rosan to record vocals for the group's next single "I'll Die For You". While the single was not a big hit, it landed the group a record deal with RCA records. Rosan decided to settle with Harris a lead vocalist of the group and the group's next single, co-written by Harris, "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", released in late 1997 in Germany and in 1998 in the rest of the world, went immediately into the top of the charts.
This track, which fuses urban music and hip-hop with Johann Sebastian Bach's famous "Air on a G string" (Suite N.3), claimed Top Ten Chart positions in England, Ireland, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Spain, Colombia, Lebanon, Israel, Italy and France. In Germany (#12), Denmark (#13) and the Netherlands the title reached the Top 20 and in the US the Single was among the Top 40 on the Billboard Charts. The track also stayed for 8 weeks in the Top 10 of the World Radio Charts (which is compiled of 150 radio stations in 40 countries).
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