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Annie
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Annie (born Anne Lilia Berge Strand on November 21, 1977 in Trondheim, Norway) is a pop artist and DJ.
Her debut album, Anniemal, was released in 2004 (the name originally an idea of her late boyfriend Tore). Annie worked again with Timo Kaukolampi, as well as fellow Norwegians Röyksopp and Richard X, who made a return to produce and co-write the track Me Plus One. Greatest Hit earned a spot in the tracklist, and the album’s second single Heartbeat was voted #1 in Pitchfork Media’s Top 50 singles of 2004 before the song was even officially released.
Chewing Gum hit #11 on that same list.
In 2005 Annie won several awards for her work, including Best Pop Album and Best Newcomer at the Norwegian Alarm Awards (Chewing Gum had also been nominated for Song of the Year). Annie also won the Best Newcomer award at the prestigious Spellemannsprisen, the Norwegian Grammy Awards. Annie’s February 5th performance at the Alarm Awards was one of her first ever live performances.
She also toured around the world to promote Anniemal, including a brief United Kingdom tour with Saint Etienne, to whom she had sent a demo tape while still in the band, Suitcase in 1996. Annie performed at sold out club venues in the United States in the summer of 2005, and returned to the US later that year.
That same year, Annie released a compilation in the DJ-Kicks series on the !K7 label.
As a fun sidenote, her songs Chewing Gum and Heartbeat were rerecorded in the “Simlish” nonsense-language for The Sims 2: Nightlife’s Danish and Norwegian localizations.
Her debut album, Anniemal, was released in 2004 (the name originally an idea of her late boyfriend Tore). Annie worked again with Timo Kaukolampi, as well as fellow Norwegians Röyksopp and Richard X, who made a return to produce and co-write the track Me Plus One. Greatest Hit earned a spot in the tracklist, and the album’s second single Heartbeat was voted #1 in Pitchfork Media’s Top 50 singles of 2004 before the song was even officially released.
Chewing Gum hit #11 on that same list.In 2005 Annie won several awards for her work, including Best Pop Album and Best Newcomer at the Norwegian Alarm Awards (
Chewing Gum had also been nominated for Song of the Year). Annie also won the Best Newcomer award at the prestigious Spellemannsprisen, the Norwegian Grammy Awards. Annie’s February 5th performance at the Alarm Awards was one of her first ever live performances.She also toured around the world to promote Anniemal, including a brief United Kingdom tour with Saint Etienne, to whom she had sent a demo tape while still in the band, Suitcase in 1996. Annie performed at sold out club venues in the United States in the summer of 2005, and returned to the US later that year.
That same year, Annie released a compilation in the DJ-Kicks series on the !K7 label.
As a fun sidenote, her songs Chewing Gum and Heartbeat were rerecorded in the “Simlish” nonsense-language for The Sims 2: Nightlife’s Danish and Norwegian localizations.
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Annie - I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me
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Annie-Girlfriend
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Annie - Mahiya
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Annie-Heartbeat (Scumfrog Remix)
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SmurfyNZ wrote:
my love is better
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magneticB wrote:
Really great new album, different from Anniemal but just as good. I hope the album gets the promotion it deserves before release!
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klobby wrote:
personally i love it! lots of catchy and great songs; sweet, loco, my love is better, and more
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somebodyunot wrote:
If anything, I hope next year's release finds the album totally reworked. As it stands now, it pales in comparison to Anniemal.
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Ustareth wrote:
Push an album that leaked over a month ago to next year? That makes perfect sense. Thanks Island!!!
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neverlandean wrote:
Island Records sucks!
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Mikey126 wrote:
wow i really like this, awesome stuff
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Beat_C wrote:
from wikipedia: "On 25 September 2008 it was reported that the album's release had been pushed back to April 2009 so Island Records have more time to promote the album." hmmmmm....
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blueronan wrote:
Holy shit, new album rules!!!!!
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Taishaku wrote:
even Kelly Osbourne's version is better than Annie's, tho the Skatebård remix is pretty great...it was named "Song of the day" @ PopJustice.
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matiaslopez wrote:
TWO OF HEARTS IS THE BEST
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wskazoffka wrote:
Feel my Heartbeat.. melody :D
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kyleroyce wrote:
i think its a good thing they're waiting. the current version is not that good. its got a few amazing songs, but the bulk of it sounds exactly like girls aloud.
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magneticB wrote:
Am glad they didn't include Two Of Hearts cover on the new album, it's not a great cover imo and would have spoilt an amazing album.
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soratami wrote:
I know but now at least they'll have the time to do a lot more promo for the album. If it was released in October like it was supposed to, it'd definitely flop.
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whaturmamasaid wrote:
april ??? lmao. that's horrible. :(
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soratami wrote:
The album will be released in April after all. And with some new songs supposedly.
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Fiskeb0lle wrote:
Annie's two of hearts has been released on the web.
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spinal-scratch wrote:
I read somewhere that the recording sessions for the album are still going on. I think even Annie posted something about it on her myspace, but I'm not exactly sure. I agree with Bulbabean that this leak is killing the album's chances, which sucks. It's one of the best pop albums released this year so far, IMO (if "released" is a term that can be applied in this case).
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Bulbabean wrote:
They want more time to promote the album... in reality I think they're killing it's chance of doing well. I mean for god's sake it was leaked over a month ago.
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- oslofish wrote about Annie in The Hypelist [ October 11th - October 18th ]. Sunday afternoon
- oslofish wrote about Annie in a deleted journal. Sunday afternoon
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The Hypelist [ October 11th - October 18th ]
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