Whigfield

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Whigfield
Background information
Birth name	Sannie Charlotte Carlson
Born	April 11, 1970 (1970-04-11) (age 39) Skælskør, Denmark
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre(s)	Pop, Dance, Eurodance, Europop, Bubblegum pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Actress, Record Producer
Years active	1992 - present

Sannie Charlotte Carlson (born April 11, 1970 in Skælskør, Denmark) is best known as Whigfield and also Naan. She is a Danish singer best known for the song "Saturday Night", a hugely popular single of summer 1994.

Biography

Whigfield spent several years in Africa as a child before returning to her native country. She rose to prominence when her single "Saturday Night" became the summer smash hit of 1994, thanks to extensive play in the clubs of the Mediterranean and the fact that it had a dance which many found easy to learn. She became the first ever non-UK or American artist to debut at No.1 in her first week in the UK Singles Chart. Her music was also very successful in Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, France, India, The Netherlands, the Nordic countries, The Philippines where it became a hugely popular and smash hit summer song of 1994 gaining a very decent cult status in recent years along with the songs of Ace of Base and Los Del Rios, and Spain during the 1995 Eurodance phenomenon.

However the only place where she has yet to achieve success, and has eluded her since, is the United States (Even though she placed both "Saturday Night" and "Another Day" on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1995, with "Night" peaking at #19 and "Day" coming in at #21, respectively). In the years 1994 - 1997 Whigfield sold more Records that Oasis and Blur combined, although in a 1998 interview she accepted that she was not a bigger influence on mainstream music than either band.

Later singles include "Think of You", "Close To You", "Last Christmas", "Gimme Gimme" and "Sexy Eyes". "Gimme Gimme" and "Sexy Eyes" reached #14 and #6 in Australia, respectively, and they were the only two significant charting hits in that country^[1]

Like the group Milli Vanilli, Whigfield was accused of not singing her own songs. This was because she did all her live performances lip synching (miming to a backing track), and she has a high-pitched voice in the recorded tracks which is different from her speaking voice. "Saturday Night" was produced by Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva, two Italian producers known for a variety of Eurodance projects, who usually worked with vocalists such as Daniella Galli (better known as Dhany), Annerley Gordon (aka Ann Lee) and Sandy Chambers. Another Pignagnoli project, Ally & Jo, featured a similar voice to Whigfield's but different faces in the CD cover and led to the accusations. However, it has been demonstrated on numerous occasions that Whigfield does do her own vocals, whilst touring in Brazil with a live band and being requested to sing live by Neil Fox, a UK DJ.

In October 2007 Whigfield released "All In One", a greatest hits album with past hits being resung with newer, modern beats. The album includes updated versions of "Think Of You", "Gotta Getcha", "Sexy Eyes", "Givin All My Love", "No Tears To Cry", "Was A Time", "Close To You", "Out Of Sight", "Another Day", and of course her biggest hit "Saturday Night". The album also includes 2 brand new songs titled "Right in the Night" and "Rainbow". On December 18, she released her first single in 3 years, "Think of you", which contains mixes from Mathieu Bouthier & Muttonheads and Gabry Ponte. A second single Right In The Night was released in May 2008 which peaked at #4 on the Eurodance.com Interactive Chart. A third singles has been released "Saturday Night (Klm Mixes)" in late 2008 which contains 20 new mixes.

Saturday Night dance

"Saturday Night" is famous for its characteristic associated dance, which has the unusual feature of looping a pattern of five-bar-long steps over an ordinary four-bar cycle of music. The steps are, in order:

• Both arms bent at 90 degrees, elbows held at waist, both pushing to the right then to the left
• Left arm stationary, supporting right elbow, right upper arm twiddles. Then reversed.
• Bend over forwards rolling arms around each other
• Hands on waist, step forwards then backwards
• Four jumps, whilst rotating body gradually clockwise by 90 degrees.

The end of the cycle is marked by a clap on the fourth beat, and leaves the body facing 90 degrees clockwise from the beginning.

Discography

Albums

These are the different track listing over the world of Whigfield's albums including B-sides and megamixes, these are the most common track listings

• Whigfield (1995)

• Whigfield 2 (1997)

• Whigfield 3 (2000)

• Whigfield III - Asian Edition (2001) Asian Release only

• Whigfield 4 (2002)

• Was A Time - The Album (Re-Release of Whigfield 4) (2004)

• All In One (2007)

• All in one special edition 2 cd with remixes 2009

Compilations

• Mega Mixes (1996)

• Super Box - Super Hits (1997) Asia Release only

• Super Box - Remix Collection (1997) Asia Release only

• Whigfield Remixes (1998)

• Greatest Hits (1998) Mexico Release only

• Eurodance (2001) Canada Release only

• Greatest Remix Hits (2003)

• Dance With Whigfield (2004)

• Waiting For Saturday Night - Her Greatest Hits (2004)

• X-Tremely Fun - Workout With Whigfield (2004)

• Whigfield's Complete Greatest Hits (2008)

Singles

Singles released at different times in different countries - these are the main release years

• "Saturday Night" (1994) #1 UK, #1 Ireland, #1 Germany, #1 Italy, #1 Switzerland, #78 Australia
• "Another Day" (1994) #7 UK
• "Think Of You" (1995) #7 UK
• "Close To You" (1995) #13 UK
• "Big Time" (1995) #21 UK
• "Last Christmas" (1995) #21
• "I Want To Love" (1996) - Selected Countries Only
• "Sexy Eyes" (1996) #68 UK, #6 Australia
• "Gimme Gimme" (1996) #14 Australia
• "Baby Boy" (1997)
• "No Tears To Cry" (1997) #99 Australia
• "Givin' All My Love" (1998)
• "Be My Baby" (1999)
• "Doo-Whop" (2000)
• "Much More" (2000)
• "Gotta Getcha" (2002)
• "Amazing & Beautiful" (2002)
• "Saturday Night 2003" (2003)
• "Was A Time" (2004)
• "Think Of You" (2007)
• "Right In The Night" (2008)
• "Saturday Night (KLM Music Remixes)" (2008)

There have been over 35 remixes released of "Saturday Night".

In 2005, Sannie appeared on the Benassi Bros album 'Phobia' writing and singing on two songs, 'Feel Alive' and 'Rocket In The Sky'. Sannie choose to record these under the name Naan, and also used that name to record 'Come A Little Closer' with Malomodo, and 'Yes U R' and some vocals in 'People Of The Night' with European DJ 'Favretto'. Sannie also wrote the lyrics for 'It's Summertime' performed by Spanish singer Katla which was released October, 2005.

Sannie is still currently involved in writing, producing and recording. Most recently she wrote the lyrics for the hit 'Who's Your Daddy' performed by Benny Benassi. 'Feel Alive' was also released in Spring 2006 however the vocals on the single release are performed by Sandy. Also vocals were re-recorded by Dhany for the single release of 'Rocket In The Sky'. She also wrote "Put 'Em Up" for singer Edun, which has gone on to become a major hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart, where it peaked at number 3 in August 2007.

To the date, "Doo Whop" seems to be her last successful song worldwide. It was a hit in many countries like Mexico, Canada and Venezuela, where it was published on some dance music compilations.

The video for "Right In The Night" is currently in airplay and charting on Canada's BPM:TV dance music tv station. (May, 2009)

See also

• Eurodance
• Europop
• Bubblegum pop

References

External links

• Sannie's Official Website
• Sannie's Official MySpace
• Whigfield.tk - "The Official Fansite"
• http://benassi82.skyrock.com/ whigfield french blog
• Whiggle in line video
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Whigfield
• http://WHIGFIELD.blog4ever.com

here is naan's website (whigfield - New Vocal Name) - http://www.myspace.com/naanmusic