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Cascada (, notice how Natalie Horler pronounced it. Ados.fr. Retrieved December 22 , 2007, notice how Natalie Horler pronounced it. Toazted. Retrieved December 22, 2007)) is a German Eurodance act founded in 2004. Cascada is a group of three musicians: Natalie Horler , DJ Manian , and Yann Peifer . They are widely considered one of the leaders in popularising Eurodance in the U.S. and in recent years worldwide, aiding in the transition to a more electro-pop oriented mainstream sound. They are best known for their hit singles " Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch ", " What Hurts the Most ", and " Evacuate the Dancefloor ". Cascada has sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have an estimated 15 million digital downloads, their most successful album being their debut and most successful song being "Evacuate the Dancefloor", which went platinum in the U.S..

Music career

Early years (2004–2005)

When Natalie Horler was 17, she was doing studio work for various DJs. Eventually she met Yanou and DJ Manian. Originally, they released music under the name Cascade, but due to Kaskade , another artist with a similar name, threatening legal action, they changed it to Cascada.. Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2008. They simultaneously released music under the names of Siria and Akira as well, but ended those projects due to the success of Cascada. Under Andorfine Records, they produced their debut and hit single, "Miracle", and its follow-up, " Bad Boy (Cascada song)|Bad Boy ", in Germany.. Andorfine Records. Retrieved February 29, 2008. This caught the attention of the American dance label Robbins Entertainment . They negotiated a contract and "Miracle" was released in 2004. However, it did not attract much attention, so Cascada offered them "Everytime We Touch".

Everytime We Touch (2005–2007)

Cascada experienced mainstream success in the United Kingdom and the United States almost a year after releasing their second American single, " Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch ", which interpolates the chorus of a 1992 Maggie Reilly Everytime We Touch (Maggie Reilly song)|song of the same name .. Completealbumlyrics.com. Retrieved April 7, 2008.. Metrolyrics.com. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
The song gained platinum and gold certifications across the globe, being certified platinum by the RIAA .. RIAA. Retrieved March 1, 2008.. Cascada.jp. Retrieved February 1, 2008. Soon after the popularity of the single skyrocketed, an album was recorded and released in a matter of months,. Ados.fr. Retrieved February 28, 2008. and a music video for "Everytime We Touch" was also distributed for promotion.. Robbins Entertainment. Retrieved April 7, 2008.

A total of eight singles were released from the album, four of which have been released in the United Kingdom: " Everytime We Touch (Cascada song)|Everytime We Touch ", " Truly Madly Deeply " (originally by Savage Garden )," Miracle (Cascada song)|Miracle " and "A Neverending Dream" (originally by X-Perience )all of which gained top 10 status apart from "A Neverending Dream", which charted at #46.. All Around the World. Retrieved February 28, 2008. The U.S. saw the re-release of "Miracle" shortly after "Everytime We Touch"'s breakthrough, receiving high radio rotation and reaching the lower ends of the U.S. charts.. Billboard (magazine)|Billboard . Retrieved March 10, 2011. Their album Everytime We Touch (album)|Everytime We Touch has experienced success in the UK Album chart where it remained up in the top forty for twenty-four weeks, peaking at #2.. All Around the World. Retrieved February 28, 2008.. Cascadamusic.co.uk. Retrieved August 20, 2007. The album experienced success on the U.S. charts as well.. MTV. Retrieved March 2, 2008. The success of the album gained them two World Music Awards|World Music Award nominations, winning them World's Best-Selling German Artist.. Billboard. Retrieved March 2, 2008. Additionally, the album has sold over 5 million copies world-wide.

Perfect Day (2007–2009)

Natalie Horler first announced that Cascada were working on their second album during a Japanese interview, which was posted on their blog on MySpace .. Barks Global Music Explorer. Retrieved February 28, 2008. There are a few cover songs on the album, most notably Avril Lavigne 's " Sk8er Boi ", Pink (singer)|P!nk 's " Just Like A Pill ", Patti Smith 's " Because the Night ", and the Rascal Flatts ' song " What Hurts the Most ", as well as two tracks, "Endless Summer" and "I Will Believe It" that were previously recorded by Natalie Horler and DJ Manian under the discontinued Siria name.. HMV. Retrieved February 28, 2008. However, the U.S. release replaced the Siria songs,. Marian Records. Retrieved February 28, 2008. P!nk, and Avril Lavigne covers with three newer tracks, because they did not have the North American Rights. Two of these songs were “Faded”, a cover of a Kate DeAraugo song, and “Holiday”, a cover of a Jenny May song.. Robbins Entertainment. Retrieved February 28, 2008. The sophomore effort was released at the end of 2007 in the UK, and several parts of Northern Europe.. Toazted. Retrieved February 28, 2008. Perfect Day (Cascada album)|Perfect Day was released to the remaining markets, in the first quarter of 2008, with the U.S. release being the last.. Robbins Entertainment. Retrieved February 28, 2008. Natalie, also, stated in a French Interview, before the release, that she would take a hand in writing parts of the album.. Ados.fr. Retrieved February 28, 2008. However, none of the final tracks on the album were written by her.. Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2008.

The world-wide lead single, "What Hurts the Most", was released in late 2007 and early 2008, along with its B-side, a cover of Wham! 's " Last Christmas ".. Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2008. The single had high success, reaching the top tier in most countries.. acharts. Retrieved February 28, 2008. The U.K. and German follow-up to "What Hurts the Most", is " What Do You Want from Me? (Cascada song)|What Do You Want From Me? ",. All Around the World. Retrieved February 26 , 2008.. Zooland Records. Retrieved February 2 . originally thought to be called "Tell Me Why".. Cascada Music UK. Retrieved March 2, 2008. The third release from the album in the UK and Germany was “Because the Night”.. Zooland Records. Retrieved May 27 , 2008.. All Around the World. Retrieved May 27, 2008. The United States instead received both "Faded" and "Perfect Day" as singles, however each of these releases received little airplay outside of the dance-radio circuit.

Evacuate The Dancefloor (2009–2010)

June 29, 2009, " Evacuate the Dancefloor " was released in the UK. The release, just after the death of Michael Jackson , was expected to chart within the top ten, underneath a plethora of the deceased King of Pop's former hits, due to a resurgence of sales after the tragic news. To the surprise of many, the single debuted at #1, over Jackson's " Man in the Mirror ". The song went on to achieve top five success in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand, as well as top ten success in many more. The song slowly rose on the US chart after a late September release, eventually reaching a peak of 25 after a seventeen week climb, becoming the group's second top-forty hit. The song has become a club staple, used in many dance-oriented video games, and even nominated for an MTV Video Music Award . The album, aptly named Evacuate the Dancefloor (album)|Evacuate the Dancefloor , was released a week later on July 6 in the UK and Germany. The album continued Cascada's progression into electro-pop, the change was welcomed by mainstream audiences and fans, yet many fans still remorsed the euro-pop feel, which some felt was integral to the Cascada project. The album itself did not mirror the success of the single, yet did chart in the top ten of many territories, including the UK. However, the album did not have lasting sales and quickly fell out of the charts. " Dangerous (Cascada Song)|Dangerous " and " Fever (Cascada song)|Fever " were follow-up singles released from the album, the former in the UK, and the latter in the US, Australia, and the rest of Europe, neither experiencing success in terms of radio spins, digital, or physical sales. Nevertheless, the group toured extensively to promote the album, even opening for Britney Spears during a stop in Germany.

Original Me and Leaving Robbins Ent. (2010–2011)

Taking note of the criticism their previous album received, mainly the lack of cohesiveness linking the album as a whole, Cascada decided to experiment with a new release strategy, planning to produce and release different singles and then attempting to bind them all into an album. A new single " Pyromania (song)|Pyromania " was released in 2010, continuing their new electro-pop sound. A second single, " Night Nurse (song)|Night Nurse ", was the released along with a music video featuring Natalie in full body paint of various colors in many scenes. This song never got a commercial release up until a year later on December 16, 2011 when it got an exclusive release in the U.S., but was featured on a compilation CD in the UK.

A new song titled "Enemy" was featured in a documentary, and there were talks of the group wrapping up production and presentation meetings of their next album. On the weekend of March 26, Cascada shot two music videos for upcoming singles " San Francisco (Cascada song)|San Francisco " and "Au Revoir". Both videos were directed by Lisa Mann and choreographed by Luther Brown. http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-tv-media-fashion-Cascada-Music-Video-Casting-W0QQAdIdZ268188712 The new single "San Francisco" was released on 6 June 2011 and the album Original Me was released on 19 June 2011 (UK) digitally.
Since the release of 'Original Me' in the UK, dance music website, Total Dance Music named it the album of the year for 2011.
On July 8, the music video for "Au Revoir" premiered exclusively on Clubland TV in the UK.

Natalie Horler recently posed for Playboy Deutschland in July 2011, to mixed reactions from fans and critics.

On August 19, 2011, Cascada's U.S. Label " Robbins Entertainment " announced on their forum and their Twitter account that they would not be releasing Original Me in the United States for unannounced reasons. http://twitter.com/#!/Robbins_Ent

On September 1, 2011, Robbins Entertainment announced on their message board that Cascada and Robbins have amicably parted ways, and Cascada were released from the label, citing creative differences as the reason for their departure. It was also announced that Original Me would still be released, under their Zooland label.
San Francisco was the groups first release onto US iTunes on November 4, 2011 through Zooland Records. Au Revoir was also released in the US on November 15th 2011. Original Me was released in the US on November 29, 2011. Night Nurse was also released as a US only single on December 16, 2011 along with every other song from Original Me released as a single, and Pyromania being re-released.

Deutschland sucht den Superstar and New Single (2012)

On January 7, 2012, Natalie joined the judging panel of season 9 of German singing contest Deutschland sucht den Superstar . http://www.rtl.de/cms/sendungen/superstar/dsds-news/die-zwei-neuen-in-der-dsds-jury-2012-bruce-darnell-und-natalie-horler-1a89e-918a-85-880111.html In a recent German interview, Natalie mentioned that a new single is planned for 2012. On 2 February 2012, Natalie Horler had mentioned on her Facebook page "was in the studio with yann last week and today recording new cascada track!!& #33; all nattyratties, including our ever loyal dance crazy ratsters, are gonna love loVE LOVE it!!& #33; xx nat" This leads many people to believe of another genre change. http://www.facebook.com/cascadamusic http://www.klatsch-tratsch.de/2012/01/02/dsds-jurorin-natalie-horler-ich-bin-strenger-als-ich-dachte/99831

Discography

2006: Everytime We Touch (album)|Everytime We Touch

2007: Perfect Day (Cascada album)|Perfect Day

2009: Evacuate the Dancefloor (album)|Evacuate the Dancefloor

2011: Original Me

2012: Midnight Sun

Tours

2007: List of Cascada UK Tours|Everytime We Touch Tour

2008: List of Cascada UK Tours|Clubland Live Tour

2008: List of Cascada UK Tours|Perfect Day Tour

2009: List of Cascada UK Tours|Clubland Live Tour

2011: List of Cascada UK Tours|Original Me Tour

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