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Infobox musical artist|image =|name = Tanita Tikaram|background = solo_singer|birth_date = birth date and age|df=y|1969|8|12|birth_place = Münster , Germany |origin =|genre = Pop music|Pop , Folk music|folk |occupation = Singer-songwriter |instrument = Guitar , piano |years_active = 1988& ndash;present|label = Reprise Records|Reprise , Naïve|website = http://www.tanita-tikaram.com/ Tanita-Tikaram.com Tanita Tikaram (born 12 August 1969, Münster , Germany) is a United Kingdom|British pop music|pop / folk music|folk singer-songwriter , best known for the hit record|hits " Twist in My Sobriety " and " Good Tradition " from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart .
Background
Tikaram was born in Münster, Germany, the daughter of a Malaysia n mother, Fatimah Rohani, and an Indo-Fijian father, Pramod Tikaram. Her father's military career meant that she spent her early life in Germany before moving to Basingstoke in Hampshire , England when she was in her early teens. She is the younger sister of actor Ramon Tikaram and the great-niece of Moti Tikaram|Sir Moti Tikaram , who was the first LordChiefJustice of an independent Fiji and the world's longest-serving national ombudsman.Citation needed|date=February 2009 She studied GCE Advanced Level in the United Kingdom|A-level politics, sociology and English at Queen Mary's College , Basingstoke: her final grades were AAB.Citation needed|date=January 2012 She had a place at Manchester University to study English and American literature but left in order to follow her musical career.Citation needed|date=January 2012
Career
Tikaram started singing in nightclubs while she was still a teenager and came to the attention of Warner Bros. Records|WEA Records . Her debut album, Ancient Heart , produced by Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke , was released in September 1988 when she was 19 years old. The album peaked at Number 3 in the United Kingdom, where it was certified Double Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry . It also became an international hit and led to a world concert tour . The singles "Good Tradition" and "Twist In My Sobriety" were Top 10 hits in Europe, the latter accompanied by an award-winning sepia coloured music video|video set in a rural village in the Bolivia n Altiplano and directed by Gerard de Thame. The track was covered by Liza Minnelli for her 1989 album Results (album)|Results , produced by the Pet Shop Boys .
Tikaram's second album, The Sweet Keeper , was released in 1990. While it also peaked at Number 3 in the UK, it was less successful than her debut, earning just a Gold disc. No singles from the album were Top 40 hits. '' Everybody's Angel followed in 1991, with Jennifer Warnes providing human voice|vocals on two tracks, including the lead single " Only The Ones We Love ". On this album, Tikaram also co-produced for the first time. The album was less successful than her previous releases, peaking at Number 19 in the UK.
1992 saw the release of Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness . On this album she ceased collaborating with Argent and Van Hooke and produced the album entirely by herself. It was her worst seller yet, not charting at all in the UK.
In 1995, she released Lovers in the City , which she co-produced with Thomas Newman . Again, the album was a commercial failure and in 1996 her contract with WEA was ended with the release of a best of compilation album|compilation . She then signed to Mother Records. In 1998 she released The Cappuccino Songs , which was produced by Marco Sabiu . Again, commercial success eluded her, despite one of the singles off the album, " I Don't Wanna Lose At Love ", being remixed by the Asian Dub Foundation . She then retired from the music scene for several years.
In 2005, Tikaram released her latest album, Sentimental (album)|Sentimental . The album, which features two collaborations with Nick Lowe , was released on the French record label|label , Naïve Records.
Tikaram began recording her eighth studio album in 2010 in Los Angeles , California . Despite releasing two "teasers" from the album on her website in June 2011,cite web|title=Tanita Tikaram Blog: Album Teaser|url= http://tanitatikaramblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/album-teaser.html the album has still not been released. She played some "acoustic sessions" live dates in Europe from September to November 2011, her first tour in 10 years.
Tikaram's eighth studio album, ''Can't Go Back , is expected to be released on 26 June 2012. The first single, "Dust On My Shoes", was released digitally on 11 May 2012.
Discography
Albums
Ancient Heart (1988) UK Albums Chart|UK #3, Billboard 200|US #59
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (album)|Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (1992)
Lovers in the City (1995) UK #75
The Best of Tanita Tikaram (1996) - compilation album|compilation
The Cappuccino Songs (1998) UK #69
Sentimental (album)|Sentimental (2005)cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | pages= 559/560
Harmony vocals for the 1989 self-titled third album by Brendan Croker and the Five O'Clock Shadows.
Cover version of Elvis Presley 's 1957 " Loving You (Elvis Presley song)|Loving You ", included in the 1990 tribute album The Last Temptation of Elvis .
Vocals for the 1990 Mark Isham album Mark Isham ; he covers her A-side and B-side|B-side "I Never Will Know".
Vocals for the 1991 Nanci Griffith album Late Night Grande Hotel .
Musician for the 1997 Moodswings (band)|Moodswings collaboration, Psychedelicatessen , and also sang vocals on the song "Redemption Song (Oh Happy Day)".
Adaptation of " Not Waving But Drowning. "
Film
Producer of the Jared Katsiane documentary drama Solace , also known as http://www.everydayisnew.com/ Everyday Is New (similar to a track on her album Sentimental ), released 2005.
"Twist in my Sobriety" features in the film, Bandits (film)|Bandits ( Bruce Willis and Cate Blanchett on the beach scene)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.tanita-tikaram.com/ Official website ( English language )
IMDb name|1138373
Tanita Tikaram Persondata | NAME =Tikaram, Tanita | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =12 August 1969 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Tikaram, Tanita Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Indo-Fijian people Category:British people of Indo-Fijian descent Category:British people of Malaysian descent Category:British people of Fijian descent Category:German emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:British expatriates in France Category:British female singers Category:British songwriters Category:People from Münster Category:People from Basingstoke
