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Infobox musical artist|image = |image_size =|name = Tasmin Archer|caption =|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Tasmin Archer|birth_date = Birth date and age|1963|8|3|df=y|death_date =|origin = Bradford , Yorkshire , England |genre = Pop music|Pop , Rock music|Rock |years_active = 1992& ndash;present|label = EMI , Quiverdisc |website = http://www.tasminarcher.net/ TasminArcher.net Tasmin Archer (born 3 August 1963) is an English people|English Pop music|pop singer. Her first album , Great Expectations , spawned the hit " Sleeping Satellite " which reached number one in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland|Ireland .
Biography
Archer was born in, Bradford , Yorkshire . She first worked as a sewing machine operator and joined a group called 'Dignity' as a backing vocalist . Later, after acquiring secretarial skills, she became a clerk at Leeds Magistrates' Court.
She helped out at a recording studio in Bradford called Flexible Response, and subsequently began working with musicians John Hughes and John Beck (musician)|John Beck . Archer signed to EMI in 1990, and released her first Single (music)|single , "Sleeping Satellite" in August 1992, which went to #1 in the UK Singles Chart .& Albums">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 | page= 27 The single also enjoyed minor success in the U.S. where it peaked at #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 . http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/tasmin-archer/chart-history/29897? f=379& g=Singles Billboard.com (Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite) The album Great Expectations followed in October 1992, reaching #8 in the UK Albums Chart ,& Albums"/> and achieved Music recording sales certification|gold disc status by December for sales of more than 100,000 copies. Further singles from the album followed, and although they were Top 40 hits in the UK, they did not achieve the same level of success as her début. In 1993, Archer won a BRIT Awards|BRIT Award for the Best British Breakthrough Act. However, later she joked that she kept her award in the back of her kitchen cupboard, and claimed that she used it for cracking nuts and tenderising steak.Citation needed|date=June 2011 After disappearing from the limelight, Archer reappeared in 1996 with her second album Bloom . However, the single "One More Good Night With The Boys" failed to reach the UK Top 40, and the album failed to chart at all. In late 1997, disagreements with EMI left Archer somewhat disillusioned and feeling like she had been treated as a commodity. She decided to take a short break from the industry.cite book|title=Bradford's Own|last=Lister|first=Derek A J|publisher=Sutton Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-7509-3826-9 After two years she felt the time was right to start writing again but was hindered by writer's block. Although this did not prevent her from being initially creative she found it difficult to finish anything musically.Citation needed|date=June 2011 However, she did not let this stop her from expressing her creativity in other ways, and she began painting and moulding clay. It was also during this time that her love of Sunderland A.F.C. blossomed, buying a season-ticket with her Sunderland born musician partner John Hughes in 1999, after falling in love with the team when taken to her first match in the late 1980s. She retains her ticket to this day. http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx? SectionID=4182& ArticleID=1776923 Yorkshiretoday.co.uk
After working through the block and starting in 2002, she and Hughes worked on a new album. Initially this was going to be titled 'Non Linear', but later became ON . Several Demo (music)|demo versions of the songs from this album were available for free from the messagetothemagnet website, which was created for the purpose. People were encouraged to send feedback on the material.
ON was released on 25 September 2006 on Archer's own label, Quiverdisc . It was preceded on 20September by a download only single, "Every Time I Want It (Effect is Monotony)", a radio edit of the album track "Effect is Monotony".
Discography
Singles
" Sleeping Satellite " (1992) #1 UK Singles Chart|UK , #1 IRL, #32 US, #12 GER, #14 AUS
" In your care|In Your Care " (1993) #16 UK
" Lords of the New Church (song)|Lords of the New Church " (1993) #26 UK
" Arienne " (1993) #30 UK
" Shipbuilding (song)|Shipbuilding " (EP) (1994) #40 UK
"Somebody's Daughter" (Germany Only Release) #57 GER
Persondata | NAME = Archer, Tasmin | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = English people|English pop music|pop singing|singer | DATE OF BIRTH = 3 August 1963 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Bradford , Yorkshire , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Tasmin Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:English female singers Category:English pop singers Category:English songwriters Category:Musicians from Bradford Category:Brit Award winners
