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Infobox musical artist|name = Tina Cousins|image = Tina-cousins-Madrid-2008.jpg|caption = Tina Cousins in Madrid , Spain , July 2008|image_size = 220|background = solo_singer|birth_date = birth date and age|df=yes|1974|4|20|origin = Leigh-on-Sea , Essex , England |genre = Electronica , dance-pop , hi-NRG , Dance music|dance , Eurodance , adult contemporary , vocal trance |occupation = Singing|Singer , songwriter , Model (person)|model |years_active = 1997present|label = All Around the World (record label)|All Around The World ( United Kingdom|UK ) (1998 - 2006) Big Records|Big ( Australia ) (1998 - present) Republic Records|Republic ( United States|U.S. ) (1998 - 2002) Sony Music ( United Kingdom|International ) (2010 - Present) |website = http://www.tinacousins.com/ www.tinacousins.com Tina Cousins (born 20 April 1974) is an United Kingdom|English singer-songwriter and former fashion model . She has had five single (music)|singles in the Top 40|Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart , both as a solo (music)|solo musician|artist and in collaboration with others.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= 123 She has also achieved popularity in Australia . She started her career as a model (person)|model . She has co-presented EssexFM 's 2 Smart 4 Drugs roadshow.
Career
Cousins first big break was in the music industry , appearing on Germany|German Disc jockey|DJ / record producer|producer team Sash! 's single " Mysterious Times " in 1998. Before "Mysterious Times", Cousins had released " Killin' Time (Tina Cousins song)|Killin' Time " and " Angel (Tina Cousins song)|Angel " in March and June 1997 respectively.
Following the success of "Mysterious Times", "Killin' Time" was re-issued and it made the Top 20 in the United Kingdom|UK , as did the follow-up " Pray (Tina Cousins song)|Pray ", http://www.thestar.co.uk/doncaster/Pop-singer-Tina-joins-gay.5341193.jp Pop singer Tina joins gay pride line-up, Sheffield Star , June 6, 2009 which also achieved success in the United States|US . Follow-up singles "Forever" and the reissued "Angel" only reached the Top 50. Cousins turned her attention to Australia where the song, "Forever" achieved music recording sales certification|gold sales. "Pray" was also a success in Australia, reaching the Top 10 and becoming her second gold single in the ARIA Charts|ARIA charts where it remained for more than four months.
Whilst in Australia on a promotional concert tour|tour , she sound recording and reproduction|re-recorded her track "Nothing To Fear" and had it remix ed by the Groove Peddlers. This became her third Australian single, and the music video|video was also shot there.
She collaborated again with Sash& #33; on the Top 10 hit "Just Around The Hill" (2000), and joined Billie Piper|Billie , Cleopatra (band)|Cleopatra , B*Witched and Steps (group)|Steps on the track " Thank ABBA for the Music ", a medley (music)|medley of ABBA hits that they performed as a tribute at the BRIT Awards . The single was released and reached the Top 10 in the UK, Republic of Ireland|Ireland , Sweden , Australia and New Zealand .
In 2005, she issued a new single " Wonderful Life (Black song)|Wonderful Life ", which had originally been released in Australia. In 2007, "Wonderful Life" was adopted by Hoyts , as their primary pre-feature theme music . "Wonderful Life" reached #15 in Australia and spent four months in the Top 50, becoming her biggest radio station|radio hit single|hit . The follow-up, "Come to Me", barely cracked the Top 40, as did the album Mastermind (Tina Cousins album)|Mastermind . The third single to be taken from the album, "Pretty Young Thing", was released in two Compact disc|CD formats, one of which was limited to 1000 pressings. The third single performed much better than the previous one, becoming Cousin's sixth Top 20 hit in Australia and the ninth to chart overall.
Cousins divides her time between Australia and the UK, performing regularly. She made a guest appearance on Never Mind the Buzzcocks , a UK television comedy panel show, which was broadcast on 2 November 2006, in the game's Identity Parade.
During late 2006, dance format radio station WMPH became the first US station to put any of Cousin's singles in regular rotation.citation needed|date=January 2009 She co-wrote and performed vocals on two songs on the Main Line album by Netherlands|Dutch group 4 Strings . The track "Curious" became a Top 30 hot dance airplay hit.
Cousins announced on her website that her first solo album Killing Time is to be re-launched as a remix project with tracks from Mastermind . The lead single will be "Everlong".
On 7 March 2009, Cousins announced on her website that a new track had been recorded along with a film clip for a new single called "Can't Hold Back". This song is with Bellatrax and was released in the US and the UK on Michael Gray's Eye Industries record label|label in late summer 2009. In April 2009, Cousins announced that she had recorded a cover version of " Sex on Fire ", originally by the Kings Of Leon . The track was produced by Topham & Twigg and was released on iTunes UK on 2 September. She signed a worldwide deal with Sony Music International in September 2010, and "Sex on Fire" was released worldwide in autumn 2010.
The video for "Sex on Fire" was leaked to YouTube in October 2010. The video is most notable for its explicit scenes. The pop music blog, Popjustice, described it as "another exercise in awful and amazing."cite web|url= http://www.popjustice.com/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=5082& Itemid=265 |title=Popjustice.com |publisher=Popjustice.com |date=2010-10-29 |accessdate=2011-06-01
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Persondata | NAME =Cousins, Tina | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = English people|English singer-songwriter and former fashion model | DATE OF BIRTH =20 April 1974 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Leigh-on-Sea , Essex , England | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Cousins, Tina Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:English female singers Category:English singer-songwriters Category:English dance musicians Category:English pop singers Category:People from Leigh-on-Sea Category:Music in Southend-on-Sea
