Tamia

. A performer with enduring appeal, a new Bonnie Tyler CD is scheduled to be released later in 2004. Notably, Tamia was also nominated for a grammy for the "You Put a Move On My Heart" single. Si Demain, their French version of Total Eclipse of the Heart, was released in January of 2004 and went to No.1 in France and Belgium. Nevertheless, Tamia's popularity has managed to maintain itself despite her relatively lackluster performance on American mainstream radio, so it may only be a matter of time before Tamia becomes a household name. After that her live performances continued to draw large followings but her recordings met with limited market success until 2004 when the young French singer Kareen Antonn approached her to record a duet. So far, they have both performed as successfully on urban radio as any of her previous singles. Neither, however, has crossed over to mainstream radio. In 1984 she had another major success with the single, Holding Out for a Hero.

In 2003, Tamia also released her third album, which has spawned the singles "Officially Missing You" and "Questions". That same year, she again received a Grammy nomination as best Rock Female Vocalist for the song Here She Comes. With the success of that single, and Tamia's appearance in its music video, Tamia's mainstream popuarity grew again. At the 1984 Academy Award show, Tyler's stirring rendition of Total Eclipse brought down the house at what until then had been one of the dullest award shows in history. Most recently, the chorus from Tamia's "So Into You" was sampled and used in Fabolous' 2003 hit, "Into You". The album brought Tyler a 1983 Grammy Award nomination as best Pop Female Vocalist and the song Total Eclipse of the Heart earned her a nomination for best Rock Female Vocalist. Along with Tamia, Brandy, Gladys Knight, and Chaka Khan performed the song, which peacked in the top 30 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart. 1 on the British charts and going on to become a record that is regarded by rock connoisseurs as an operatic masterpiece with its thundering Tchaikovskyesque cannons.

Tamia is also known for her 1996 pop and R&B hit, "Missing You", from the Set It Off soundtrack. The multi-million selling album took the music world by storm, debuting at No. Since then, she has released three albums of her own, the most famous of which was her sophomore album, 2000's A Nu Day. It featured the smash hit "Stranger In My House,", which introduced Tamia to a new audience thanks to its immensely popular dance remix, which received far more radio airplay in America than the original, nu soul-flavored album version. 1 for several weeks. Tamia (born as Tamia Washington on May 9, 1976 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian R&B singer who first debuted in 1996 as a featured vocalist on Quincy Jones' single, "You Put A Move On My Heart.". Her album, Faster Than the Speed of Night proved an international blockbuster and the single Total Eclipse of the Heart written by Jim Steinman topped the charts worldwide, remaining at No. Tamia (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848637/) at the Internet Movie Database. Following this success her ensuing recordings were met with only moderate acceptance but things changed when she signed with CBS Records in 1982.

The Official Tamia Site (http://www.tamiaonline.com/) hosted by Elektra Records. The song It's A Heartache from her second album Natural Force, reached the top 5 in Britain, Europe and in the United States, leading to her first American tour. As it turned out, her next single, where she used all of her husky voice's power, made her an international star. Under doctor's orders not to speak, she did, with the result that her singing voice took on a raspy quality that at first made her believe her singing career was over. Prior to the album's release, Tyler underwent surgery to remove nodules on her vocal chords.

Titled The World Starts Tonight, it met with only modest success but did well enough that she could tour throughout Europe. Her success with Lost In France led Tyler to record her first album in 1977. Over the ensuing decades, the song has become one of the favorites of her fans. The record, that showed the potential of her powerful voice, made it into the top 10 of the British pop music charts after which it was released in Europe where it became an even bigger hit.

Her second single Lost In France, was a whimsical melody with lyrics that demonstrated how seemingly meaningless words on paper can be rich with meaning in song. In 1975 Bonnie Tyler recorded her first single for RCA Records called My My Honeycomb that failed to make the charts. Adopting different stage names until settling on Bonnie Tyler, for nearly a decade she and her band performed at pubs and nightclubs all over South Wales. As a teen, she sang with a group called Bobby Wayne And The Dixies, following which she formed her own band, calling it Imagination.

Born into a large working-class family of six children, her father worked as a miner while her mother, an opera fan, shared her love of music with her children. Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1953 in Skewen, Neath) is a Welsh singer. The World Starts Tonight 1977. It's a Heartache 1978.

Natural Force 1978. Diamond Cut 1979. Goodbye To the Island 1981. Silhouette In Red 1983.

Faster Than the Speed of Night 1983. Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire 1986. Hide Your Heart 1988. Bitterblue 1991.

Angel Heart 1992. Free Spirit 1995. Heart Strings 2003.