Adeva (born Patricia Daniels, born December 13, 1960) is an American singer. She had a string of successful house and R&B hits in the late 1980s to early 1990s, including "Warning!", "I Thank You" and "Respect" (all three of which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart). She began singing professionally in the mid-1980s, releasing the single "In and Out of My Life" in 1988 on Easy Street Records.
Debut album
Immediately after this, she signed with the UK label Cooltempo (a subsidiary of EMI) later in 1988 for UK sales exceeding 300,000 copies. In addition to "Respect", the album contained several other hit singles including "Warning!" and "I Thank You", both of which also reached No. 17 in the UK, becoming part of a trio of similarly placed hit records,
In 1997, Adeva released another album, New Direction, on Distinctive Records, but it was unsuccessful. It was her last album to date, although she was featured on various singles in 2003–04 with other artists, including Radical Noiz and Eric Prydz, who both sampled Adeva's 1988 single "In and out of My Life", which was also sampled by OnePhatDeeva in 1999. She was also featured on the 2004 single "Wish I Never Knew" by the Scandinavian dance act Slippery People.
Discography
Studio albums
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br />
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| GER<br />
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! scope="row"| Adeva!
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- Released: 1989
- Label: Cooltempo/Chrysalis/EMI
| 6 || 14 || 28 || 28 ||
- BPI: Platinum<br>
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- Released: 1995
- Label: Virgin
| — || — || — || — ||
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! scope="row"| New Direction
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- Released: 1997
- Label: Distinct'ive/Avex Trax
| — || — || — || — ||
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| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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Compilation albums
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br />
! width="35"| AUS<br />
! width="35"| BEL<br />(FLA)<br />
! width="35"| FRA<br />
! width="35"| GER<br />
! width="35"| NED<br />
! width="35"| NZ<br />
! width="35"| SWI<br />
! width="35"| US Dance<br />
! width="35"| US R&B<br />
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| rowspan="2"| 1988
! scope="row"| "In and Out of My Life"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| align="left" rowspan="7"| Adeva!
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! scope="row"| "Respect"
| 17 || 150 || 34 || — || — || 17 || 21 || — || — || 21 || 84
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| rowspan="4"| 1989
! scope="row"| "Musical Freedom (Free at Last)" <small>(with Paul Simpson)</small>
| 22 || 151 || — || — || — || 26 || 43 || — || — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "Warning!"
| 17 || 38 || — || — || — || — || 46 || 18 || — || 4 || —
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! scope="row"| "I Thank You"
| 17 || 30 || — || 50 || 38 || 19 || 40 || 46 || — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "Beautiful Love"
| 57 || 109 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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| 1990
! scope="row"| "Treat Me Right"
| 62 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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| rowspan="2"| 1991
! scope="row"| "Ring My Bell" <small>(Vs. Monie Love)</small>
| 20 || 35 || 44 || — || 25 || — || 15 || 13 || 8 || — || —
| align="left" rowspan="6"| Love or Lust?
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! scope="row"| "It Should've Been Me"
| 48 || 83 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || —
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| rowspan="4"| 1992
! scope="row"| "Don't Let It Show on Your Face"
| 34 || 187 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "Independent Woman" <small>(US only)</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 7 || —
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! scope="row"| "Until You Come Back to Me"
| 45 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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! scope="row"| "I'm the One for You"
| 51 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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| 1993
! scope="row"| "Respect '93"
| 65 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| align="left" rowspan="1"| Single only
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| 1996
! scope="row"| "I Thank You '96"
| 37 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| align="left"| Ultimate Adeva
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| rowspan="2"| 1997
! scope="row"| "Where Is the Love? / The Way That You Feel"
| 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| align="left" rowspan="3"| New Direction
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! scope="row"| "Don't Think About It"
| 78 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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| 1998
! scope="row"| "Been Around" <small>(GER only)</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|align="center" colspan="15" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
|}
Collaborations
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! rowspan="2" style="width:28em;"| Single
! colspan="3"| Peak positions
! rowspan="2"| Album
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! width="35"| UK<br />
! width="35"| AUS<br />
