Donna Lewis is a Welsh singer from Cardiff, Wales. She is best known for the 1996 pop hit single "I Love You Always Forever". Lewis teamed up with Richard Marx on the 1997 adult contemporary hit "At the Beginning" for the Anastasia soundtrack. In 1997, Lewis was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Female Artist.

After releasing her second album, Blue Planet, Lewis left Atlantic Records and independently released albums Be Still and In the Pink. Her album Brand New Day was produced by David Torn and featured Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and Dave King.

Biography

There are conflicting accounts online regarding Lewis' birth date. According to her biography on the AllMusic and All About Jazz websites, written by employees of Rovi, and her BBC page, she was born on 6 August 1973. But a simple search of the Free BMD and General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) sites shows that Lewis' birth was indeed registered in Cardiff in 1972 and not in either 1959 or 1973.

Lewis began playing the piano at the age of six. for nine consecutive weeks, The single reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996, and spent 14 weeks in the chart. It helped her debut album, Now in a Minute, to No. 31 in the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and No. 52 in the UK Albums Chart. It was certified platinum in the U.S.

Lewis recorded "At the Beginning" with Richard Marx for the 1997 film Anastasia. Her second LP, Blue Planet (1998), won critical acclaim, but it was largely overlooked by the public. Although it produced a minor hit in continental Europe and Asia, "I Could Be the One", and a U.S. No. 1 dance single, "Love Him", Lewis parted ways with Atlantic Records

Discography

Studio albums

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! scope="row"| Now in a Minute

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  • Release date: 7 May 1996
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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  • MC: Platinum
  • RIAA: Platinum

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! scope="row"| Blue Planet

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  • Release date: 14 July 1998
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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! scope="row"| Be Still

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  • Release date: 15 June 2002
  • Label: Peruzzi Music
  • Formats: CD, cassette

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! scope="row"| In the Pink

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  • Release date: 1 April 2008
  • Label: Peruzzi Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download

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! scope="row"| Brand New Day

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  • Release date: 10 March 2015
  • Label: Palmetto
  • Formats: CD, digital download

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! scope="row"| Rooms with a View <small> with Holmes Ives</small>

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  • Release date: 26 April 2024
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download

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Singles

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! scope="row"| "I Love You Always Forever"

| rowspan="2"| 1996

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  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • RIAA: Gold

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| Now in a Minute

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! scope="row"| "Without Love"

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! scope="row"| "Mother"

| rowspan="4"| 1997

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! scope="row"| "Fool's Paradise"

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! scope="row"| "Love & Affection"

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! scope="row"| "At the Beginning"<br />

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| style="text-align:left;"| Anastasia <small>(soundtrack)</small>

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! scope="row"| "I Could Be the One"

| rowspan="2"| 1998

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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Blue Planet

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! scope="row"| "Love Him"

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! scope="row"| "Falling"

| 1999

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! scope="row"| "Shout"

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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| In the Pink

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! scope="row"| "You to Me"

| 2008

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! scope="row"| "Summertime"

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! scope="row"| "You and I"

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| Project 46 and DubVision

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Collaborations

  • The Seduction of Claude Debussy – Art of Noise [guest vocalist] (2000)
  • Take Me Over – Dino Lenny [guest vocalist] (2001)
  • When the Rain Comes Down – [guest vocalist] (2001)
  • Dancing Angel – Ryan Farish [guest vocalist] (2010)
  • Chute (EP) – [lead singer] (2010)
  • "Running Up That Hill" – David Baron [vocals] (2019)
  • "Distance" - Michael Whalen [vocals] (2022)

Awards and nominations

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| rowspan=4|1997

| American Music Awards

| rowspan=2|Herself

| Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist

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| Brit Awards

| British Female Solo Artist

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| RSH Gold Awards

| rowspan=3|"I Love You Always Forever"

| Airplay Hit of the Year

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| rowspan=2|ASCAP Pop Music Awards

| rowspan=2|Most Performed Song

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See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References

  • Official website