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Swedish Diva Leana Heats Up Charts Across The Country!
Hit Single 'Dance With A Stranger' Co-Produced and Written
By Top Pop Producer Peter Rafelson (Madonna, The Corrs, Stevie Nicks), Song Was Also #4 in DJ Times, Received An International Dance Music Awards Nomination and Was The Official Song at Stockholm Pride
From her #43* debut for the week ending June 10th, looks like nothing could stop this Swedish Diva from climbing up the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play Chart! With the success from her first single "Dance with a Stranger" Swedish born, Stockholm raised Dance artist Leana steamrolls her way through the charts with her second
single "Faith." Leana continues to conquer the clubbing
world by taking her dance beats to the beautiful islands of Hawaii and is currently heating up the Dance/Crossover
Chart in the islands with her Top 20 hit. Following in the groove intensive, dance-pop footsteps of her fellow countrymen/women and chief musical inspirations Leana found an exciting way to declare that she has Faith In Myself—the name of her debut release on Swedish Diva Records. Last year, she got on the floor to “Dance With A Stranger,” and suddenly her ethereal, inspirational
dance-pop vibe (think Enya and Dido meet Madonna) has become a worldwide sensation.
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The smash single was a #1 Billboard Hot Dance Breakout that became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Dance Chart, peaking at #9. In America, it went Top Ten in the DJ Times and also hit #9 on the Top 100 Dance Hits of 2005 on
Fusion Radio Chicago. The sensual and romantic video, which was directed by Gustavo Garzon for Quentin Tarantino’s production company, is being played at dance clubs nationwide and is in heavy rotation at Footlocker
stores everywhere via Import Sound and Vision.
Internationally, the Swedish Import’s infectious track—
which was co-written and co-produced by top pop
tastemaker and producer Peter Rafelson (well known for Madonna’s “Open Your Heart” and The Corrs’ “Dreams,” among countless hits)—is nominated for Best HiNRG/Euro Track at the International Dance Awards. It was also the Official Song at Stockholm Pride 2005, a gay pride event that is the biggest festival in Sweden. The singer sang “Dance With A Stranger” for a roaring crowd of 20,000 in a city that also happens to be her hometown; since the song was released, Leana has also performed to SRO crowds in L.A.
at hotspots like The Roxy, Key Club and Edgemar in Santa Monica.
For an up and coming independent artist, Leana attracted an incredible array of A-list songwriting and production talent. In addition to Rafelson, Faith In Myself features tracks helmed by Michael Lloyd (“Faith”), who has over 100 platinum albums to his credit, including classics by Barry Manilow, Belinda Carlisle, numerous teen idols and the famed Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Lloyd was the first big producer to approach Leana about recording after he saw her perform one of her regular gigs at L.A.’s elegant Lunaria club.
For more information log onto: Leana.com. |
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