Ida Corr

Ida Corr (born 14 March 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.

Ida Corr
Ida Corr performing in Bucharest, Romania in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Ida Corr
Born	(1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 Aarhus, Denmark
Genres	Pop, Soul, R&B, Dance-pop, House
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1991 – present
Labels	Warner Music, Lifted House, Kick Music
Associated acts	Fedde le Grand, Oliver Heldens, Camille Jones, Kato, Shaggy, Fatman Scoop

Career

At the age of 14 Corr won the first Danish Children Songcontest (Børne Melodi Grand Prix "MGP"). As a young adult she started singing background on tours and in the studio for Danish artists such as Gnags, Sanne Salomonsen, Thomas Helmig and Rasmus Nøhr.[1]

In 2002 Ida became known to the Danish public as a member of the short-lived girlgroup Sha Li Mar, consisting of Christina Undhjem, Engelina and Ida herself. The group regularly performed on the prime time television show Venner for livet (literally "Friends for life"). They released a self-titled album in the same year.[2] In 2004 Corr collaborated with house producer Morten Trust on "I Put My Faith in You", a moderately popular dance hit.

Ida rose to fame in her native Denmark in 2005 with the release of her debut album Streetdiva and in 2006 with her follow-up album Robosoul. After creating a special song with Dutch DJ Fedde le Grand as part of the Live Earth set of international music concerts, her popularity began to spread outside of her homeland. The song, entitled "Mirror 07-07-07", was played at exactly seven minutes past the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007. In 2007 she received exposure in the Netherlands due to her second collaboration with Fedde le Grand, and her most recent self-written single, remixed by Fedde le Grand, "Let Me Think About It", spread to wider Europe quickly. It is the best-selling single outside Denmark from a Danish singer since the Danish bands Aqua and Infernal. In 2008 Ida released the compilation album One in Scandinavia. The single "Let Me Think About It" continued its success and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay. Though the single peaked only at number 14 on the German Single Charts, it stayed for 40 weeks there in 2008, which resulted in being the track staying the longest in the German Top 100 in 2008.[3] One was released in the United States on 26 August 2008 as the first release on the newly founded label Ministry of Sound America. A release in Russia and Germany followed quickly afterwards.

Ida Corr was also member of the band called SugaRush Beat Company that performed on Later... with Jools Holland in 2008, with a debut album being released in September 2008. Other members of the London-based group were Australian-born producer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Jarrad 'Jaz' Rogers and US soul singer-songwriter Rahsaan Patterson.[4]

In January 2009 Ida received an award for Best-Selling-Artist from Denmark selling music in Europe at the European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen[5] In April 2009 Corr released a music video to "Ride My Tempo" simultaneously to a single release in Germany.[6] A month later a new single for Scandinavia, called "Time", premiered to Danish radios, taken from her fourth album, Under The Sun.[7] The leading single from the album became "I Want You". A musicvideo, however, was only shot for the "Jason Gault Mix". In December the title song, "Under The Sun", which features guest vocals by Jamaican singer Shaggy, was released as a single. On 16 December 2009, Ida participated at one of the Climate Change concerts in Copenhagen. Alongside Simon Mathew she performed their duet "Illusion", which was written for the World Wide Fund for Nature Climate campaign.

In January 2011 Ida collaborated with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson on the Danish-language dance single "Sjus". The song debuted at number 1 on the Danish Single charts.[8] Corr was fascinated by the experience of singing in her native language, so she decided to release another Danish single. The result was her first Danish-language solo single, "Musen Efter Katten".[9] At the same time Corr released the worldwide English-language single "What Goes Around Comes Around", with an accompanying musicvideo.[10]

In spring 2012 a new collaboration between British DJ-duo Bimbo Jones and Ida was published worldwide: "See You Later" was originally an instrumental track called "Questions".[11] Another single called "Naughty Girl" was released, both in a Danish and English version.[12] On 20 August 2012, it was announced that Corr would replace Pernille Rosendahl as a judge for the sixth season of the Danish version of X Factor alongside Thomas Blachman and fellow new judge Anne Linnet.[13] In November 2012 "Tonight I'm Your DJ", featuring Fatman Scoop, was released as a worldwide single, an English version of "Musen Efter Katten".[14] The single was taken off the compilation album Singled Out.[15] For unknown reasons, Corr did not return for the seventh season and was replaced by Lina Rafn.

Discography

Main article: Ida Corr discography

• Streetdiva (2005)
• Robosoul (2006)
• Under the Sun (2009)
• Corr Values (2013)

Awards and nominations

	Award Show	Award	Title	Result
2006	Danish Music Awards	Best Danish Urban Release[16]	Street Diva	Nominated
2008	Danish Deejay Awards	Danish Artist of the Year[17]	Herself	Nominated
		Danish Deejay-Favourite	"Let Me Think About It”	Won
		Dancechart.dk Award		Won
	P3 Guld Awards	Listener's Favourite Hit[18]		Nominated
	Zulu Awards	Best Danish Hit[19]		Nominated
		Best Danish Female singer	Herself	Nominated
	International Dance Music Awards	Best Breaks/Electro Track[20]	"Let Me Think About It”	Nominated
2009	European Border Breakers Awards	Best Selling Danish Artist in Europe[21]	Herself	Won
	African Achievement Awards	Best African Artist[22]		Won
2012	Danish Deejay Awards	The Voice Clubbing-Award[23]	"Sjus" (with Kato, Camille Jones & Johnson)	Won
		DK-Award[23]		Won
		Dancechart.dk Award[23]		Won
		Danish Deejay-Favourite[24]		Nominated
2014	Scandipop Awards	Best Female Album[25]	Corr Values	Nominated

References

1. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine on DJz.dk.
2. on musiklinien.dk.
3. "Jahresende 2008". Germanchartblog.blogspot.de. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
4. "SugaRushBeat Company interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' March 2008". Bluesandsoul.com. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
5. ec.europa.eu "European Border Breakers Awards".
6. Track list Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine on Djshop.
7. "Danish Dancehit is back" on kpn.dk.
8. KATO FEAT. IDA CORR, CAMILLE JONES & JOHNSON – SJUS (SONG), on danishcharts.dk.
9. "Musen Efter Katten" Archived 7 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine on mayavinagency.com.
10. "Die Tanze brennt!" Archived 21 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine on energy.de.
11. "Song Of The Day" on notabledance.com.
12. "Naughty Girl" on scandipop.co.uk.
13. "Ida Corr: Jeg bliver den søde dommer" on dr.dk.
14. "Tonight I'm Your DJ" on itunes.com.
15. "Singled Out" (with Tracklist) on houseblogger.de.
16. Af Ole Rosenstand Svidt. "Danish Music Awards – i aften går det løs – Nyhed". Gaffa.Dk. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
18. Af John Fogde (28 November 2007). "P3 offentliggør P3 Guld-nomineringer – Nyhed". Gaffa.Dk. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
19. "Anders Fogh nomineret til Zulu Award – TV 2 Vip". Vip-dyn.tv2.dk. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
20. "23rd Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winners". Dancemusic.about.com. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
21. AF Astrid Søndberg (31 October 2011). "Ida Corr og Alphabeat får EUs musikpris". Politiken (in Danish). Retrieved 5 November 2011.
23. "Komplet vinderliste fra DDJA 2012". ddja.dk. 9 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
24. "DDJA nominerede". ddja.dk. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
25. https://www.scandipop.co.uk/the-2014-scandipop-awards-the-winners/