About Nicki french
 

        The British singer Nicki French came from London to the world with her smash hit "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" in 1995. She sings since she was 12, but released her first single at the age of 45! "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", a beautiful dance version of the 80's hit by Bonnie Tyler, topped the charts in many countries worldwide. It peaked at # 2 in the Billboard Hot 100 at the USA, and was also top 5 in the UK. Ms. French also scored# 1 in Brazil with this hit, and conquered the Japanese people. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" was composed by J. Steinman and the Nicki French's version was produced by British producers Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, for Love This Records. 

        Nicki also released a dance version of the hit "For All We Know", first performed by the Carpenters. To attend different people, both "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" and "For All We Know" were released in romantic pop versions. In 1996, one year after the release of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", she released "Is There Anybody Out There". It was composed by her producers Stock and Aitken, and it was her first non-cover song. Followed another dance hit, "Did You Ever Really Love Me". With these songs, all from her debut album "Secrets", Nicki French conquered many eurodance fans worldwide with her beautiful and strong voice. 

        Her second album was entitled "French Revolution", and it contained the song "Te Amo", which was a huge hit in Brazil. It was released in U.K. in 1997. 

        After a long time touring the USA and UK, Nicki French came back in 2000 with "Don't Play That Song Again". This song was choosen to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. It was just # 14 in the competition, and # 34 in UK charts, but it finally gave something new to her fans. Now, rumours say that she is preparing a new album... 

Nicki French Press Biography

        Nicki French, Britain's top female singing export of 1995, who in less than nine months has achieved worldwide sales of over two million singles with her smash hit Total Eclipse Of The Heart, breaks off from her international globe-trotting this month to promote the U.K. release of her latest single, Is There Anybody Out There? The recording is taken from Nicki's imminent debut album Secrets and has been written and produced by the top team of Mike Stock and Matt Aitken.

        Is There Anybody Out There? is another powerful dance/pop ballad delivered in Nicki's belting style, and the record is already filling dance floors around the country ... the club version soared straight into the Record Mirror Club pop Tip Chart at number four. The single released on Mike Stock's Love This Records label (distributed through Pinnacle) on 2 October.

        Nicki French's rise to international recording success has been truly phenomenal. The release of Is There Anybody Out There? comes exactly one year after her electrifying dance version of Total Eclipse Of The Heart - produced by Mike Stock and Matt Aitken - was first released by Love This Records. First time around the single entered only the lower end of the pop charts but, after being re-recorded and subsequently re-issued in January, it became the first smash hit of 1995 by a new artist, reaching number five in the U.K. charts.

        Since then Nicki's recording has become a worldwide smash hit. The single reached number two in the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and has spent six months on the chart there. It also reached number one in Australia, number two in Hong Kong, and has been number two for three weeks in Canada. Total Eclipse is currently climbing the Japanese pop charts where Nicki recently returned from a promotional tour.

        Although Total Eclipse Of The Heart was Nicki's first ever record, she had already been singing in clubs throughout the U.K. for several years beforehand. During the last four years Nicki has gradually built up her own successful solo singing career and her international success has been a dream-come-true. "I've worked hard over the years, performing in hundreds of clubs throughout the UK, and doing backing vocals for loads of other singers, so it's great to finally have some success in my own right," she says.

        "Like every other aspiring pop singer I always hoped that I'd get the chance to make a hit record so when the opportunity came to work with Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, who are Britain's most successful record producers, I jumped at it. The last year has been just tremendous and my feet have hardly touched the ground since the beginning of the year."

        Nicki has now achieved that elusive international recording success and is currently consolidating it with the international release of Did You Ever Really Love Me, her last U.K. single. The leading U.S. music trade magazine Billboard has predicted that Did You Ever Really Love Me will be another huge American hit for Nicki, describing the record as "irresistible" and commenting, "she shines brighter within the context of an original tune that does not solicit perpetual vocal comparisons to another artist".

        Nicki can also look forward to the U.K. release of her debut album Secrets which is already out in the United States and Japan. The album will include Total Eclipse Of The Heart and Is There Anybody Out There?, along with eight other great tracks, ranging from dance-oriented numbers to powerful ballads, all showcasing Nicki's considerable vocal talents, and firmly endorsing the view that she is a pop singer with a very bright recording future.

Nicki French: Is There Anybody Out There?

Released on 2 October 1995 by Love This Records