Katrina and the Waves is a British - American pop rock band that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997 .
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Katrina and the Waves at a concert in Malmo in 1988. | |
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Genres | Rock music New wave |
Years | 1981-1999 |
A country | Great Britain |
City | Cambridge |
From where | |
Other name | The waves |
Labels | Attic Records , EMI , Capitol Records , SBK Records , Warner Music Group |
Former the participants | Katrina Leskanich, Kimberly Ryu, Vince de la Cruz, Alex Cooper |
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The band was created in Cambridge in 1981 by the guitar player of the band “ Soft Boys ” Kimberley Ryu called “The Ways”. The band also included drummer Alex Cooper and two Americans - guitarist Katrina Leskanich and bass guitarist Vince de la Cruz. Soon, in the role of vocalist of the group, Ryu changed Leskanich, and it was decided to include her name in the name of the group.
In 1983, the musicians signed a contract with the Canadian recording studio "Attic", and in 1983 - with the American company "Capitol". The album Katrina & The Waves released by her was a success both in the USA and in Europe, and the song “ Walking On Sunshine ” recorded on it became a hit, taking eighth place in the British and ninth in the American charts . As a result, the group was nominated for a Grammy Award in the nomination “Best New Artist”. Subsequently, the group signed a contract with the company SBK Records, but the musicians have not achieved much success in the United States.
After returning to the UK in 1997, the group won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Love Shine A Light", which then ranked third in the UK, and second in the Austrian and Norwegian charts. The success of the song helped the musicians sign a contract with Warner and release a new album, Walk On Water. However, in 1999 the team disintegrated, and its members continued their independent speeches.
Discography
- Shock Horror (1983)
- Walking on Sunshine (1983)
- Katrina and the Waves 2 (1984)
- Katrina and the Waves (1985)
- Waves (1986)
- Break of Hearts (1989)
- Pet The Tiger (1991)
- Edge of the Land (1993)
- Turnaround (1994)
- Walk on Water (1997)