Ida Corr

Biography

Ida Corr (born 14 March 1977) is a Danish singer, songwriter and music producer of Gambian descent.

Early life

Ida Corr was born on 14 March 1977 to a Danish mother and a Gambian father in Aarhus, Denmark. Her father was a musician. She started drumming at the age of six, and by her ninth birthday she had formed a band, performing soul classics by James Brown and Aretha Franklin on the streets of her city.

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.
In 2002 Corr became known to the Danish public as a member of the short-lived girlgroup Sha Li Mar, consisting of Christina Undhjem, Engelina and Corr 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. In 2004 Corr collaborated with house producer Morten Trust on "I Put My Faith in You", a moderately popular dance hit.
Corr rose to fame in her native Denmark in 2005 with the release of her debut album Streetdiva×Streetdiva18 April 2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Mad5:082Country Girl3:023Could This Be Love3:024Hang Over Time3:505Make Them Beg3:286Party3:587U Make Me Wanna3:048King of Misery3:449Hey U3:2110Mr. JB4:1311Quiet3:2912Lulleby4:05 and in 2006 with her follow-up album Robosoul×Robosoul11 October 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1I Don't Mind2:532I'm Your Lady3:223Let Me Think About It3:414Favourite Kind of Sad3:575Lonely Girl3:106Late Night Bimbo2:037Hurry Up and Wait2:558Man for Me3:249Do U Believe?4:0410Superficial Man3:4611Brrr3:1712U5:09.
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 Corr 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×Let Me Think About ItMay 2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Let Me Think About It (Fedde Le Grand club mix)5:442Let Me Think About It (Fedde Le Grand radio edit)3:233Let Me Think About It (Funkerman remix)5:554Let Me Think About It (Gregor Salto / DJ Madskilz remix)7:085Let Me Think About It (MBK extended mix)5:186Let Me Think About It (MBK radio edit)3:297Let Me Think About It (Sidelman remix)5:528Let Me Think About It3:40", 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 Corr 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. 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.
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.
In January 2009 Corr received an award for the best selling Danish artist selling music in Europe at the European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen.
In April 2009 Corr released a music video to "Ride My Tempo" simultaneously to a single release in Germany. A month later a new single for Scandinavia, called "Time", premiered on Danish radio, taken from her fourth album, Under The Sun×Under the Sun31 August 2009 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Bring the Beat Back2:452Time1:503Under the Sun3:574Ladidadi2:415I Want You2:466I Don't Wanna3:517In the Name of Love3:548Fruitstore2:509Raindrops3:4110I Do2:4611Take It Back2:4112Relatively4:13.
The leading single from the album became "I Want You×I Want You1 October 2009 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1I Want You (Jason Gault remix edit)2:582I Want You (Funkerman remix edit)3:133I Want You (David Loi mix)3:114I Want You (Jason Gault remix)5:015I Want You (Funkerman remix)6:216I Want You (Schwarz & Funk’s Back to Beach remix)8:107I Want You (T.R.Z. remix)7:568I Want You (Electronative club mix)5:089I Want You (Gregg Morrish remix)9:0310I Want You (Jay Adams remix)7:1011I Want You (Tmgk remix)6:2612I Want You2:49". 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, Corr 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 Corr 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. 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". At the same time Corr released the worldwide English-language single "What Goes Around Comes Around×What Goes Around Comes Around20 January 2012 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1What Goes Around Comes Around (radio version)2:582What Goes Around Comes Around (club version)5:243What Goes Around Comes Around (dub mix)5:254What Goes Around Comes Around (instrumental)2:585What Goes Around Comes Around (Adrian Sina remix edit)3:096What Goes Around Comes Around (Adrian Sina remix)4:497What Goes Around Comes Around (Steve More club mix)8:028What Goes Around Comes Around (Steve More radio edit)3:389What Goes Around Comes Around (club Junkies club mix)5:3510What Goes Around Comes Around (club Junkies radio edit)3:0411What Goes Around Comes Around (Deeper People remix)5:50", with an accompanying musicvideo.
In spring 2012 a new collaboration between British DJ-duo Bimbo Jones and Corr was published worldwide. "See You Later" was originally an instrumental track called "Questions". Another single called "Naughty Girl" was released, both in a Danish and English version. 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. In November 2012 "Tonight I'm Your DJ", featuring Fatman Scoop, was released as a worldwide single, an English version of "Musen Efter Katten". The single was taken off the compilation album Singled Out×Singled Out7 December 2012 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Tonight I'm Your DJ3:382Naughty Girl (Bodybangers remix edit)3:393What Goes Around Comes Around (radio version)2:574Give It to Me2:585Let Me Think About It2:326See You Later (radio edit)2:517Under the Sun3:258In the Name of Love3:349My Friend (short edit)3:3910Time (radio edit)3:3411I Want You2:5712Star3:3513When the Love Is Gone3:5214Sjus (Kato edit)3:5315Ride My Tempo3:15. For unknown reasons, Corr did not return for the seventh season and was replaced by Lina Rafn.