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Donna Lewis

Born and raised in the Welsh city of Cardiff, Donna was classically trained at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, majoring in flute and piano.

She first began performing in local bands to develop her singing and songwriting talents. By 1990, she was working solo (piano/vocal) in piano bars across Britain and Europe. She had also invested in her own home multi-track studio and produced a string of demos.

It was at the end of 1993 that this material came to the attention of Atlantic Records and so impressed Chairman Doug Morris that he flew her out to New York to meet her personally - and offered her a recording deal on the spot!

Her debut album - ‘Now in a Minute’ - was released in 1996 to universal acclaim. The first single - ‘I Love You Always Forever’ - became an instant global phenomenon, climbing to the top of the charts in countries around the world. In the USA, it re-wrote the record books at radio by exceeding 1 million ‘spins’ to claim its place in music industry history as the most-played single ever, at that time.

Her follow-up album ‘Blue Planet’ came out in 1998 and confirmed the arrival of a genuine new talent. It featured 2 more hit singles; ‘I Could Be The One’, which did well in Europe and ‘Love Him’, which went to the top of the Billboard Dance Charts in America.

To date, Donna has sold in excess of 2 million albums.

As well as on her own material, Donna’s voice has also been heard on a series of other hits. She featured on Fox Films’ soundtrack for ‘Anastasia’ - an album that was certified gold in the USA - with the song ‘At The Beginning’.

Donna Lewis photoBack at the start of 1999 Donna took some time out. She had worked without a break since the release of her first album in 1996 and it was finally time to start catching up with friends and family. But an unexpected call from producer Trevor Horn soon had her racing back into the studio. Donna and Trevor first worked together on her ‘At the Beginning’ duet with Richard Marx for the soundtrack of the animated movie ‘Anastasia’. This time, the project was for Trevor’s own band - ‘The Art of Noise’. Donna was invited to join the vocal ‘cast’- as a ‘dream singer’ on the track ‘I Dream in Colour’ - on a new conceptual work called ‘The Seduction of Claude Debussy’, based on the French composer’s music, life and times.

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Donna Lewis: Brand New Day

Read "Donna Lewis: Brand New Day" reviewed by Ben Scholz


Pop culture's love-hate relationship with its artists presents an interesting conundrum. Music created for mass-consumption must be easily digestible, yet the public is quick to retaliate against content that lacks substance. Gifted musicians are often pigeonholed into a certain style or sound that may not reflect their true range. This myopic point of view focuses on one marketable facet of an artist's talent without taking into account the fact that most recording musicians tend to compose in a variety of ...

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Donna Lewis With UK Release Of "Brand New Day" Featuring Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and Dave King - Produced By David Torn - Out June 17, 2016 + UK Tour

Donna Lewis With UK Release Of "Brand New Day" Featuring Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and Dave King - Produced By David Torn - Out June 17, 2016 + UK Tour

Source: Emma Perry Publicity

Brand New Day is available for Pre-Order. “I Love You Always Forever" was such a huge hit for the multi-platinum artist Donna Lewis; a #1 chart hit / dance-pop classic for which people around the globe still have boundless affection—the 1996 song will always be the one for which many fans know her. But the Welsh native is an artist of many dimensions, as she has demonstrated with efforts ranging from “At the Beginning," her charming duet with Richard Marx ...

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Donna Lewis Returns With New Jazz Album, "Brand New Day"

Source: Matt Gross

Platinum singer-songwriter reimagines her own material and songs by David Bowie, Neil Young, Damien Rice, Gnarls Barkley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chocolate Genius, Burt Bacharach and Harry Nilsson. The Welsh-born singer Donna Lewis is one of those rare artists whose immense success on the pop radio charts disguises an exceptional and serious musicianship and breadth of repertoire. Lewis’ new album, Brand New Day, reveals the range of her artistry, and may surprise listeners who know her only for her pop hits ...

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