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{{Infobox musical artist
| name =Amber
| image =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =Marie-Claire Cremers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|5|9}}
|birth_place =[[Ubbergen]], [[Netherlands]]
| origin = [[Germany]]
| genre = [[Eurodance]], [[Hoose muisic|hoose]], [[Urban contemporary|urban]], [[pop rock]], [[adult contemporary]]
| occupation = [[Sangster-sangwriter]], [[Record producer|producer]]
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = [[Tommy Boy Records]] (1994-2002), [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]], Ada, JMCA Enterprises (2004–present)
| associated_acts =
| website = [http://www.dance-music-space.com Offeecial wabsteid]
}}
'''Marie-Claire "Amber" Cremers''' (born 9 Mey 1970) is a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[sangster]], [[sangwriter]], label awner an executive producer. She is best kent for her hits "This Is Your Night," "If You Could Read My Mind," an "Sexual (Li Da Di)."
==Career==
===1996-1997: Debut album===
Amber's muisic career teuk aff whan ane o her demos, "This Is Your Night" gained interest frae Tommy Boy Records. Suin efter its release as a single, it became ane o the maist successful sangs o 1996 an 1997. A full length album suin follaeed. It includit twa mair hit singles, "Colour Of Love" an "One More Night."
===1998-1999: Seicont sel-titled album===
In 1999 Amber released her seicont (sel titled) album which garnered the maist mainstream attention. The first single "Sexual (Li Da Li)" achievit success in the US Billboard chairts as well as chairtin athort Europe. The album includit the single "If You Could Read My Mind" bi Stars On 54 (a collaboration wi Ultra Naté an Jocelyn Enriquez) which wis featured on the soondtrack tae the movie '54'.
===2000: ''Remixed'' an Grammy nomination===
In 2000, Amber released the album 'Remixed', which contained [[remix]]es o aw her previous singles, includin "If You Could Read My Mind." It includit a nan-album track "Taste The Tears" which haed previously appeared on the TV soondtrack for "[[Sex and The City]]".
In 2001, she receivit a [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination as the writer o 'Love One Another' for [[Cher]]'s cover version an co wrote for [[Bette Midler]] an aw.
===2001-2003: ''Naked'' an depairtur frae Tommy Boy Records===
Amber's third album "Naked" wis released in early 2002. It wis her first album no producit bi the Berman Brithers but wi her langtime collaborator an producer Wolfram Dettki, as she bought out her contract. Musically, Amber continued the path she haed stairtit wit: she continued tae write her awn leerics an attemptit even mair o a depairtur frae her oreeginal [[Eurodance]] soond. Amber parted weys wi Tommy Boy Records efter her third album acause o creative differences.
===2004-2006: ''My Kind of World''===
Amber's fowert album, "My Kind of World" wis the first tae be released on her awn label, an wis mair personal an moodier than her previous releases. The album did no gain mainstream attention. Three singles wur taken frae the album, "You Move Me", "Voodoo" an "Just Like That".
===2008-present: Remixes an current status===
In 2008 she re-released her debut single "This Is Your Night" wi new remixes. The sang haed no been made available digitally due tae legal issues regardin distribution. In August 2008 she collaboratit wi Zelma Davis o [[C&C Music Factory]] fame on a cover o [[No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)]], the classic duet bi [[Donna Summer]] an [[Barbra Streisand]]. Baith sangs wur accompaniet bi new muisic videos.
In 2009 Amber wis the closin act at Baltimore's Gay Pride festival on Seturday, 10 Juin 2009.
[http://www.baltimorepride.org/performers/index.shtml Performers :: Baltimore Pride 2009 ::]. Baltimorepride.org. Retrieved on 2012-05-01.
In 2010 she wis the closin act at Pittsburgh's Gay pride festival on Sunday, 13 Juin 2010. She wis the closin act at Providence Gay Pride on 19 Juin 2010.
==Personal wittins==
Amber is divorcit an haes a son
==Discografie==
===Albums===
====Studio albums====
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:265px;"|Album details
! colspan="3"|Peak chart positions
|- style="width:4em;font-size:85%;"
! style="text-align:center; width:30px;"|[[Top Electronic Albums|US Electr]]
! style="text-align:center; width:30px;"|[[Independent Albums|US Indie]]
! style="text-align:center; width:30px;"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]
|-
|1996
|align="left"| '''''[[This Is Your Night]]'''''
*Released: January 28, 1996
*Label: [[Tommy Boy Records]]
*Formats: CD
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| 44
|-
|1999
|align="left"| '''''[[Amber (Amber album)|Amber]]'''''
*Released: September 21, 1999
*Label: Tommy Boy Records
*Formats: CD
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|2002
|align="left"| '''''[[Naked (Amber (performer) album|Naked]]'''''
*Released: August 20, 2002
*Label: Tommy Boy Records
*Formats: CD
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
|2004
|align="left"| '''''[[My Kind of World]]'''''
*Released: October 5, 2004
*Label: JMC Enterprises
*Formats: CD
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|}
====Compilation albums====
*''[[Remixed (Amber album)|Remixed]]'' (2000)
*''Undanced'' (2004)
*''Undanced II'' (2007)
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2|Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;"| Title
! colspan=9|Peak chart positions
! rowspan=2|Album
|- style=font-size:smaller
!width="30"| [[United States|US]]
!width="30"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US Dance]]
!width=30| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 21}}
!width=30| [[German Singles Chart|GER]]
!width=30| [[Dutch Singles Chart|NED]]
!width=30| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZ]]
!width=30| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]
!width=30| [[France|FRA]]
!width=30| [[Spain|SPA]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|1996
|"[[This Is Your Night (song)|This Is Your Night]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|40
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|rowspan="3"|''This Is Your Night''
|-
|"Colour of Love"
| style="text-align:center;"|74
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
||1997
|"One More Night"
| style="text-align:center;"|58
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
||1998
|"[[If You Could Read My Mind]]"
(Stars on 54: [[Ultra Naté]], Amber, [[Jocelyn Enriquez]])
| style="text-align:center;"|52
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|82
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|rowspan="4"|''Amber''
|-
||1999
|"Sexual (Li Da Di)"
| style="text-align:center;"|42
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|34
| style="text-align:center;"|87
| style="text-align:center;"|94
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|40
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|rowspan="2"|2000
|"Above the Clouds"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|"Love One Another"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
||2001
|"Yes!"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|rowspan="3"|''Naked''
|-
||2002
|"The Need to Be Naked"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
||2003
|"Anyway (Men are From Mars)"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
||2004
|"You Move Me"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|rowspan="3"|''My Kind of World''
|-
||2005
|"Voodoo"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|13
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006
|"Just Like That"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|"[[Melt With the Sun]]"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|rowspan="4"|Non-album single
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
|"This is Your Night 2008"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
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| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
|"[[No More Tears (Enough is Enough)]]"
(Amber and Zelma Davis)
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
| style="text-align:center;"|—
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|-
||2009
|"I Don't Believe in Hate (Drip Drop)"
| style="text-align:center;"|—
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| style="text-align:center;"|—
|-
| colspan="15" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}
==See an aw==
*[[:en:List of number-one dance hits (United States)|Leet o nummer-ane dance hits (Unitit States)]]
*[[:en:List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart|Leet o airtists who reacht nummer ane on the U.S. dance chairt]]
*[[Mononymous persons]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Freemit airtins==
*[http://www.myspace.com/ambersings Amber's Myspace]
*[https://www.facebook.com/ambersings?ref=ts Amber's Offeecial Facebook Page]
{{Persondata
| NAME = Amber
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dutch musician
| DATE OF BIRTH = May 9, 1970
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Ubbergen]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amber}}
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Livin fowk]]
[[Category:Fowk frae Ubbergen]]
[[Category:Dutch dance muisickers]]
[[Category:Dutch female sangsters]]
[[Category:Dutch hoose muisickers]]
[[Category:Dutch pop sangsters]]
[[Category:Dutch sangster-sangwriters]]
[[Category:Eurodance muisickers]]
[[Category:Female rock sangsters]]
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[[nl:Amber (artiest)]]
[[pl:Amber (piosenkarka)]]
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