Annie

Anne Strand, better known as “Annie” is a pop singer and DJ from Bergen, Norway. She won “Best Newcomer” at the Norwegian Alarm Awards and Spellemannsprisen.

I will admit to being a pop fan, yes, I secretly listen to this stuff. It sort of reminds me a lot of a poppier version of Saint Etienne [W♥M], actually (in fact, her DJ have been spotted wearing that Fox Base Alpha T-Shirt)

Before Annie became an international star, she was the singer of The Suitcase at the age of 16 in 1993. When the band decided to go from indie rock to trip-hop, she left the band.

A few years later, she began to become romantically involved with DJ Erot (Tore Kroknes). The two of them launch Annie’s career with The Greatest Hit, which uses samples of Madonna’s “Everybody”.

Everything was going well, until Tore died of heart conditions at the age of 23, in 2002, leaving Annie in a period of depression.

By late 2003, she had met up with producer Richard X and they worked together to release “Chewing Gum” (Sep 2004), the single did really well in the UK. It was soon followed by her debut album Anniemal in 2005.

Currently, it seems she’s teaming up with various DJs (and also remixing other people’s songs). Her latest teamup is with DJ Ercola, releasing Follow Me in 2007.

DISCOGRAPHY

[1999] The Greatest Hit 12″	[1999] The Greatest Hit 7″	[1999] The Greatest Hit CD	[2002] The Greatest Hit Dub 12″	[2002] I Will Get On 7″	[2003] Untitled 10″	[Mar 2004] Anniemal (worldwide release in 2005)	[2004] Chewing Gum (Promo)
[2004] Chewing Gum (CD1 & CD2)	[2004] Heartbeat 12″	[2004] My Heartbeat (Promo)	[2005] Heartbeat CD1	[2005] Heartbeat CD2	[2005] Happy Without You (Promo)	[2005] Happy Without You (Remixes)	[2005] Always Too Late (Promo)
[2005] Anniemal Sampler (Promo)	[2005] Wedding 12″	[Oct 2005] DJ-Kicks: Annie	[2006] Crush 12″ (Remixes)