Donna Lewis

There are conflicting accounts online regarding Lewis' birth date. According to her biography on the AllMusic and All About Jazz websites,^[3][5][6] written by employees of Rovi,^[7][8] and her BBC page,^[9] she was born on 6 August 1973. But a simple search of the Free BMD and General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) sites shows that Lewis' birth was indeed registered in Cardiff in 1972^[10] and not in either 1959 (as this page previously purported unsourced) or 1973.

Lewis began playing the piano at the age of six.^[5] Her father, an amateur jazz pianist and guitarist^[4] lent encouragement, and at 14, she began composing original songs.^[5] Her formal training was at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, where she majored in classical composition for piano and flute. Lewis then taught music for a year in Sussex before moving to Birmingham to sing in a bar band.^[5] During that time she set up a home studio^[5][9] and began recording demos. She became a popular live attraction and circa 1993 began sending her demos to record labels.^[5] Atlantic Records signed her in 1994.^[5]

In 1996, Atlantic Records released Lewis's first single, "I Love You Always Forever", a love song which was a hit on VH1.^[5] It was also successful on U.S. radio, staying at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100^[11] for nine consecutive weeks,^[11] and spending 13 consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the airplay chart.^[11] It exceeded one million "spins" on radio, to claim its place in music industry history as the most-played single up to that point.^[12] The single reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996, and spent 14 weeks in the chart. It helped her debut album, Now in a Minute, to No. 31 in the U.S. Billboard 200^[13] chart, and No. 52 in the UK Albums Chart. It was certified platinum in the U.S.^[14]

Lewis recorded "At the Beginning" with Richard Marx for the 1997 film Anastasia. Her second LP, Blue Planet (1998), won critical acclaim, but it was largely overlooked by the public. Although it produced a minor hit in continental Europe and Asia, "I Could Be the One", and a U.S. No. 1 dance single, "Love Him", Lewis parted ways with Atlantic Records^[9] and independently produced her third LP, Be Still (2002), which featured her on an almost entirely acoustic set. During the early 2000s, Lewis was featured as a guest vocalist on several trance music/house music recordings. Her fourth LP, In the Pink, was released in 2008; its first single was "Shout," which was included in the soundtrack to the Marian Quinn film 32A. Lewis also sang lead vocals for her side project, Chute, which released their debut EP in April 2010. In March 2015, she released Brand New Day, her first full-length LP in nearly a decade.

Lewis is married to Martin Harris, who is also her business manager. She resides in Boiceville, New York and has one son.^[15]

Studio albums

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Title	Details	Peak chart positions						Certifications (sales threshold)
		UK [16]	AUS [17]	AUT [18]	GER [19]	SWI [20]	US [21]
Now in a Minute	Release date: 7 May 1996 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, cassette	52	47	—	66	43	31	MC: Platinum[22] RIAA: Platinum[23]
Blue Planet	Release date: 14 July 1998 Label: Atlantic Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	33	—	—	—
Be Still	Release date: 15 June 2002 Label: Peruzzi Music Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—	—	—	—
In the Pink	Release date: 1 April 2008 Label: Peruzzi Music Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Brand New Day	Release date: 10 March 2015 Label: Palmetto Formats: CD, digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rooms with a View with Holmes Ives	Release date: 26 April 2024 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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Singles

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Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [24]	AUS [17]	AUT [25]	CAN [26]	GER [27]	NZ [28]	NOR [29]	SWI [30]	US [31]	US Pop [32]
"I Love You Always Forever"	1996	5	2	3	3	7	9	3	6	2	1	BPI: Platinum[33] ARIA: Platinum[34] BVMI: Gold[35] RIAA: Gold[23] RMNZ: Gold[36]	Now in a Minute
"Without Love"		39	—	—	12	77	47	—	—	41	24
"Mother"	1997	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fool's Paradise"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Love & Affection"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"At the Beginning" (with Richard Marx)		—	64	—	—	77	—	—	—	45	—		Anastasia (soundtrack)
"I Could Be the One"	1998	99	76	9	—	69	—	—	—	—	—		Blue Planet
"Love Him"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Falling"	1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Shout"	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		In the Pink
"You to Me"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Summertime"	2020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
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Featured singles

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Title	Year	Artist
"You and I"	2012	Project 46 and DubVision

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Collaborations

• The Seduction of Claude Debussy – Art of Noise [guest vocalist] (2000)
• Take Me Over – Dino Lenny [guest vocalist] (2001)
• When the Rain Comes Down – [guest vocalist] (2001)
• Dancing Angel – Ryan Farish [guest vocalist] (2010)
• Chute (EP) – [lead singer] (2010)
• "Running Up That Hill" – David Baron [vocals] (2019)
• "Distance" - Michael Whalen [vocals] (2022)

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart