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Candee Jay (real name Ilze Lankhaar, born on 1 September 1981, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands) is a Dutch electronica artist. She is produced by Pronti and Kalmani, the production duo who worked with fellow Dutch artist, Alice Deejay. Candee Jay's biggest hit singles are "If I Were You", "Back For Me" and "Lose This Feeling."
Before her career as Candee Jay, Ilze was a professional model and was a student at the Lucia Marthas Danceacademy, wich is known as one of the best danceacademies in the world. She succesfully graduated.
Candee Jay also had two background dancers, Jezebel Zwiers and Elske Cinibulk, who also have attended the Lucia Marthas Danceacademy. They both succesfully graduated
Candee Jay has released one album, Electrifying, in the UK, but it failed to make the charts there. The main reason for this was because most of the album tracks did not live up the brilliance of the singles. Candee Jay made a moderate impression in the United States with "If I Were You" and "Back For Me." Both singles sold well on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. However, the album Electrifying failed to chart on all Stateside music charts including the Top Electronic Albums chart. No word on if she is going to record any new music.
At the end of 2006 Ilze appeared on the Dutch real-life serie "De Bouwers", wich follow's Frans Bauer, a famous Dutch singer, while he is creating his concerts. Ilze was followed in one episode of the serie while she was auditioning for being a backgrounddancer. She has told on tv that she has worked with him before.
In April 2007, a new song titled "Back In Love" appeared on her official myspace page. It is not clear whether this is an unreleased song or from an upcoming album release. On April 25 2007, a remix of "Better Off Alone" by Pronti & Kalmani appeared on Candee Jay's official myspace page.
While at the end of 2006 Ilze was still auditioning, it is known that Ilze is going to dance as a backgrounddancer of Frans Bauer during his show in AHOY Rotterdam. On friday April 27th, 2007 is the premier of his show. Also Elske is a backgrounddancer. This news might also confirm that "Back In Love" is an unreleased song of Candee Jay.
By looking on the official Candee Jay website, you can assume that the career of Candee Jay has come to an end, because it was last updated on January 24, 2006.
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