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Andru Donalds (born 16 November 1974) is a Jamaican musician and vocalist with a previous solo career, who is now working in collaboration with the Enigma project as lead vocalist. Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995 with Mishale, which reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
Andru Donalds was born in Kingston, Jamaica. His musical style ranges from pop, rock and roll, to reggae and ballads. His influences include The Beatles, Prince, Bob Marley, Queen, Michael Jackson & Black Uhuru.[citation needed]
Upon leaving school at the age of 18 Donalds travelled to England, the Netherlands and New York, in order to develop his musical abilities as singer and songwriter.[citation needed] He met the producer and songwriter Eric Foster White, who had hits with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, Julio Iglesias, Backstreet Boys, Regina Belle, Hi-Five and Boyzone. Together they produced the debut album Andru Donalds. The two singles from this - Mishale and Save Me Now - became successful worldwide.[citation needed]
His second album Damned, If I Don’t was published two years later in 1997. The song Somebody’s Baby was taken from this for the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting.[citation needed]
In April 1998 Donalds received a call from producer and songwriter Michael Cretu, who wanted to engage him for the Enigma project. The outcome was that they collaborated not only on Enigma songs but also on two solo albums. His third album Snowin’ Under My Skin included two singles: All Out of Love, a cover version of the Air Supply song which achieved international platinum status,[citation needed] and Simple Obsession.[citation needed]
Let’s Talk About It, his fourth album, featured the single One Night Lover.[citation needed]
Five years after his last solo album, Donalds released a "best of" album in 2006.[citation needed] It included five new songs, of which Dreamer and Let The Stars Fall Down were released as singles.
Since 1999 Donalds has been one of the lead singers in Enigma, Cretu’s music project which has sold over 50 million[citation needed] records worldwide, received more than 100 platinum and gold awards[citation needed] and took over 50 #1 chart positions.[citation needed] He has performed in Enigma songs such as: Seven Lives, Modern Crusaders, The Screen Behind The Mirror, Boum-Boum, In The Shadow, In The Light, Hello And Welcome (soundtrack for the Felix Sturm’s box).[clarification needed] He also co-wrote and performed Je t’aime Till My Dying Day and Distorted Love.[citation needed]
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