Joée (born Joey DeSimone)[1] is a Canadian dance musician who enjoyed success in the late 1990s.
Joée | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joey DeSimone |
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Dance |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1995–2002 |
Musical career edit
Joée scored several hits on the Canadian Singles Chart, including "Angel" and "If I Could",[2] along with "Do You Right" in 1998 and "Arriba" in 1999. He released his debut album Truth in 1998, and was nominated for a Juno Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording.[3] With John Marmora, Joée received a 2001 SOCAN award for best dance music.[4]
A follow-up self-titled album was released in 2002 on Erotico Music (distributed by Universal Music Canada).[5]
Discography edit
Studio albums edit
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | ||||||||||||||
| Intonation feat. Joée – Just a Taste... |
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— | ||||||||||||
| Truth |
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56 | ||||||||||||
| Joée |
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— | ||||||||||||
| A Decade of Dance |
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— | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Singles edit
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [1] |
AUS [6] | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | "Holdin' On" | — | — | Truth | ||||||||||
| "Angel" | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | "If I Could" | 15 | — | |||||||||||
| 1999 | "Do You Right" | 27 | — | |||||||||||
| "Arriba" | 6 | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | "I Don't Believe You" | 5 | — | Single only | ||||||||||
| 2002 | "Does That Make You Happy?" | — | — | Joée | ||||||||||
| "Sunshine" | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b Jason Ankeny. "Joeé Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ "Charts & Awards/Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ "Artist Summary Awards Database". junoawards.ca. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ "The Guess Who, Murray McLauchlan Win Big At SOCAN"[usurped]. Chart Attack, 20 November 2001
- ^ Library and Archives Canada. "AMICUS No. 27640823". Collections Canada. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 146.