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Grand may refer to:

Places and buildings[link]

• Grand (CTA Blue Line station), Chicago
• Grand (CTA North Side Main Line station), Chicago
• Grand (CTA Red Line station), Chicago
• Grand (Los Angeles Metro station), transit station
• Grand (St. Louis MetroLink), transit station
• Grand Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone
• Grand Olympic Auditorium, hall in Los Angeles
• Grand Sierra Resort, hotel and casino resort located in Reno, Nevada
• Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre
• Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal, proposed water management scheme in Canada
• Le Grand, California, census-designated place

Arts and entertainment[link]

• Grand (Erin McKeown album), 2003
• Grand (Matt & Kim album), 2009
• Grand (TV series), US 1990 television series
• Grand piano
• Grand Production, Serbian record label commpany
• The Grand (band), Norwegian alternative rock band

Personal names[link]

• Grand (surname)
• Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
• Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper

Other[link]

• A "grand", slang for one thousand units of currency
• GRaND, Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector, an instrument aboard Dawn

See also[link]

• Grand Hotel (disambiguation)
• Grand Street (disambiguation)
• Grand Theatre (disambiguation)
• Grande (disambiguation)
• The Grand (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Grand"

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Ida Corr
Ida Corr performing in Bucharest, Romania in 2008
Born	(1977-03-14) March 14, 1977 (age 35) Århus, Denmark
Nationality	Danish, Gambian
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter

Ida Corr (born March 14, 1977 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.

Career[link]

At the age of 11 Corr won the first Danish Children Songcontest (Børne Melodi Grand Prix "MGP").^[1] As a young adult she started singing background on tours and in the studio for Danish artists such as Gnags, Sanne Salomonsen, Thomas Helmig and Rasmus Nøhr.^[1]

In 2002 Ida became known to the Danish public as a member of the short-lived girlgroup Sha Li Mar, consisting of Christina Undhjem, Engelina and Ida herself. The group regularly performed on the prime time television show Venner for livet (literally "Friends forever"). They released a self-titled album in the same year.^[2] In 2004 Corr collaborated with house producer Morten Trust on I Put My Faith in You a moderately popular dance hit.

Ida rose to fame in her native Denmark in 2005 with the release of her debut album Streetdiva and in 2006 with her follow-up album Robosoul. After creating a special song with Dutch DJ Fedde le Grand as part of the Live Earth set of international music concerts, her popularity began to spread outside of her homeland. The song, entitled Mirror 07-07-07, was played at exactly seven minutes past the seventh hour of the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007. In 2007 she received exposure in the Netherlands due to her second collaboration with Fedde le Grand, and her most recent self-written single, remixed by Fedde le Grand, Let Me Think About It spread to wider Europe quickly. It's the best-selling single outside Denmark from a Danish singer since the Danish bands Aqua and Infernal. In 2008 Ida released the compilation album One in Scandinavia. The single Let Me Think About It continued its success and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay. One was released in the United States on August 26, 2008 as the first release on the new founded label Ministry of Sound America. A release in Russia and Germany followed quickly afterwards.

Ida Corr was also member of the band called SugaRush Beat Company, that has performed on Later... with Jools Holland in 2008 with a debut album being released in September 2008. Other members of the London-based group were Australian-born producer/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Jarrad 'Jaz' Rogers and US soul singer/songwriter Rahsaan Patterson.^[3]

In January 2009 Ida received an award for Best-Selling-Artist from Denmark selling music in Europe at the European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen^[4] In April 2009 Corr released a musicvideo to Ride My Tempo simultaneously to a single release in Germany.^[5] A month later a new single for Scandinavia called Time premiered to Danish radios, taken from her fourth album, Under The Sun.^[6] The leading single from the album became I Want You. A musicvideo however was only shot for the Jason Gault Mix. In December the title song Under The Sun, which features guest vocals by Jamaican singer Shaggy was released as a single. On December 16, 2009 Ida participated at one of the Climate change concerts in Copenhagen. Alongside Simon Mathew she performed their duet Illusion, which was written for the World Wide Fund for Nature Climate campaign.

In January 2011 Ida collaborated with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson on the Danish-language dance single Sjus. The song debuted at number 1 on the Danish Single charts.^[7] She also released a single called, What Goes Around Comes Around in 2011.

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• Streetdiva (2005)
• Robosoul (2006)
• Under the Sun (2009)

Compilation albums

• One (2008)

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official fansite
• Ida Corr on Myspace
• SugaRush Beat Company on Myspace

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Fedde le Grand
Fedde Le Grand
Background information
Birth name	Fedde le Grand
Born	(1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 34) Utrecht, Netherlands
Genres	Eurodance, House, Electro house, Tech House, Techno
Occupations	DJ, producer Fiancè- Tana StCyr 2002-Current
Years active	2003-present
Labels	Flamingo Recordings, Ministry of Sound Australia, Toolroom Records
Website	Official Web Site

Fedde le Grand (born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch house DJ and producer whose single "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" (UK/US) / "Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit"^[1] (Europe, excluding UK) reached number one on the UK's singles and the top 5 in the Dutch singles chart, and spent five weeks in the Spanish dance chart. On 28 October 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Fedde le Grand placed at #29.,^[2] climbing to #21 in 2010 and #14 in 2011.

Biography[link]

1998 - 2000[link]

Inspired by Masters At Work and Mousse T, Fedde le Grand kicks off his DJ career in the Danssalon in Eindhoven. For two years he is the resident DJ on the Sunday night. He also plays Dutch clubs like Panama, the Escape and the Love Boat in Amsterdam, and Jackies, Thalia, Discothèque and Now & Wow in Rotterdam, De Rechter in Eindhoven and he can also be seen at Extrema. Fedde le Grand is also popular abroad and performs in Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Greece and Israel.

2001 - 2006[link]

From 2001 Fedde le Grand works on his own productions. His first release, under the name F.L.G., is the Electronic EP on Flamingo Recordings, a co-production with Robin M and with contributions from Funkerman (Ardie van Beek). Le Grand's records are released on labels such as Little Mountain Recordings (Sander Kleinenberg's label), Influence, Work and the British labels CR2 Records and Toolroom. Le Grand makes remixes for artists like Anita Kelsey (Every Kiss, 2004), Erick E (Boogie Down, 2005 and The Beat Is Rockin', 2006), Funkerman (The One, 2005), Olav Basoski (Proper Tunes, 2006) and Camille Jones (The Creeps, 2006). The DJ is a regular guest in Dutch radio show Ministry of Beats on 3FM radio. Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit (2006), an electro track with vocals by Mc Gee, is officially awarded 'the summer anthem of Ibiza 2006'. The single climbs to the top slot of the UK charts and is also a big dance hit in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Australia. Hiphop crew D12 from Detroit (known for their work with Eminem) puts out a vocal version of the hit record. Le Grand provides a remix for Robbie Williams' single Bongo Bong/Je Ne T'Aime Plus.

2007[link]

In March the DJ commences an Australian tour and as of May he tours the US. Fedde le Grand wins three prizes at the International Dance Music Awards staged at the Winter Music Conference in Miami (March). Not only he is Best Breakthrough Solo Artist, but also his hit Put Your Hands Up For Detroit is awarded in the categories Best Breaks/Electro Track and Best Underground Dance Track. On March 31 he receives a Danish Dance Award. On July Fedde le Grand he appears at Amsterdam's Westerpark edition of the worldwide Live Earth festival, supervised by climate guru Al Gore, who raises awareness for the global warming problem. Especially for this event Fedde le Grand writes the Mirror070707 Anthem. The festival is broadcast live on public Nederland 3 (TV) en 3FM (radio). At the same day Le Grand is prominently on the bill of dance event Sensation White at the Amsterdam Arena. During the tenth edition of the DJ Awards on Ibiza, Fedde Le Grand wins in the category Breakthrough. Le Grand's remix of Let Me Think About It, sung by Danish singer Ida Corr, reaches the Top 3 of the British charts. This makes it the third British hit single for the producer within a year. In the annual Top 100 of the influential British DJ Mag Le Grand the 22nd place which makes him the Highest New Entry. Under the name The Flamingo Project the single Take No Shhhhhhhh is released.

2008[link]

Fedde le Grand's club hit Put Your Hands Up For Detroit is mixed with Madonna's Music during the opening of Madonna's live shows. The American singer asks Le Grand to do a remix of her single Give It 2 Me, which is to be released in July. After Junkie XL Fedde Le Grand is now the second Dutchman to do a remix for Madonna.

2009[link]

The title track of Le Grand's debut album Output (September) is used in the promo videos of the OUTPUT World Tour and the Flamingo Nights. It's also being played by the DJ during the Ultra Festival in March in Miami. The first single of the album is released in May: Scared of Me, with vocals by Mitch Crown and a remix by Dutch producer Hardwell (Robbert van de Corput). Mitch Crown can also be heard on the Let Me Be Real (August). One of the remixes of the fusion between pop and dance is done by Kraak & Smaak.

2010[link]

The single Back & Forth has vocals by MC Mr. V. from New York (real name: Victor Font), whom Fedde Le Grand has met at the Miami Winter Music Conference in 2008. Le Grand again travels around the world for performances. He plays in Las Vegas and Chicago (January), Lausanne, Lyon, Munich, Bangkok and Jakarta (February), São Paulo and Miami (March), Casablanca, Berlin, Budapest, Birmingham and Düsseldorf (April), Hong Kong, Singapore, Quebec, Toronto, Seattle and San Francisco (May), Ibiza, London, Los Angeles and Broek op Langendijk (June). The DJ has just finished his set at the Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany, on 24 July, when 20 people are crushed to death at the entrance to the festival grounds. He offers his condolences to the victims on Twitter. The world tour continues in July and Augustus with performances in England, France, Turkey, Lebanon, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania. A tour around the USA with stop in New York, Los Angeles, and The Necto (nightclub) in Ann Arbor.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Fedde le Grand's channel on YouTube
• Artist Site at Ultra Records

References[link]

1. ^ IMO Records "Fedde le Grand Biography", IMO Records,Retrieved on 11 February 2012.
2. ^ "DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ's". DJ Magazine. http://www.djmag.com/top100. Retrieved 19 November 2009.