Sweetbox

Sweetbox biography

For the sweet box plant, see Sarcococca. Sweetbox is a German based pop music project formed in 1995 by executive producer Heiko Schmidt and music producer Roberto "Geo" Rosan. Throughout the years Sweetbox has had several leading women including Kimberly Kearney, Dacia Bridges, Tina Harris, Jade Villalon, and most recently and currently, Jamie Pineda.

Although the project released four singles in the mid '90s, with initial singers Kimberley Kearney and Dacia Bridges, worldwide success came with third vocalist, Tina Harris. Everything's Gonna Be Alright was released in 1997, which topped charts around the world and started a musical theme, sampling classical music, which the project would later become known for.

After two years with the project, Tina Harris departed after feeling burnt out as a team. Jade Villalon replaced her as the fourth vocalist and captured a higher success with five original studio albums, all reaching Gold or Platinum status in Korea, and numerous charted singles and television spots throughout Asia and Europe. After nearly six years with the project, Jade Villalon and "Geo" left the project to pursue music under the names Jade Valerie, Saint Vox, and Eternity∞.

In August 2007, Jamie Pineda became the new vocalist of Sweetbox. Pineda released her first studio album with the project in 2009, The Next Generation, produced by Derek Bramble. In 2011, Pineda's sophomore effort Diamond Veil was released in Japan and Korea, as the 8th studio album from Sweetbox.

Beginnings

In 1995, Sweetbox was founded as a music project from German executive producer Heiko Schmidt and music producer, songwriter, and classical arranger, Roberto "Geo" Rosan. The first vocalist featured in the project was Atlanta-based rapper and singer, Kimberley Kearney, also known as Tempest. Her first single with the project, "Booyah (Here We Go)", was a Euro house track which created initial success for Sweetbox in Germany, where the single achieved #8 in position, and in France, where it achieved #15. Kearny left the project soon thereafter to pursue other ventures in the entertainment industry including a number of hosting gigs.

After Kearney's short-lived position at front woman, Dacia Bridges replaced her. Bridges, a native of Michigan, released her first single as the project's frontwoman - the 1995 single "Shakalaka", which peaked at #1 on the New York City Club Charts for 3 weeks. She released Sweetbox's third single titled "Wot", but the single failed to see success. Bridges then departed and later started a band titled Dacia And The WMD. In 1996, Kimberly Kearney started working with Geo once again to release an additional single, Never Alone, although this would end the partnership permanently.

In 1997, Geo met Maryland-based rapper and singer, Tina Harris, who became the new face of Sweetbox. With Tina's arrival to the project, the group saw a change in genre from Euro house to hip-hop and pop-meets-classical. Tina's first single, I'll Die For You, was released in 1997, achieving most of its airplay in Europe. However, the next single, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, would send international success to the project.

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