Rozalla Miller(born 18 March 1964), better known as simplyRozalla,is aZimbabweanelectronic musicperformer who was born in what was thenNorthern Rhodesia(nowZambia). She is best known for her three 1991/92hit singles"Faith (In the Power of Love)","Are You Ready to Fly",and particularly"Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)",which has been remixed and re-issued several times. In December 2016,Billboardmagazineranked her as the 98th most successful dance artist of all-time.[1]
Rozalla | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Rozalla Miller |
| Born | 18 March 1964 Ndola,Northern Rhodesia(nowZambia) |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Epic,Pulse 8 |
Musical career
editRozalla began performing at a young age in her native Zambia singing in clubs and at events; then at age 13, she was singing on a children's TV show. Still in her teens, she relocated toZimbabwewhere she fronted various R&B cover bands before beginning her own recording career with a resultant five number-one hits on that nation's chart.[2]In 1988, Rozalla relocated to London with her manager Chris Sergeant and worked with the Band of Gypsies, a production duo consisting of Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox.[3]
Rozalla's first UK single "Born to Luv Ya" became a club hit in 1990. The singer's career really took off when the dance anthem "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)",[3]reached number 6 on theUK Singles Chartin 1991. It became a top 10 hit in many European countries soon afterwards and reached theBillboardTop 40the following year. It remains her biggest hit to date. It was later included on her debut albumEverybody's Free,which peaked at number 20 on the UK Albums Chart and wentsilver.The album spawned two more sizeable hits in "Faith (In the Power of Love)"and"Are You Ready to Fly",reaching number 11 and 14 respectively on the UK Singles Chart, plus a lower charting single with the ballad" Love Breakdown ".[4]
In 1992, Rozalla toured withMichael Jackson,opening all of his shows on the European leg of hisDangerous Tour,including the UK. She enjoyed four UK top 40 hits in 1994/95, including her rendition of "I Love Music",the theme song to the filmCarlito's Way.The attendant albumLook No Furtherfeatured more R&B and soul elements than her previous album.[5]
A 1996 remix of "Everybody's Free" reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. Her 1998 albumComing Homesaw her reunite with the Band of Gypsies and spawned a stateside club hit with its lead single "Don't Go Lose It Baby", produced byMetro.[6]
In 2003, Rozalla entered the lower regions of the UK Singles Chart alongside Plastic Boy with the song "Live Another Life". She issued the jazz/soul albumBrand New Versionin 2009, adding her surname Miller to her recording guise. She promoted the album by performing asBilly Ocean's support act on his UK tour of 2009. AGlobal Deejaysremix of "Everybody's Free" reached number 7 in Australia in 2009 after it had been used as the theme song toSo You Think You Can Dance.
In 2015, Rozalla returned to the top 10 of theBillboardClub Dance charts for the first time since 1994 with her track "If You Say It Again".[7]
In February 2024, Rozalla released the albumTurn On the Light.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [8] |
GER [9] |
NED [9] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10][11] | ||
| Spirit of Africa |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Everybody's Free |
|
75 | 53 | 62 | 36 | 31 | 20 |
| Look No Further |
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— | — | — | — | — | 138 |
| Coming Home |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brand New Version |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Turn On the Light |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — |
Compilation albums
edit- 1993:Everybody's Free - Style 1993 - Remixed to Perfection
- 1998:Feelin' Good'
- 2003:Best Of
- 2004:Everybody's Free(Special Edition with DVD)
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [8] |
AUT [12] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
IRE [14] |
NED [15] |
NZ [12] |
SWE [12] |
SWI [12] |
UK [10][16][11] |
US Club [17] | ||||
| 1990 | "Born to Luv Ya" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 126 | — | Everybody's Free | |
| 1991 | "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| "Faith (In the Power of Love)" | 62 | — | — | — | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | 11 | 4 | |||
| 1992 | "Are You Ready to Fly" | 88 | 21 | 11 | 25 | 16 | 32 | — | 15 | 6 | 14 | 1 | ||
| "Love Breakdown" | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | — | |||
| "In 4 Choons Later" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | Single only | ||
| 1993 | "Don't Play with Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | Everybody's Free - Style 1993 | |
| 1994 | "I Love Music" | 90 | — | — | 69 | — | — | 39 | — | — | 18 | 1 | Look No Further | |
| "This Time I Found Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | |||
| "You Never Love the Same Way Twice" | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 11 | |||
| 1995 | "Baby" | 233 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | ||
| "Losing My Religion" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1996 | "Everybody's Free (Ca$ino Mix)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 14 | Single only | |
| 1997 | "Coming Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 137 | — | Coming Home | |
| 1998 | "Don't Go Lose It Baby" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | 23 | ||
| "Friday Night"(with Phat 'N' Phunky) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | Singles only | ||
| 2003 | "Live Another Life"(withPlastic Boy) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | ||
| 2014 | "Can You Feel the Love"(with David Anthony) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015 | "Say It Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | ||
| 2019 | "Turn On the Light" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turn On the Light | |
| 2020 | "Magnificent" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022 | "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |
| 2023 | "Lovefool" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Turn On the Light | |
| 2024 | "Lotta Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You and I" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists Chart".Billboard.com.
- ^Vibe,Vol 2 No. 2, (March 1994) p. 37
- ^abColin Larkin,ed. (1998).The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music(First ed.).Virgin Books.p. 291.ISBN0-7535-0252-6.
- ^"Artists".Officialcharts.com.Archived fromthe originalon 26 December 2013.Retrieved1 August2020.
- ^Billboard,30 September 1995, p. 28
- ^Billboard,17 January 1998, p. 31
- ^"Steve Aoki's 'Neon' Lights Up Top Dance/Electronic Albums Chart".Billboard.com.22 May 2015.
- ^abAustralian (ARIA) chart peaks:
- Top 50 peaks:"australian-charts.com > Rozalla in Australian Charts".Hung Medien.Retrieved7 September2018.
- Top 100 peaks to December 2010:Ryan, Gavin (2011).Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010(pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 240.
- "I Love Music":"The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Mar 1994".Imgur.com (original document published byARIA).Retrieved25 February2016.N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
- All ARIA chart peaks to 20 September 2018:"Response from ARIA re: Rozalla chart history, received 20 September 2018".Imgur.com.Retrieved20 September2018.N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^abcd"australian-charts.com > Rozalla 'Everybody's Free' (album) worldwide peaks".Hung Medien.Retrieved18 September2015.
- ^ab"Official Charts > Rozalla".The Official UK Charts Company.Retrieved18 September2015.
- ^abUK singles and albums chart peaks outside the top 100:"Chart Log UK 1994-2010 > The Rabble Army – RZA".Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz.Retrieved18 September2015.
- ^abcde"lescharts.com - Discographie Rozalla".Lescharts.com.
- ^"Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts".Offiziellecharts.de.
- ^"The Irish Charts - All there is to know".Irishcharts.ie.Archived fromthe originalon 2 June 2009.
- ^Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse."Top 40".Top40.nl.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^Roberts, David (2006).British Hit Singles & Albums(19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 473.ISBN1-904994-10-5.
- ^"Club Chart Billboard peaks".Billboard.Retrieved1 August2020.
- ^Search for UK certificationArchived24 September 2009 at theWayback Machine
