Clubland (band)

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Clubland
OriginSweden
Genres house
Years active1990–

Clubland was a Swedish/British house music act assembled in 1990 by BTECH label boss/producer Jan Ekholm and British duo Dave Rawlings and Ronnie Herel of Quartz. British musician Morgan King joined them later as a songwriter. Lead vocals for the first album Themes from Outer Clubland were variously performed by the American hip house duo 2 in a Room, British rapper Stepz, and Swedish singers Zemya Hamilton and Kayo Shekoni. In 1991, Ekholm reformed the act with members now comprising singer Zemya Hamilton and Morgan King.

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Biography

Between 1991 and 1992, five songs charted on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, with three of those hitting number-one: "Let's Get Busy" (credited to Clubland featuring Quartz) (1990), "Hold On (Tighter to Love)" (1992) and "Hypnotized" (1992). Another single, "Set Me Free", hit number-one on the US Hot Dance Singles Sales chart and number 2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. [1] In 1993, they won a Swedish Grammy for Best Album with their second album, Adventures Beyond Clubland.

Zemya Hamilton (Zemya Sylveta Larsson Auna) died on 24 December 2015 from multiple sclerosis, aged 50. [2]

Discography

Albums

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
[3]
NED
[4]
SWE
[5]
UK
[6]
US
[7]
US
Dance

[7]
1990"Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up)" (featuring Quartz)13932861Themes from Outer Clubland (Keep It Pumping)
1991"Pump the Sound (Like a Megablast)" (Europe only)
"Hold On (Tighter to Love)"17791
1992"I'm Under (Love Strain)" (Europe only)Adventures Beyond Clubland
"Set Me Free"902
"Hypnotized"1
"Come Rain, Come Shine" (US only)39
"Hot for You" (featuring Quartz)(UK only)Single only
1995"Cry" (Sweden only)8The Secrets of Inner Clubland
"Peace of Luv" (Europe & UK only)24148 [8]
"Gimme Love Gimme All" (Europe only)
"Open Your Eyes" (Japan only)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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