British singer Tina Cousins got her first big break in the music industry was when she sang vocals on the Sash! single "Mysterious Times" in 1998. Before that, Cousins had released the singles "Killin' Time" and "Angel" in March and June 1997 respectively but they didn't do much.
Following the success of "Mysterious Times", "Killin' Time" was re-issued and it made the Top 20 in the UK, as did the follow-up "Pray" which also achieved success in the US and is the Song Of The Day.
The song became a top 10 hit in Australia and was one of the most played songs of the year on Australian radio. It became her second gold single in the country.
Follow-up singles "Forever" and the reissued "Angel" only reached the Top 50 (despite both being pretty good). Cousins turned her attention to Australia where the song, "Forever" achieved gold sales. She then collaborated again with Sash! on the Top 10 hit "Just Around The Hill" in 2000.
In 2005, she issued a new single "Wonderful Life", which reached #17 in Australia and spent four months in the Top 50, becoming her biggest radio hit. The follow-up, "Come to Me", barely cracked the Top 40, as did her second album Mastermind. The third single to be taken from the album, "Pretty Young Thing" (previously recorded by Lene from Aqua), became Cousin's sixth Top 20 hit in Australia and the ninth to chart overall.
Since then things have been rather quiet. She has released three solo singles (including a cover of the Kings Of Leon track "Sex On Fire", which charted at #25 in Australia), as well as some collaborations. Time will tell if she will find chart success again, but for now here is "Pray".
2 comments:
Oh, how I miss that "Eurodance" sound (now largely confined to a few obscure acts in Eastern Europe) that was so big in the 90s! Her songwriters were responsible for all of Steps' biggest hits as well - unashamedly fun music of the sort that we sadly lack nowadays.
Apparently last summer she was working on a new single, but that never seemed to get anywhere either. Shame. Jx
You and me both. Although I MUCH prefer miss Cousins singing this type of music over Steps. They had a couple of great moments, but their cover of "Chain Reaction" still sends chills of terror down my spine!
Tina's first album was quite good and I liked all the singles (her Barbarella inspired video for "Angel" was a treat). Her material afterwards hasn't been quite as good, although I did enjoy her take on Black's "Wonderful Life", as well as "Pretty Young Thing". Would love her to come back with a huge dance song!
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