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Released: Jan 1, 2009
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  • Genre: Jazz / Pop

    Location Ne

    Profile Views: 602786

    Last Login: 1/22/2013

    Member Since 5/21/2009

    Website www.caroemerald.com

    Record Label Grandmono Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    LYRICAL TALES OF ROMANCE AND DECEPTION In May 2007 Caro Emerald got a phone call from Dutch producers Jan van Wieringen and David Schreurs. They'd written a song with Canadian songwriter Vincent Degiorgio. Their demo singer wasn't available, and that's why Caro got the opportunity to record the demo for 'Back It Up'. A year later, Caro performed the song on a local TV station. It caught fire right away: viewers just wouldn't stop calling, e-mailing and commenting about that lovely girl with her catchy song. A low-budget video on YouTube created a similar effect. Suddenly, viewers wanted to know where they could buy the song. But, with only one song on the repertoire David, Vince, Jan and Caro started working on an album first. Inspired by films and music from the 40's and 50's, the result was an exciting, hugely accessible collection of 12 original songs. The album features ballroom jazz, cinematic tangos, groovin' jazz tracks and infectious mambos that sound like they were recorded in the golden age in Hollywood's most celebrated recording studios. But the smoking beats, catchy songs and inventive production mark Caro out as a present-day phenomenon. GRANDMONO RECORDS Such a distinctive style required its own label approach. Adding Vince's A&R background to the mix, Schreurs and van Wieringen set up Grandmono Records to release 'Back It Up' in Holland on July 6 2009. It became an overnight success. Follow-up 'A Night Like This' went on to reach #1 in the Dutch single charts in January 2010. That same week, Grandmono Records released Caro's much anticipated debut album 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'. It entered at #1 in the album charts and reached platinum status within 6 weeks. Overall, the album has spent 30 weeks at #1, breaking a Dutch record set by Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and selling a stunning 260.000 copies within the year (5x platinum). Caro and her team received numerous awards, including the prestigious Dutch Edison Award for Best Female, an MTV EMA award for Best Dutch and Belgian Act (European Act nominee), an EBBA award, a Buma Silver Harp for Best New Artist and Best Song, the Pop Prize (Buma Cultuur) and many other significant prizes. INTERNATIONAL CAREER Almost immediately following the release of 'Back It Up', Caro was the subject of attention from many record labels outside of Holland. So far, the album has been released in Belgium and Luxemburg (Grandmono), France, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece (Sony Music Entertainment), Scandinavia (Cosmos), Italy (Time Records), Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe and Russia (Universal Music Germany), the UK and Ireland (Dramatico), Australia and New Zealand (Dramatico) and South Africa (Just Music). Audiences all over the continent have been falling for Caro's sepia-tinged melodic take on life. 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor' and its various singles have been topping airplay charts all over Europe, while in the UK, Caro has been embraced by radio. BBC Radio 2 made 'Riviera Life' and 'Deleted Scenes...' Single and Album of The Week respectively. In Poland, the album is already double platinum (>40.000). In Germany, 'A Night Like This' and the album are storming the charts as we speak.

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Riviera Life / Close To Me

That Man (Official Video)

A Night Like This

Back It Up (Official Video)

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    Dear fans on MySpace! Because of the increase in popularity of other social media we decided that we will diminish the activities on Caro Emerald's MySpace page, and therefore this will be the last post on this medium. For future updates on Caro Emerald we would like to direct you to the official website: http://lnk.ms/Gby6z And of course you can join us on the other social media! http://lnk.ms/cxRMx http://lnk.ms/d5Vb6 http://lnk.ms/d5Vb8 http://lnk.ms/cxRN1

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      • THE FED UP FRIDAYS

         I cannot stress how much I enjoyed your chewns on the radio2 show

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      • Groovy One

        awww we still want to see you here on myspace Caro ....... Love you work ....... ;o)

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Dear fans on MySpace!

Because of the increase in popularity of other social media we decided that we will diminish the activities on Caro Emerald's MySpace page, and therefore this will be the last post on this medium.   

For future updates on Caro Emerald we would like to direct you to the official website: www.caroemerald.com

And of course you can join us on the other social media!

http://www.facebook.com/CaroEmeraldOfficial 

http://www.youtube.com/caroemerald 

http://twitter.com/CaroEmerald

http://pinterest.com/caroemerald/

GRANDMONO RECORDS

Such a distinctive style required its own label approach. Adding Vince’s A&R background to the mix, Schreurs and van Wieringen set up Grandmono Records to release 'Back It Up' in Holland on July 6 2009. It became an overnight success. Follow-up 'A Night Like This' went on to reach #1 in the Dutch single charts in January 2010. That same week, Grandmono Records released Caro's much anticipated debut album 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor'. It entered at #1 in the album charts and reached platinum status within 6 weeks. Overall, the album has spent 30 weeks at #1, breaking a Dutch record set by Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and selling a stunning 260.000 copies within the year (5x platinum). Caro and her team received numerous awards, including the prestigious Dutch Edison Award for Best Female, an MTV EMA award for Best Dutch and Belgian Act (European Act nominee), an EBBA award, a Buma Silver Harp for Best New Artist and Best Song, the Pop Prize (Buma Cultuur) and many other significant prizes.

INTERNATIONAL CAREER

Almost immediately following the release of 'Back It Up', Caro was the subject of attention from many record labels outside of Holland. So far, the album has been released in Belgium and Luxemburg (Grandmono), France, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece (Sony Music Entertainment), Scandinavia (Cosmos), Italy (Time Records), Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe and Russia (Universal Music Germany), the UK and Ireland (Dramatico), Australia and New Zealand (Dramatico) and South Africa (Just Music). Audiences all over the continent have been falling for Caro’s sepia-tinged melodic take on life. 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor' and its various singles have been topping airplay charts all over Europe, while in the UK, Caro has been embraced by radio. BBC Radio 2 made 'Riviera Life' and 'Deleted Scenes...' Single and Album of The Week respectively. In Poland, the album is already double platinum (>40.000). In Germany, ‘A Night Like This’ and the album are storming the charts as we speak.

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