Background
Andru Donalds was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Andru Donalds was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Donalds had a hit single in America in 1995 with Mishale, which reached #38 on the Billboard Hot 100. His musical style ranges from popular, rock and roll, to reggae and ballads. His influences include The Beatles, Prince, Bob Marley, Queen, Michael Jackson & Black Uhuru.
Solo career Upon leaving school at the age of 18 Donalds travelled to England, the Netherlands and New York, in order to develop his musical abilities as singer and songwriter.
He met the producer and songwriter Eric Foster White, who had hits with stars such as Frank Sinatra, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, Julio Iglesias, Backstreet Boys, Regina Belle, Hi-Five and Boyzone. Together they produced the debut album Andru Donalds.
The two singles from this - Mishale and Save Maine Now - became successful worldwide. His second album Damned, If I Don’t was published two years later in 1997.
The song Somebody’s Baby was taken from this for the soundtrack of the Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting.
In April 1998 Donalds received a call from producer and songwriter Michael Cretu, who wanted to engage him for the Enigma project The outcome was that they collaborated not only on Enigma songs but also on two solo albums. Let’s Talk About lieutenant, his fourth album, featured the single One Night Lover.
Five years after his last solo album, Donalds released a "best of" album in 2006.
lieutenant included five new songs, of which Dreamer and Let The Stars Fall Down were released as singles. Enigma He has performed in Enigma songs such as: Seven Lives, Modern Crusaders, The Screen Behind The Mirror, Boum-Boum, In The Shadow, In The Light, Hello And Welcome (soundtrack for the Felix Sturm’s box).
He also co-wrote and performed Je t’aime Till My Dying Day and Distorted Love. Other collaborations In 2005 Donalds co-produced and performed the song And I Feel for the soundtrack of the German film Barefoot / Barfuß, starring and directed by Til Schweiger.
In 2005 he co-operated with the Ukrainian singer Evgenia Vlasova.
Their songs Limbo & Wind Of Hope gained airplay on Slavic radio stations. Donalds also wrote a song for Sandra, the former wife of Cretu: The Way I Am, the lead single from her The Art of Love album released in 2007. |} Other than "Love Sensuality Devotion" not even a single track in listing is performed by Donalds.
Donalds" work has featured on the soundtracks of two films.
Albums Donalds" songs have been covered by other artists include: Mishale - covered by Tranx-Mission, 4Play and Marianna Gerasimidou Ruth Ann Boyle covered Just for One Day (I"d Die for You) on her album What About United States Songs that have been covered by Donalds include: Jackson Browne"s Somebody"s Baby Led Zeppelin"s Doctorate"yer Mak"er Sinéad O"Connor"s Thank You Air Supply"s All Out Of Love Aerosmith"s Dream On Cretu & Thiers" Snowing Under My Skin Fox The Fox" Precious Little Diamond Gino Vanelli"s Hurts To Be In Love Also there"s another co-writer"s version: Kari Kimmel Dreamer released on the album A Life In The Day.