Twenty 4 Seven

BIOGRAPHY

TWENTY 4 SEVEN THE STORY

When in 1989 successful Dutch producer, remixer and owner of the “Twenty 4 Seven” concept Ruud van Rijen started with this dance group, he couldn’t foresee it’s enormous success both nationally and internationally.

TWENTY 4 SEVEN Feat. MC Fixx-It

In the beginning he started out with rapper MC Fixx-it. The single was called “I can’t stand it”. This was a hip-hop track (100 BPM). The chorus was made by Ruud himself with a vocoder.

Because it became a little hit in the Dutch Tip-Parade Ruud decided to make the track more commercial. He started working out a Hip-House version (124 BPM) which was totally differed then the original. This time he changed the chorus vocoder and used a female vocal. This was the first time Nance was introduced in the group. This Record Became a top 20 hit in Holland.

TWENTY 4 SEVEN Feat. Captain Hollywood

After a few months there was interest by a record company in Germany. They love the record but asked Ruud to re-record the record in Germany and use a different rapper. Ruud decided to do that.

He started out with rapper Captain Hollywood and vocalist Nance joined by 2 dancers Jacks and Hanks.

This re-recorded single became a smash hit all over Europe, claiming the number 1 spot in various countries. This led to worldwide success. The second single, “Are You Dreaming”, from the debut album “Street Moves”, appeared to be a good follow up in view of the chart positions it gained. After finishing the album “Streetmoves” Captain Hollywood decided to start his own career.

Captain Hollywood eventually left the group. His place was filled by Stay-C in 1992. Until 1995 he and Nance formed Twenty 4 Seven.

TWENTY 4 SEVEN Feat. Stay-C and Nance

Their first single together was called “It Could Have Been You”, but unfortunately for them this single didn’t have the impact as they hoped it would have!

Twenty 4 Seven went back into the studios and recorded the single “Slave To The Music”. This single became an enormous success, claiming the number 1 spot in Australia, Czechia, most Latin-American countries and South Africa, hitting Top 5 in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Portugal and Top 10 in Finland, , Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand.

The next singles (Is it love, Take me away, Why don’t you leave them alone, Oh baby) and album, also entitled “Slave To The Music”, were just as successful and helped Twenty 4 Seven to become a worldwide top-act. In several countries all over the world Twenty 4 Seven received Golden and Platinum Awards for both singles and albums.

The third album, “I Wanna Show You”, was released in December, 1994, at times when the first single from this album, “Oh Baby”, made it high in the charts in a big part of Europe. The second single “Keep On Trying” saw its release in March, 1995. The same year in which Twenty 4 Seven proudly received the Dutch Export Award of 1994. In spring 1996 they received a Golden Award for the album “I Wanna Show You” (South Africa) and double Platinum for the album “Slave To The Music” (also in South Africa).

ANOTHER CHANGE

TWENTY 4 SEVEN Feat. Stay-C and Stella

The Twenty 4 Seven fans had to wait more than a year for a new single. In that year Nance was replaced by Stella. During the summer of 1996 Twenty 4 Seven released a new single “We are the world” and a couple of months later the release of “If You Want My Love” was a fact. The release of this track was delayed a couple of times because “We Are The World” suddenly did very well in many countries. After “If you want my love” they released “Friday night” and the new fourth album “Twenty 4 hours 7 days a week”. The release of the single “Ne Ne” came a few months later. It was recorded with Stay-C. Stella wasn’t part of the group anymore at that moment.

After this release Ruud decided to stop for the moment.

TWENTY 4 SEVEN Feat. Elle

After a period of 11 years of silence Ruud decided to blow new life in the group. In 2005 he met “Elle” and was impressed of her voice. After working a while in the studio, Ruud decided to record the new Twenty 4 Seven single with her. In September 2007 the recording of “Twenty 4 Seven -- Like flames” was a fact. The single was released in October and in November the group started doing life performances again.

TWENTY 4SEVEN Feat Stay-C & Li-Ann

Now in 2010 Stay-C is back! Accompagnied with Li-Ann, ready to storm the world again!
More info coming very soon!

RELEASES

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