The Corrs

The Corrs is a group pop Irish with the strong Celtic influences, whose members are brother and sisters.

Biography

The four members of the group belong to the Corr family, and were born with Dundalk (Ireland, Comté of Louth).

Their first album, Forgiven Not Forgotten , a subtle mixture of Irish tradition and music pop, had its greater success in Australia. The most known songs are Runaway and Forgiven Not Forgotten .

The following album, Talk One Corners , was very popular in Ireland and England. It contains in particular What Can I C and Dreams (begun again group Fleetwood Mac). They reach the top of their art with the album Unplugged in acoustics and assisted by a Symphony orchestra.

In Blue mark a turn in the musical style of the group which becomes more pop in order to allure the US market. They collaborate thus with the producer Mutt Lange who is not other than the husband of the singer Shania Twain. It composes with them the tubes Breathless , Irresistible and All The Love In The World .

Borrowed Heaven mark a certain return to the sources after long a four years pause. The album contains ballades melancholic persons ( Angel , Long Night …) and of the rythmées songs full with love of life, as the tube Summer Sunshine .

Their last album, simply entitled Home , is a homage to the Celtic Folklore which inspired them, and proposes many resumptions of soft and poetic Irish songs traditional, of which two are sung in Gaélique, Buachaill one Eirne and Brid Og Nor Mhaille . It in particular gained an important success in France, while becoming Disque of gold only one month after its exit. Home was sold with more than 340.000 specimens in France. Since 2005, the group agrees a pause.

In January 2006, the number of albums sold by Corrs approaches the 60 million according to the Irish Singles Chart .

Members

  • Andrea Corr : Song, chock whistle (Irish traditional flute). Its complete name is Andrea Jane Corr, and was born on May 17th, 1974 in Dundalk in Ireland. It is the benjamine of the three sisters. Not only, Andrea is equipped with a splendid voice but also it can play of the piano. It has the maroon eyes, the brown hair and was elected more beautiful woman of Ireland in 1999. It is the principal singer of the group, but his/her sisters and her brother are to him of a very invaluable help.

  • Sharon Corr: Song, Violin, Piano, from its true name Sharon Helga Corr-Bonnar and was born on March 24th, 1970 in Dundalk. It is the elder one of the three sisters. Like her Andrea sister, she was already elected more beautiful woman of Ireland. Moreover, she plays of the violin since the age of 6 years and half. She practically never missed by lessons so that she could teach this discipline today.

  • Caroline Corr: Song, battery, percussions, piano, Bodhràn (Irish traditional drum). Its whole name is Caroline Georgina Corr-Woods. Caroline was born on March 17th, 1973, in particular the day of Saint-Patrick, a very famous festival in Ireland, in the birthplace of the group, Dundalk. Caroline measures 1,60 m, has the blue eyes and its hair is châtains clear. She is the threshing-machine of the group.

  • Jim Corr: Guitar, keyboards of its true name James (“Jim”) Steven Ignatius Corr. Jim was born on July 31st, 1964 in Dundalk. He is the elder one of all the Corr family. Jim learned how to play of the guitar towards the 13 years age. Just like his sisters, he also learned how to play of the very young piano (towards the 4 years age).

Musicians

  • Connor Brady : Guitar (1998)
  • Anthony Drennan: Guitar (except 1998, replaced by Connor Brady)
  • Keith Duffy: Low guitar
  • Jason Duffy: Battery (since 2004)
  • Kieran Kiely: Accordion, keyboards (since 2004)

Discography

DVD

  • Live At Royal The Albert Hall 2000

  • Live At Lansdowne Road 2000
  • Unplugged 2000
  • Live In London 2001
  • Best Off The Corrs the videos 2002
  • All the Way Home 2005

Rewards

  • Cara Awards :

    • Better hope (1993)
  • Irma Awards:
    • Better new Irish musicians (1996)
  • Premios Amigos:
    • Forgiven not forgotten better international album (1997)
  • National Irish Entertainment Awards:
    • Better Irish group (1997)
  • IFPI Awards:
    • Platinum Europe award for the albums Forgiven not forgotten & Talk one corners (1998)
  • Video Billboard Awards:
    • Best Jazz ac & New artist clip for the clip of Dreams (1998)
  • Premios Amigos:
    • Better international group & Talk one Corners better international album (1998)
  • National Irish Entertainment Awards:
    • Better pop music (1999)
  • Brit Awards:
    • Better international group (1999)
  • World Music Awards:
    • Irish Group more sold (1999)
  • Hot Close Rock'n'roll Awards:
    • Better Irish group & better live performance for the Lansdowne Road (1999)
  • Capital FM' S London Awards:
    • favorite international Group of London (2000)
  • Singapore Radio operator Music Awards:
    • Better pop group (2000)
  • IFPI Awards:
    • Platinum Europe award (10 million albums sold in the world) (2000)
  • NRJ Music Awards:
    • Better international group (2001)
  • Capital FM' S London Awards:
    • Better live performance for In blue Turn (2001)
  • Hot Close Music Awards:
    • Rory Gallagher Musician Award for Caroline (2002)
  • Pop BMI Awards:
    • Better pop song for Breathless (2002)
  • Irish World Awards:
    • Better pop performance (2003)
  • Big Buzz Awards:
    • Better pop group Irish (2005)
  • Premios Ondas:
    • Special price of the jury for the whole of their musical career (2005)

See too

External bonds

  • Official site

Simple: The Corrs

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