With insistent grooves and intriguing vocals, Danish-born singer, musician, composer, arranger, and producer
Camille Jones certainly appears to have the musical world in her pocket. Jones was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1974, and released her first album, Daddy Would Say, in 2000 on Warner Music. The disc included the monster hit “Nothing Comes From Nothing” and resulted in a nomination for “Female Singer of the Year” at the Danish Music Awards 2001. Jones has also contributed to the soundtrack to the Swedish film “Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig”. With her n
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ew album, Surrender, she has signed to a smaller record company, gaining full artistic control of the current and future recordings. The hit single ”The Creeps - That Kid
Chris Mix" is released in USA by
Tommy Boy Records. Within the first two weeks it made it to #15 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play. The Creeps” is also out in Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Spain, France and South Africa. In addition, its accompanying video made by Mikkel Serup - was nominated for a Danish Music Award 2005.
Though she has become a worldwide success, Jones is still deeply involved in the Danish music scene. As singer, guitarist, keyboard player and percussionist she has been offering her personal touch to such diverse artists as abstract hip hop act Pelding, Danish rap favorites Malk de Koijn, cult funkateer Abdullah S, independent rocker Maya Albana, and the R&B/pop music of Mark Linn, Thomas Helmig, and Anne Linnet. Jones describes her own personal influences in terms of the worldwide stage and has drawn comparisons to
Prince,
Stevie Wonder, Wendy & Lisa,
Dolly Parton, Chicks on Speed, D’Angelo, MeShell NdegeOcello and
Missy Elliott. No matter whom she seems to emulate, however, Jones retains her own unique style, blending a contemporary R&B sound with classic soul, guitar rock, and folk and expressing herself with meaningful lyrics that only she can sing quite so convincingly.
