Amber (Dutch singer)

Six of 9 releases have been Top 3 hits on the iTunes US Dance Albums Chart, four going all the way to #1: "Above the Clouds (Remixes)," "Love One Another (Remixes)," "Colour of Love (Remixes)," and "If You Could Read My Mind (25th Anniversary Edition)".

The success of the 2022 and 2023 re-releases of Amber's singles reignited interest in her catalog.

Marie-Claire Cremers (born 9 May 1969) known professionally as Amber is a Dutch-born singer, songwriter, label owner, and executive producer.

She is best known for her hits "This Is Your Night", "If You Could Read My Mind", and "Sexual (Li Da Di)".

The song "This is Your Night" has become a classic that is routinely ranked among the best dance tracks of the 1990s.

It was used in the film "A Night at the Roxbury" and has been included in countless dance compilations and playlists.

More recently, the track has become popular in fan-made TikTok and YouTube videos with collective views in the millions.

Her "This is Your Night (1996)," "Amber (1999)," and "Naked (2002)" CDs charted on the Amazon Euro Pop and Dance Pop Bestsellers charts in Summer and Fall 2023 with "Naked" placing as high as #23.

Amber's music career took off when one of her demos, "This Is Your Night", was released by Tommy Boy Records.

The single was on the Hot 100 chart for one year in 1996 and 1997.

A full-length album of the same name soon followed, which spawned two additional hit singles: "Colour of Love" and the Hani remix of "One More Night".

The album's release was preceded in 1998 by the single "If You Could Read My Mind," by Stars on 54 (a collaboration with Ultra Naté and Jocelyn Enriquez) which was recorded for the Miramax film 54.

Amber performed the song with Nate and Enriquez in the closing scene of the movie.

The first official single from AMBER was "Sexual (Li Da Di)," which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 17 weeks at #1 on the Singles Sales Chart.

The album also included the #1 dance hits "Above the Clouds" and "Love One Another".

The former song as well as the album track "Object of Your Desire" later gained additional exposure when licensed for the HBO series "Sex and the City".

In addition to the four American singles, German label ZYX also released "Do That To Me One More Time" and "I Found Myself in You".

"Do That to Me One More Time" was recorded exclusively for the European market and issued with an accompanying video that was shot in Manhattan.

In 1999, Amber released her eponymous self-titled second album which garnered the most mainstream attention thus far.

The magazine later declared her the #7 Dance Singles Sales Artist of the 2000s.

Amber is extremely popular among dance club music enthusiasts and especially in the gay community.

She is an outspoken LGBTQ advocate who has headlined dozens of Pride celebrations, earning her recognition as one of the "Queens of Pride".

Recently, Amber's career has experienced a resurgence.

Tommy Boy Records, the singer's original label now owned by Reservoir Media, began releasing previously vaulted remixes of her songs to digital platforms worldwide in 2022.

Amber's next release was a compilation of remixes titled appropriately The Hits Remixed (2000).

This album contained all of her hit singles up to that point, including "If You Could Read My Mind," as well as the non-album track "Taste the Tears" which she recorded for the Sex and the City TV Soundtrack.

In 2007, Amber re-recorded many of the tracks from the album and released them to digital media platforms.

This included: "Sexual (Li Da Di)," "Above the Clouds," "Spiritual Virginity," which the artist confirmed was under consideration as a single when the album was originally released, "Object of Your Desire," "Love One Another," and "If I'm Not the One".

More recently, never-before-released remixes of the AMBER album hit singles have been issued digitally: "Sexual (Li Da Di) [Plasma Trance Remix - Extended]," "Above the Clouds (Remixes)," and "Love One Another (Remixes)".

The latter two peaked at #1 on the iTunes Dance Albums Chart in July 2022 and August 2022, respectively.

The success of these releases renewed interest in the AMBER album which also charted in the Top 10 on Amazon's Digital Dance/Pop Albums.

In July 2023, "If You Could Read My Mind (25th Anniversary Edition)" was issued with 16 remixes by Hex Hector and Steve "Silk" Hurley.

It debuted at #1 on the iTunes US Dance Albums Chart.

"Sexual (Li Da Di)" Remixes peaked at #3 on the same chart in February 2024.

Amber re-recorded "This is Your Night" in 2008 and "One More Night" in 2011 and released multi-track singles on digital platforms.

Remix albums of "Colour of Love (Remixes)" and "This is Your Night (Special Edition)" were released digitally in September 2022 and June 2023, respectively.

In August 2023, vault remixes of "Being With You," a Smokey Robinson cover, were issued, followed in September 2023 by "Colour of Love, Part II (Bonus Remixes)".

"One More Night (Remixes)" dropped in October 2023 and included 17 club versions by Junior Vasquez, Fitch Bros., and Hani among others.

It peaked at #4 on the iTunes US Dance Albums chart.

In December 2016, Billboard ranked her as the 34th-most successful dance artist of all time.