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Donna Allen is an American dance-pop singer, born in Key West, Florida , and raised in Tampa . At one point a cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , she got her start performing in the bands Hi-Octane, Trama and Maxx. During her tenure with MAXX she was courted by Alan Walden (Capricorn Records/Hustler Productions) before launching a solo career. [1] She also sang backup on tour for Gloria Estefan for nine years.


Career [ edit ]



Allen's first disc was the Lou Pace-produced 1986 album, Perfect Timing , and over the next few years she launched several hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart .
She had two Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart with " Serious " (1987, #8) and " Joy and Pain " (1989, #10). [2] 1995's "Real", her last US chart hit, was taken from the soundtrack to the Sylvester Stallone film The Specialist .
The UK dance act Strike used her chorus hook line from "Serious", as the basis for their club hit, " U Sure Do " released in 1994.
Allen provided the vocals to Soulsearcher's 2003 dancefloor smash Feelin' Love.
"He is the Joy" appeared on the Precious soundtrack (2009).


The Voice [ edit ]



In 2013, she made an attempted comeback by competing in Season 5 of NBC 's singing competition, The Voice . On the inaugural day of the season, broadcast on September 23, 2013, she performed Joe Cocker 's song " You Are So Beautiful " with two of the four judges, namely Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera , hitting their "I Want You" button and turning their chairs. Allen opted to be in Team Adam for the season. [3] During the Battle Rounds, she was defeated by fellow Team Adam teammate Tessanne Chin , the eventual winner of Season 5.
Stage
Song
Original Artist
Date
Order
Result
Blind Audition
" You Are So Beautiful " Joe Cocker September 23, 2013 1.3 Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera turned
Joined Team Adam Battle Rounds
" Next to Me " (vs. Tessanne Chin )
Emeli Sandé October 14, 2013 7.5 Defeated

Discography [ edit ]


Albums [ edit ]


Year
Title
Label
US R&B Chart [4]
US Top 200 [4]
1986 Perfect Timing 21 Records 33 133 1988 Heaven on Earth Oceana Records 28 -


Singles [ edit ]



Year
Title
Chart positions [5]

US Billboard Hot 100
US R&B
US Hot Dance/Club Play
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
UK Singles Chart [2]
1986 "Serious" 21 5 - 17 8 1987 "Satisfied" - 14 33 - 92 1987 "Sweet Somebody" - 55 48 - - 1988 "Heaven on Earth" - 19 - - - 1989 "Can We Talk?" - 43 - - - 1989 " Joy and Pain " - 3 - 25 10 1995 "Real" - - 23 - 34 1997 "Saturday" (East 57th Street featuring Donna Allen)
- - - - 29 1999 "He Is the Joy" - - - - - 2010 "He's Got the Power" - - - -
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