Rozalla Miller: Difference between revisions

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'''Rozalla Miller''' (born 18 March 1964), better known as simply '''Rozalla''', is a [[Zambia]]n dance music performer. She is best known for her 1991 hit "[[Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)]]", which was remixed and re-issued several times.

Rozalla began performing at a young age in her native [[Zambia]] singing in clubs and at events; then at age 13, she was singing on a children's TV show. While still in her teens, she relocated to Zimbabwe where she fronted various R&B cover bands before beginning her own recording career with a resultant five number-one hits on that nation's chart.<ref>Vibe Vol 2 No. 2 (March 1994) p.37</ref> In 1988, Rozalla relocated to London with her manager Chris Sergeant and worked with the Band of Gypsies, a production duo consisting of Nigel Swanston and Tim Cox.

Rozalla's first UK single "Born to Luv Ya" became a club hit in 1990. The singer's career really took off when the dance anthem "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1991. It became a Top 10 hit in many European countries soon afterwards and reached the Billboard Top 40 the following year. It remains her biggest hit to date. It was later included on her dance-heavy debut album ''Everybody's Free'', which peaked at number 20 in the UK Albums Chart and went silver. The album spawned two more sizeable hits in "Faith (In the Power of Love)" and "Are You Ready to Fly", reaching number 11 and 14 respectively in the UK Singles Chart, plus a lesser charting single in the ballad "Love Breakdown".<ref>[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/rozalla Officialcharts.com]</ref>

[[File:Rozalla Miller with Michael Jackson in 1992.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Rozalla Miller with Michael Jackson in 1992]]

! rowspan="2"| Certifications<br /><small>(sales thresholds)</small>

! width="35"| AUS<br><ref name=aus>Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:

* "I Love Music": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/wiIAjS8.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 13 Mar 1994|publisher=ARIA|accessdate=25 February 2016}}</ref>

! width="35"| AUT<br><ref name="lescharts"/>

! width="35"| FRA<br><ref name="lescharts">[http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rozalla International peaks]</ref>

! width="35"| GER<br><ref>[http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Rozalla&x=0&y=0&country=de&kategorie=single German peaks]</ref>

! width="35"| IRE<br><ref>[http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement Search for Irish peaks] {{webcite|url=http://www.webcitation.org/5hFf8iFDu |date=20090603090322 |dateformat=dmy }}</ref>

! width="35"| NED<br><ref name="ned">[http://www.top40.nl/zoeken?search=rozalla Dutch peaks]</ref>

! width="35"| NZ<br><ref name="lescharts"/>

! width="35"| SWE<br><ref name="lescharts"/>

! width="35"| SWI<br><ref name="lescharts"/>

! width="35"| UK<br><ref name=OCC /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 473}}</ref><ref name=zobbel>UK singles and albums chart peaks outside the top 100: {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_R.HTM|title=Chart Log UK 1994-2010 > The Rabble Army – RZA|publisher=Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz|accessdate=2015-09-18}}</ref>

! width="35"| US CLUB<br><ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/369234/rozalla/chart?f=359interpret=Billboard Club Chart Billboard peaks]</ref>

* UK: Silver<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx Search for UK certification] {{wayback|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |date=20090924015932 |df=y }}</ref>

| align="left"| "Faith (In the Power of Love)"  

| align="left"| "Are You Ready to Fly"  

| align="left"| "Don't Play With Me"  

| align="left"| "Live Another Life" <small>(with Plastic Boy)</small>  

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[[Category:Zambian musicians]]