Tara McDonald
British songwriter and vocalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tara Jane McDonald (born 9 September 1976) is an English singer-songwriter. She is signed to Play Two/Warner Music.
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Born | (1976-09-09) 9 September 1976 (age 47) Dartford, England |
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Years active | 1988–present |
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Website | taramcdonald |
McDonald achieved success working and co-writing with Armand van Helden and Axwell on the chart hits "My My My" and "Feel the Vibe". Both these projects debuted at number 1 in the club charts before peaking in the UK sales charts at No. 12 and No. 16, respectively. She has also collaborated with Todd Terry, co-writing the song "Get Down", and with David Guetta, co-writing "Delirious" and "You Are Not Alone" on his platinum selling album Pop Life.
McDonald hosted her own one-hour dance music radio show called I Like This Beat (formerly called Shut Up & Dance). The program was syndicated on over 50 stations in 40 countries and released as a free podcast through iTunes.[not verified in body]
At the start of 2012, McDonald worked as an assistant vocal coach on the first series of the TV show The Voice in Belgium alongside the French pop star Quentin Mosimann. The winner of this series, and member of Mosimann's team, Roberto Bellarosa, went on to sign a recording contract with Sony Music.
McDonald signed a three-album deal with Mercury/Universal in 2012.[1] In 2014, she released a single featuring Snoop Dogg called "Vay-K".[2][3]
Her "I Need a Miracle" single was chosen as the Europride anthem for 2016. The single charted in a number of European countries.[4]