Imaani

Imaani

Imaani Saleem (born Melanie Crosdale in Nottingham, England in 1972) is an English singer.

Career

In 1998 she entered the Song For Europe competition to find the UK's song for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her track "Where Are You" was a runaway winner with the British public and was selected to represent the UK. Imaani finished just six points behind the winner Dana International, in second place in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.

After its success in the contest, "Where Are You" entered the UK Singles Chart in May 1998, peaking at number 15. The track spent more than two months in the charts, selling over 100,000 copies in the process. Despite this success her record label EMI decided to cancel the release of her follow-up single "You got a way" and parted company with Saleem.

In 2000 she supplied the lead vocals on Tru Faith & Dub Conspiracy's cover version of Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me". "Freak Like Me" reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart, again selling in excess of 100,000 copies.

Saleem went on to record with the jazz-funk band, Incognito.

In 2006 she sang on a house track, "Bring Me Love" by the Copyright Project on Defected Records. The track received a limited release in the UK, but charted in the official UK Top 200 chart, and reached the Top 3 in the club chart.


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