Javine Hylton
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Javine Dionne Hylton (born December 27, 1981 in London, England), more commonly known as simply Javine, is a British singer who has had a string of hits in the UK singles chart.
Career
For a spell of two years, she played Nala in a production of The Lion King on London's West End. In a potentially risky move, she opted to channel this experience of live singing into an audition for the returning Popstars, a TV talent show in which young hopefuls sought to be picked for a place in a new band. For the second series, , the format had been altered to allow for the creation of two groups, one boy-band and one girl-band, that would, in theory at least, battle it out for chart dominance.
Javine's gamble paid off to some extent as she was one of the last six contenders for a place in the girl-band, but she fell at the final hurdle, and missed out on a spot in what became the chart-topping group Girls Aloud, and instead embarked on a solo singing career.
In the summer of 2003, Javine released her debut single "Real Things", which featured a sample of M.O.P.'s hit "Ante Up". The single charted inside the U.K. top 5 at #4 and remains her biggest hit to date. Three further top 20 hits from her debut album followed, "Surrender (Your Love)" (which sampled the Diana Ross hit "Surrender"), "Best Of My Love" and a cover of Jade's "Don't Walk Away", a double A-side with a cover of Carole King's "You've Got A Friend".
Javine featured on Richard X's 2003 album Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1. Her collaboration with him, "You Used To" was due to be released as a single, but it was cancelled [link].
On March 5, 2005, she won Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up, [link] the British heat of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with the ethnic romp "Touch My Fire", a track co-written by Hylton. The other contestants were the 1996 UK entrant Gina G, as well as Andy Scott-Lee, the group Tricolore, and Katie "Jordan" Price. Her appearance on the programme was noteworthy for two other reasons. During the performance 'tit tape' used to hold dress in place came loose causing a wardrobe malfunction [link]. Javine represented the United Kingdom in the final, finishing in 22nd place (with 18 points) in front of only France and Germany. She had been given pre-final odds of 33/1 [link], making her an outsider. When comparing her [performance for the BBC] to the [performance she gave in Kiev] at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, it is evident reports that she was suffering from a throat infection at the live final were indeed correct [link]. When "Touch My Fire" was released as a single in it's own right, it became Javine's fifth consecutive top 20 hit, charting at #18 in the U.K. singles chart.
Javine has since appeared on the new series of the Channel 4 programme The Games which she went on to [win]. Javine is currently in the studio putting the finishing touches to her second album [link], with a title which is unknown as yet. It was rumoured that she would be releasing a Double A side single, I Love Your Smile/I Know What Boys Like in early 2006 but the single has never materialised [link].
Discography
Albums
- Surrender (2004) #73 UK
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Singles | |||
| 2003 | "Real Things" | #4 | Surrender |
| 2003 | "Surrender (Your Love)" | #15 | Surrender |
| 2004 | "Best Of My Love" | #18 | Surrender |
| 2004 | "Don't Walk Away/You've Got A Friend" | #16 | Surrender |
| 2005 | "Touch My Fire" (UK Eurovision 2005 entry) | #18 | - |
| 2006 | "I Love Your Smile" / "I Know What Boys Like" (currently unconfirmed 2006) | - | TBC |
External links
- [Official website for Javine]
- [Javine's entry on the BBC Eurovision site]
- [Javine Lyrics]
- [Javine Biggest Fansite]
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