Ida Corr was born on 14 March 1977 to a Danish mother and a Gambian father in Aarhus, Denmark.
16 Facts About Ida Corr
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Ida Corr started drumming at the age of six, and by her ninth birthday she had formed a band, performing soul classics by James Brown and Aretha Franklin on the streets of her city.
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At the age of 14 Corr won the first Danish Children Songcontest.
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In 2002 Ida Corr became known to the Danish public as a member of the short-lived girlgroup Sha Li Mar, consisting of Christina Undhjem, Engelina and Ida Corr herself.
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In 2004 Ida Corr collaborated with house producer Morten Trust on "I Put My Faith in You", a moderately popular dance hit.
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Ida Corr rose to fame in her native Denmark in 2005 with the release of her debut album Streetdiva and in 2006 with her follow-up album Robosoul.
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In 2007 Ida Corr received exposure in the Netherlands due to her second collaboration with Fedde le Grand, and her most recent self-written single, remixed by Fedde le Grand, "Let Me Think About It", spread to wider Europe quickly.
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In 2008 Ida Corr released the compilation album One in Scandinavia.
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Ida Corr was member of the band called SugaRush Beat Company that performed on Later.
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In January 2009 Ida Corr received an award for the best selling Danish artist selling music in Europe at the European Border Breakers Awards in Groningen.
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On 16 December 2009, Ida Corr participated at one of the Climate Change concerts in Copenhagen.
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In January 2011 Ida Corr collaborated with Kato, Camille Jones and Johnson on the Danish-language dance single "Sjus".
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Ida Corr was fascinated by the experience of singing in her native language, so she decided to release another Danish single.
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In spring 2012 a new collaboration between British DJ-duo Bimbo Jones and Ida Corr was published worldwide.
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On 20 August 2012, it was announced that Ida Corr would replace Pernille Rosendahl as a judge for the sixth season of the Danish version of X Factor alongside Thomas Blachman and fellow new judge Anne Linnet.
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For unknown reasons, Ida Corr did not return for the seventh season and was replaced by Lina Rafn.