Biography
Stephanie is a name of at least seven artists:
1) A simplification of Stéphanie, a mononym of Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth Grimaldi (aka Stéphanie de Monaco and Stephanie (Princess Stephanie Of Monaco)), an 80s europop star. Sites: Discogs
2) A romanisation of ステファニー (b. 5 Aug 1987), a Japanese-American singer who débuted with the single "君がいる限り" (May 2007, SME - best known as ステファニー's "君がいる限り", aka "Kimi ga Iru Kagiri" and ステファニー's "Kimi ga Iru Kagiri"). Her latest release is second album "Colors of my Voice" (Jun 2009, SME - best known as ステファニー's "Colors of My Voice").
The début title track "Kimi ga Iru Kagiri" (best known as best known as ステファニー's "君がいる限り", aka "君がいる限り" and ステファニー's "Kimi ga Iru Kagiri"), was featured as the first ending theme for the anime "Kiss Dum: Engage Planet".
Other releases include "Friends" (Jan 2008, SME - aka ステファニー's "フレンズ", "フレンズ" and ステファニー's "Friends"), the title track of which is her most popular track.
Stephanie has an Armenian-American father and a Japanese mother, and lived in California until she was 14. When she was in California, she sent demo material to music producer Joe Rinoie, who was very impressed - motivating her to travel to Japan, in 2002. Currently, she is enrolled at Aoyama Gakuin University and studies law. Prior to début, not even her face was revealed. She has a five octave vocal range.
Sites: En.Wikipedia and Ja.Wikipedia
3) An Dreams Of Tall Buildings mis-tagging, related to their track "Stephanie".
4) A Danish urban / pop artist who débuted with the single "Bodystocking" (May 2011, Warner Music).
Bodystocking was a hit, and only few weeks after its Danish release, interest started coming in from both the rest of the Nordic countries, Germany, UK and US, where she's now begun to establish herself. Stephanie is produced by rising star producers Pitchshifters.
Sites: SoundCloud and YouTube
5) A Julianna Rose Mauriello fictional character, in the children's television show LazyTown.
6) A dance / freestyle singer who released one album, "Get Away" (1990).
7) A Seattle-based quintet who make "SWIRL" music; featuring members of M. Women & Secret Colors. Closely affiliated with Seattle DIY arts space CAIRO.
8) Richmond VA based new retrowave // Italodisco // noise // fantasy // horror score since 2011. Taking influence from Goblin, Zombi, Giorgio Moroder, Electric Youth, College, …
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