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Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) | |
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Birth name | Terence Trent Howard |
Also known as | Terence Trent D'Arby & Sananda Maitreya |
Born | Manhattan, New York, United States | March 15, 1962
Origin | New York |
Genres | Pop, rock, soul, R&B, Funk |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, banjo, armonica, organ |
Years active | 1987–present (1987–2001 as Terence Trent D'Arby) (2001–present as Sananda Maitreya) |
Labels | Treehouse Publishing, Columbia |
Website | http://www.SanandaMaitreya.com/ |
Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard in Manhattan, New York, New York on March 15, 1962), better known by his former stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer-songwriter who came to fame with his album Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, released in July 1987, which included the singles "Wishing Well" and "Sign Your Name".
Early life
Terence Trent D'Arby was born Terence Trent Howard in Manhattan in 1962.[1] His mother is Frances Darby, a gospel singer,[2] teacher and counselor; she married Bishop James Benjamin Darby, who became Terence's stepfather and raised him, hence "his last name changed and later he completed it with the apostrophe."[1] Maitreya was known to childhood friends as Terry Darby. His family moved successively from New York to New Jersey, to Chicago, to Daytona Beach, and then settled in DeLand, Florida, north of Orlando.
Maitreya trained as a boxer in Orlando and in 1980 won[3] the Florida Golden Gloves lightweight championship. He received an offer to attend boxing school in the United States Army, but he went to college instead. Maitreya enrolled at the University of Central Florida but quit a year later, enlisting in the U.S. Army. He was posted at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and then served in the 3rd Armored Division, near Frankfurt, West Germany.[2] He was formally court-martialed and dishonorably discharged by the army in April 1983 after going absent without leave.[4] While in West Germany, he also worked as a band leader with the band "The Touch," releasing an album of material called Love On Time (1984).[5] It was later re-issued in 1989 as Early Works after his worldwide success as a solo artist. In 1986 he left West Germany for London, where he briefly played with The Bojangels, after which he signed a solo recording deal.
Fame as Terence Trent D'Arby
Maitreya's debut solo album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby, released in July 1987, is his best-known commercial work.[5] The album, which produced hits like "If You Let Me Stay", "Wishing Well", "Dance Little Sister", and "Sign Your Name".
Maitreya expressed a high opinion of his debut album, brashly claiming that it was the most important album since the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.[6] The album earned him a Grammy Award in March 1988 in the category Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. In that same year, he earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist.
His follow-up was the album Neither Fish Nor Flesh (1989).[5]
It took four more years and a move to Los Angeles until his next album, Symphony or Damn (1993) was released. The record contained the singles "Delicate" and "She Kissed Me". It peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart.[5]
In 1995, Maitreya released Vibrator which was followed by a world tour.[5]
During the 1990s, his relations with his record label Columbia Records became strained, eventually leading to his departure in 1996. He moved to Java Records for one year, during which he recorded Terence Trent D'Arby's Solar Return, which was not released. In 2000, he bought back the rights to his unreleased album and left the record company as well as his management team, Lippman Entertainment.[citation needed]
In 1999, Maitreya collaborated with INXS to replace his friend, the late vocalist Michael Hutchence, so the band could play at the opening of facilities for the Sydney Olympics.
Later career as Sananda Maitreya
He adopted a new name, Sananda Maitreya, which he has said relates to a series of dreams he had in 1995.[7] He legally changed his name six years later on October 4, 2001. He stated in an interview[citation needed] that "Terence Trent D'Arby was dead... he watched his suffering as he died a noble death", in what was perceived as an attempt to free himself artistically and reinvent himself from the oppressive nature of the record business.
In 2001, Maitreya moved back to Europe, resettling in Munich, Germany and starting his own independent record label, Treehouse Pub. The year also marked his first album release in six years, as the unreleased Terence Trent D'Arby's Solar Return became the album Wildcard. The album was initially available for free through his website. It later gained a commercial release through a one-album distribution deal with Universal Music and then an with an independent release with the artist's own record label.
In 2002, Maitreya moved to Milan, Italy, and began working on his next album, Angels & Vampires - Volume I. The songs were initially released through Weedshare by chapters, allowing the fans to get a glimpse of the work as it evolved. On July 29, 2005, the fully mastered album was finally released through his webshop utilizing the mp3 format and then became also available in CD format.
In July 2005, Maitreya started working on Angels & Vampires - Volume II. He released each chapter online as he finished recording the songs. On April 29, 2006, he released the finished mastered album in his online shop. That was followed by the release of the 2CD limited edition of 'Angels & Vampires' at the end of 2007. In 2009, the album Nigor Mortis: A Critical Mass was released on his official website both as a CD and as Mp3. In 2010 he started the recording of his next project called The Sphinx, available in CD and mastered mp3 on the ecommerce of his official website. Its release was first in chapters and then as the full mastered project in the spring of 2011 at Zooathalon.com.[8] At the official website the instrumental version of two of his studio albums has also been made available.[9]
In 2006, during a visit to Twycross Zoo, D'Arby developed an irrational fear of monkeys which has left him with an obscure condition in which he will break wind uncontrollably for several minutes at the sight of anything resembling one.
Since the early stages of his music career he has always written, composed, arranged and produced all his tracks. In his new studio albums such as Angels & Vampires and Nigor Mortis and The Sphinx he also played all instruments. He has been touring with his band The Nudge Nudge throughout Europe to present his new music which he calls Post Millennium Rock. In April 2011 the live album Confessions of a Zooathaholic, which contains select performances of the Post Millennium Rock Tour 2010, has been released in mp3 format.[10] In 2012 he started working on his new project "Return To Zooathalon", that has been released worldwide on March 2013 on the official website Sananda.org/new music[8] and on various Music Stores.
Film career
Maitreya has appeared in two films, and in the TV mini-series Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story in which he played the part of Jackie Wilson.
His music has been included on several movie and television soundtracks, notably his version of the theme song of 1991's Frankie and Johnny. One of his songs was featured prominently in the end credits of Beverly Hills Cop III, "Right Thing, Wrong Way", which he wrote and produced with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Another of his songs, "What Shall I Do?", was featured in an episode of the UPN television series Girlfriends. In 2007, three songs appeared on Judd Apatow's movie Knocked Up and on these movies: Prêt-à-Porter, The Promised Land[disambiguation needed], Funny People, Up In the Air.[3]
Collaborations
Maitreya was featured on "A Stronger Man", a dance single by Everything but the Girl's Ben Watt. He also sang a duet with Des'ree on the single "Delicate" from the album Symphony or Damn. In 2008, Nathan Jay remixed the song "As Yet Untitled" on "This Land Is Still My Home", from the album Virtually. He did background vocals on Corey Hart's "Love and Money" track from his 1992 album Attitude & Virtue. With Miki Howard he recorded I Love Every Little Thing About You.
In 1996 he co-wrote with Hans Zimmer, produced and performed "Letting Go" for the film The Fan starring Robert De Niro.
Personal life
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Maitreya resides in Milan, Italy with his family, where he continues to create music. He married Italian architect and TV presenter Francesca Francone on June 30, 2003. Their first son, Francesco Mingus Maitreya, was born on June 5, 2010. Their second son, Federico Elvis Maitreya, was born on October 25, 2012.
Discography
Albums
- As Terence Trent D'Arby
Year | Album details | Peak Chart Positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
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US [11] |
AUS [12] |
AT [13] |
CH [14] |
NL [15] |
NO [16] |
NZ [17] |
SWE [18] |
UK [19] | |||
1987 | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
1989 | Neither Fish Nor Flesh | 61 | 40 | 28 | 20 | 32 | 16 | 42 | 47 | 12 | |
1993 | Symphony or Damn | 119 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 51 | – | 14 | 28 | 4 |
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1995 | Vibrator | 178 | – | – | 8 | 27 | – | 32 | – | 11 |
- As Terence Trent D'Arby / Sananda Maitreya
Year | Album details | Peak Chart Positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
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US [11] |
AUS [12] |
AT [13] |
CH [14] |
NL [15] |
NO [16] |
NZ [17] |
SWE [18] |
UK [19] | |||
2001 | Wildcard
(issued carrying both names Terence Trent D'Arby and Sananda Maitreya) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- As Sananda Maitreya
Year | Album details | Peak Chart Positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||
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US [11] |
AUS [12] |
AT [13] |
CH [14] |
NL [15] |
NO [16] |
NZ [17] |
SWE [18] |
UK [19] | |||
2002 | Wildcard – The Jokers' Edition
(reissue of 2001 Wildcard! under the name Sananda Maitreya) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2005 | Angels & Vampires - Volume I | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2006 | Angels & Vampires - Volume II | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2009 | Nigor Mortis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2011 | The Sphinx | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
2013 | Return to Zooathalon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Compilation albums
- As Terence Trent D'Arby
- 2002: Greatest Hits (2CDs)
- As Terence Trent D'Arby now known as Sananda Maitreya
- 2006 – Collections
EPs
- As Terence Trent D'Arby
Year | Title | Chart positions[24] | ||||||
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Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. R&B | U.S. Dance Club Play | U.S. Dance Maxi Singles | U.S. Modern Rock | UK Singles Chart[25] | [NLD][26] | ||
1993 | Neon Messiah EP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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U.S. | U.S. R&B |
U.S. Dance |
U.S. Rock |
UK [25] |
NED [26] | ||||
1987 | "If You Let Me Stay" | 68 | 19 | 47 | — | 7 | 12 | Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby | |
1987 | "Wishing Well" | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
1987 | "Dance Little Sister" | 30 | 9 | 7 | — | 20 | 3 | ||
1988 | "Sign Your Name" | 4 | 2 | 23 | — | 2 | 2 | ||
1988 | "Rain" | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | ||
1989 | "This Side Of Love" | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | Neither Fish Nor Flesh | |
1989 | "To Know Someone Deeply Is To Know Someone Softly" | — | 47 | — | — | 55 | — | ||
1989 | "The Birth Of Maudie (The Incredible E.G. O'REILLY)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Greatest Hits | |
1990 | "Billy Don't Fall" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neither Fish Nor Flesh | |
1993 | "Do You Love Me Like You Say?" | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | Symphony or Damn | |
1993 | "Delicate" feat. Des'ree | 74 | — | — | — | 14 | — | ||
1993 | "She Kissed Me" | — | — | — | 5 | 16 | — | ||
1993 | "Let Her Down Easy" | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | ||
1993 | "Turn The Page" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995 | "Holding On To You" | — | — | — | — | 20 | 35 | Vibrator | |
1995 | "Vibrator" | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | ||
1995 | "Supermodel Sandwich" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002 | "O Divina" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wildcard | |
2002 | "What Shall I Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wild Card - The Jokers' Edition | |
2006 | "Bella Faccina" | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | Angels & Vampires – Volume I | |
2007 | "South Side Run" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Angels & Vampires – Volume II | |
2009 | "Because You've Changed" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nigor Mortis | |
2011 | "I Saw Her" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Sphinx | |
2013 | "Save Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Return To Zooathalon |
See also
- List of Number 1 albums from the 1980s (UK)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
- BRIT Awards
- Grammy Awards of 1989
References
- ^ a b "Biography / Facts & Figures". Sanandamaitreya.com. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ a b Gilmore, Mikal (June 16, 1988). "Can Terence Trent D'Arby Be As Good As He Thinks He Is". Rolling Stone. Issue 528.
- ^ a b "Sananda Maitreya - Bio" (PDF). Sanadamaitreya.com. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- ^ Michael Corcoran. In the Ring With Terence Trent D'Arby, Spin June 1988, Vol. 4, No. 3
- ^ a b c d e f Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 241–242. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (March 15, 1962). "Terence Trent D'Arby - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b Official website
- ^ Forum at his official website
- ^ SanandaMaitreya.com
- ^ a b c "Billboard Chart – Terence Trent D'Arby". Billboard. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "AUS Charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". australian-charts.com. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Austrian Charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". austriancharts.at. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Swiss Charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". hitparade.ch. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Dutch charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Norwegian charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "New Zealand charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". charts.org.nz. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Swedish charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c "UK Charts – Terence Trent D'Arby". theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ "Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 7, 2011. Note: User must define 'Artist' search parameter as "Terence Trent D'Arby".
- ^ a b c "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved October 7, 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Terence Trent D'Arby" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ a b "Certified Awards Search". Music Canada. Retrieved October 7, 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Terence Trent D'Arby" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
- ^ "[2]". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ^ U.S. Billboard Singles. Allmusic.com.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 140. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, Hitdossier
External links
- Articles with links needing disambiguation from September 2012
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- Living people
- African-American singer-songwriters
- American expatriates in Germany
- American expatriates in Italy
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- American male singers
- American pop singers
- American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters
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- American soul singers
- People from Manhattan
- People from DeLand, Florida
- University of Central Florida alumni
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