Nicki French

Nicola Nicki Sharon French is an English singer and actress. She is best known for her 1995 dance cover version of Total Eclipse of the Heart, which reached the US and UK Top 5, and for representing the United Kingdom in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm.

French was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. She provided backing vocals on RoseMaries 1992 album, Emotional Exposure. Generally, French had been a session singer for many years before she covered Total Eclipse of the Heart, a song originally made famous by Bonnie Tyler. Frenchs single was first released in 1994 in the United Kingdom. When it was rereleased in 1995, the song reached numberduring a threemonth chart run in the UK Singles Chart, selling over 250,000 copies in the process and earning a silver sales award.

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