Ian Van Dahl
Origin	Belgium
Genre(s)	Pop, Vocal Trance
Years active	2000-2008
Label(s)	EMI (Netherlands)
Website	Official website
Members
Annemie Coenen Peter Luts David Vervoort Christophe Chantzis Erik Vanspauwen
Former members
Martine Theeuwen (Marsha) Cindy Mertens

Erik Vanspauwen and Christophe Chantzis – songwriter and producer of Ian Van Dahl

Marsha (Martine Theeuwen), singer of the song Castles In The Sky

Ian van Dahl is a Belgian dance and pop group, made up of five members.

Music

The band's members are singer/songwriter Annemie Coenen, Peter Luts and David Vervoort (more famously known as Dave McCullen), with producers Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen. Luts and Vervoort have also worked with the trance group Lasgo. Coenen said in an interview with Mixmag that their name is the Belgian equivalent of Joe Bloggs. Ian van Dahl is best known for the 2001 summer hit "Castles in the Sky", which charted highly across Europe. The song was originally sung by Marsha.

Ian Van Dahl scored international hits and hits in the Americas with "Will I?", "Try", "Reason", "Believe", "Where Are You Now?", "I Can't Let You Go", "Secret Love", and "Inspiration". Ian Van Dahl's second album, Lost & Found featured songs with deeper meanings. The album proved that dance heavy music can be serious and thought provoking. "Where Are You Now?" and "Inspiration", the two American single releases, became massive Hot Dance Airplay, Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Singles Sales hits. Ian Van Dahl's American fanbase expanded because of the people who could relate to the stories the songs on the album told.

Their most recent singles are "Movin' On", which was released in December 2005, and "Just a Girl", which was released in July 2006.

The band was expected to release their third full length album in 2007.

In early July 2007, it was announced that Ian Van Dahl's third album is completed, but instead will be released as Coenen's solo debut album produced by Peter Luts. The new Dance project with Coenen is named Annagrace.

Discography

Albums

Singles

• (*) Belgian dance chart

Other Chart Positions

Albums

• 2002 Ace #16 U.S. Top Electronic Albums
• 2004 Lost & Found #13 U.S. Top Electronic Albums

Singles

• "Castles in the Sky"
• Canada: #17
• Sweden: #51
• Australia: #57
• Switzerland: #90
• U.S.: #91 Billboard Hot 100

• "Will I?"
• Australia: #29
• Sweden: #47
• Austria: #54
• U.S.: #18 Hot Dance Music/Club Play

• "Reason"
• US Hot Dance Single Sales: #6
• Spain: #14
• Australia: #29

• "Try"
• Spain: #8

• "Secret Love"
• (Unknown)

• "I Can't Let You Go"
• (Unknown)

• "Where Are You Now?"
• US Hot Dance Single Sales: #7

• "Believe"
• (Unknown)

• "Inspiration"
• US Hot Dance Single Sales: #8

• "Movin' On"
• Brazil: #6

• "Just a Girl"
• U.S.: #8 Hot Dance Airplay

See also

• Annagrace

External links

• Ian Van Dahl's official website
• The Official Ian Van Dahl My Space Page
• Ian Van Dahl at Discogs
• Interview with Christophe Chantzis at MusicOMH.com
• Ian Van Dahl at the Eurodance Encyclopedia
• Chart positions
• Website of former singer Marsha~
• Fan site