Born in 29 November 1979, Croydon, Surrey, England. Dane Bowers is a British pop singer and songwriter who started out with the R&B boyband Another Level and went on to collaborate with True Steppers and Victoria Beckham. He had a much publicised relationship with the glamour model Jordan.

Dane anchored the successful R&B quartet Another Level. The had seven Top Ten singles in two years, including 1998's UK Number One "Freak Me" and a platinum selling, self-titled debut album. 1999's gold-selling Nexus followed, along with BRIT award nominations and the opening slot on Janet Jackson's European tour.

After the group split, Bowers wrote and fronted two UK Top Ten hits for UK garage act True Steppers in 2000, "Buggin'" and "Out Of Your Mind", the latter featuring the first solo outing of Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.

"Out Of Your Mind" reached number two and was beaten to the Number One spot in a highly publicised "chart battle" by Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor with "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)". A bootleg was later made of the two records (with Dane and Victoria's vocals set against the "Groovejet" backing track) and received underground interest.

Two solo singles released under the simple moniker of 'Dane', "Shut Up And Forget About It" (allegedly written about his relationship with Jordan) and "Another Lover", both stalled at number nine on the UK charts in 2001 and an album, Facing The Crowd remained unreleased. Bowers subsequently went on to focus on behind the scenes work, writing and producing, including a collaboration for Victoria Beckham's debut solo album in the autumn of 2001. He also ventured into presenting in 2002, co-hosting The Rivals "Extra" show with former Pop Idol contestant Hayley Evetts.

Discography

Singles

(as a member of Another Level)

• Be Alone No More (February 1998) #6 UK
• Freak Me (July 1998) #1 UK
• Guess I Was A Fool (November 1998) #5 UK
• I Want You For Myself (January 1999) (featuring Ghostface Killah) #2 UK
• Be Alone No More (Remix) (April 1999) (featuring Jay-Z) #11 UK
• From The Heart (June 1999) #6 UK
• Summertime (September 1999) (featuring TQ) #7 UK
• Bomb Diggy (November 1999) #6 UK

(as Dane Bowers)

• Buggin' (April 2000) (with True Steppers) #6 UK
• Out Of Your Mind (August 2000) (with True Steppers and Victoria Beckham) #2 UK

(as Dane)

• Shut Up And Forget About It (March 2001) #9 UK
• Another Lover (July 2001) #9 UK

Albums

(as a member of Another Level)

• Another Level (1998)
• Nexus (1999)
• From The Heart (The Greatest Hits) (2002)
• Love Songs (2002) (budget compilation)

(as Dane)

• Facing The Crowd (2001 promo - unreleased)

British pop musicians