Diane Charlemagne (2 February 1964 – 28 October 2015) was a British electronic dance music singer.

Biography

Charlemagne was lead singer with Urban Cookie Collective, who had two UK Top 10 hits in the 1990s, and with 1980s funk band, 52nd Street. In 1990, 52nd Street re-emerged as Cool Down Zone, with Charlemagne providing vocals as well as having writing credits on all 10 songs on their album New Direction.

Charlemagne provided the vocal for Goldie's Inner City Life, and performed vocals for Moby for many of his live shows.

In 2007, she collaborated with High Contrast on his track "If We Ever" for the album Tough Guys Don't Dance. The following year she worked with D:Ream, who had recently re-formed, and in 2011, she collaborated with Aquasky on their dubstep track "Take Me There". In 2012, she collaborated with Netsky on his track "Wanna Die For You" for the album 2, and worked with S.P.Y on his drum and bass track "Hammer in My Heart" for the album What the Future Holds.

In 2014, she again collaborated with S.P.Y on the tracks "Dusty Fingers" and "Back To Basics" for the album Back To Basics Chapter One and then later on "Lost Orbit" and "Frozen" for the album Back To Basics Chapter Two. She also worked with London Elektricity and S.P.Y on the track "I Am Somebody" for the Street Child World Cup.

Charlemagne died on 28 October 2015 at the age of 51 from cancer.

Discography

Singles and EPs

• "Come to Me" by Satoshi Tomiie (1998)
• "Sincerity (part 1&2)" by Satoshi Tomiie (1999)
• "Inspired" by Satoshi Tomiie (2000)
• "Bullets" by Calibre (2005)
• "Your Love" with 2020 Soundsystem and Pat Fulgoni (2006)
• "Don't Follow" by Cyantific (2006)
• "If We Ever" by High Contrast (2007)
• "Rolling With The Punches" by B-complex (2010)
• "Wanna Die For You" by Netsky (2012) on 2
• "I Am Somebody" by Street Child World Cup (2014)