Lutricia McNeal
Lutricia McNeal ( born November 27, 1973 in Oklahoma City ) is an American pop / soul singer.
Life
In 1997 she managed the first breakthrough in Sweden with the single Is not That Just the Way ( the original is of Barbi Benton ), a year later the top 10 across Europe rushed and is included on the album My Side of Town. In most countries, the title reached No. 1, 1998 she made it with two other titles, Stranded and Someone Loves You Honey, in the UK Top 10 Lutricia McNeal also enjoyed great success in Asia and New Zealand, where just three of their singles with platinum were awarded. Their single My Side of Town ( as the eponymous album ) came there to square 1 From 1998 to 2000 was followed by a series of very successful singles throughout Europe.
In 2000, she took a little break and got her second child, a son named Dallas, where he - as the singer admits - was also conceived and born. Due to disagreements with their record company changed McNeal 2002 Swedish label Bonnier and made a comeback with the uptempo number Perfect Love, which found major radio use in Germany. More singles in Germany found little attention.
In the fall of 2004, Lutricia was back with the ballad Promise Me, which was in Germany at least on the radio to one of their most successful titles. Their record company Edel brought a corresponding single until eight weeks after the song in the German format charts was at # 1 on the market.
In November 2004, she was unclothed to see in the men's magazine Playboy, which was very daring for coming from a family of pastors daughter. However, your family already knew before the appearance of the magazine from the recordings. Very suddenly showed Lutricia also strong political engagement on their new LP Soul Sister Ambassador. In German interviews is originally from Texas singer spoke critically of the U.S. President George W. Bush and made their frustration over the Iraq war clear air. More than six months the singer lived in 2004 in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin.
In the summer of 2005, she went to an open-air festival tour and was several times in Germany to guest.
In autumn 2005 she released her most successful hit in Sweden since Is not That Just the Way. The new single called It's Not Easy and made it into the Swedish singles chart at No. 3 A few months later, the follow-up single Best of Times, which also reached number 6 of the Swedish Top 10.