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Peter André (born as Peter James Andrea February 27, 1973 in Harrow, London,
UK) is a singer. He was raised in Australia, and is of Greek Cypriot descent.
The UK is where he found the most success. Born to Greek parents Savvas and
Thea, Peter has four brothers (Andrew, Chris, Danny, Michael) and his one
sister (Debbie). Peter is the youngest member of the Andre family.
In the UK he began his music career in 1996, first having a top twenty
single called Only One, reaching number #16, but then gained massive success
with the song Mysterious Girl (featuring Bubbler Ranx), reaching #2 in the
UK singles chart.
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He then had a #1 album Natural, and two #1 singles Flava and I Feel You.
However, after attempting to transform in to an R&B artist rather than a pop
artist, and releasing a few more singles, he did not have as much success as
previously, with his second album, Time, only reaching #28. In 1998 he
released his last single (a cover of the song "Kiss the Girl" from Disney's
The Little Mermaid) before taking a long break from the charts.
During this break, he journeyed to Cyprus, and was thought to be dead until
being on the British reality TV series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!,
and flirting with model Jordan. He then re-released his breakthrough hit
Mysterious Girl in 2004, finally reaching #1 after eight long years since
the original breakthrough release of the song (it had actually been released
once before the breakthrough, but with very little success reaching #53 in
1995 without the rapping of Bubbler Ranx). It had also been six years since
his last chart appearance. To prove the song, his success and his attempts
to resurrect a music career were not a one hit wonder this time around, he
released a new song Insania, which he worked on while in the I'm A Celebrity
jungle. This track was another big hit, reaching #3 in the UK in June 2004.
A new album, titled The Long Road Back, was also released that month,
however only reached #44. The next single from the album was The Right Way,
which features Jordan in the video, and that only reached #14 in September
2004.
André and Jordan became the parents of a 5lb 13oz (2.6 kg) boy, Junior, on
June 13, 2005. On September 10, 2005, they were married at Highclere Castle,
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