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Marie-Claire "Amber" Cremers (born May 9, 1970 in Ubbergen, Gelderland) is a Dutch-German singer, songwriter, label owner and executive producer. She is best known for her hits "This Is Your Night," "If You Could Read My Mind," and "Sexual (Li Da Di)."

Amber's music career took off when one of her demos, "This Is Your Night" gained interest from Tommy Boy Records. Soon after its release as a single, it became one of the most successful songs of 1996 and 1997. A full length album soon followed. It included two more hit singles, "Colour Of Love" and "One More Night."

In 1999 Amber released her second (self titled) album which garnered the most mainstream attention thus far. The first single "Sexual (Di Da Di)" achieved success in the US Billboard charts as well as charting across Europe. The album also included the single "If You Could Read My Mind" by Stars On 54 (a collaboration with Ultra Naté and Jocelyn Enriquez) which was featured on the soundtrack to the movie '54'.

In 2000, Amber released the album 'Remixed', which contained remixes of all her previous singles, including "If You Could Read My Mind." It also included a non-album track "Taste The Tears" which had previously appeared on the TV soundtrack for "Sex and The City".

In 2001, she received a Grammy nomination as the writer of 'Love One Another' for Cher's cover version and also co wrote for Bette Midler.

Amber's third album "Naked" was released in early 2002. It was her first album not produced by the Berman Brothers but with her long time collaborator and producer Wolfram Dettki, as she bought out her contract. Musically, Amber continued the path she had started with: she continued to write her own lyrics and attempted even more of a departure from her original Eurodance sound. Amber parted ways with Tommy Boy Records after her third album because of creative differences.

Amber's fourth album, "My Kind Of World" was the first to be released on her own label, and was more personal and moodier than her previous releases. The album did not gain mainstream attention. Three singles were taken from the album, "You Move Me", "Voodoo" and "Just Like That".

In 2006 Amber released a new single "Melt With the Sun" and an album Undanced II which included unreleased tracks/remixes.

In 2008 she re-released her debut single "This Is Your Night" with new remixes. The song had not been made available digitally due to legal issues regarding distribution. In August 2008 she collaborated with Zelma Davis of C&C Music Factory fame on a cover of No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), the classic duet by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. Both songs were accompanied by new music videos.

In 2009 Amber was the closing act at Baltimore's Gay Pride festival on Saturday, June 20, 2009. ^[1]. In 2010 Amber was the closing act at Pittsburgh's Gay pride festival on Sunday, June 13, 2010. She was also the closing act at Providence Gay Pride on June 19, 2010.

• Remixed (2000)
• Undanced II (2007)

• List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
• Mononymous persons

• Amber's Myspace