Alana Simon is the featured female vocalist of the duo MK featuring Alana, which scored two #1 hits on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Always" in 1993 and "Love Changes" in 1994. She scored another hit in 1995 with the single "Burning," which was recorded with Marc Kinchen as the duo. The song is featured on the house-music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 compilation album titled My House is Bigger than Your House, which was produced by Danny Tenaglia

Danny Tenaglia

Danny Tenaglia is a New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer.-Early life:At the age of ten, Tenaglia first started to collect records. In 1979 he began going to nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's genre-less blend of music appealed to him...

 and released on New York City based music label Bold Records. Alana & MK have not recorded in recent years. Alana hails from Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

, but now resides in the United Kingdom and performs under the name Alana Maria.

Discography

• "Always"
• "Love Changes"
• "Burning"
• Surrender (album on Charsima/Virgin/EMI Records)

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart