Alana Dante is a Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

-born singer. Early in her life she went to a music academy to study violin and receive singing lessons. She would perform regularly at karaoke bars and clubs in Belgium before professional success.

Alana started her professional career in 1997 with a dance version of Céline Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

's song "Think Twice".

Her big breakthrough was with her 1998 hit "Take me for a ride". Her next single "The Life of the Party" became an even bigger hit. In 1999 Dante won the third semifinal of the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

with the single "Get ready for the Sunsand".

Singles

• 1996: "Think Twice"
• 1997: "Attention to Me"
• 1997: "Back Where We Belong"
• 1997: "Take Me for a Ride"
• 1998: "The Life of the Party"
• 1998: "Disco-Suppa-Girl"
• 1999: "Land of Eternal Love"
• 1999: "Get Ready for the Sunsand" - "Vakantie"
• 1999: "Saturday Baby"
• 1999: "Give You Up"
• 2000: "Star For a Night"
• 2000: "Back in the Summer"
• 2001: "Never Can Say Goodbye"
• 2005: "Disco"