Adeva (American house and R&B singer)

Adeva (born Patricia Daniels, born December 13, 1960) is an American singer. She had a string of successful house and R&B hits in the late 1980s to early 1990s, including "Warning!", "I Thank You" and "Respect" (all three of which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart). Born in 1960 in Paterson, New Jersey, Daniels was the youngest of six children. She developed her voice as a member, and later director and vocal coach, of her church choir. She began singing professionally in the mid-1980s, releasing the single "In and Out of My Life" in 1988 on Easy Street Records. Immediately after this, she signed with the UK label Cooltempo (a subsidiary of EMI) later in 1988 and released a house reworking of the Aretha Franklin hit "Respect" that reached No. 17 in the UK. Her debut album Adeva! was released in August 1989, and peaked at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 28 in Germany, and No. 14 in Australia. The album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for UK sales exceeding 300,000 copies. In addition to "Respect", the album contained several other hit singles including "Warning!" and "I Thank You", both of which also reached No. 17 in the UK, becoming part of a trio of similarly placed hit records, and "Musical Freedom" which reached No. 22. The album was released in the United States in 1990 via EMI's Capitol Records, where "Warning!" had become a top 10 Billboard Dance Chart hit. Her second album, 1991's Love or Lust failed to chart in both the UK and US, despite featuring two hit singles on the US Dance chart, "Independent Woman" (US Dance No. 7) and "It Should Have Been Me" (US Dance No. 1), and she was dropped by Cooltempo in 1992. Adeva collaborated with house-music pioneer Frankie Knuckles in 1995, with whom she released two UK top 40 singles and an album, Welcome to the Real World. In 1997, Adeva released another album, New Direction, on Distinctive Records, but it was unsuccessful. It was her last album to date, although she was featured on various singles in 2003–04 with other artists, including Radical Noiz and Eric Prydz, who both sampled Adeva's 1988 single "In and out of My Life", which was also sampled by OnePhatDeeva in 1999. She was also featured on the 2004 single "Wish I Never Knew" by the Scandinavian dance act Slippery People. 1991 Live at the Town and Country Club, Chrysalis/EMI Video (UK) 1992 The Video Hits! List of Billboard number-one dance club songs List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart "Adeva Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | All..." AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2025. "Official Charts > Adeva". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2020. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music. Virgin Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7535-0252-5. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Suchen nach: "Adeva"" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved February 20, 2020. N.B. Select 'Album' tab to display albums chart peaks. Australian (ARIA) peaks: Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Adeva in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2015. Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 8. "Respect", "Beautiful Love", "Treat Me Right", "Don't Let It Show On Your Face" & "Too Many Fish": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received June 5, 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015. "Musical Freedom (Moving On Up)": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received November 9, 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015. Love or Lust: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received July 15, 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015. Hits! and all solo ARIA chart peaks to April 9, 2018: "Response from ARIA re: Adeva ARIA chart history, received March 12, 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. This chart history does not contain releases on which Adeva was a featured artist. "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Adeva'". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 1, 2016. "Adeva – US Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2014. Bush, John. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2010. "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. September 16, 1989. Retrieved May 6, 2022. "Welcome to the Real World (feat. Adeva) by Frankie Knuckles on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved November 8, 2018. "Ultratop > Adeva in Ultratop Vlaanderen" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 7, 2015. "lescharts.com > Adeva dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 7, 2015. "The Irish Charts: All there is to know > Adeva (search results)". Fireball Media. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015 – via Imgur.com. "dutchcharts.nl > Adeva in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2015. "charts.nz > Adeva in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2015. "hitparade.ch > Adeva in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2015. "Adeva Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2014. "Frankie Knuckles – US Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2020. Allmusic.com: Adeva