IiO

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American dance music act

title: "IiO" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["musical-groups-established-in-2001", "musical-groups-disestablished-in-2011", "2001-establishments-in-new-york-city", "2011-disestablishments-in-new-york-(state)", "american-dance-music-groups", "american-house-music-groups", "musical-duos-from-new-york-(state)", "musical-groups-from-new-york-city", "female-fronted-musical-groups", "male–female-musical-duos"] description: "American dance music act" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IiO" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameiiO
imageIiO Markus Moser and Nadia Ali.jpeg
backgroundgroup_or_band
originNew York City, New York, U.S.
genreDance, house, trance
years_active–
labelMade
website
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|name = iiO |image = IiO Markus Moser and Nadia Ali.jpeg |background = group_or_band |origin = New York City, New York, U.S. |genre = Dance, house, trance |years_active = – |label = Made |website = |past_members =

  • Markus Moser
  • Nadia Ali (2001–05) iiO (pronounced "eye-oh") was a New York City-based dance music act composed of singer and songwriter Nadia Ali and record producer Markus Moser. The group gained prominence for its 2001 single, "Rapture", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom. Following the success of "Rapture", iiO released several singles and the studio album Poetica in 2005. The album reached number 17 on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart.

The same year, Ali left iiO to pursue a solo career. Meanwhile, Moser continued to release material featuring her on vocals, which included the 2006 single "Is It Love?" that reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 2011, he released the studio album Exit 110, which again featured Ali on vocals and was announced as the final project of the act.

History

Nadia Ali was working in the New York offices of Versace, when a co-worker introduced her to record producer Markus Moser, who was looking for a female singer to collaborate on some of his productions for a girl group. The two teamed up and started a group that was originally named "Vaiio", named after the Sony Vaio laptop Ali used to write lyrics on. They later dropped the "va", on the advice of their label, to avoid causing problems in the future with Sony. Working with Moser, she wrote the lyrics and the vocals for the songs. Their first release was the 2001 single, "Rapture", a song Ali wrote in 30 minutes based on a relationship with an Australian man she met in a nightclub. "Rapture" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Outside of the United States, "Rapture" was a hit across Europe, most notably in the United Kingdom, where the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 2001. The song was remixed by prominent DJs and record producers including Avicii, Paul van Dyk, John Creamer & Stephane K, Armin van Buuren and Deep Dish.

"Rapture" was followed by "At the End" in 2002. The duo subsequently released "Smooth" in 2003, "Runaway" in 2004 and "Kiss You" in 2005. Their first studio album, Poetica, was released in 2005 by Made Records. The release of the album was timed with the dissolution of iiO with Ali leaving to pursue a solo career. Meanwhile, Moser continued to release material, featuring her on the vocals. These included the 2006 number one Billboard Hot Dance Club Play single, "Is It Love?", the 2007 remix album, Reconstruction Time: The Best of iiO Remixed, and the 2008 compilation album, Rapture Reconstruction: Platinum Edition.

In 2010, iiO re-emerged from hiatus when Moser released new remixes of "At the End". In April 2011, iiO's second studio album and final project, Exit 110, was released, featuring Ali on vocals. Speaking about the album, Ali explained that she had no involvement in it except her vocals and lyrics from nearly ten years ago being used for the project. She described it as "interesting" that there was new work featuring her being released by iiO when she had neither worked with or been in contact with Moser since she left iiO and was completely focused on her solo career. When asked further if the dissolution of the duo was amicable, she refused to comment further. Moser, on the other hand, said he decided to use material Ali had recorded before she left iiO to release a new album due to a demand by fans.

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Compilations

  • Rapture Reconstruction: Platinum Edition (2008)
  • Frank Bailey vs iiO Remastered (2011)

Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | US | US Dance | AUS | DEN | FIN | UK | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2001 | "Rapture" | 46 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | Poetica | | | 2002 | "At the End" | — | 41 | 53 | 16 | 13 | 20 | | | | 2003 | "Smooth" | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | | | | 2004 | "Runaway" | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | | | | 2005 | "Kiss You" | — | 3 | — | — | 5 | — | | | | 2006 | "Is It Love?" | — | 1 | — | — | 20 | — | | | | 2007 | "Rapture 2007" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | Reconstruction Time | | | 2010 | "At the End" (Metropolitan Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | | | 2011 | "It'll Be Like" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Exit 110 | | ::

References

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Chart Positions in Australia

References

  1. (July 16, 2010). "Behind the Voice: Nadia Ali". Armada Music.
  2. Ali, Nadia. (Oct 4, 2007). "About Nadia – Nadia Ali's Blog". Myspace Inc.
  3. "iiO Biography & Awards". Rovi Corporation.
  4. "UK Charts > iiO". The British Recorded Music Industry and Entertainment Retailers Association.
  5. "iiO - Albums". Rovi Corporation.
  6. (April 12, 2011). "iiO Bows out with Exit 110". BigShot.
  7. (April 22, 2011). "Grammy Nominated Nadia Ali Follows Up with Own New iiO Album Exit 110". Rock 'n' Retail.
  8. "iiO in Finnish charts". Hung Medien.
  9. "iiO in Danish charts". Hung Medien.
  10. "Poetica- iiO - Review". Rovi Corporation.
  11. Ali, Nadia. (November 12, 2011). "Nadia Ali Interview". 93.3 FLZ Tampa.
  12. Nihal, Mariam. (October 5, 2011). "Living a Fantasy with Nadia Ali". Arab News.

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