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Ace (Ian Van Dahl album)

album by Ian Van Dahl

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ4672946 ↗
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Ace is the debut studio album by Belgian dance music group Ian Van Dahl, released on 21 May 2002 by Antler-Subway Records. The album peaked at No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart, and has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The album title was inspired by taking the first letters of the names of each member of the group: Annemie Coenen, Christophe Chantzis and Erik Vanspauwen.

The album contains four songs that reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart: "Will I?" (No. 5), "Reason" (No. 8), "Try" (No. 15) and their highest-charting single, "Castles in the Sky", which reached No. 3 and spent seven weeks in the top 10 in mid-2001. "Castles in the Sky" was a moderate success in Europe, while reaching No.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ace (Ian Van Dahl album)” as album by Ian Van Dahl. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2002. The account is most persuasive where Dahl and album can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as album by Ian Van Dahl. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4672946. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002 and 2001.

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