Sweet ANN

Sweet Ann is a Vocaloid released by PowerFX. She was the first vocaloid created using Yamaha’s Vocaloid2 upgraded software. Her name is a pun based on her origins, meaning that Sweet-Ann = Swe-den.

She is voiced by "an Australian singer whose artist name is 'Jody'".

History
PowerFX took steps when Sweet Ann was to be released. They advertised her by creating a MySpace page and uploaded demos to YouTube.

Sweet Ann was an enormous improvement over the past vocaloids, although because of her boxart initial users were immediately turned off. Sweet Ann's boxart caused a new stir among the vocaloid fans due to her neck consisting of metallic staples, a feature that is also included on Big Al's forehead. Despite all of this Nico Nico users jumped at the opportunity to buy Sweet Ann in order to make fun of her odd looking boxart. This produced a joke on Nico, in which Sweet Ann is made to shoot beams from her eyes.

Usage for Music
Her voice is an improvement over past female voices Lola and Miriam. As her name suggests, her voice is meant to sound "sweet" and she has a varity of uses within music. She is mostly used for pop music but is ideal for early-mid 20th century rock/country songs. She also has a distinct Australian accent within her voice. She lacks the breathing phonetic, users sometimes substitute other Vocaloids like Miku when they have to make Ann breath for a song.

Prior to Sonika's release, she was the only Vocaloid 2 capable of singing in English; Prima was released but her voice was not suitable or too difficult to work with for the same songs Sweet Ann could sing. When Luka Megurine was released, Sweet Ann became a frequent back up singer for Luka during songs where Luka sung in English.

Notable Songs

 * There are at least 140 videos on Nico Nico Douga and 1,500 videos on Youtube which are related SWEET ANN. See NicoVideo Search: SWEET ANN and YouTube Search: SWEET ANN
 * More than 20 of her songs were viewed over 8,000 times on Nico: Youtube Playlist

Crazy
Composed by Willie Nelson Sung by Patsy Cline Cover by Giuseppe
 * YouTube broadcast

Let it Be
Sung by The Beatles Cover by Giuseppe
 * YouTube broadcast

Still Alive
Uses RealStrat & RealGuitar

From: Portal

Sung by Ellen McLain

Cover by Giuseppe
 * YouTube broadcast

すいーとあん　のうた (Sweet Ann no Uta)
Music and Lyrics by Daisuke.S-P

Sung in English then in Japanese.

Highlights some of the concerns with English Vocaloids and contains the lyrics "I don't understand Japanese".
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Night Light Dance '08 【EURO DANCE】
Music and Lyrics by Anmerutsu-P
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Koi Wa Sensou (Love is War) / Remix
Song by ryo (Supercell) Cover by Anmerutsu-P (in English)
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Luka Luka Night Fever (duet ver.)
Duet with Luka Megurine Song by Samfree Cover by Anmerutsu-P (in English)
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Salamander
Song by Ellegarden Cover by Anmerutsu-P

The upload features artwork by Miguel Mushakoji (武者小路ミゲル)
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

@ Your Side
Music and Lyrics by Shu-tP
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Night of the Magic (Original MX)
Music Lyrics by Shu-tP
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Last Christmas
Sung by Wham! Cover by Kusemono-P
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

No Surprises
Sung by Radiohead Cover by Kusemono-P
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

君、微笑んだ夜 / Kimi, Hohoenda Yoru (The night you smiled)
From: Steam Detectives Sung by Elika Cover by KarinHiiragiMothraP
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

モンスター (Monster)
Trio with Yuki Kaai and Big Al as back up singers

Sung by Pink Lady Cover by KarinHiiragiMothraP
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Amazing Grace
Christian hymn Amazing Grace Cover by Chata
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Killing me softly with his Song
Composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel Cover by Chata


 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

My Time To Be A Star (8 bit remix)
From: Robotech Sung by Lynn Minmei Cover by jaimevalenzuelamusic
 * YouTube broadcast

SEVENTH MOON
From: Macross 7 Lyrics by K. Inojo Composition/Arrangement by Kawachi Atsutaka Sung by Fukuyama Yoshiki (Basara Nekki) Cover by kagura555 The upload features artwork by HOMEX
 * YouTube broadcast

Information High
From: MACROSS PLUS Lyrics by Dai & Ken=Go Composition/Arrangement by CMJK Sung by Gabriela Robin Cover by Vocanushi
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Machine in Love
Music and Lyrics by SeriousMF
 * YouTube broadcast

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Uses RealStrat, VIONE, EZD-Nashville, iclone, MusicMaker.

Written by Tommie Connor

Cover by tmusiclabo
 * YouTube broadcast

Boulevard of broken dreams
Sung by Green Day Cover by migge65
 * YouTube broadcast

Golden Brown
Sung by The Stranglers Cover by zgock(３Ｄ脳内ＡｎｎＰ)
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

天城越え / Amagigoe
Enka ballad Cover by basue P
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Scarborough Fair
A traditional English ballad Cover by subana
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

God Knows...
From: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Sung by Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya) Cover by kagura555
 * YouTube broadcast

Magnet
Duet with Big Al Song by Ryuusei-P Cover by Leo-P
 * Nico broadcast
 * YouTube broadcast

Turn Me On
Uses iclone Made by feralbass


 * Youtube broadcast

Trivia

 * She is loosely based on "The bride of Frankenstein". It should be noted most modern references of the character from the moive also contain the same stitches around her neck as Ann has. Her stitches are often mistaken for a choker.
 * Her boxart is styled on early 20th century posters, which has led to many users to mistake the background for other things like fire. Due to the shading of her boxart she is sometimes depicted as having very light blonde hair and tanned skin, to which some fans jokingly refer to her then as "Tan Ann" or "SweetTann".
 * She is the first English vocaloid to have a depiction as such on her boxart, although at this point the general idea of a true "avatar" would not be not considered until Miku's release a few months later.
 * After Big-Al's redesign by Ash Georgick the artist asked for fan feedback about a possible redesign for Sweet Ann and a competition was mentioned by Bil Bryant from Power FX.
 * Sweet Ann has become so popular with the Japanese audience that there is an MMD model for her. after Sweet Ann's MMD model was created, people began to make other English Vocaloids into models, such as Big-Al who's model was created by Nukude(on youtube), along with Leon.
 * Sweet Ann can be heard singing in the background of a few of the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade songs, even though she is not a Crypton Future Media Vocaloid.