List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

Sarah McLachlan was born on January 28, 1968, and adopted in Halifax, Nova Scotia. As a child, she took voice lessons, along with studies in classical piano and guitar. When she was just 17 years old, and still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, she fronted a short-lived rock band called "The October Game". Her high school yearbook claimed that she was "destined to become a famous rock star." Following The October Game's first concert at Dalhousie University, McLachlan was offered a recording contract with Vancouver based indep ...

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Jones discovered music in grade school and took up the trumpet. When he was 10, his family moved to Bremerton, Washington, where Jones became friends with a blind boy who played piano named Ray Charles (who taught Jones braille). The two boys formed a combo and played local weddings and the jazz clubs in what is now known as the Pioneer Square district of Seattle. In 1951, at the age of 18, Jones won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. However, he abandoned his studies when he recieved an offer to tour as a trumpe ...

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Brightman is the oldest of six children. Her ambition to be an artist was clear from a very early age. She often took ballet lessons and was an excellent student. In 1978 she joined the dance group Pan's People. She later went on to lead Hot Gossip, a mixed dance act who appeared regularly on The Kenny Everett Video Show. The group, who were somewhat more 'raunchy' than Pan's People, had a chart-topping disco hit in this year with "I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper", wh ...

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Sumner was born in Wallsend, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, in North-East England to Audrey (a Protestant) and Ernest Sumner (a Catholic via his own mother, Agnes White, whose father was an Irish stevedore). Ernest was a milkman, and raised his children as Roman Catholics. From an early age, Sumner knew that he wanted to be a musician. He attended the University of Warwick, but did not graduate. From 1971 to 1974, he attended Northern Counties Teacher Training College. He is the oldest of four children and has a brother, Philip, and two si ...

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Sting musician, Sting musician - Biography, Sting musician - The Police, Sting musician - Solo, Sting musician - Personal life, Sting musician - Trivia, Sting musician - Discography, Sting musician - Singles, Sting musician - Acting career

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T.I. is an African-American Rapper from the West Side of Atlanta, Georgia. Kids: Messiah YaMajesty Harris, Domani Uriah Harris, Deysah Harris and King Harris T.I. signed to Arista Records' subsidiary LaFace Records in 2001. He was a member of an underground posse known as Grand Hustle, and generated buzz after releasing his debut album I'm Serious, which spawned the single of the same title which featured reggae vocalist Beenie Man. His debut included Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes ...

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Tori Amos - Early years. Amos was born to Dr. Rev. Edison and Mary Ellen Amos in Newton, North Carolina, during a trip from their home in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) to North Carolina, at the Old Catawba Hospital in Newton, North Carolina. When Amos was 2½, her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she began to play the piano and attend her father's church every week. By age 5, she had written her first song. During these years, she spent formative time with her maternal grandfather, who was part Eastern Cherokee (an Eastern ...

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Tori Amos, Tori Amos - Biography, Tori Amos - Early years, Tori Amos - Y Kant Tori Read 1985-88, Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes 1990-92, Tori Amos - Under The Pink 1993-94, Tori Amos - Boys For Pele 1995-96, Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel 1997-98, Tori Amos - To Venus And Back 1999, Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls 2000-01, Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk 2002-03, Tori Amos - Tales of a Librarian 2003, Tori Amos - Welcome to Sunny Florida 2003-04, Tori Amos - The Beekeeper and Piece by Piece 2004-05, Tori Amos - Official bootlegs/iTunes compilation, Tori Amos - CD singles B-sides and non-album contributions, Tori Amos - Conflict with the music industry, Tori Amos - Acting, Tori Amos - Fans, Tori Amos - Tours, Tori Amos - Discography, Tori Amos - Albums, Tori Amos - Singles, Tori Amos - Videography

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In 2001, Milian released her first solo single, "AM To PM", off her self-titled debut album. It became a worldwide hit reaching the top 5 in the UK and Denmark, top 10 in the Netherlands, and top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia. The success of "AM To PM" sparked the international release of the Christina Milian album although not in the U.S. The second single "When You Look At Me" was another international hit reaching the top 5 in the UK, Netherlands, and Ireland and making the top 40 in Denmark, Australia, and Fran ...

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Christina Milian, Christina Milian - Early years, Christina Milian - Career success, Christina Milian - Discography, Christina Milian - Albums, Christina Milian - Singles, Christina Milian - Album appearances, Christina Milian - Soundtrack appearances, Christina Milian - Filmography

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Braxton entered the studio in 1995 to start recording her sophomore album, Secrets. The album, released in 1996, is her most successful work to date. Braxton, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and Antonio "L.A." Reid stuck to the same formula with this album but added more soul to the music. Braxton has said about the album, "The motivation for this album was to include a little bit of everything. Our aim was to come up with material that would have a familiar 'feel' to the people who bought the first album without being musically redundant ...

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Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton - Early years, Toni Braxton - Debut album: Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton - Secrets, Toni Braxton - Toni troubles, Toni Braxton - Toni reborn and in Heat, Toni Braxton - More Than A Woman, Toni Braxton - Libra, Toni Braxton - Acting, Toni Braxton - Filmography, Toni Braxton - Discography, Toni Braxton - Albums, Toni Braxton - Singles, Toni Braxton - Awards

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Tina Turner - Ike & Tina Turner. Anna Mae Bullock was discovered by Ike Turner, a noted pioneer of rock and roll, whom she later married. She began as an occasional vocalist in his show at the age of 18, but within a couple of years she not only had a new name, but was the spotlight of a popular soul revue led by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. Ike and Tina had one child together, although their extendend family consisted of two sons from a previous relationship and a son that Tina had with a saxophone player ...

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Tears for Fears - Albums. The Hurting 1983 Mercury; #1 UK, #73 US, #21 NL Songs from the Big Chair 1985 Mercury; #2 UK, #1 US, #2 NL The Seeds of Love 1989 Fontana; #1 UK, #8 US, #2 NL Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) 1992 Fontana; #2 UK, #53 US, #7 Germ., #15 NL Elemental 1993 Mercury; #5 UK, #45 US, #26 Germ., #22 NL Raoul and the Kings of Spain 1995 Epic; #41 UK, #79 US, #50 NL Saturnine Martial & ...

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The Chemical Brothers - Background. Ed Simons was born in Herne Hill, South London, England in 1970, to a barrister mother and a father who was not around much when Ed was growing up. Ed's two main interests when he was young were aeroplanes and musicals. Simons went to school in Alleyn's in South London, and left with 11 O levels and 3 A-levels. Ed developed a fondness of rare groove and hip hop, having frequented a club called The Mud Club when he was 14. By the time he left school, his two main musical interests were two Manchester bands, New Order and The Smiths. Simons studied ...

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The Chemical Brothers, The Chemical Brothers - History, The Chemical Brothers - Background, The Chemical Brothers - Font, The Chemical Brothers - Ariel, The Chemical Brothers - Naked Under Leather, The Chemical Brothers - The Dust Brothers, The Chemical Brothers - The Heavenly Social, The Chemical Brothers - From Dust to Chemical, The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust, The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun, The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole, The Chemical Brothers - More mixing, The Chemical Brothers - Surrender, The Chemical Brothers - It Began in Afrika, The Chemical Brothers - Come With Us, The Chemical Brothers - Ten years of The Chemical Brothers, The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button, The Chemical Brothers - Discography, The Chemical Brothers - Albums, The Chemical Brothers - Compilations, The Chemical Brothers - Singles

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Rick James - Early Life. Born in Buffalo, New York, James was the third of eight children; his father was an autoworker and his mother a former dancer. His uncle was Melvin Franklin, the bass vocalist of The Temptations. At age 17, James joined the U.S. Naval Reserve after dropping out from Bennett High School. He began missing weekend training because it interfered with his musical career and was reported AWOL. Fleeing north to Toronto, Canada in the summer of 1964, James continued his musical career. His ...

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Daft Punk's debut single "The New Wave" (Soma, 1993) was followed by their first commercially successful single "Da Funk" (1995). The album Homework (Virgin, 1997) was regarded as an innovative synthesis of techno, house, acid house and electro styles, and is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential dance music albums of the nineties. "Around The World" was the most successful single from Homework. "Homework" may be a reference to the album's focus: house music, although it more likely refers to the fact that ...

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Professional Widow - Professional Widow single United States July 1996. Professional Widow (LP Mix 4:31) Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix 8:08) Professional Widow (MK Mix 7:20) Professional Widow (Just Da Funk Dub 3:44) Professional Widow (MK Vampire Dub 6:56) Professional Widow (Armand's Instrumental 5:35) Professional Widow (Bonus Beats 4:31) This release marked the first 12" single for Amos. See also:

Professional Widow, Professional Widow - Personnel of original recording on Boys for Pele, Professional Widow - Appearances and remixes of song on various CDs EPs and singles, Professional Widow - Professional Widow single United States July 1996, Professional Widow - Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow double A-side single United Kingdom July 1996, Professional Widow - Professional Widow It's Gotta Be Big single United Kingdom December 30 1996, Professional Widow - Non-single appearances, Professional Widow - Video

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The Pussycat Dolls - Albums. 2005 PCD #5 US(RIAA Certification: Gold)(930,140) #8 UK(Certification: 2xPlatinum) #16 AUS The Pussycat Dolls - Singles. The Pussycat Dolls - Appeared on compilations. 2004 Shark Tale (Original Soundtrack) #31 US 2004 Shall We Dance? (Original Soundtrack) #116 US 2005 Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 20 (US series) #1 USSee also:

The Pussycat Dolls, The Pussycat Dolls - Current Members, The Pussycat Dolls - Past Members, The Pussycat Dolls - Creator/Choreographer/Early Manager, The Pussycat Dolls - Awards & nominations, The Pussycat Dolls - Discography, The Pussycat Dolls - Albums, The Pussycat Dolls - Singles, The Pussycat Dolls - Appeared on compilations, The Pussycat Dolls - Tours, The Pussycat Dolls - Celebrities who have performed with the group

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As children the girls were encouraged to sing gospel music by their parents Reverend Elton and Mrs Sarah Pointer, but in their household they were told rock and roll and the blues were "the devil's music", and it was only when they were away from their watchful parents that they could sing these styles of music. They regularly sang at the church but as they grew older their love of other styles of music began to grow. When June brought home a copy of the Elvis Presley record All Shook Up, she was surprised that her mother allowed her to play it, until she discovered that her mother had been pacified by t ...

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Pointer Sisters, Pointer Sisters - Early Days, Pointer Sisters - First success as recording artists, Pointer Sisters - The quartet becomes a trio, Pointer Sisters - The height of their success, Pointer Sisters - Albums, Pointer Sisters - Singles

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Pink musician - Can't Take Me Home. Pink began her career as an R&B and hip-hop musician. She has complained that because she chose to relinquish creative control to her record producer L.A. Reid, she did not like the type of music she made at this time, or her image, which included bright pink hair. Her first album, Can't Take Me Home, was a substantial success, due to the huge pop and rhythmic radio hit singles "There You Go" (Hot 100 #7 in July of 2000) and "Most Girls" (#4 in November 2000). ...

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Pink musician - Can't Take Me Home. Pink began her career as an R&B and hip-hop musician. She has complained that because she chose to relinquish creative control to her record producer L.A. Reid, she did not like the type of music she made at this time, or her image, which included bright pink hair. Her first album, Can't Take Me Home, was a modest success, due to the huge pop and rhythmic radio hit singles "There You Go" (Hot 100 #7 in July of 2000) and "Most Girls" (#4 in November 2000). The ...

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Albums: 1990: "On The Move" 1994: "Space Invaders" 1995: "Another Night" 1997: "One More Time" 2003: "Platinum & Gold Collection" Singles: 1989: "Pump Up The Jam Rap" (#16 GER) 1990: "Don't Stop" (#41 GER) 1990: "It's On You" (#11 GER 1993: "Another Night" (#18 GER / #61 UK) 1994: "Another Night" (#3 US / #2 UK re-release / #1 AUSTRALIA) 1994: "Automatic Lover (Call For Love)" (#20 GER) 1995: "Ru ...

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Real McCoy dance group, Real McCoy dance group - Discography

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US Top data: for singles from The Billboard Hot 100, for albums from The Billboard 200; UK Top data for singles and albums is from UK Singles Chart. Rick Astley - Albums. 1987 Whenever You Need Somebody (#1 UK, #10 US 1988) 1988 Hold Me in Your Arms (#8 UK, #19 US 1989) 1991 Free (#9 UK, #31 US) 1993 Body & Soul (#185 US) 2001 Keep It Turne ...

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Born in San Diego, California, RuPaul's tumultuous youth was marked by the bitter divorce of his parents. RuPaul struggled as a drag performer, musician, and filmmaker in Atlanta in the 1980s. In Atlanta, he participated in underground cinema, helping create a low-budget picture known as "Starbooty" (and an album by the same name). RuPaul came into the public eye in 1989, appearing in the music video for The B-52's immensely popular single "Love Shack". In the early 1990s, RuPaul became a fixture in the New York club scene, and was voted "Qu ...

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Robbie Nevil - Albums. 1986 Robbie Nevil 1988 A Place Like This 1991 Day 1 Robbie Nevil - Singles. 1987 "C'est La Vie" (#2 US, #1 US Dance) 1987 "Dominoes" (#14 US, #22 US Dance) 1987 "Wot's It To Ya" (#10 US, #10 US Dance) 1989 "Back On Holiday" (#34 US) 1989 "Somebody Like You" (#63 US) 1991 "Just Like You" (#25 US)See also:

Robbie Nevil, Robbie Nevil - Discography, Robbie Nevil - Albums, Robbie Nevil - Singles

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