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Jody Watley Born Jan. 30 1959 Chicago Emerged From The R&B Group Shalamar To Score A String Of Solo Hit Singles Chiefly From 1987 To 1990 A Period In Which She Reached The Top 10 Of The Billboard Hot 100 Six Times. Watley Got Her Start As A Dancer On The Television Dance Show Soul Train Which Led To Her Being Tapped For A Spot In Shalamar. Her First Solo Album Jody Watley Yielded #2 Hit Looking For A New Love Which Was Followed By Two More Top 10 Singles — Don’t You Want Me #6 And Some Kind Of Lover #10 . Two Other Singles From The Album Charted — Still A Thrill #56 And Most Of All #60 . The Success Propelled Her To A Best New Artist Grammy Win For 1987. Subsequent Album Larger Than Life Produced Another Three Top 10 Singles Real Love #2 Everything #4 And Friends #9 . Her Only Other U.S. Top 40 Appearances Came In 1992 With I’m The One You Need #19 And As One Of Several Featured Artists On Babyface’s This Is For The Lover In You #6 In 1996. She Is Ranked #21 On Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.
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Jody Watley Born Jan. 30 1959 Chicago Emerged From The R&B Group Shalamar To Score A String Of Solo Hit Singles Chiefly From 1987 To 1990 A Period In Which She Reached The Top 10 Of The Billboard Hot 100 Six Times. Watley Got Her Start As A Dancer On The Television Dance Show Soul Train Which Led To Her Being Tapped For A Spot In Shalamar. Her First Solo Album Jody Watley Yielded #2 Hit Looking For A New Love Which Was Followed By Two More Top 10 Singles — Don’t You Want Me #6 And Some Kind Of Lover #10 . Two Other Singles From The Album Charted — Still A Thrill #56 And Most Of All #60 . The Success Propelled Her To A Best New Artist Grammy Win For 1987. Subsequent Album Larger Than Life Produced Another Three Top 10 Singles Real Love #2 Everything #4 And Friends #9 . Her Only Other U.S. Top 40 Appearances Came In 1992 With I’m The One You Need #19 And As One Of Several Featured Artists On Babyface’s This Is For The Lover In You #6 In 1996. She Is Ranked #21 On Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.
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Jody Watley Is The Self-Titled Debut Album By American Pop Singer Jody Watley Released On February 23 1987. Although Very Successful As Part Of The R&B Trio Shalamar The Impact Of This Solo Debut Made Watley A Cultural Style Icon In R&B Pop And Dance Music. Its Success Culminated In Watley Winning A Grammy Award For Best New Artist In 1988 Against Fellow Artists Breakfast Club Cutting Crew Terence Trent D'Arby And Swing Out Sister. All Songs Written And Composed By André Cymone And Jody Watley Except Where Noted. After Two And A Half Years In England Watley Returned To America And Secured A Recording Deal With MCA Records Eager To Establish Her Own Identity. Her Album Jody Watley Was Released In March 1987 And She Co-Wrote Six Of The Album's Nine Songs. In An Interview With Rolling Stone Magazine Watley Would Say That She Wanted To Showcase Her Voice Against "really Funky Hard Dance Tracks." The Album's Lead Single "Looking For A New Love" Became A Smash Hit With An Instant Catch-Phrase "hasta La Vista Baby" And Was Certified Gold. The Album Peaked At #10 On The US Billboard Top 200 Album Chart Number-One On The Billboard Hot R&B Albums Chart And Sold Two Million Copies In The US And A Total Of Four Million Copies Worldwide. It Produced Five Uptempo Dance And R&B Singles That Charted On The US Hot 100 With Three Peaking In The Top Ten "Looking For A New Love" US #2 #1 Dance #1 R&B UK #13 "Still A Thrill" US #56 #3 R&B #1 Dance "Don't You Want Me" US #6 #1 Dance #3 R&B "Some Kind Of Lover" US #10 #1 Dance #3 R&B And "Most Of All" US #60 #11 R&B . Also Included On Her Debut Album Jody Watley Was The Duet With George Michael "Learn To Say No" Produced By Bernard Edwards. At The 30th Annual Grammy Awards In 1988 Watley Won The Award For Best New Artist And Was Nominated For Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. That Same Year She Also Received Nominations For Four MTV Video Music Awards And Three Soul Train Awards. Shortly After Winning The Grammy Award Watley Would Be Featured In Harper's Bazaar Magazine Photographed By Francesco Scavullo.