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Real Love by Jody Watley
Jody Watley
Artist Biography For Jody Watley
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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"Real Love" Was The First Single From Jody Watley's Second Album Larger Than Life. "Real Love" Became One Of The Biggest Pop And R&B Singles Of 1989. The Single Reached Number-One On The US Billboard Hot R&B Singles Chart And Hot Dance Club Play Chart. On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart "Real Love" Rocketed Into The Top 40 From #51 To #37 The Week Of April 1 1989. The Single Lingered In The Top 10 For Six Weeks Peaking At #2 For Two Weeks Beginning May 20 1989 Held Out Of The Top Position By Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl". The Song Also Reached Number 31 On The UK Singles Chart Number 25 On The Irish Singles Chart Number 2 On The Canadian Singles Chart And Number 56 On The Australian Singles Chart. During The Summer Of 1989 Watley's "Real Love" Video Directed By David Fincher Was Nominated For Six MTV Video Music Awards Including Breakthrough Video Best Art Direction Best Dance Video And Best Female Video At The 1989 Award Show. That Record Was Held Until Michael Jackson And Janet Jackson's Video "Scream" Received Eleven VMA Nominations In 1995. The Song Was Also Nominated For A Soul Train Music Award For Best Female Single. The Music Video Premiered In March 1989 On Cable Television Networks.
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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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"Real Love" was the first single from Jody Watley's second album, Larger than Life. "Real Love" became one of the biggest pop and R&B singles of 1989. The single reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and Hot Dance Club Play chart. On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Real Love" rocketed into the Top 40 from #51 to #37, the week of April 1, 1989. The single lingered in the Top 10 for six weeks, peaking at #2 for two weeks, beginning May 20, 1989, held out of the top position by Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl". The song also reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, number 25 on the Irish Singles Chart, number 2 on the Canadian Singles Chart, and number 56 on the Australian Singles Chart.
During the summer of 1989, Watley's "Real Love" video, directed by David Fincher, was nominated for six MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video, and Best Female Video at the 1989 award show. That record was held until Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's video "Scream" received eleven VMA nominations in 1995. The song was also nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best Female Single. The music video premiered in March 1989 on Cable television networks.
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