Jody Watley

Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning pop singer who was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 30, 1959. Her father was a minister/disc jockey, and her goddaughter was the late soul singer Jackie Wilson. She has two children, Lauren and Arie, and was married to producer Andre Cymone.

LARGER THAN LIFE

Jody's second album, Larger Than Life, released on March 28 1989, solidified her as a pop icon in the music industry. The album sold over four million copies worldwide, and hit the Top 5 on the R&B Albums chart in America. The first single release, "Real Love", was a sizeable hit that set a trend with its new style of bass-thumping dance. In America, it hit #1 on the R&B Singles chart, the Single Sales chart, and the Dance chart, while hitting #2 on the Pop chart; the single also went gold there for attaining sales of over 500,000 copies. The album contained two more Top 10 Pop, Dance and R&B hits: "Friends", and "Everything".

Related Topics:
March 28 - 1989 - R&B Albums - R&B Singles - Single Sales - Dance - Pop - Gold

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

During the summer of 1989, Watley's "Real Love" video made history when it was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video, and Best Male 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 next year, she was also nominated for two Soul Train Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist, and a Narm Award for Best Selling R&B Female Album. While riding high on her Larger Than Life World Tour, a remix album, You Wanna Dance with Me?, was released in October 1989 and hit gold in America.

Related Topics:
Breakthrough Video - Best Art Direction - Best Dance Video - Best Male Video - Michael Jackson - Janet Jackson - Soul Train Awards - NAACP Image Award - Outstanding Female Artist - Narm Award - Best Selling R&B Female Album - You Wanna Dance with Me? - October

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~