Vanessa Williams
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Biography
[Edit]When Vanessa Williams began her singing career, she was known chiefly as the Miss America pageant winner who'd been forced to renounce her title for posing in Penthouse magazine. Williams not only put the scandal behind her, she all but obliterated it, turning out a series of slick, sophisticated hits that made her one of the most popular adult contemporary R&B singers of her time. In addition to her broad crossover appeal, she established a parallel acting career in both film and television, ending the '90s as a highly successful all-around entertainer.
Vanessa Lynn Williams was born March 18, 1963, in the upstate New York town of Millwood to parents who were both music teachers. She loved performing musical theater as a teenager, and won a scholarship to study it at Syracuse University in 1981. In the meantime, she began entering beauty pageants, with considerable success; in 1983, she represented New York in the Miss America pageant and became the first African-American woman ever to be crowned the winner. Unfortunately, her triumph was short-lived. Williams had posed for a series of nude photos for Penthouse prior to her historic victory, and when the magazine published them in 1984, the ensuing scandal forced her to resign as Miss America. Undaunted, Williams began to pursue her first love, singing; she backed George Clinton on his 1986 album R&B Skeletons in the Closet, including the single "Do Fries Go With That Shake?" Williams also returned to acting, making her feature film debut with a small role in The Pickup Artist in 1987; the same year, she married her manager, Ramon Harvey. All the renewed exposure eventually helped land her a record deal with Mercury/Polygram subsidiary Wing.
Williams' debut album, The Right Stuff, was released in 1988, featuring a mix of urban dance-pop and adult contemporary balladry. The title track was a decent-sized hit, and the ballad "Dreamin'" became Williams' first Top Ten single, going all the way to number one on the R&B charts. The Right Stuff went gold, and Williams subsequently appeared in several TV movies. Her 1991 sophomore set The Comfort Zone was a star-maker; it spawned another R&B chart-topper in "Running Back to You," but the real story was the ballad "Save the Best for Last," a ubiquitous across-the-board smash that became Williams' first number one hit on the pop charts. The title track solidified Williams' growing reputation for smooth, sexy adult pop, and the album went on to sell over two million copies. In 1993, Williams' duet with Brian McKnight, "Love Is," became another huge hit when it was featured on the soundtrack of Beverly Hills 90210.
In 1994, Williams returned to her roots by accepting her first starring role on Broadway, taking over the lead in Kiss of the Spider Woman; she also appeared on a re-recorded version of the cast album. Late that year, she also released her third album, The Sweetest Days, which found her branching out into jazzy pop and torch songs in addition to her usual urban and adult contemporary fare. It also featured material by Babyface and Sting, and its upscale, sophisticated ambience gave Williams her second platinum album. In 1995, Williams was tabbed to sing the commercial version of "Colors of the Wind," the theme to the Disney film Pocahontas; not only was it a huge hit, it also won an Academy Award. 1996 brought a divorce from manager Harvey and the holiday album Star Bright; most notably, Williams landed her biggest feature film role to date when she starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in that year's Eraser, and she followed it with an appearance in the ensemble drama Soul Food in 1997. 1997 also brought her fourth proper album, Next, which didn't attract quite as much attention as its predecessors. After the release of Greatest Hits: The First Ten Years in late 1998, Williams remained relatively quiet on the musical front, save for the occasional live performance event; she concentrated more on her acting career, and was prominently featured in Dance With Me (1998), Light It Up (1999), and the remake of Shaft (2000). In 1999, Williams remarried to L.A. Lakers basketball player Rick Fox.
Title: Silver and Gold
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Comfort Zone
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Sweetest Days
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Vanessa Williams
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Christmas Collection: The Best of Vanessa Williams
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Right Stuff
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Santa Baby: Songs from the Original Soundtrack
Artist: Vanessa Williams, Patti Labelle, Eartha Kitt, Gregory Hines
Genre: Jazz
Title: Our Favorite Things
Artist: Tony Bennett, Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Charlotte Church, Vanessa Williams
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music, Opera
Title: Greatest Hits - The First Ten Years
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Vanessa Williams - 20th Century Masters: The Christmas Collection
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: DJ/Remixes
Title: Work to Do - Single
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: You Are Everything (Remixes) - EP
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The Best Of Vanessa Williams 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Songs
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Real Thing (Digital Wide)
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Electronica, House, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Silver and Gold - Single
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Vanessa Williams
Artist: Vanessa Williams
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Collections
Title: The Ultimate Collection - Soul: 100 Hits CD 3
Genre: Soul
Title: Easy 80'S - Power Of Love (Feelin' Good)
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Love Classics CD 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Compact Disc Club - Full Moon CD 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Power Of Love CD 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Power Of Love CD 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 22
Genre: Breakbeat , Downtempo, Electronica, House, Acid House, Deep House, Euro House, Trance, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Punk, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop, Synth Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Hardcore
Title: For The Children Of Liberia
Genre: Blues, Rock, World Music, Latin, Country, Pop, Pop Rock, Classical
Title: Beautiful Ballads CD1
Title: Beautiful Ballads CD2
Title: Dance Collection CD 3
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop
Title: Billboard Top 100 Of 1989
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Pop
Title: The Best World Ballads - 10 (CD 2)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Soul Sisters CD1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: Dance Classics 31 & 32
Genre: Dance Pop
Title: Dance Classics Vol 29 And 30
Genre: Pop
Title: Street Life (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop
Title: Baladas De Amor Vol. 10 CD1
Title: Cadena 100 Love Album
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 100 Pop Love Songs CD 5
Genre: Rock
Title: Top 100 Pop Love Songs
Genre: Folk Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest Love Songs CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1989 CD5
Genre: Rock
Title: Top Of The Pops 1992 CD1
Genre: Rock
Title: Top Of The Pops 1993 CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Of The Pops 1995 CD2
Title: Top Of The Pops 1995 CD4
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Title: Sea Of Wine By Costas Georgiadis
Genre: Ambient, Trance, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Classical
Title: Rock Christmas Vol. 5
Genre: Christian Country Music, Pop
Title: Body & Soul: Christmas - Sensual Soul Collection
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Die Ultimative Chartshow
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock Christmas Vol. 8
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 350 Christmas Songs
Genre: New Age, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Rock Christmas, The Very Best Of
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock & Roll, World Music, Pop
Title: Greatest Hits From The Movies (CD2)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Hit Box Années 90 (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Love Ring BEST
Genre: Pop
Title: With Love (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Country, Pop, Country Pop, Dance Pop, Teen Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Mask (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Pop Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: For Our Children Too
Genre: World Music, Kids
Title: A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Pop Classics Collection - Volume 1
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Kuschelrock Vol. 7 (CD2)
Genre: Electro, Rock, Glam Rock, Grunge, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Metal, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, Country, Country Rock, Pop, Funk, Progressive, Acoustic
Title: 90S Real Personal (CD1)
Title: 100 The Best Songs In History (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Greatest RnB Songs Of The 90s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: 80 From America (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 250 Singles De Los 90s Parte 1 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Ballads Volume 5
Title: The All Time Greatest Songs - 01 - Love
Genre: Rock
Title: Sapo Love Songs 2014 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Radio City Love Songs (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Dance Classics - Best Of Vol. 04 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Dance Classics - Best Of Vol. 05 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Dance Classics - Best Of Vol. 05 (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor
Title: Now The Christmas Album 2000 (CD2)
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Featuring albums
Title: Isn't She Great (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Burt Bacharach
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo In Grouchland
Artist: Sesame Street
Genre: Kids, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Almost an Angel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Maurice Jarre
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: St. Louis Woman (1998 Original New York Cast Recording)
Artist: St. Louis Woman
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: A Very Special Christmas - Live From Washington D.C.
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Sondheim on Sondheim (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Dance With Me: Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Soundtrack
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: St. Louis Woman (1998 Original New York Cast Recording)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Classical
Title: Christmas with Michael W. Smith and Friends
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Greatest Hits: Winter Weather, Vol. 5
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: 80 From America. 80 Classic American Tracks (CD4)
Artist: Universal Music
Title: Portico Holiday: White Christmas, Vol. 6
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Placido Domingo & Friends Celebrate Christmas in Vienna
Artist: Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo
Genre:
Title: Meritage Christmas: Chestnuts Roasting, Vol. 6
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music