Princessa (singer)

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Princessa is a house music rapper/singer from New York City. She was the featured artist on two singles by the Austrian house music band, Bingoboys: the first was the song "How to Dance", which hit number one on the U.S. Dance chart in 1991, as well as number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100; [1] the second was a follow-up single, "Borrowed Love", which peaked at number 32 on the dance chart the same year. She also did a guest appearance on Chic's 1992 number-one club hit "Chic Mystique". She worked with Vanilla Ice on a number of songs as a backup singer from 1987 to 1991.

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Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
AUT SWI GER
[2]
NED BEL
(FLA)
SWE UK AUS [3] NZ US
[4]
US Dance
[5]
1991"How to Dance" (Bingoboys featuring Princessa)211227303093337251The Best Of Bingoboys
"Borrowed Love" (Bingoboys featuring Princessa)7132
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

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