Kristine Elizabeth Weitz, widely known by her stage name Kristine W, is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and entrepreneur. She is most widely known as a dance music artist. Born and raised in Pasco, Washington, she found early success competing in pageants and talent contests, winning Miss Washington and a preliminary swimsuit award as well as a NFT award in the Miss America pageant. Kristine W is now one of the most popular dance club artists of all time, with 17 #1s to date on Billboard Dance Club Songs. She is currently listed among Billboard's 8 Greatest of All Time Top Dance Club Artists, and she was ranked number three in Billboard's Top Dance Artists of the Decade. She is especially popular in the gay community and is an outspoken supporter of LGBT rights, frequently performing at pride rallies and charity events for pro-LGBT organizations throughout the U.S.
Dance Club Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard Magazine in the United States. It is a national survey of club disc jockeys to determine the most popular songs being played in nightclubs across the country. It was launched as the Disco Action Top 30 chart on August 28, 1976, and became the first chart by Billboard to document the popularity of dance music. The first number-one song on the chart for the issue dated August 28, 1976, was "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees, spending five weeks atop the chart and the group's only number-one song on the chart.
"One for Sorrow" is a song by British pop-dance group Steps that became the quintet's first single to reach the top five on the UK Singles Chart. Debuting at number two and spending 11 weeks on the UK chart, the song established Steps's intention to revive the ABBA sound, striking a considerable resemblance to their hit "The Winner Takes It All". A remixed version of this song became their debut US single in 1999 and was featured on the Drive Me Crazy film soundtrack. It became Steps' only single to appear on any US Billboard chart, peaking at number 38 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in October 1999.
"Land of the Living" is a song by American singer Kristine W. It was released in 1996 as the third and final single from her debut album, Land of the Living. The single was a huge club hit but only reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it spent two weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in November 1996. That was the singer's third number 1 on this survey.
"About Us" is a dance-pop song by Brooke Hogan featuring rapper Paul Wall. It was released as the first single from Brooke's debut album Undiscovered in June 2006 in the US and remained the only successful single in her career. The music video premiered on June 25, 2006, after the season two finale of Hogan Knows Best, in which Hogan prepares and then films the video for the song. The song is the first single released by Scott Storch's record label, Storch Music Company. Hogan was the first person signed to this record label.
"Stay for Awhile" is a 1986 single by Christian singer Amy Grant, and was the first single from her album The Collection. Background vocals were provided by herself and her friend, Richard Page, lead singer for Mr. Mister at the time.
Anthony "Tony" Moran is a DJ, record producer, remixer, singer and songwriter known for remixing popular songs. In 2007, he hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart twice with "Walk Away" featuring Kristine W and "Keep Your Body Working" featuring Martha Wash. Moran also has a total of seven number one hits on the Billboard Dance Club Songs music charts in the United States and he has recently had four number one Billboard chart hits in the years 2016 and 2017.
"Oye" is a 1998 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the second single by Epic Records from her eighth studio album, gloria!. The song was written by Estefan, her husband Emilio Estefan, Jr., Randall Barlow and Angie Chirino and produced by Estefan, Jr. and Tony Moran. The song bears the most resemblance to a club song on the entire album and probably the one that became the most popular with this release. Unfortunately, in the US the single was planned for commercial release on July 14, 1998 on various formats, but at the last minute the release was cancelled. The single was released worldwide in many other countries and took the highest position on many charts, including number-one in Spain and on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
"I'm Not Giving You Up" is a 1996 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as her third single from her seventh studio album, Destiny. This song was popular more by its single remix by Tony Moran which appears in Estefan's 2001 Greatest Hits Vol. II compilation instead of its original version. In the United States, the song was released as a double single along with the song "Higher". In Europe, it was released to coincide with the European leg of Estefan's Evolution World Tour. "I'm Not Giving You Up" peaked at number 11 in Spain, number 28 in the United Kingdom and number 33 in Scotland. In the US, the song reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Havana" is the title of a 1997 single and instrumental by jazz musician Kenny G. It was the second single taken from his 1996 studio album The Moment, released on Arista Records.
"Come Back to Me" is a pop and R&B song by Japanese American pop singer Utada. The song was written by Utada and Stargate and was produced by Utada, Stargate and her father, Sking U. "Come Back to Me" is the first single from her second English-language album This Is the One. In the United States, the song has peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and number 69 on the Pop 100 chart.
"Love Is the Look" is the fourth single from Kristine W's 2009 album The Power of Music. The single went to number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on April 25, 2009. It was Kristine W's thirteenth number one on the U.S. dance chart.
"Never" is the third single from Kristine W's album The Power of Music. The single became Kristine W's twelfth number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
"In Walked Love" is a song by the American girl group Exposé. Written by Diane Warren and produced by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero, the song can be found on the group's 1992 album Exposé, their third studio album. Lead vocals on the pop ballad were performed by Ann Curless. The song features Al Pitrelli as guest guitarist.
"The Power of Music" is the title track and sixth single from Kristine W's 2009 album The Power of Music featuring the rapper Big Daddy Kane released on December 29, 2009. With the March 13, 2010 issue of Billboard, "The Power of Music" became Kristine W's 15th number-one dance hit, tying her with Mariah Carey as the artist with the 7th most number ones on the Dance/Club Play Songs chart after Madonna at number one and Janet Jackson at number two.
"Strobelight" is a single from recording artist Kimberley Locke, her first with Randy Jackson's newly formed dance music label, Dream Merchant 21. This single is also her first release of original material since 2007's Change.
"Beautiful Monster" is a song by American singer Ne-Yo from his fourth studio album, Libra Scale. The song was released to iTunes as the album's first single on June 8, 2010. The song was written by Ne-Yo, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Sandy Wilhelm, and it was produced by Stargate and Sandy Vee. It has received initial positive reception, with Ne-Yo's vocals being compared to the vocal styling of Michael Jackson.
"Who Says" is a song performed by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. Priscilla Renea wrote the song with Emanuel Kiriakou, who produced the track. The song was released in March 2011, as the lead single from the band's third album, When the Sun Goes Down (2011). According to Gomez, the song was intended to inspire people, and fire back at the "haters", particularly those involved in cyberbullying. "Who Says" marks a distinct departure in sound for the band, as it has an acoustic and organic feel, compared to their dance-pop and club-oriented previous singles.
"Fade" is the seventh and final single released from Kristine W's 2009 album The Power of Music. The single was released in two parts, called "Fade: The Epic Remixes Parts 1 & 2" featuring 24 different remixes from 9 different producers. With the June 18, 2011 issue of Billboard, "Fade" became Kristine W's 16th number one single on the Hot Dance/ Club Play Charts, and her seventh from The Power of Music. This number one single also moved her above Mariah Carey as the 7th artist with the most number ones on the Hot Dance/ Club Play Charts behind Madonna and Janet Jackson who has 22. With "Fade", Kristine W also broke the record for most #1 singles from one album on the Billboard Dance Charts.
"Free People" is a single released in 2015 recorded by Tony Moran featuring Martha Wash. It is the second number one collaboration between the two artists since 2008's "Keep Your Body Working."
