Chantay Savage
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Chantay Savage is an R&B
/dance
singer who found substantial success in the 1990s with "I Will Survive
", in which she reworked the Gloria Gaynor
disco
anthem. In total her singles
have spent 452 weeks on various Billboard
singles charts
, and her albums have spent a total of 81 weeks on various Billboard charts.
, she parlayed success into gigs as a session musician, singer, and songwriter
with artists such as CeCe Peniston
and Tanya Blount
, she co-wrote Peniston
's number one Dance
single "We Got a Love Thang
". In 1993
she released her first single "If You Believe
" from her debut album Here We Go...
, her follow-up "Betcha'll Never Find
" became a top twenty dance
and R&B hit on the Billboard chart. She also released the singles "Don't Let It Go to Your Head
" and "Give It to Ya
".
In 1995 she teamed up with Aaliyah
, En Vogue
, BlackGirl
, Mary J. Blige
, Vanessa Williams
, SWV
, and others for the single "Freedom" from the movie Panther.
Savage took two years off before she returned in 1996 with "I Will Survive
" from her second album I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way). The lead single became a moderate smash in the U.S., where it reached #5 on Billboards R&B
chart, and number 12 in the UK Singles Chart
. The single was also certified gold
by the RIAA for US single sales of over 500,000 units. In 1997 she, along with Deborah Cox
, Heavy D, and Brownstone
performed Janet Jackson
's #1 single "That's the Way Love Goes" at the Soul Train Music Awards
tribute to the popular icon
. In 1998 Savage scored another minor hit with "Reminding Me (Of Sef)", performed by Common
. It was a top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot Rap chart.
In 1999 she released her third album This Time
, its first single "Come Around" which peaked at number 62. Savage wrote all the lyrics
and played piano
and drums
.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
/dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
singer who found substantial success in the 1990s with "I Will Survive
I Will Survive
"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...
", in which she reworked the Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...
disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
anthem. In total her singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
have spent 452 weeks on various Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
singles charts
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
, and her albums have spent a total of 81 weeks on various Billboard charts.
Biography
Before Savage signed a recording contractRecording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
, she parlayed success into gigs as a session musician, singer, and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
with artists such as CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S...
and Tanya Blount
Tanya Blount
-Early life and education:Morgan State University, where she majored in psychology and sang in the university choir.-Career:She secured a major recording deal with Polydor now Island/Def Jam Records at age 19 and by 20 was featured in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, where she performed a...
, she co-wrote Peniston
CeCe Peniston
CeCe Peniston is an African American recording artist and former beauty queen. At the beginning of the nineties, she was considered to be one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the U.S...
's number one Dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
single "We Got a Love Thang
We Got a Love Thang
"We Got a Love Thang" is a 1991 song by the musician CeCe Peniston, originally released on her debut album Finally from 1992.The song was co-written by Chantay Savage, and became the second number one hit for the artist, remaining on the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart two weeks...
". In 1993
1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....
she released her first single "If You Believe
If You Believe
"If You Believe" was the first single from Chantay Savage's debut album ...Here We Go. The song appeared in the 1995 film Party Girl.-Chart positions:...
" from her debut album Here We Go...
Here We Go...
Here We Go... is the debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Chantay Savage, released May, 1993 on RCA Records. Here We Go... peaked at number 89 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.-Track listing:# Betcha'll Never Find...
, her follow-up "Betcha'll Never Find
Betcha'll Never Find
"Betcha'll Never Find" is the title of a top twenty R&B and dance single by Chantay Savage. The song is one of Savage's biggest R&B hits to date peaking at number seventeen on the Billboard R&B chart.-Chart positions:...
" became a top twenty dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
and R&B hit on the Billboard chart. She also released the singles "Don't Let It Go to Your Head
Don't Let It Go to Your Head (Chantay Savage song)
"Don't Let It Go To Your Head" is the title of a top twenty dance single by Chantay Savage. The song is one of Savage's biggest dance hits to date peaking at number fourteen on the Billboard Dance singles chart.-Chart positions:...
" and "Give It to Ya
Give It to Ya
"Give It to Ya" is the title of a R&B single by Chantay Savage. It was the final single from her album Here We Go... -Chart positions:...
".
In 1995 she teamed up with Aaliyah
Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton , who performed under the mononym Aaliyah , was an American R&B recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. At the age of 10, she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside...
, En Vogue
En Vogue
En Vogue is an American female R&B vocal group from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.The group has won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group in MTV history, a total of seven, along with four Soul Train Awards, six American Music...
, BlackGirl
BlackGirl
BlackGirl was a R&B/dance vocal trio consisting of Pam Copeland, Nycolia "Tye-V" Turman, and Rochelle Stuart from Atlanta, that formed in 1992 on the Kaper/RCA/BMG label.-Biography:...
, Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
, Vanessa Williams
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine...
, SWV
SWV
Sisters with Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B trio from New York. Formed in 1990 as a gospel group, SWV became one of the most successful R&B groups of the 1990s. They had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You", and "You're the One"....
, and others for the single "Freedom" from the movie Panther.
Savage took two years off before she returned in 1996 with "I Will Survive
I Will Survive
"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...
" from her second album I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way). The lead single became a moderate smash in the U.S., where it reached #5 on Billboards R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart, and number 12 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The single was also certified gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the RIAA for US single sales of over 500,000 units. In 1997 she, along with Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart , a record held for nearly eight years. She has achieved ten number-one hits on...
, Heavy D, and Brownstone
Brownstone
Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house clad in this material.-Types:-Apostle Island brownstone:...
performed Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
's #1 single "That's the Way Love Goes" at the Soul Train Music Awards
Soul Train Music Awards
The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment...
tribute to the popular icon
Icon
An icon is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity and in certain Eastern Catholic churches...
. In 1998 Savage scored another minor hit with "Reminding Me (Of Sef)", performed by Common
Common (rapper)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. , better known by his stage name Common , is an American hip-hop artist and actor....
. It was a top 10 hit on Billboard's Hot Rap chart.
In 1999 she released her third album This Time
This Time (Chantay Savage album)
This Time is the third studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Chantay Savage, released July 13, 1999 on RCA Records. Production for the album was handled by several producers, including Kay Fingers, Kenny Flav, Robert Jazayeri, Marc Kinchen, Sean "Mystro" Mather, Keith Sweat, and Daniel...
, its first single "Come Around" which peaked at number 62. Savage wrote all the lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
and played piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
.
Discography
- Here We Go...Here We Go...Here We Go... is the debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Chantay Savage, released May, 1993 on RCA Records. Here We Go... peaked at number 89 on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.-Track listing:# Betcha'll Never Find...
(1994) - I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way) (1996)
- This TimeThis Time (Chantay Savage album)This Time is the third studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter Chantay Savage, released July 13, 1999 on RCA Records. Production for the album was handled by several producers, including Kay Fingers, Kenny Flav, Robert Jazayeri, Marc Kinchen, Sean "Mystro" Mather, Keith Sweat, and Daniel...
(1999)