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Chantay Savage

Chantay Savage (born 1967) is an R&B

Rhythm and blues

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/Dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
singer who found modest success in the 1990s with "I Will Survive

I Will Survive

"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a break-up; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem, and HIV/AIDS awareness - and is...
", in which she reworked the Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music that originated in and was initially popular among African American, gay and Hispanic and Latino Americans communities in the United States in the late 1960s....
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.

Before Savage signed a record deal, she parlayed success into gigs as a session musician, singer, and songwriter

Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
with artists such as CeCe Peniston

CeCe Peniston

CeCe Peniston is a female United States dance music singer. She scored an international hit single in 1991 with her signature song "Finally "....
and Tanya Blount

Tanya Blount

Tanya Blount is an African American actress, author and musician....
, she co-wrote Peniston's #1 Dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
single "We Got a Love Thang".

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Chantay Savage (born 1967) is an R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
/Dance

Dance music

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor is an United States singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye " , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am " ....
disco

Disco

Songwriter

CeCe Peniston

CeCe Peniston is a female United States dance music singer. She scored an international hit single in 1991 with her signature song "Finally "....
and Tanya Blount

Tanya Blount

Tanya Blount is an African American actress, author and musician....
, she co-wrote Peniston's #1 Dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
single "We Got a Love Thang". In 1993

1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993....
she released her first single "If You Believe" from her debut album ...Here We Go, peaking at #42 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. RCA

RCA

RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today, the RCA is owned by the France conglomerate Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson....
records decided to give the album a second chance and then released "Betcha'll Never Find". The single became an R&B and dance hit, when it reached #2 on both Billboard's R&B chart, and Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play. The single was also a minor pop hit. Savage followed that single with the double-A sided "Don't Let It Go To Your Head/Give It To Ya", which peaked at No.14.

In 1995 she teamed up with Aaliyah

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton , simply known as Aaliyah meaning "The highest most exalted, among the best", was an American contemporary R&B and pop music singer and actress....
, En Vogue

En Vogue

En Vogue is a Grammy nominated United States female Contemporary R&B vocal quartet assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy....
, BlackGirl

BlackGirl

BlackGirl was a successful contemporary 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, like other R&B acts Eric West and Questionmark Asylum....
, Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

Mary Jane Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American R&B music singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor who has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide....
, Vanessa Williams

Vanessa L. Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Williams made history on September 17, 1983 when she became the first woman of African descent to be crowned Miss America....
, SWV

SWV

SWV, also known as Sisters with Voices, is an United States Grammy-award nominated female Rhythm and blues/Pop music trio from New York. Formed in 1990, SWV had a series of hits, including "Weak ", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You"....
, and others for the single "Freedom" from the movie Panther. The single hit #18 on Billboard

Billboard

Billboard is a weekly United States magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized Record chart that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis....
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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 Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, but also #6 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
and #12 in the UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. The single was also certified Gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
by the RIAA for US single sales of over 500,000 units. RCA

RCA

Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers is a weekly albums chart introduced by Billboard in 1993 whose purpose is to highlight sales by new and developing musical recording artists....
chart. In 1997 she, along with Deborah Cox

Deborah Cox

Deborah Cox is a Canada Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and actor. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart , a record held for nearly eight years....
, Heavy D, and Brownstone

Brownstone

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performed Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
's #1 single "That's the Way Love Goes

That's the Way Love Goes

"That's the Way Love Goes" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Released as the album's lead single in April 1993, the Grammy Award-winning song became Jackson's longest-running number-one single ever in the United States, staying atop the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks....
" at the Soul Train Music Awards

Soul Train Music Awards

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show aired in national television syndication that honors the best in African-American music and entertainment....
tribute to the popular icon

Icon

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. 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 United States rapper and actor.Common debuted in 1992 with the album Can I Borrow a Dollar? and maintained a significant underground following into the late 90s, after which he gained notable mainstream success through his work with the Soulquarians....
. 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 title of an album released by R&B singer Chantay Savage, it was released on July 13, 1999. The albums only single and video, was the track "Come Around"....
. Its sales were poor, despite critical acclaim and MTV

MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
and BET

Bet

Bet or BET may refer to:* A wager in gambling* Basic Economics Test *Bet , the second letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician and Syriac...
exposure of its first single "Come Around" which peaked at #62. Savage wrote all the lyrics

Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, either by speaking or singing. The word 'lyric' comes from the Greek word ,lyricos, meaning "singing to the lyre"....
and played piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
and drums

Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
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As of 2005 she is working on a new album. No release date has been set.

Discography

Albums

Album information
*Here We Go...* Released: May, 1994 Chart Peak: #89 US Last RIAA Description RIAA certification In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and single sold through retail and other ancillary markets.... : None Singles: "Betcha'll Never Find", "If You Believe", "Don't Let It Go To Your Heard", "Give it To Ya" Worldwide sales: not available
*I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)* Released: 1996 Chart peak: #14 US Last RIAA Description RIAA certification In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and single sold through retail and other ancillary markets.... : None Singles: "I Will Survive", "Baby: Drive Me Crazy" Worldwide sales: not available
This Time This Time (Chantay Savage album) *This Time* is the title of an album released by R&B singer Chantay Savage, it was released on July 13, 1999. The albums only single and video, was the track "Come Around".... Released: May, 1999 Chart Peak: #56 US Last RIAA Description RIAA certification In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and single sold through retail and other ancillary markets.... : None Singles: "Come Around" Worldwide sales: not available

Singles

Year	Title	Album	US Billboard	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
1993	"If You Believe If You Believe "If You Believe" was the first single from Chantay Savage's debut album ...Here We Go. The single performed poorly on the Billboard charts, peaking at No.75. The song appeared in the 1995 in film Party Girl .... "	... Here We Go	-	42
1994	"Betcha'll Never Find Betcha'll Never Find "Betcha'll Never Find" is a song by Chantay Savage, released as her second single from her debut album Here We Go.... After her debut single "If You Believe" performed poorly on the Billboard magazine charts, RCA Records worked overtime to push "Betcha'll Never Find" to urban and pop radio, the song became a success early 1994 in music wh... "	... Here We Go	70	-
1994	"Don't Let It Go to Your Head"/"Give It to Ya"	... Here We Go	-	8
1995	"Freedom Freedom (Various Artists song) "Freedom" was a 1995 in music song released on Mercury Records featuring a chorus of over 60 African-American female artists and groups of note in hip-hop, pop and R&B music including Aaliyah, Mary J.... "	Panther Soundtrack	-	12
1996	"I Will Survive I Will Survive "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris.The song's lyrics describe a narrator who finds personal strength while recovering from a break-up; it has often been used as an anthem of female empowerment, a gay anthem, and HIV/AIDS awareness - and is... "	I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)	24	1
1996	"Baby: Drive Me Crazy"	I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)	-	-
1996	"Let's Get Intimate" ⁺	Body 2 Body compilation	-	40
1997	"Reminding Me (Of Sef) Reminding Me (Of Sef) "Reminding Me " is the second single from rapping Common 's third album One Day It'll All Make Sense. It features vocals from Chantay Savage and keyboards played by Spike Rebel.... (Common feat. Chantay Savage)" ^	Someday It'll All Make Sense		59
1999	"Come Around Come Around Come Around is the first Single released from the Collie Buddz album from dancehall artist Collie Buddz.This single was officially released in summer 2007.... "	This Time	=	1
1999	"My Oh My My Oh My "My Oh My" is the third single released by the Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua overall, and the fourth United Kingdom release. From the Aquarium album "My Oh My" was initially released in February 1997 before being released in the UK as the follow-up to three consecutive number one singles in August of 1998.... "	This Time	-	17

^ "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" reached No.9 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks
Hot Rap Tracks

Hot Rap Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the most popular Hip hop music songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban contemporary radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets....
⁺ "Let's Get Intimate" is credited to Body 2 Body With Donnell Rush & Chantay Savage. This single was only released in the UK

In 2007, Chantay provided lead vocals on a cover of the Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire is an United States R&B band led by Maurice White. Formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969, they are known for a number of hit singles, including "Shining Star " and "September ", for their fusion of Latin music, Funk, Soul Music, Jazz, Pop Music, rock music and other genres into one unique sound and the dynamic sound of their...
song September on UK act Full Flava's album Music Is Our Way Of Life.

Trivia

Chantay's version of "I Will Survive" is the only remake of the song to be certified by the RIAA as Gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
or Platinum
Platinum

Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is in Group 10 of the periodic table of elements....
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Chantay Savage grew up in Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
raised on the sounds of jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
and Soul
Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the African American culture through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, Secularity testifying." The genre occasion...
legends like Sarah Vaughn, Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan is an American singer known for hit songs such as "I'm Every Woman", "I Feel for You" and "Through the Fire ", also sang a modernized theme song for the hit children's TV show, Reading Rainbow in the show's later years....
, and Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye was an United States singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range....
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Chantay Savage streaming music videos
Artist bio, discography and chart history.
with photos and links.