Michael Watford is an African American

African American

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 dance music

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 was born in Virginia

Virginia

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 and raised in New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He is best known for his gospel-influenced vocals on house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 records through the 1990s and 2000s. Four of his singles charted on the US

United States

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 Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the mid-1990s, including "So Into You," which hit #1 in 1994. The same track peaked at #53 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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Singles

• "Holdin' On"
• "Luv 4-2"
• "Love to the World"
• "So Into You"
• "Happy Man"
• "I Am What I Am"
• "Love Changes Over"
• "I'm Coming Home"
• "Mighty Love"
• "Heaven is Calling You"
• "For Your Love"
• "As Always"
• "Reach on Up"

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart