Kristine W

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Kristine W (Kristine Weitz) (b. June 3, 1963 in Pasco, Washington) is an American Dance-pop, House music and Hi-NRG singer/songwriter. She has released four albums, three of them through major labels, plus an early recording she sells to fans through her website. Her three label releases are Land of the Living (1996), Stronger (2000), Fly Again (2003). The early recording she released on her own is called "Perfect Beat".

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[edit] Career

Kristine W is a former Miss Washington and placed first in the talent competition at the 1982 Miss America pageant earning her a college scholarship. She has performed in Las Vegas at the Hilton hotel and later at Studio 54 at the MGM.

In 1994, Champion Records issued "Love Come Home", credited to Our Tribe featuring Frankie Pharaoh and Kristine W. Later the same year, her first solo single, Feel What You Want, was released, featuring production by Rollo Armstrong and Rob Dougan (aka Rob D), and remixes by Kerri Chandler, Junior Vasquez and The Development Corporation. The single became the first of what would eventually be a record-setting string of consecutive number ones on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart. As of 2007, Kristine W holds the record for the longest string of consecutive #1 singles for that chart with nine.

As a result, she was signed to RCA Records in the U.S. and she began work on an album which would be a collaboration with Rollo Armstrong and Rob D. Her second single "One More Try" was issued two years later, in 1996 with remixes by Vasquez, Rollo, Sister Bliss, David Morales, and Stonebridge (DJ). This single not only hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, it also crossed over to pop radio, reaching #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. On the album, "Land Of The Living"'s release date, Kristine W held a free concert at the Virgin Megastore in New York City.

The second single was the title track from the album, and featured remixes by Vasquez, Rollo, Sister Bliss, Dekkard, Lisa Marie Experience, and Deep Dish. This single also reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In 1997, instead of releasing a third single from the album, Champion issued new remixes of "Feel What You Want" by Vasquez, Dekkard, Maddlads, and Rollo. An additional unreleased remix was produced by Jonathan Peters which was one of the most popular tracks at his Friday night DJ residency. Junior Vasquez was also asked to produce remixes her songs "Don't Wanna Think" and "Sweet Mercy Me", which weren't released commercially but instead distributed to select DJs, making them regional club hits in the New York metro area, particularly at Vasquez' weekly parties.

Her follow up album "Stronger" would not be released until 2000. Despite the fact that four years had passed since her last album, the first single from the album, the title track, reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart on the strength of remixes by Johnny Vicious, Junior Vasquez, and Rollo. The single featured an additional remix of her song "Clubland" by Thunderpuss. The second single, "Loving You" also reached #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, with remixes by Hex Hector, Junoir Vasquez, and Johnny Vicious.

According to the biography posted on her official website, Kristine W spent two years battling Leukemia, before going back into the studio to record her third album. Prior to the album's release, a remix produced by Hani (producer) of the song "Letting Go" (the original version of which appeared on the album) was given to select DJs making it another of Kristine W's unreleased remix hits. The album, Fly Again was released in late 2004 by Tommy Boy Records Silver Label, and the lead single, prouduced and remixed by The Scumfrog and featuring mixes by Vasquez and Ralphi Rosario, gave her yet another #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit single. The second single, "Save My Soul" was remixed by a virtual who's-who of popular remixers, including Junoir Vasquez, Mike Cruz, Gabriel & Dresden, Orange Factory, and Cypher. It too reached #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, and marked Kristine W's return to radio, reaching #25 on Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart.

The third single, "The Wonder Of It All", was remixed by DJ Offer Nissim, DJ Escape, Gomi, Ivan Pavlin, and Mr Mig. The #1 success of "The Wonder Of It All" gave Kristine W the all-time record for the longest string of consecutive #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play hits in the history of the chart. It reached #21 on Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart.

The fourth single, "I'll Be Your Light" interrupted Kristine W's streak of consecutive #1's, peaking at only #2 on the Club Play chart. However, it is an achievement as few artists have had all of their singles become Top 20 hits or better. With Tony Moran being the exception, the single was not remixed by as many big-name remixers as Kristine W's past singles. Still, the song was another radio crossover hit for her, reaching #17 on Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart, making it her highest charting single on that chart to date, and her first foray into that chart's Top 20. The CD single was released as an enhanced CD with DJ mixing software to enabling fans to create their own remixes.

[edit] 2004 To Present

The album, "Fly Again" peaked at #12 on the Top Electronic Albums chart, her first album to register on a Billboard albums chart. Few dance-oriented artists see their full length albums make the album charts, so this was a feat to be celebrated.

She is currently touring as part of an ensemble called "DJs Are Alive", a live performance and DJ mixing ensemble which includes The Scumfrog, DJ Skribble, Static Revenger, and D:Fuse.

[edit] Discography

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[edit] Singles

[edit] Trivia

  • Kristine W's single, "Land of the Living" was covered by Patti LaBelle as a duet with for her Classic Moments album released June 20, 2005 in the US. It was rumoured to become the second single from the album before she got dropped by the Def Soul label.
  • CeCe Peniston had a hit with a single co-written by Kristine W, "Lifetime To Love", which reached #2 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
  • Jason Walker recorded a song that was co-written by Kristine W entitled "No More." The song is featured on Jason's debut album "This is My Life" which was released in 2004 on Junior Vasquez's label, JVM Music.
  • Kristine W co-wrote a song on Rupaul third album Redhot, titled, "Just a Little In and Out."
  • Kristine W's single, "Feel What You Want" was featured on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on the Rise FM radio station.

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