◇ image via WikipediaCrystal Waters
Crystal Waters is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Garota de Ipanema, Ethel Waters, Kölsch, The Tamperer and Rune RK. Those roots explain a lot about how Crystal Waters arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ce Ce Peniston, Black Box, Deee-Lite, Michael Gray and Paula Abdul, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ultra Naté, Yolanda Be Cool, Alex Gaudino and Break My Soul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Crystal Waters, reaching back through Garota de Ipanema and forward to Ultra Naté. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Crystal Waters is an American house and dance music singer and songwriter, best known for her 1990s dance hits "Gypsy Woman" and "100% Pure Love", and 2007's "Destination Calabria" with Alex Gaudino. All three of her studio albums produced a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as one of the most successful dance artists of all time. Her accolades include six ASCAP Songwriter awards, three American Music Award nominations, an MTV Video Music Award nod, four Billboard Music Awards and twelve No. 1 Billboard Dance Chart hits. Her hit song "Gypsy Woman” has been sampled hundreds of times. Though her music sales have yet to be re-certified, Waters has sold over 7 million records worldwide.
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Crystal Waters connections
Crystal Waters grew out of Garota de Ipanema, Ethel Waters, Kölsch and The Tamperer, shares an orbit with Ce Ce Peniston, Black Box, Deee-Lite and Michael Gray, went on to shape Ultra Naté, Yolanda Be Cool, Alex Gaudino and Break My Soul. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Crystal Waters
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