Melodie Sexton

Melodie Sexton
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Labels Sony Music Records
Associated acts AI

Melodie Sexton is an American R&B singer[1][2][3]

Overview

Born in New York, Sexton started singing at the age of 3 at her father's church. She went on to become a professional singer who delivered back up vocals to artists such as Salt and Pepa, Living Colour and Brenda K. Starr. She eventually moved to Japan in 1990. Sexton released her debut album entitled Beautiful Dream in 1992 upon Sony Music Records.[4][3][2]

She eventually went on to collaborate with Japanese House Music group GTS. Sexton at first sang with GTS upon a 1996 cover of Chaka Khan's Through The Fire which rose to 47 upon Japan's Tokio Hot 100 chart. She again paired with GTS upon the 1998 single Brand New World which rose to 37 upon the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[5][6][7][8][3] Sexton later featured as a vocalist upon Japanese R&B singer Ai's 2007 album Don't Stop Ai. The album debuted at number four on the Japanese Oricon Albums chart and was eventually certified gold by the RIAJ.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Melodie Sexton". Allmusic.com.
  2. 1 2 "J-Pop Stars to Gather, Party in Seoul". Korea Times.co.kr.
  3. 1 2 3 "Melodie Sexton". Armitage.co.jp (in Japanese).
  4. ↑ "Melodie Sexton". Oricon.jp.
  5. ↑ "GTS". Armitage.co.jp.
  6. ↑ "GTS". Listen Live.co.
  7. ↑ "GTS Featuring Melodie Sexton: Brand New World (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard Magazine.
  8. ↑ "GTS Featuring Melodie Sexton: Through The Fire (Tokio Hot 100)". Billboard Magazine.
  9. ↑ Don't Stop Ai (Media notes) (in Japanese). Ai. Tokyo, Japan: Universal Music Japan. 2007.
  10. ↑ "AI: DON'T STOP A.I." Oricon.co.jp.
  11. ↑ ゴールドディスク認定 [Gold disc certification (December 2007)]. RIAJ (in Japanese). January 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
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