Support our efforts, sign up to a full membership!
(Start for free)
Register or login with just your e-mail address
Artist

Kristine W

   
Number of songs: 8 | Total weeks on charts: 135
Appearing in a total number of: 10 charts | Total period running: 826 days
Biography

Kristine Weitz (born June 8, 1962) known by the stage name of Kristine W, is an American singer-songwriter. She has released seven albums. In 2004, The Advocate stated that she had helped shape the nightlife of the past decade. Her first 8 singles all reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts which set a new record. As of 2009, 14 of 15 singles had reached the top of the Billboard dance charts. 

Weitz was born and raised in Pasco, Washington. Her mother was a performer. Weitz won the Miss Washington (1980–1981) title and won swimsuit and talent in the Miss America Pageant. She then moved to Las Vegas and enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, graduated with a BA in Communications–TV Production, she minored in music and marketing. 

While living in Las Vegas, she headlined a revue. During a revue that featured Weitz with a number of drag queens, she was spotted by an A & R agent who flew her to London for a recording session that resulted in the single "Feel What You Want". 

After the release of her first single, which became very popular in overseas dance clubs, there was a bidding war by the major labels to sign Weitz. Weitz wrote and produced her albums Land of the Living (1996) and Stronger (2000). The Advocate called Land of the Living "impressive" and stated that she has an "intensity" that plays like she is a "woman imitating a man impersonating a woman" while Spin called it "one of the most artful song-oriented dance albums in years." In its review of Stronger Out said that her second album lacked the "personality" of Land of the Living (which it cited as one of the top 10 dance albums of the decade) and was "burdened with house beats." 

After releasing a number of hit dance songs in the 1990s, Weitz was diagnosed with leukemia in 2001. After her last treatment for the disease, the doctor would not clear her to fly, so she drove cross country to perform in the 2004 New York City Gay Pride events.
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team




You might be interested also in...

Top songs from around the world today
SZA
(USA Albums, 09/Mar/2024)
Tyla
(Bulgaria Top 20, 03/Mar/2024)




© 2001-2024
top40-charts.com (S4)
about | site map
contact | privacy
Page gen. in 0.8482959 secs // 85 () queries in 0.092915773391724 secs


live