Princessa is a
house music
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rapper
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/singer from New York City. She was the featured artist on two
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
by the Austrian house music band,
Bingoboys
Bingoboys was an Austrian dance music trio from Vienna consisting of DJs Klaus Biedermann, Paul Pfab and Helmut Wolfgruber.
They had two chart entries on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1991. Their debut single, " How to Danc ...
: the first was the song "
How to Dance
"How to Dance" is a song by Austrian house music trio Bingoboys from their debut studio album, ''The Best of Bingoboys''. The song features American female rapper Princessa. The song was first released in the United States in 1990 and was given ...
", which hit
number one
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* ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song
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* ''n.1 ...
on the U.S.
Dance chart in 1991, as well as number 25 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100;
[ Allmusic.com - Charts & Awards - accessed March 2009/ref> the second was a follow-up single, "Borrowed Love", which peaked at number 32 on the dance chart the same year. She also did a guest appearance on ]Chic
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's 1992 number-one club hit "Chic Mystique". She worked with Vanilla Ice
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on a number of songs as a backup singer from 1987 to 1991.
Singles
See also
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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References
21st-century African-American women singers
American dance musicians
American house musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women in electronic music
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