Jody Watley - NEW Greetings February 2024

GRAMMY award winning multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer/independent label owner Jody Watley can now add radio host to her vast impressive resume. As the current host of the monthly Sirius XM The Groove - The Jody Watley Show airing the second Sunday & Monday of each month and ON Demand on the SiriusXM app is a recognized as a style icon and one of the architects of 21st century Pop/R&B/Dance music and listed in Billboard as one of the Top 60 Female Artists of All Time, Top 25 Dance Artists of All Time, Top 100 Black Solo Artists Of All Time.

The versatile Chicago born songstress was inducted into the Women's Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022 and honored with Jody Watley Day at the Georgia State Capitol received a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award in Community Service and making a positive impact on society through music, volunteering, and advocacy for various causes. Watley is the recipient of the BMI Medal of Honor for songwriting and has nominations as a solo artist with American Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards and MTV Awards where her fashion forward "Real Love" directed by Academy award winner David Fincher, remains one of the most nominated in the history of the show.

Jody Watley appeared on the historic Band Aid UK charity #1 single "Do They Know It's Christmas" as a first solo endeavor.
Named one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People: Jody Watley is a true renaissance woman who continues to reinvent herself forging new paths. The monthly Jody Watley show is centered around classic 70s and 80s, 90s R&B, and inspirational conversations with select special guests. Sirius XM reaches nearly 35 million subscribers.

Chris Campbell from NPR's Progressive Underground notes "Jody Watley enjoys longevity through constant evolution." Her entire nearly 5-decade career is always about looking forward, unafraid to change and grow. Watley first came to prominence at the young age of 14 as one of the most popular trendsetting dancers of all time on the iconic TV show Soul Train a global cultural touchstone of dance, music and fashion. From there she went on the become the original female member of the Disco/R&B trio Shalamar for 5 years, (1978-1983) recording some of their most pinnacle recordings before her eventual entrance into the pop stratosphere as a hitmaking solo artist."

From her groundbreaking marriage of rap & R&B 1989’s “Friends,” a collaboration with hip-hop legends Eric B. & Rakim the first Pop/R&B/Rap/Dance hit to crossover Top 10 on multiple charts; to her vision-forward marriage of high fashion, street fashion and music in the ‘80s (long before it became the norm), to her fusion of jazz and underground club culture with keen pop instincts, and the ease with which she crossed and still crosses genre, Watley forged the template that is now everybody’s playbook.

Jody Watley's ongoing eclectic repertoire of music crosses genres of R&B, Pop, Dance, Electronic, Ambient, House and Jazz. 6 Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten Singles, 13 # 1 Dance Singles, 2 R&B #1’s, 15 Top 40 Singles, Global gold/platinum albums ,#1 million selling fitness video, featured in celebrity ad campaigns, high fashion magazines including VOGUE, Vogue Italia, Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful, Billboard Dance Lifetime Achievement, 2017 Black Music Honors Crossover Music Icon Award, nominations American Music Awards, MTV Awards, NAACP Awards.
From Pop R&B/Dance / house music, jazz, pop, drum & bass, ambient, spoken-word –80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s..Jody Watley always has a positive vision and a strong taste for artistic and aesthetic risk and always remaining true to herself in any endeavor she embarks upon.

OFFICIAL JODY WATLEY WEBSITE: https://jodywatley.net/

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MUSIC: Available at digital and streaming platforms worldwide.

DISCOGRAPHY: https://jodywatley.net/discography/

BIO: https://jodywatley.net/jodywatleybio/