Jody Watley

Jody Watley Bio

American R&B singer Jody Watley was born on January 30, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois. Since the mid-1990s, Grammy-winning multi-talented Jody Watley has led the way as a businesswoman working in the independent world of music as one of the few already-established female best-selling performers to produce, create, and own her recordings. She is an innovative music maker and a pioneer. With an astounding 32 Top Ten Singles and 13 No. 1 Singles in the R&B, pop, and dance music genres over the past three decades as a solo artist - including such classics as "Looking For A New Love," "Don't You Want Me," and her ground-breaking collaboration with "Eric B" and Rakim on "Friends" - Jody has consistently broken new ground in music, video, and fashion: Her 2006 album "The Makeover" benefited from an exclusive collaboration with the Virgin, Megastore Music Chain; it launched as the No. 1 national store best-seller and the No. 3 tune on the iTunes Electronic Chart.