Shawn Christopher

Shawn Christopher is a female African American dance music singer from Chicago, Illinois. She was a touring backing vocalist for R&B singer Chaka Khan from 1982 to 1985. She is also a former member of the industrial dance band known as My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. She is the sister of the R&B singer, keyboardist, and producer Gavin Christopher.

She sang the lead vocals on a song by dance recording artist Lil Louis, titled "French Kiss", in 1989. The song became a #1 hit on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart that year. During the 1990s, she also scored three #1 singles on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in her own right: "Another Sleepless Night", in 1991 (which also reached #67 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart); "Don't Lose the Magic", in 1992 (which peaked at #71 on the Hot 100); and "Sweet Freedom", in 1998. In addition, she sang backing vocals on Jimmy Somerville's #1 Hot Dance Club Play track from 1995, "Heartbeat". She also recorded a song entitled "Thinking About the Way" in the early 1990s.

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart