Erika Jayne is an American

United States

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 Dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

/Electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 singer/dancer who currently lives in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, but was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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Jayne, whose talented influences from her mother and grandmother inspired her career, made her arrival on the club music scene in 2007 with the electro-hued track "Rollercoaster", which went to number one on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

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 chart. In 2008 her follow-up, "Stars," reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay

Hot Dance Airplay

Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...

 chart. "Give You Everything", "Rollercoaster" and "Stars" will also be featured on her debut album Pretty Mess, which was released August 11, 2009.

Since the release of "Pretty Mess," Erika Jayne has landed six number one slots on the Billboard Dance Chart, making her only second to the Pussycat Dolls and Rihanna for the most number ones on a debut artist release.

She attended North Atlanta High School for the Performing Arts.

Working with veteran producers, Peter Rafelson (Madonna/Britney/Stevie Nicks) and Eric Kupper

Eric Kupper

Eric Kupper is an American keyboardist, arranger, songwriter, remix artist, DJ and record producer of French descent. Playing in bands in his formative years, he got his real start in the mid-1980s working as a keyboardist, guitarist, and songwriter for such producer/remixers as David Morales,...

, Erika Jayne has recorded her debut album. Her music is already featured in theatrically released films - "Deal" & "The Neighbor".

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
• List of number one dance airplay hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance airplay chart

External links

• Official website
• Erika Jayne at MySpace
  MySpace
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• Erika Jayne interview
• Erika Jayne interview