Nuance (Dance music act)
Encyclopedia
Nuance was an American
dance music
/freestyle
group. It was formed by the producer
and arranger
, Ron Dean Miller, and featured Vikki Love on vocals. They charted three hits
on the US
Billboard
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart
in the 1980s, including "Loveride
," which hit #1 in 1985. The same track peaked at #59 in the UK Singles Chart
in January 1985.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
dance music
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...
/freestyle
Freestyle music
Freestyle or Latin freestyle, sometimes referred to as Latin hip hop, is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s. Mostly popular during the mid 80s to the early 90s...
group. It was formed by the producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and arranger
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
, Ron Dean Miller, and featured Vikki Love on vocals. They charted three hits
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
on the US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
in the 1980s, including "Loveride
Loveride (song)
-References:* "Joel Whitburn's, Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004", 2004* "Joel Whitburn's, Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003", 2004...
," which hit #1 in 1985. The same track peaked at #59 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in January 1985.
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart