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Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American R&B/pop/theatrical, singer, and actress. In 1983, Williams made history when she became the first woman of known African descent to be crowned Miss America. Her regime as Miss America came to an early and abrupt end when she resigned her title in scandal. However, she has since gone on to a successful entertainment career. Williams secured a record deal, and released her debut album, The Right Stuff. The first single, “Dreamin’”, was a chart success, and the album reached gold status and earned her three Grammy Award nominations, including one for Best New Artist.

In addition to “Dreamin’”, her most notable chart successes have included the songs “Running Back To You”, “Love Is”, “The Sweetest Days”, “Colors of the Wind”, “The Comfort Zone”, “Just For Tonight” and “Oh How The Years Go By”. Williams’ biggest hit to date is “Save the Best For Last”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks from March 21 to April 18, 1992. In total, Williams has sold six million records and received fifteen Grammy Award nominations.

In 2005, Williams released her eighth studio album, Everlasting Love, a collection of covers of her favorite 1970s songs.

Vanessa made her comeback in 2006 in the US hit series ’ Ugly Betty ’ in the amazing role of Wilemina Slater.

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1	Save The Best For Last full track	1,407
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5	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas full track	160
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7	Sister Moon full track	96
8	What Child Is This? full track	93
9	Listen With Your Heart II	88
10	Betcha Never full track	67
11	Oh How The Years Go By full track	63
12	Running Back to You full track	57
13	The Comfort Zone full track	54
14	Just For Tonight full track	44
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vjsupersaint wrote:
11 hours ago

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discotequedude wrote:
yesterday morning

I noticed that "Next" is listed as a new release. This is incorrect. Vanessa's new releases are the album, "The Real Thing." Also, the remixes for the albums' hit title track should corrected. It should be listed as "The Real Thing" (CD Single)." Thank you.

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el_yucatan wrote:
last month

She's just perfect.

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yelow wrote:
last month

The Real Thing Album <3

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allencommon wrote:
last month

Vanessa's The Real Thing (Dance Remix) is on my latest Itunes playlist - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=332798042

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lucas27 wrote:
September 2009

I'm Wilhelmina Slater, I Don't Get Wet. [7]

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teomen wrote:
September 2009

I'm Wilhelmina Slater, I Don't Get Wet. [6]

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queenmili wrote:
August 2009

http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Vanessa+Williams/+images/32760277 & http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Vanessa+Williams/+images/34345629 let's vote! :)

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jeffreeh wrote:
August 2009

I'm Wilhelmina Slater, I Don't Get Wet. [5]

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Johnkm wrote:
August 2009

I only started listening to her music this week and I already love a large amount of it

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DafyddapLlwyd wrote:
August 2009

she's Welsh then as is her probably cousin www.last.fm/music/wyn+williams who is also on iTunes too

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yelow wrote:
August 2009

Save the Best for Last <3

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yelow wrote:
August 2009

Just saw her Episode from THS!! And I loved her more, she's amazing!

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Cheryllh wrote:
August 2009

i love her in ugly betty. just started to listen her musica. (ok i dont rly like her in ugly betty but she is cool sumtimes)

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babyboy75 wrote:
August 2009

I'm Wilhelmina Slater, I Don't Get Wet. [4]

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hviezdy wrote:
July 2009

I'm Wilhelmina Slater, I Don't Get Wet. [3]

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ArctorTroy wrote:
June 2009

I'm Wilhelmina Slater, I Don't Get Wet. [2]

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PrncsB wrote:
June 2009

The new cd was long overdue...I love Vanessa! Fav new song on the cd is 'I Fell In'

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Maryking wrote:
June 2009

she´s Awesome!!!great actress, singer, beautiful, and great person!

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unnami wrote:
June 2009

I love her in Ugly Betty and I didnt know that she is also singer

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