Diana King (born November 8, 1970 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is an R&B;, pop, reggae, and dancehall singer-songwriter. She was born to a Jamaican Indian mother and an African father.
After making an appearance on The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 song "Respect," from his album Ready to Die, she signed a recording contract with Sony Music. King's first single "Shy Guy", co-written and produced by Andy Marvel, from her debut album Tougher Than Love, becam...
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Diana King (born November 8, 1970 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is an R&B;, pop, reggae, and dancehall singer-songwriter. She was born to a Jamaican Indian mother and an African father.
After making an appearance on The Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 song "Respect," from his album Ready to Die, she signed a recording contract with Sony Music. King's first single "Shy Guy", co-written and produced by Andy Marvel, from her debut album Tougher Than Love, became a hit, reaching number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified gold by the RIAA in the U.S.; the single also hit number two on the UK Singles Chart, as well as reaching number one on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles chart going on to sell nearly three million singles worldwide. The song made the soundtrack to the 1995 film Bad Boys. "Shy Guy" was also ranked by influential Japanese radio station J-Wave as the number-one song of 1995.
In 1997, King's second album Think Like a Girl entered the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart at...
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