Four 1990s international dance divas to grace the Carnival City stage
The Big Top Arena, Carnival City, is one of only two stops that four of the most memorable music divas of the 1990s will make when they tour South Africa in September.
In the lineup for the concert, Divas of Dance, on September 25 are Crystal Waters, CeCe Peniston, Sybil and Robin S.
Fans will be taken on a nostalgic trip back to the 1990s as the divas resurrect the songs that made them famous, including Waters’ Gypsy Woman and 100% Pure Love, Peniston’s Finally and We Got a Love Thang, Sybil’s Don’t Make Me Over and Walk On By and Robin S’ Show Me Love and Luv 4 Luv.
Carnival City’s entertainment and events manager, Matthew Cook, said Divas of Dance is a rare treat for 1990s music fans and anyone with a taste for dance music.
“With four top international artists on one stage performing popular dance hits of the ‘90s era, Divas of Dance promises to be one of the biggest dance parties of the season.”
Waters is a house music singer and songwriter whose song 100% Pure Love hit number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the longest charting singles.
Along with the single, the singer released her second album Storyteller, which sold over 284 000 copies in the US.
In March 2013, Oh, Mama, Hey by Chris Cox and DJ Frankie featuring Crystal Waters, reached number one on the US Billboard Dance/Club Charts after just eight weeks.
Peniston is a former American beauty queen and one of the most successful dance club artists in the history of the US.
She scored five number one hits within three years on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play.
Her signature song Finally became one of the biggest dance singles, selling three million copies worldwide.
Sybil achieved worldwide fame with her cover versions of Dionne Warwick’s hits Don’t Make Me Over and Walk on By, which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
The former became Sybil’s biggest hit in the US, peaking at number 20, and was a number one hit in New Zealand.
Sybil’s second self-titled album became her biggest selling album in the US.
Robin S scored success in the 1990s with such her hit singles Show Me Love and Luv 4 Luv.
She has had three number ones on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
