Eleanor Academia (born 1964 in
San Diego
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,
California
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), or simply known as Eleanor, is a
dance music
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singer and
producer.
Career
Academia is of
Filipino Hawaiian descent, and was born and raised in
National City,
San Diego
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.
She went on to release her debut album entitled ''Jungle Wave'' in 1987 on
. Singer
Maurice White
Maurice White (December 19, 1941 – February 4, 2016) was an American musician, best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter and chief producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, also serving as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey. ...
also guested on the album. From the LP the 1988 single "
Adventure
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" rose to
number one on the
''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play
The Dance Club Songs (also known as National Disco Action, Hot Dance/Disco Club Play, and Hot Dance Club Play) was a chart published weekly between 1976 and 2020 by ''Billboard'' magazine. It used club disc jockeys set lists to determine the mos ...
chart. Academia also released another album, ''Global Conversations'' on Epic Records.
She would later launch her own record label known as Black Swan Records. Academia went on to release on this label her third album, ''Oracle of the Black Swan''. She has also gone on to create, produce and host an indie radio show titled ''The LA Music Pipeline'' where she showcases independent artists.
Discography
Albums
*1987: ''Jungle Wave''
*1992: ''Global Conversations''
*1998: ''Oracle of the Black Swan''
Singles
*1987: "Better Safe Than Sorry"
*1987: "Perfection (Edited Version)" (Japan release)
*1988: "
Adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...
"
See also
*
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine has published Billboard charts, charts ranking the top-performing dance music songs in the United States since 1974. Originally a top-ten list of tracks that garnered the largest audience response in N ...
*
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in ...
References
External links
Official website
1958 births
American dance musicians
American electronic musicians
American musicians of Filipino descent
Living people
Singers from California
Columbia Records artists
Epic Records artists
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