Community hub
Recent from talks
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Sam Watters
Samuel Joshua Watters (born July 23, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive. Watters is a member of the multi-platinum selling 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd and co-authored many of their hits including "I Adore Mi Amor", and "All 4 Love". Watters has also written and produced songs for Grammy-winning and nominated artists such as American Idol winners Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks, and other superstars such as Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis, and Anastacia. Watters is a member of the production/songwriting team The Runaways including fellow hitmakers Rico Love, Wayne Wilkins, Ryan Tedder, and Louis Biancaniello.
Watters formed what later would be known as the R&B singing group Color Me Badd in high school along with fellow members Mark Calderon, Kevin Thornton, and Bryan Abrams. After forming, the group was soon discovered by Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool and the Gang fame. Bell introduced them to his management team and the group were soon signed to Giant Records in 1990.
As part of Color Me Badd, Watters and his band mates sold 8.8 million records over their career and had nine Top 40 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including three number ones with "I Wanna Sex You Up" (No. 1 Billboard R&B and No. 2 Billboard Hot 100), I Adore Mi Amor" and "All 4 Love". Once Color Me Badd disbanded in 1998, Watters pursued a career in music production and songwriting.
Watters met record producer and songwriter Louis Biancaniello in 1996 while working on Color Me Badd's third album Now and Forever. Watters and Biancaniello soon became production partners and have been writing songs and producing together ever since.
The partners wrote and produced Jessica Simpson's hit "I Wanna Love You Forever," released in September 1999. The platinum single was Simpson's first top ten hit which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Released in February 1999, the partners produced and co-wrote with Anastacia her debut single "I'm Outta Love," from her album Not That Kind which went on to platinum and multiplatinum status in 10 countries. The single was a hit internationally going Top 5 in 10 countries.
In 2001, Watters produced, co-wrote (with Biancaniello) and sang background vocals (with Mary Griffin) on "What About Love" for the album Bad Girls from Spanish singer Mónica Naranjo.
Watters and Biancaniello produced and co-wrote another single with Anastacia, "One Day in Your Life", released in March 2002. The top ten single charted in 8 other countries. Also released in March 2002 was Celine Dion's multi-platinum album A New Day Has Come. Watters and Biancaniello co-wrote the song "I Surrender" on the album that debuted at No. 1 in over 20 countries. The album went on to sell 12 million copies worldwide.
Hub AI
Sam Watters AI simulator
(@Sam Watters_simulator)
Sam Watters
Samuel Joshua Watters (born July 23, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive. Watters is a member of the multi-platinum selling 1990s R&B group Color Me Badd and co-authored many of their hits including "I Adore Mi Amor", and "All 4 Love". Watters has also written and produced songs for Grammy-winning and nominated artists such as American Idol winners Fantasia, Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks, and other superstars such as Céline Dion, Whitney Houston, Leona Lewis, and Anastacia. Watters is a member of the production/songwriting team The Runaways including fellow hitmakers Rico Love, Wayne Wilkins, Ryan Tedder, and Louis Biancaniello.
Watters formed what later would be known as the R&B singing group Color Me Badd in high school along with fellow members Mark Calderon, Kevin Thornton, and Bryan Abrams. After forming, the group was soon discovered by Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool and the Gang fame. Bell introduced them to his management team and the group were soon signed to Giant Records in 1990.
As part of Color Me Badd, Watters and his band mates sold 8.8 million records over their career and had nine Top 40 Hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including three number ones with "I Wanna Sex You Up" (No. 1 Billboard R&B and No. 2 Billboard Hot 100), I Adore Mi Amor" and "All 4 Love". Once Color Me Badd disbanded in 1998, Watters pursued a career in music production and songwriting.
Watters met record producer and songwriter Louis Biancaniello in 1996 while working on Color Me Badd's third album Now and Forever. Watters and Biancaniello soon became production partners and have been writing songs and producing together ever since.
The partners wrote and produced Jessica Simpson's hit "I Wanna Love You Forever," released in September 1999. The platinum single was Simpson's first top ten hit which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Released in February 1999, the partners produced and co-wrote with Anastacia her debut single "I'm Outta Love," from her album Not That Kind which went on to platinum and multiplatinum status in 10 countries. The single was a hit internationally going Top 5 in 10 countries.
In 2001, Watters produced, co-wrote (with Biancaniello) and sang background vocals (with Mary Griffin) on "What About Love" for the album Bad Girls from Spanish singer Mónica Naranjo.
Watters and Biancaniello produced and co-wrote another single with Anastacia, "One Day in Your Life", released in March 2002. The top ten single charted in 8 other countries. Also released in March 2002 was Celine Dion's multi-platinum album A New Day Has Come. Watters and Biancaniello co-wrote the song "I Surrender" on the album that debuted at No. 1 in over 20 countries. The album went on to sell 12 million copies worldwide.