During the course of her career, Taylor has sold more than 75 million albums and singles worldwide, garnered three GRAMMY nominations and appeared in many film, television, and Broadway stage roles such as Elton John’s, Aida. Taylor is also considered a great songwriter having co-penned, Tina Turners hit, “Whatever You Want.” In 2008, Taylor released her latest album,”Satisfied”, co-penning the songs with major platinum selling writers Mike Mangini (Baha Men, Digable Planets, O-Town, Bruce Hornsby etc.), Peter Wade (Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Natasha Bedingfield etc.), the New Radical’s Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels (Stevie Nicks, Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Santana etc.). “Satisfied” enjoyed great success in the USA, immediately positioning its single “Beautiful” at Billboard’s # 1 slot.
In 2009 Taylor contributed songs to the Sex And The City 2 hit movie and in 2010 she delivered a breathtaking spectacular in Cologne when she performed “Facing A Miracle”, the official anthem of the “Gay Games VIII. Cologne,” during the opening ceremony which ended in a five-minute standing ovation. A favorite with the fans, Rolling Stone Magazine readers voted Taylor Dayne as the number one choice to replace Paula Abdul on American Idol.
Most recently in 2011, Taylor released her latest single, “Floor on Fire”, which garnered her 18th top ten Billboard hit. “Floor on Fire” currently sits at #8 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Taylor also won an HMMA award for “Change The World” which was featured on the trailer for the hit film, The Help. Taylor just wrapped a national and international tour throughout the US and Australia. In January 2012, Taylor was featured in the highly-anticipated Celebrity Cook-off show for The Food Network with Rachel Ray and Guy Fieri. She not only stayed til finales showing fierce competition, her team Rachel won.
Aug 2012 Taylor was the recipient of the Legends of Pop/ Dance award given by Promo Only during the prestigious International DJ convention held in Atlantic City. Aug 2012 marked her 25th yr anniversary of the release of “Tell It To my Heart”, which launched her career and was her first top ten single. Oct 18 2012 Taylor was inducted into the LI Musicans Hall of Fame, alongside other Long Island luminaries — Billy Joel, Pat Benatar, Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Lou Reed, Blue Oyster Cult.
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