Nia Peeples (born December 10 1961 in Hollywood, California) is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. Her maternal grandparents are both immigrants from the Philippines. Her father has Scottish, Irish, English, Native American and Italian ancestry. Her mother is of Filipino, German and Spanish descent. She was raised in West Covina, California. She attended UCLA on a music scholarship, during which time she performed as Liberace's opening act in Las Vegas on weekends. She made a music video in 1986 of "All You Can Dream", directed by Alan Bloom and conceptualised by Keith Williams, for the purposes of promoting the values of UCLA. She appeared in Prince's video for Raspberry Beret. She is best known for her television work. She portrayed Nicole Chapman on the hit TV series Fame, hosted the short-lived American version of Top of the Pops as well as a weeknight dance music program called The Party Machine, and portrayed Texas Ranger Sydney Cooke in the CBS hit series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1999-2001. Also was in the movie North Shore (1987) as Kiani. In 1988 she hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Trouble," which climbed to #35 on the Hot 100. Her most successful single is "Street Of Dreams," which hit #12 on the Hot 100 in 1991. Nia Peeples joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 2007, playing the role of Karen Taylor. Peeples is an ex-wife of singer Howard Hewett and they have a son, Christopher (b. 1990). (more)
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List of number-one dance hits (United States):
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard Magazine’s Hot Dance Club Play chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nig
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The Young and the Restless:
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26 1973. Young and the Restless was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a fictional version of Genoa City, Wisconsin,
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Top of the Pops:
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. Each weekly programme consiste
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Walker, Texas Ranger:
Walker, Texas Ranger was an American television western/police dramatic series, created by Lesie Grief and Paul Haggis. It aired on CBS with three pilot episodes followed by eight full seasons, from April 21, 1993 to May 19, 2001, was broadcast in ov
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Fame (1982 TV series):
Fame is an American television series that ran from 1982 to 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name that tells the stories of the students and faculty at the "New York City High School for the Performing Arts." The show w
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North Shore (film):
North Shore is a 1987 film about Rick Kane (Matt Adler), a young fictional surfer from a wave tank in Arizona, who heads to surf the season on the North Shore of O ahu and see if he has what it takes to cut it as a pro surfer. As he prevails on his j
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Howard Hewett:
Howard Hewett (Born October 1, 1955 in Akron, Ohio) is an American R&B and gospel singer and former lead vocalist of the R&B group Shalamar. Raised in Akron, Ohio, Hewett moved to Los Angeles. He would eventually meet Soul Train dancer and future fir
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DeepStar Six:
DeepStar Six is a 1989 sci-fi/horror film about the struggles of the crew of an underwater military outpost to defend their base against the attacks of a monster. Starring actors included Greg Evigan and Nia Peeples. It is one of many underwater-them
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Blues Brothers 2000:
Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 musical/comedy film and sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, the film featured Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameos by many musicians.
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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 Hot Dance Club Play chart. Billboard began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26 1974 and this is the standard music popularity chart in the United St
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