i am jennifer holliday

jennifer-yvette holliday (born october 19, 1960, riverside, texas) is an american singer and tony award-winning actress. she started her career on broadway in musicals such as dreamgirls and later became a successful recording artist. she is best known for her debut single, the dreamgirls showstopper and grammy award-winning r&b / pop hit, 'and i am telling you i'm not going'. she is also known as the queen of broadway gospel.

Jennifer Holliday

jennifer holliday's version of the song 'and i am telling you i'm not going' made her a star on broadway and catapulted her to national stardom. her version of the song was enjoyed so much by many fans that holliday was encouraged to transform the song into a hit on the billboard charts. in 1982, a pop version of the song was released as a single. the song became very successful, peaking at number-one on the billboard r&b singles chart and number 22 on the billboard hot 100 in the united states. she continued to have success as a recording artist through the rest of the decade. her follow-up song, 'i am love', became another hit in 1983. holliday's later r&b hits included, 'hard time for lovers' (1985), 'no frills love' (1985), 'heart on the line' (1987), 'i'm on your side' (1991) and 'a woman's got the power' (2000). 'a woman's got the power' charted at number seven in summer of 1999. 

however, it recharted the following year, peaking at number one. she continued to appear on the charts throughout the 1990s but never had the same level of success she had in the 1980s. holliday was a featured vocalist on the number one single 'i want to know what love is' by foreigner in 1985. a number of her songs became hits on the us dance charts as well. in fact, a dance version of 'and i am telling you i'm not going' peaked at number six on the hot dance music / club play chart in 2001.

Holliday with Jessica Sanchez

i'm wishing that her clothes are s outstanding as her voice but as you can see from the pictures below, jennifer holliday's clothes are nothing spectacular. she is often in dresses with simple lines and clean designs, nothing fanciful or critique-worthy.

so lay back and just enjoy her voice.

fash'on... BAM!