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Dance - pop is a pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s . It is generally up - tempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio . Developing from a combination of electronic dance music and pop music , with influences of disco music , post - disco , new wave , synthpop , electropop and house , it is generally characterised by strong beats with easy , uncomplicated song structures which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free - form dance genre , with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes . The genre , on the whole , tends to be producer - driven , despite some notable exceptions . Eric Kupper is an American keyboardist , arranger , songwriter , remix artist , DJ and record producer of French descent . Playing in bands in his formative years , he got his real start in the mid - 1980s working as a keyboardist , guitarist , and songwriter for such producer / remixers as David Morales , Frankie Knuckles , Arthur Baker , Mark Kamins , Justin Strauss , Peter Rauhofer , and Richie Jones . Since ___MASK83___ he has played on , remixed , and / or produced over ___MASK38___ records for artists spanning all contemporary musical genres . His work in the mid - to - late 1980s / early 1990s , especially his work with Def Mix Productions , is considered to be part of the foundation for house music as it exists today . He released an album under his own name , " From the Deep ", in ___MASK75___ . Frederick Brandon Williams ( born February ___MASK82___ , ___MASK15___ ), better known by his stage name Freedom Williams is an American hip hop and dance music performer , who gained fame as the lead vocalist on C + C Music Factory ' s biggest hits . Gonna Make You Sweat is the first studio album by production group C + C Music Factory . The album was released in the US on ___MASK82___ December ___MASK65___ ( see ___MASK65___ in music ). Following on the success of contemporaries Black Box and Technotronic , " Gonna Make You Sweat " was a worldwide smash , reaching number two on the " Billboard " 200 . Idalis DeLeón ( born June ___MASK26___ , ___MASK19___ ) is an American actress , singer and television host . DeLeón , who is of Puerto Rican ancestry , first began her career as a member of the girl group Seduction who scored a top ten hit " Two to Make it Right " in ___MASK65___ . From 1994 to 1997 , she was an MTV VJ . The S . O . U . L . S . Y . S . T . E . M . was an American R & B and dance music group , assembled by Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C & C Music Factory that was active in ___MASK40___ . The group featured lead vocals by Michelle Visage , who was formerly a member of another Clivilles & Cole group , Seduction ( whose debut CD , " Nothing Matters Without Love ", had been produced by Clivilles & Cole in ___MASK95___ ). Other primary members included Octavia Lambertis ( often credited simply as Octavia or Octahvia ) and Cindy Mizelle , both of whom had moderately successful solo careers in the 1980s . Other band members included Gary Michael Wade Bobby Coleman and Jamal Alicea . The S . O . U . L . S . Y . S . T . E . M . produced one hit single , a rap version of a 1978 Bill Withers song " Lovely Day ." This song , retitled " It ' s Gonna Be a Lovely Day ," appeared on the ___MASK40___ film soundtrack , "". It reached number 1 on the " Billboard " Hot Dance Club Play chart , and peaked at number 34 on the " Billboard " Hot 100 , number 16 in the UK Singles Chart in 1993 , and number 90 in Australia on the ARIA Chart in 1993 . The song " It ' s Gonna Be a Lovely Day " was the only song on the soundtrack performed by an artist other than Whitney Houston released as a single in the U . S . Michelle Lynn Shupack ( born September ___MASK94___ , 1968 ), professionally known by her stage name Michelle Visage , is an American singer , television host , radio DJ , author , and television personality . She began her career as a member of the female vocal trio Seduction . After the band ' s separation , Visage became the lead singer for The S . O . U . L . S . Y . S . T . E . M . in 1992 . She also featured as a guest vocalist on the single " Crash " for TKA . Seduction was a U . S . female dance - pop , urban contemporary , house , and freestyle trio from New York assembled and produced by Robert Clivillés and David Cole ( later of C + C Music Factory ) , consisting of members April Harris ( born March 25 , 1967 ) , Michelle Visage ( September ___MASK94___ , 1968 ) , and Idalis DeLeón ( born June 15 , 1965 ) . MTV ( originally an initialism of Music Television ) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks ( a division of Viacom ) and headquartered in New York City . Launched on August ___MASK8___ , 1981 , the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities known as " video jockeys " ( VJs ). In its early years , MTV ' s main target demographic was young adults , but today it is primarily towards teenagers , high school students and college students . MTV has toned down its music video programming significantly in recent years , and its programming now consists mainly of original reality , comedy and drama programming and some off - network syndicated programs and films , with limited music video programming in off - peak time periods . It has received criticism towards this change of focus , both by certain segments of its audience and musicians . MTV ' s influence on its audience , including issues involving censorship and social activism , has also been a subject of debate for several years . Robert Clivillés ( born July ___MASK33___ , ___MASK34___ ) is an American record producer , songwriter , arranger , music video director most noted for his work with C + C Music Factory , a group he founded with musical partner David Cole . He is of Puerto Rican ancestry . " Gonna Make You Sweat ( Everybody Dance Now )" is a hit song by American dance group C + C Music Factory . It was released in late ___MASK65___ as the lead single from the album , " Gonna Make You Sweat ". The song charted internationally and achieved great success in the United States , Austria , Germany , the Netherlands and Switzerland where it reached number one on the charts . Post - disco is a term to describe an aftermath in popular music history c . late ___MASK86___  1986 , imprecisely beginning with an unprecedented backlash against disco music in the United States , leading to civil unrest and a riot in Chicago known as the Disco Demolition Night on July 12 , ___MASK86___ , and indistinctly ending with the mainstream appearance of house music in the late 1980s . Disco during its dying stage displayed an increasingly electronic character that soon served as a stepping stone to new wave , old - school hip hop , euro disco and was succeeded by an underground club music called hi - NRG , which was its direct continuation . C + C Music Factory is an American musical group formed in ___MASK95___ by David Cole and Robert Clivillés . The group is best known for their five hit singles : " Gonna Make You Sweat ( Everybody Dance Now )", " Here We Go ( Let ' s Rock & Roll )", " Things That Make You Go Hmmmm ...", " Just a Touch of Love ", and " Keep It Comin '". The band stopped recording in 1996 , following Cole ' s death . In 2010 , C + C Music Factory reformed , with Eric Kupper replacing Cole . Original vocalist Freedom Williams acquired trademark rights to the name in 2003 and still tours under that moniker .