EXPOSÉ

Miami DJ and producer Lewis Martineé formed his all-girl dance group in 1984 and named them X-Posed.  The group members, Sandeé Casañas, Laurie Miller and Alejandra Lorenzo had their first Billboard #1 Hot Dance Club Play chart hit in no time: "Point of No Return," which is still considered one of the first Freestyle songs (after  Shannon’s “Let the Music Play”). A name change to the less suggestive Exposé, and the group was ready to record their next single, "Exposed to Love," which was another hit.

Arista Records was impressed with the group’s two hit singles right out of the gate, but not really impressed with the women themselves.  Arista told Martineé that if he wanted the money to make a full-fledged album, he needed to keep the producers, keep the musical sound intact, but dump the singers.  The new Exposé, Jeanette Jurado, Gioia Bruno and Ann Curless, released their first album Exposure, in 1987 and it was a huge hit.

Exposure sold over 3 million records and was the first debut album in Billboard Magazine history to feature four top-ten pop hits: "Let Me Be the One" (#7), "Come Go with Me" (#5), a re-recorded version of the song "Point of No Return" (#5), and "Seasons Change", which went all the way to #1 in February of 1988. Additionally, the album’s songs were also huge hits on the Hot Dance Club Play Chart, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart, and even the Adult Contemporary Chart.  Exposé’s enormous success inspired record producers all over the country to put together all-female groups to perform dance music. Some of these copycats, such as Seduction, Sweet Sensation, and The Cover Girls, actually had popular records of their own.

What You Don't Know , the group’s second album, was released in 1989 and was another big hit. Its five singles were massively popular: "What You Don't Know", "Tell Me Why," and "When I Looked At Him" all peaked inside the Billboard Top Ten at #8, #9, and #10, respectively. "Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue" peaked at #17, and “Stop, Listen, Look, and Think" was a dance club hit.

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