Christopher Williams (singer)

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Christopher Williams (singer) : biography

August 22, 1962 –

Christopher Williams (born Troy Christopher Williams on August 22, 1967, in The Bronx, New York, U.S. is an American R&B singer and actor.

Personal

Williams is the nephew of legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Williams’ eldest child is Justin Hylton-Williams (October 1988), who was born from a relationship with a former Uptown Records stylist. Williams’ second child is son Austin, who was born in 1991, with actress Stacey Dash. He also has a daughter, Cierra Barnes-Williams (1993) from a relationship with Heather Barnes.

In the late ’80s or early ’90s, Christopher Williams was the boyfriend of Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry. After Halle Berry told interviewers that an abusive ex-boyfriend struck her so hard that she lost most of the hearing in her right ear, many people assumed that Williams was the unnamed ex-boyfriend. Williams defended himself to Eurweb, the entertainment news website, denying that he ever harmed Berry, and suggesting that Berry has been referring to actor Wesley Snipes. He said, "The stuff they wrote about me and Halle was totally false. It’s been said I busted her eardrum, and I’m tired of it. I never said it before but I’m so tired of people thinking I’m the guy who did it. Wesley busted her eardrum, not me." Halle Berry is on record denying that Wesley Snipes ever hit her.

Williams also said that the twice-married Berry may have personality problems which have contributed to her broken marriages and relationships. He stated, "I have men come up to me like, ‘How could you just leave Halle Berry?’ I’m like, ‘how could you just leave the last relationship you were in?’" And further, "They would probably crucify Jesus again just to get with her. It’s funny, because the stars that get all of the good write-ups, you go and meet them and they are total assholes. She is just a woman, but because her name is in lights, people are damned near ready to bare their souls."

Discography

Albums

  • 1989: Adventures In Paradise 1989 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #23,
  • 1992: Changes 1992 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #12, The Billboard 200 #63
  • 1995: Not a Perfect Man 1995 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #13, The Billboard 200 #104
  • 2001: Real Men Do 2001 Renegade

Singles

Year Title Album US R&B US Pop US Dance
1989 "Talk To Myself"/Sweet Memories Adventures in Paradise A 4 49 18
1989 "Promises, Promises"/Lover Come Back Adventures in Paradise A 7
1990 "One Girl"/Lover Come Back Adventures in Paradise A 31
1991 "I’m Dreamin’" New Jack City soundtrack 1 89 16
1991 "I Wanna B Ure Lover" F.S. Effect featuring Christopher Williams 52
1992 "All I See" Changes 19 46
1993 "Every Little Thing U Do" Changes 7 75
1993 "Come Go with Me" Changes 74
1995 "Dance 4 Me" Not a Perfect Man 25
1995 "If You Say" Not a Perfect Man 91

Music career

Williams, who emerged during the late 1980s as a recording artist for Geffen Records, has scored many hit singles, notably "Promises, Promises" (1989), "Talk to Myself" (1989), and "Every Little Thing U Do" (1993). The single "I’m Dreamin’" (1991), from the New Jack City soundtrack, became a #1 single on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks charts. After a six-year hiatus from recording music, he returned to the music scene with Real Men Do on the indie label Renegade, in 2001. It received a glowing, flattering review in Ebony Magazine that summer.