Marie-Claire Cremers (born 9 May 1969), known professionally as Amber, is a Dutch-born singer, songwriter, label owner, and executive producer.
Tommy Boy Records, the singer's original label now owned by Reservoir Media, began releasing previously vaulted remixes of her songs to digital platforms worldwide in 2022.
The album was preceded in 1998 by the single "If You Could Read My Mind", both a cover version of the 1970 song of the same name by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and a collaboration with Ultra Naté and Jocelyn Enriquez; the trio recorded and performed the track under the name Stars on 54 for the closing scene and end credits of the Miramax film 54.
The former song as well as the album track "Object of Your Desire" later gained additional exposure when licensed for the television series Sex and the City.
"Love One Another", which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club Play Chart, thus became the fourth overall single from Amber and the first from The Hits Remixed.
She also sang on Nile Rodgers' charity single "We Are Family"; Amber can be seen sharing the microphone with Dionne Warwick in the music video, directed by Spike Lee.
Mainstream radio's reaction to "Yes" was reminiscent of the attitude towards "Sexual (Li Da Di)" two years earlier.
Amber bought out her contract with Tommy Boy Records after the promotional cycle for Naked, citing creative differences.
Following her departure from Tommy Boy, Amber created her own label, JMCA Enterprises, through which she issued her fourth album, My Kind of World, in 2004.
After promotion for My Kind of World had run its course, Amber collaborated with Sweet Rains on the stand-alone single "Melt with the Sun".
In 2007, Amber re-recorded many of the tracks from her second and third albums for digital release, as well as Undanced II, which included entirely unreleased songs as well as demos and remixes.