1999 to 2010. Her single, "This Joy", went triple platinum and was declared to be the most influential dance song of 1999. Billboard charts Although she had success as a gospel/CCM artist, Mitchell has also done well as a gospel dance diva. Her uplifting house songs have charted seven times on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play with gospel/inspirational themed dance songs "Reap (What You Sow)" (#19/1996), "This Joy" (#5/1998), "Issues" (#12/2000), "Serious" (#37/2003), "Took My Life" (#2/2004; #1 Club Play track in 2004 year-end chart) and "Accept Me"(#1/2005). Mitchell's 2006 single, "Love Will Find A Way" peaked at #5 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Discography Albums This Is My Story (1985) Top Gospel Albums #19 Higher Ground (1988) Top Gospel Albums #32 On a Mission (1990) Benson Destiny (1992) A&M Let Your Presence Fall (1998) Priority Sound Love Is The Message (2010) Continuous Cool Singles "Reap (What You Sow)" "This Joy" "Higher" "Serious" "Took My Life" "Accept Me" "Trouble don't last always" "Love Will Find A Way" "Rise!" See also List of number-one dance hits (United States) List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart References External links Vernessa Mitchell's website 1959 births American dance musicians American women singers American house musicians American soul singers American gospel singers Musicians from Pasadena, California Living people Singers from California American women in electronic music 21st-century American women