Her accolades include 6 ASCAP Songwriter Awards , three American Music Award nominations , an MTV Video Music Award nod , four Billboard Music Awards and 12 # 1 Billboard Dance Chart hits.  Born in Deptford , New Jersey , Waters is the daughter of Betty and Junior Waters , a famed jazz musician ; her great aunt , Ethel Waters , was one of the first black American vocalists to appear in mainstream Hollywood musicals .
Crystal Waters was born in Deptford , New Jersey .