following the release of "ima", bt began traveling to england regularly. it was during this time that he met tori amos. they would collaborate on his song "blue skies", which reached the number one spot on "billboard" magazine's dance club songs chart in january 1997. this track helped expand bt's notability beyond europe, into north america. he soon began to remix songs for well-known artists such as sting, madonna, seal, sarah mclachlan, nsync, britney spears, diana ross and mike oldfield.