Editing Gloria Gaynor (section)

===Stateside career===
In 1980 and again in 1981, Gaynor released two disco albums which were virtually ignored in the United States due to the [[Disco#1979–1981: Controversy and decline in popularity|backlash against disco]], which began late in 1979. The album's singles barely registered on [[urban contemporary]] radio, where disco music remained popular. In 1982, having looked into a wide variety of faiths and religious movements,<ref>{{cite news| last = Daneff  | first = Tiffany| title = The Arts: The new gospel according to Gloria She survives, and prospers, but the queen of the disco has done with clubbing, writes Tiffany Daneff  | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | date = July 17, 1993 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = Quigley | first = Elizabeth  | title = Disco's born survivor  | work = [[The Scotsman]] | date = April 9, 1996 }}</ref> she became a [[Christians|Christian]] and began to distance herself from a past she considered to be [[sin]]ful. That same year, she released an album of mid-tempo R&B and pop-style songs entitled ''[[Gloria Gaynor (Gloria Gaynor album)|Gloria Gaynor]]''.

Gaynor would achieve her final success in the 1980s with the release of her album ''[[I Am Gloria Gaynor]]'' in 1984. This was mainly due to the song "[[I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)|I Am What I Am]]", which became a hit at dance clubs, and then on the [[Club Play]] chart in late 1983/early 1984. "[[I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)#Gloria Gaynor version|I Am What I Am]]" became a [[gay anthem]] and made Gaynor a [[gay icon]]. Her 1986 album, ''[[The Power of Gloria Gaynor]]'', was almost entirely composed of cover versions of other songs that were popular at the time.