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===1990–1999: ''Mistaken Identity'', acting, and ''Live & More Encore''=== In 1990, a [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner]] compilation, ''The Best of Donna Summer'', was released (no US issue). The album went gold in the UK after the song "[[State of Independence]]" was re-released there to promote the album. A remix of the ''Another Place and Time'' track "[[Breakaway (Donna Summer song)|Breakaway]]" was released from the same album, becoming a major hit in Latin America.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 64: If I Have To Stand Alone to Breakaway on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-64-if-i-have-to-stand-alone-to-breakaway/id1565879477?i=1000633781103 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref> Despite this success, Summer rejected Sudano's advice that she should record a second album with SAW, insisting that she wanted to make an [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] record.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, Summer worked with producer Keith Diamond emerged with the album ''[[Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)|Mistaken Identity]]'', which included elements of R&B as well as [[new jack swing]]. The title track, "When Love Cries", hit number 18 on the Hot R&B Singles chart but peaked at number 77 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It would be eight more years until Summer reached the Hot 100 again. The song subsequently became Summer's last to reach the R&B charts. ''Mistaken Identity'' was Summer's first album to not make the ''Billboard'' 200 and only reached number 97 on the Top R&B Albums chart. A year later, in 1992, Summer received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hwof.com/star/recording/donnasummer |title=Find a Star :: The Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hwof.com |access-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808140151/http://www.hwof.com/star/recording/donnasummer |url-status=dead }}</ref> That year, Summer reunited with [[Giorgio Moroder]] on the song "[[Carry On (Donna Summer song)|Carry On]]", featured on the [[Polygram Records|Polygram]] release, ''[[The Donna Summer Anthology]]'', released the following year.<ref name="christian">{{cite web |url=http://www.meetchristians.com/new/tr_fr_view_thread.php?TID=1323086&r=&F=2/ |title=Discussion forum... View Thread |publisher=Meetchristians.com |access-date=August 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821124041/http://www.meetchristians.com/new/tr_fr_view_thread.php?TID=1323086&r=&F=2%2F |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2021}} Summer reunited with Michael Omartian on her first holiday album, ''[[Christmas Spirit (Donna Summer album)|Christmas Spirit]]''. In 1995, the song, "[[Melody of Love (Wanna Be Loved)]]", featured on the compilation, ''[[Endless Summer: Donna Summer's Greatest Hits]]'', reached number one on the US [[Dance Club Songs]] chart and number 21 in the UK.<ref name="christian"/>{{Unreliable source?|date=April 2021}} During this time, Summer had role on the sitcom ''[[Family Matters]]'' as Steve Urkel's ([[Jaleel White]]) Aunt Oona. She made two appearances, season 5's "Aunt Oona" and season 8's "Pound Foolish". In 1998, Summer received the first Grammy Award for [[Best Dance Recording]], after a remixed version of her 1992 collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, "Carry On", was released in 1997. In 1999, Summer was asked to do the ''Divas '99'' concert special, which featured other music legends such as [[Cher]], [[Tina Turner]] and [[Whitney Houston]], but when she met with the producers, it was decided that they would do a special of Summer in concert by herself. Summer taped a live television special for [[VH1]] titled ''Donna Summer – [[Live & More Encore]]'', producing the second-highest ratings for the network that year, after their annual ''[[VH1 Divas|Divas]]'' special. A [[Live & More Encore|CD of the event]] was released by [[Epic Records]] and featured two studio recordings, "[[Con te partirò#Donna Summer version|I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)]]" and "[[Love Is the Healer]]", both of which reached No. 1 on the US dance charts.<ref name="CLbio"/> The former track returned her back to the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 79, it would be Summer's 32nd and final Hot 100 entry.
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