Biography
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Born
25 October 1985 (age 38)
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Born In
Austin, Travis County, Texas, United States
Ciara Princess Harris (born October 25,1985) Of German,Italian,Creole,Spanish,Indian,
West Indian descent.
Ciara was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up in army bases in Germany, New York California, Arizona and Nevada, since her father was in the United States Army.
Recording career
Goodies
Ciara's debut single, Goodies, became a hit, reaching the top of the United States pop and R&B/hip-hop charts, and also charting in the United Kingdom (in January 2005, also reaching number one), Australia, Germany, Sweden, and New Zealand. With help from Jazze Pha, Sean Garrett, Ludacris, and Lil Jon, Ciara released her debut album, Goodies on September 28, 2004. It entered the Billboard 200 chart at #3, and sold over 2 million copies in the USA alone.
The second single, "1, 2 Step", featuring Missy Elliott April 11 the same year, and reached #2, benefiting from the fact that it was the first week that downloads were incorporated into the singles chart. Ciara charted one place higher than she would have done if downloads had not been included in the chart formula; she would have instead swapped places with Elvis Presley's re-issue of "The Wonder of You".
In May 2005, Ciara's third single, "Oh" featuring Ludacris, reached #2 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the U.K. charts. In July of 2005 she released her DVD of all three of her music videos, the makings of two of them, commentaries of two of them, behind the scenes footage , reached the top five in the U.S., peaking at #2 in early 2005. The single was released in the U.K. onof her rehearsals for the Soul Train Awards, and multi-angle shots of Goodies, entitled Goodies: The Videos & More.
Beyond Goodies
Furthermore Ciara was featured on Missy Elliott's #3 hit "Lose Control", taken from the rapper's sixth album, The Cookbook. In the fall of 2005, she was featured singing alongside then boyfriend, Bow Wow, on the second single from his third album Wanted entitled "Like You". The duet also reached a peak of #3. In the meantime her fourth single, "And I", was released and peaked at #96 which was relatively poor compared to the first three singles.
In the December of 2005 Ciara joined Gwen Stefani on her "Harajuku Lovers Tour", before going on tour with Bow Wow and Chris Brown for the "Holladay Jam" which stopped at cities like New York and Atlanta. On February 8, 2006 Ciara won her first Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video along with Missy Elliott. She also performed a duet with Maroon 5's Adam Levine during the show in tribute to the legendary R&B musician Sly Stone, the song that they sung was "Everyday People".
Ciara co-hosted 2006 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Los Angeles on June 26th. She was nominated for the "Video of the Year" award with Missy Elliot and "Best Collaboration" with Bow Wow at the 2006 BET Awards, which she didn't attend.
Ciara: The Evolution
It has been confirmed that Ciara is working with her "protégé band" The Dynamics on their album slated for release on November 1st and is working as a writer and producer. Along with working with The Dynamics, she is working with the band's lead singer, Derek on his debut album in stores February 2007. Ciara went on TRL on August 10th and announced that her sophmore album will be out on November 14th and will be entitled Ciara: The Evolution. Recently "Ciara: The Evolution is double-platinum. She is already making hits such as "Like A Boy" and her next single "My Love". She is truely a legend with her high pitched voice and vocals as shown in "Like A Boy" video and "My Love". She is taking over 2007 and the whole R&B game with "Ciara: The Evolution" and her strong new vocals.
Her new single, "Get Up" is included on the soundtrack to the motion picture Step Up, released on August 11, 2006. Ciara also participated in a charity single for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, written and produced by Michael Jackson. The single, entitled "I Have This Dream", is also to be released sometime in 2006.
Grammy Award Wins:
*2005 Best Short-Form Music Video: "Lose Control"
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