Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox ( born July 13, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a Canadian singer and occasional actress. She had success in the areas of R & B, pop and dance so far above all things. Your biggest and best-known hit Nobody's Supposed to Be Here was worldwide in 1998 on the charts.
Career
Deborah Cox, who began singing as a small child and participated in numerous talent competitions, first drew attention in the early 90s when she sang for her Canadian colleague Céline Dion in the background. Clive Davis, who had already Whitney Houston brought out big in the 80s, she took on his former label Arista under contract. With great effort, the debut Deborah Cox was produced that involved high-profile R & B and pop producer and songwriter: Dallas Austin, Daryl Simmons, Babyface and Diane Warren. With the two singles and Sentimental Who Do U Love the voiced Cox get two hits in the international charts. The album went gold in the U.S., but could not get ranked 102 on the charts. In their homeland, the singer with the Juno Award, Canada's highest music award was honored B- receptacle for the best R &.
For the next album, One Wish to Cox had time to 1998. The contained therein smooth R & B ballad Nobody's Supposed to Be Here helped Cox a real smash hit when the single placed the end of the year in the U.S. at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 1 on the R & B charts. 14 weeks she held the top position held, which at the time meant a record that also achieved until 2005 by Mariah Carey ( We Belong Together) and was broken in 2006 by Mary J. Blige ( Be Without You). A dance mix of this recording was also very successful, placed on place of the American dance charts, and has also been used in Europe for information. The single sold over one million copies and was awarded platinum, just like the album One Wish, although it is not particularly high -placed in the American album charts. With We Can not Be Friends ( duet with RL from Next Huggar ) another top 10 hit on, reached the gold. Clive Davis ' high expectations to place a new Whitney Houston, is not fulfilled, yet he took Cox 2000 on his new label J Records.
That same year the song Same Script, Different Cast, a duet by Cox and Houston, which also had only moderate success appeared ( place 70 in the U.S.). For the soundtrack to Dr. Dolittle 2 2001 Cox contributed the song Absolutely Not at - again # 1 on the U.S. dance charts. The subsequent CD The Morning After (2002) Placing initially good though in the U.S., but since the associated singles, up on the dance charts, were not great successes, also had interest in the album quickly after.
Several singles were released in the following years, the Cox continue established as dance singer. Furthermore, it gave 2004 in the Aida Elton-John/Tim-Rice-Musical her debut on Broadway. With their fourth album Destination Moon, she took a surprising change of direction: The Jazz Factory was designed as a tribute to the legendary singer Dinah Washington. The reviews were mixed, as evaluated Der Spiegel: "The whole thing sounds too smooth and too tired, too far away from the blues and too close to Gala and show staircase. " Nevertheless, Destination Moon was nominated as the best jazz album for a Juno Award.
In the movie Blood of a Champion she played in 2005 the scooter Sharon. For the soundtrack of the Largest Akeelah is steered Cox 2006 the song Definition Of Love at.
Your R & B comeback Cox in late 2008 with The Promise, which they published on their own indie label Deco. Nevertheless, they in turn had with the single Beautiful UR great success in the dance charts: you could celebrate their tenth number one there!
Cox currently lives in Miami, Florida. She is married to her manager Lascelles Stephens. They have three children: Isaiah (* 2003), Sumayah (* 2006), and Kaila Michelle (* 2009).
Albums
Studio
Compilations
- 2003: Remixed (J- Records)
- 2004: Ultimate Deborah Cox ( Arista )