Deborah Cox - A famous African-Canadian

In this post, I am responding to Assignment number 6, where we were supposed to write 2 paragraphs about a famous African Canadian and say what relevant contributions they did to Canadian Society.

Hello, visitors, friends, and such! :)

How many of you like R&B? How about remix music?
I know many popular singers. But just one of them recently released a song called, "Beautiful U R." Can you name that artist?

it's...
Deborah Cox!

I always like to hear that a certain famous person is from Canada. And, guess what? Deborah Cox was born in Toronto, Canada on July 13, 1973!
Deborah began singing on television commercials when she was 12, and when she was in her teenage years, she entered many talent shows, performed at nightclubs, and started writing her own songs. Her devotion to music and appearances at nightclubs and talent shows got her discovered by the Arista Records president, Clive Davis not too long after she finished high school. The workers at Arista Records led her to releasing her first album in 1995, and she began her career as an official singer.

Deborah's first hit single was "Sentimental." She was the longest running #1 on the R&B Charts - for 14 weeks! That's more than three months! She also has 9 different songs that were at #1 on the "Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart." Her songs were used in many, many movies, and her 2003 remix collection got her reputation moving up until 2007. One of her recently released songs is, "Beautiful U R," was released on September 16, 2008 and reached #3 on the charts. This song received the most downloads in January, this year. Her popularity in teenage society and her song, Beautiful U R, gave teenage girls more confidence, since some people consider Deborah Cox their idol. She also made some donations to the "dove self-esteem fund."

It looks to me that she really supports girls with lower self-esteem. She's also inspired many, many people, including me! Good for her! :)

If anyone would like her music video and the lyrics to Beautiful U R, Here's a link! : http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQj3SkrkU8&feature=related


http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,534694,00.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Cox
Here is my good friend's blog - http://www.musicishthings.blogspot.com/
http://www.answers.com/topic/deborah-cox
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=139109
http://www.deborah-cox.org/



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