ʻO Deborah Cox, mea mele, haku mele, mea hana keaka (hānau ʻia ʻo Iulai 13, 1974 ma Toronto, Ontario). ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi kiʻi R&B Kanada a ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana Juno a me nā makana Grammy.
Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna leo ikaika, ʻuhane a me nā puʻupuʻu sultry. ʻO "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here", mai kāna album ʻelua, ʻo One Wish (1998), i hoʻopaʻa i ka moʻolelo no ka holo lōʻihi loa o ka No. .
Loaʻa iā ia he ʻeono Top 20 Billboard R&B singles a me 12 No. 1 hits ma ka palapala Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. He mea hana keaka kūleʻa ʻo ia i hōʻike ʻia ma nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni he nui a ma Broadway. He kākoʻo lōʻihi i nā kuleana LGBTQ, ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana he nui no kāna hana philanthropic a me kāna hana.
ʻO nā makahiki mua a me ka hana
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Cox ma Toronto i nā mākua Afro-Guyanese. Ua ulu ʻo ia ma kahi hale mele ma Scarborough a hōʻike i ka hoihoi mua i ka mele. ʻO kāna mau hoʻoikaika hoʻokumu ʻana ʻo Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, a me Whitney Houston, ka mea āna i kapa ai iā ia he mau kiʻi.
Hāʻawi ʻo ia iā Miles Davis i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1980 me ka ʻike ʻana i ka paʻakikī o kāna mele ma ke ʻano he huli ʻana i kāna ʻoihana. I ka makahiki 12, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hīmeni i nā pāʻoihana a komo i nā hoʻokūkū kālena. I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kākau i nā mele a me ka hoʻokani ʻana i nā hale pō ma lalo o ke kiaʻi a kona makuahine.
Ua hele ʻo Cox i ke kula haʻahaʻa Katolika ʻo John XXIII ma Scarborough, Claude Watson School of the Arts, a me Earl Haig High School ma Toronto. Ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me Lascelles Stevens, a ua lilo ia i kāne nāna. A he hoa haku mele, hoʻokō a mea hana.
Ma hope o ka hana ʻole ʻana me kahi lepili Kanada, ua neʻe ʻo ia i Los Angeles ma 1994 me Stevens e hoʻonui i kāna ʻoihana. I loko o ʻeono mahina, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokani leo kākoʻo no Céline Dion, a ʻoiai ma ka huakaʻi, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ka mea hoʻokani mele kaulana ʻo Clive Davis, nāna i ʻae e hana i kāna album hoʻomaka ponoʻī.
Deborah Cox (1995)
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Deborah Cox (1995) i kahi hui o ka pop a me R&B ma ka inoa ʻo Davis' Arista. Ma o ka hui pū ʻana me nā helu kaulana e like me Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds a me Daryl Simmons, ua hōʻoia ʻia ka platinum ma Kanada no ke kūʻai ʻana aku ma luna o 100 kope a me ke gula ma United States no ke kūʻai ʻana aku ma luna o 000 kope.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka album i nā mele mele "Sentimental" i hiki i ka No. 4 ma ka palapala Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs a me "Who Do U Love" i hiki i ka No. Billboard. Wela 1.
Ma 1996, ua lanakila ʻo Cox i ka Juno Award no Best R&B/Soul Recording a ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no Best Soul/R&B ma ka American Music Awards. I ka makahiki 1997, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no Female Vocalist of the Year ma ka Juno Awards.
ʻO kāna mele "ʻAʻole like wale nā mea", i hōʻike ʻia ma ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni Money Talks (1997), lanakila ʻo Best Song
Hoʻokahi Manaʻo (1998)
ʻO ka album ʻelua a Cox, ʻo One Wish (1998), ua lilo ʻo ia i superstar maoli. Ua hoʻohālikelike iā ia me kāna kiʻi ʻo Whitney Houston. Ua lilo ka "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" i mea kaulana a hoʻonoho i kahi moʻolelo hou no ka No. 1 R&B Single lōʻihi loa, e noho ana ma ka piko o ka pakuhi no 14 mau pule.
Ua lanakila hoʻi ka mea hoʻokahi ma nā papa mele pop; ua hiki i ka #2 ma ka Billboard Hot 100 a ua hōʻoia ʻia ka platinum ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ʻo One Wish i ke gula ma Kanada a me ka platinum ma US. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no ka NAACP Image Award no Outstanding Female Artist.
The Morning After (2002)
Ma 2002, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Cox i kāna album studio ʻekolu, āna i hana ai ma lalo o ke poʻo inoa ʻo The Morning After. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka lepili J, ua piʻi ka album ma ka #7 ma ka palapala kiʻi ʻo R&B/Hip-Hop Albums kiʻekiʻe a me #38 ma ka pakuhi Billboard Hot 200. ʻO Lonely and Play Your Role i poʻokela i ka papa inoa o nā mele hula. ʻAʻole loa i koho ʻia no ka makana ʻo Juno 2001 no ka hoʻopaʻa mele hula maikaʻi loa.
I ka makahiki 2003, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Cox iā Remixed, kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā mele mai kāna mau mele ʻekolu i hoʻopaʻa hou ʻia i nā mele pop kiʻekiʻe; a i ka makahiki 2004 ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i kahi album mele nui loa i kapa ʻia ʻo Ultimate Deborah Cox.
Ka mahina e hele ai (2007)
I ka makahiki 2007, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Cox i kahi album i ka mea mele jazz ʻo Deanna Washington i kapa ʻia ʻo Destination Moon. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Cox me Clive Davis a me Sony Records a hoʻokuʻu i kēia album ma Decca Records, kahi hapa o Universal Music. ʻO ka album, e hōʻike ana iā Cox e hīmeni ana me kahi orkestra o 40 mau ʻāpana, he hōʻuluʻulu o nā kūlana jazz a me nā uhi mai kekahi o Wakinekona.
ʻO nā mele kiʻekiʻe me 'Baby, loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea āu e pono ai' a me 'He aha ka ʻokoʻa o ka lā' i piʻi i ka helu 3 ma ka pakuhi Billboard Jazz Albums a ua koho ʻia no kahi makana Grammy no ka Album Hoʻolālā ʻoi loa. Ma ka 2007 like, ua hōʻike ʻo Cox i ka hit "Everybody is Dancing", āna i hoʻopaʻa ai i ka makahiki 1978. Akā i kēia manawa ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia iā ia ma ke ʻano he remix, i piʻi i ka helu 17 ma ka pakuhi mele ʻo Hot Dance Club.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki (2008)
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Cox lāua ʻo Stevens i kā lāua inoa ponoʻī, Deco Recording Group, ma 2008. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia me kahi hōkū ma ka Scarborough Walk of Fame.
Ua hoʻi ʻo Cox i R&B me kāna album hou, The Promise (2008), i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka lepili Deco. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā haku mele a me nā mea hana e like me John Legend a me Shep Crawford.
Ua paʻi ka album i ka helu 14 ma ka Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart a ua koho ʻia no R&B/Soul Recording of the Year ma ka Juno Awards 2009. ʻO ka "Beautiful UR" hoʻokahi i hiki i ka No. 1 ma nā Songs Chart Dance Club Songs a Helu 18 ma ka Billboard Canadian Top 100 a loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻoiho kiʻi platinum ma Kanada.
ʻO nā hui pū me nā mele kiʻiʻoniʻoni
Ma 2000, kono ʻo Whitney Houston iā Cox e hīmeni i kahi duet me ia ma "Same Script, Different Cast" no ka album ʻo Houston Whitney: Greatest Hits. Ua hōʻea i ka #14 ma ka pakuhi ʻo Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua koho ʻia ʻo Cox lāua ʻo Stevens, a me ka mea kākau mele ʻo Keith Andes, no ka makana Genie no ka Best Original Song no nā mele "29" a me "Our Love" mai Clement Dev's Love Come Down, kahi a Cox i hōkū ai i kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni. . hoʻomaka mua.
Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo ia i ke mele "Nobody Cares" i ke kani o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Hotel Rwanda (2004) a me ke mele "Definition of Love" no Akeelah and The Bee (2006). I ka makahiki 2008, ua kākau ʻo ia i ke mele hou "This Gift" no Tyler Perry's The Browns Meeting. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hāʻawi pū ʻo Cox i nā mele ʻaʻole wau e hoʻopiʻi a Kū no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni He paʻakikī ke loaʻa i kahi kanaka maikaʻi.
Ua huakaʻi ʻo Cox me ka mea hoʻokani pila a me ka mea hana ʻo David Foster ma kāna huakaʻi Foster & Friends Tour ma 2009; a i ka makahiki 2010 ua hīmeni ʻo ia i ʻekolu duets me ka mea mele kaulana kaulana ʻo Andrea Bocelli ma ka O2 Arena ma Lākana.
ʻO ka hana hana
I ka makahiki 2004, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Cox i kāna Broadway ma ke ʻano he Aida. Ma 2013, hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kuleana o Lucy Harris i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka hana Broadway mua o Jekyll & Hyde i huakaʻi i ʻAmelika ʻAmelika no 25 mau pule a holo ma Broadway no 13 mau pule. Ua loaʻa iā Cox nā loiloi maikaʻi no nā hana ʻelua; Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Entertainment Weekly i kāna hana ma Jekyll & Hyde "mea kupaianaha loa".
I ka makahiki 2015, ua komo ʻo ia i ka simulcast manuahi o ka 2015 Tony Awards ma Times Square a lanakila ʻo Josephine Baker i ke mele mele Off-Broadway Josephine, i hoʻomaka ʻia ma 2016.
Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke ʻano o Whitney Houston ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Bodyguard, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni 1992, i hōkū ʻia ma ke alo o Kathleen Turner ma ka pāʻani Broadway Aloha ʻoe iaʻu inā ... e pili ana i nā pilikia transgender.
Komo Aloha
Ua komo pū ʻo Cox me nā ʻano hana aloha like ʻole a ua hōʻike i kahi kūpaʻa lōʻihi i nā pilikia he nui i loko o ke kaiāulu LGBT a me ka ʻike HIV/AIDS (ʻekolu kāna mau hoaaloha i make i ka maʻi HIV/AIDS). Hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻo ia i ka hana nui o kona ʻohana a me nā limahana a puni ona i kōkua iā ia i kāna hakakā ponoʻī.
Ma 2007, ua loaʻa ʻo Cox i ka New York Senate Civil Rights Award a loaʻa iā ia ka California State Senate Award no kāna hana i ka hakakā no nā pono kanaka a me ke kaulike ma 2014. Ua hoʻokani ʻo Cox ma ka 2014 WorldPride festival ma Toronto. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana OutMusic Pillar ma Ianuali 2015 a ua loaʻa iā ia ma Mei 9, 2015 ma ka Harvey Milk Foundation Gala ma Florida.
Ua hana pū ʻo Cox me nā hui aloha ʻē aʻe. Ma 2010, hana ʻo ia i ke kolu o ka ʻahamele makahiki ma Broadway ma ʻApelika Hema, e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao noʻeau no nā ʻōpio a me nā keiki i hoʻopilikia ʻia ko lākou ola e ka maʻi HIV/AIDS.
I ka makahiki 2011, ua hana ʻo ia ma kahi ʻohi kālā ma Florida no ka papahana aʻo aʻo kaikamahine ʻo Honey Shine, kahi i hele ai ʻo First Lady Michelle Obama. Ua hana pū ʻo ia i nā hoʻolaha lehulehu no Lifebeat, kahi hui pili i ka ʻoihana mele e aʻo i ka poʻe e pili ana i ka maʻi HIV.
