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Natasha
Bedingfield Musician
Natasha is an English singer and
songwriter who has performed in the genres of contemporary
Christian and pop music. Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield
share the Guinness World Record for being the only siblings
to have had solo number-ones in UK chart history.
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Gwen
Stefani
Gwen's brother Eric started the band No Doubt with his friend John Spence
in 1987, and asked the always effervescent Gwen to join on as co-vocalist
with Spence. Tony Kanal joined the group a little later, and the trio began
to gain popularity by playing at local parties.
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Diana
Krall Jazz Pianist and Singer
At the age of seventeen she won a scholarship from the Vancouver International
Jazz Festival to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In Nanaimo,
her playing attracted the attention of famed bass player Ray Brown and
drummer Jeff Hamilton.
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Shania
Twain Country Music Artist
Shania Twain often grabbed a guitar and retreated to the solitude of her
bedroom singing and writing until her fingers ached. "I grew up listening
to Waylon, Willie, Dolly, Tammy, all of them," she recalls. "But
we also listened to the Mamas and the Papas, The Carpenters, The Supremes
and Stevie Wonder.
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Stacy
Ferguson Singer and Songwriter
As a child actress, Stacy Ferguson
was actually on the television program Kids Incorporated
for several years with her TV sister Renee Sands, who became
a fellow member of Wild Orchid. On the show, she sang Whitney
Houston's "One Moment In Time".
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Julianne
Hough Musician and Dancer
Julianne Hough began working almost
immediately upon arriving in Los Angeles. She was featured
in two television commercials and was a "dancing" extra
in an episode of Cold Case. She was one of the "Million
Dollar Dancers" in the short lived network television
game show Show Me the Money starring William Shatner.
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Miley
Cyrus Musician and Actress
Cyrus landed the lead role of Hannah
Montana, a teen pop star who leads a double life as an
average schoolgirl. Her dad, Billy Ray, was then chosen
to play her widowed father in the TV series, and the entire
Cyrus family moved from Nashville to southern California
to encourage Miley's career. Miley
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Country
Singer Carrie Underwood
Music didn't run in the family, but
Carrie Underwood started singing at church when she was 3.
Once she was in school, she sang solo roles in student plays.
By the seventh grade, people were taking more notice of her
voice as she entered local talent shows. Carrie
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Shania
Twain
Shania Twain often grabbed
a guitar and retreated to the solitude of her bedroom singing
and writing until her fingers ached. "I grew up listening
to Waylon, Willie, Dolly, Tammy, all of them," she recalls. "But
we also listened to the Mamas and the Papas, and Stevie Wonder. Shania
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Faith
Hill
Her first singing experience came
as a child in her family's Baptist church. As a young teenager,
Hill learned to play guitar, and by age 16 she had started
her own country band that played at a number of local fairs
and rodeos. Faith
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Jessica
Simpson
Almost as soon as Jessica Simpson
was cast as cutoff-clad Southern Belle Daisy Duke in the
big screen remake of the fondly recalled '70s series The
Dukes of Hazzard (2005) her star was shining even brighter
than ever. Jessica
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Avril
Lavigne
Lavigne is a Canadian rock singer and musician. She has
sold over twenty-six million albums worldwide. In 2006, Canadian Business Magazine
ranked her the seventh most powerful Canadian in Hollywood. Avril
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