Ciara

“Being in this industry makes you develop more quickly than a typical child would. You mature faster.”

 

Birthday:

10/25/1985

Nickname:

Ci Ci, Super-C, The First Lady of Crunk, The Princess

Birthname:

Ciara Princess Haris

Hookups:

Bow Wow, 50 Cent
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Hometown:

Austin, Texas

Assets:

Hot , Unique, Flexible, Amazing Dance Moves, Sexy Voice, Feisty, Gorgeous, Sexy Flat Abs, Nice toned sexy body, nice long legs
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Vices:

Always Taken
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Sign:

Scorpio

Height:

5'8

Job:

Singer, Dancer, Actress, Music Producer, Fashion Model
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Hobbies:

Dancing, Singing, Shopping, Traveling
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Ethnicity:

Black

Country of Origin:

United States

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Introduction

Take the best songwriters and the best singers, add the most exciting performers and the best all around personalities, throw in the hottest looks and the sexiest smiles --- mix them all together and the finished product would probably look and sound a lot like Ciara. The 23-year-old beauty from Atlanta is the latest multi-talented scene-stealer to nudge her way to center stage with attention-grabbing vocals, irresistible songwriting and killer dance moves.

Biography of the Beautiful Songtress and Dancer

Ciara Princess Harris was born on October 25, 1985 in Austin, Texas. She is professionally known as Ciara. She grew up on army bases in Germany, New York, Utah, California, Arizona, and Nevada, since her father was in the United States Army. During her teens, Ciara and her family settled in Atlanta. She has said that watching Destiny's Child perform on a television program while staying home from school inspired her to pursue a career in music. This is good, since she was already skipping her education to begin with. Ciara joined a girl group called "Hearsay" and worked on her song writing. The group recorded demos, but began to have differences (aka, cat fights). Eventually, she left the group, got a publishing deal, and found a "musical soulmate" when she met producer Jazze Pha. Your pronunciation of the name is as good as ours. In 2003 she was signed by LaFace Records executive L.A. Reid with the help of Jazze Pha. She immediately began production on her debut album.

Career

Goodies

She made her debut in the summer of 2004 with the Billboard number-one single "Goodies". The album Goodies was released the fourth quarter of 2004 and first quarter of 2005. It made enough quarters to add up to over 2.6 million copies sold in the US five million worldwide. Ciara started 2006 by winning her first Grammy Award for Missy Elliott's "Lose Control". The following May, she made acting debut in the MTV Films production All You've Got, also starring Efren Ramirez (aka, the Vote for Pedro guy).

In the summer 2005, Ciara released her DVD of music videos, documentaries, and commentaries entitled Goodies: The Videos & More and contributed to hip-hop artists' singles during Goodies success. She appeared on Missy Elliott's "Lose Control" from her album The Cookbook and Bow Wow’s "Like You" from his album Wanted, which both peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

In December 2005, Ciara went on tour with Gwen Stefani on her Harajuku Lovers Tour 2005 and Bow Wow and Chris Brown for the "Holladay Jam" tour, which stopped at big cities such as New York, Washington D.C., and Atlanta. She also received Grammy nominations for "Best New Artist", "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" for "1, 2 Step", "Best Rap Song" and "Best Short Form Music Video" for “Lose Control”.

The Evolution

In the summer of 2006, Ciara completed her second album Evolution, In April 2006, Ciara was featured on Field Mob’s Billboard top ten single "So What". The following month, she made acting debut in the MTV Films production All You've Got, also starring Adrienne Bailon and Efren Ramirez. The summer of 2006, Ciara completed her second album, after the release of the Step Up soundtrack single "Get Up" featuring Chamillionaire. It became the second European single in the summer 2007, apart from the UK, where the song was released twice as a download-only single, once in 2006 and again in 2007.

Ciara's second studio album, Ciara: The Evolution was released on December 5, 2006. Production included hit makers such as, Jazze Pha, Rodney Jerkins, Pharrell, Bryan Michael Cox, Will.i.am and many others. The album is about Ciara's personal growth after two years in the public eye. She co-wrote and co-produced most of the songs. The official first single "Promise", produced by Atlanta producer Polow da Don, which reached eleven on the Billboard Hot 100. In October 2006, Ciara went on a seventeen city club tour until December, which she previewed new music from the album. Ciara: The Evolution debuted at number one selling over 338,000 copies, which is 213,000 more than Ciara’s debut album Goodies. The album received generally positive reviews and was certified platinum by the RIAA within only five weeks of its release. The second single from Ciara: The Evolution, the first single in Europe, "Like a Boy", was released on February 13, 2007 in the U.S. The single was the second to be released in the UK with an April 9, 2007 release date. The single was a moderate success peaking at nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100, six on the Hot Hip-Hop/R&B Singles chart, and sixteen in the UK.

In early May, Ciara teamed with Glamour Magazine to direct her first music video for emerging female artists Tiffany Evans, Paula Campbell, or Samantha Jade in the Nissan Reel Music Contest. She signed on to her second film role Mama, I Want to Sing! which filmed the summer 2007 and is due in theaters October 2008 and she became the face of Jay-Z's Rocawear clothing line and spokesperson for the women campaign entitled "I Will Not Lose", which debuted in the summer.The official third single "Can't Leave 'Em Alone",which features 50 Cent was released on June 12, 2007 and peaked at forty on the Billboard Hot 100. Ciara headlined with Lloyd, T-Pain, T.I. and Yung Joc on the Screamfest '07. The tour was scheduled to begin July 24, 2007. But it was changed to August 3, 2007.During this period, Ciara was featured on teen singer Tiffany Evans's debut single, "Promise Ring." Ciara supported fellow pop singer Rihanna on the UK leg of the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. Ciara performed Can't Leave 'Em Alone at the World Music Awards with 50 Cent. She also won the award for "World's Best Selling Female R&B Artist" at the 2007 World Music Awards.

Fantasy Ride

In early January, Ciara released a promo single titled "Ahh", which featured J-Hood, though no radio stations picked up on it cause it wasn't an official single. At this time Ciara was originally getting ready for the release of her theatrical debut in the film Mama, I Want To Sing!. But shortly after it was announced the film would go straight to DVD in early 2009. In February, Ciara announced via her official MySpace page that she was currently recording her third studio album and searching for unsigned dancers via national dance auditions. Ciara also stated that the album would be released before the end of the year. But the release date changed many times due to Ciara & her label pushing back the release date many times after that. So far, for her new effort, she has been working with Tricky Stewart, Danja, The-Dream, Polow da Don among many others. The album is currently titled "Fantasy Ride". Ciara has stated many times that guest appearances on the album so far include, Missy Elliot, T-Pain, Ludacris, among many others. Fans will also find out more about Ciara's new alter ego called "Super Ci" on the new album.

The first album single might have been High Price, with Ludacris. But the song leaked in early 2008 before the single's release date. Ciara released a promo song called "Go Girl", which features T-Pain. The single is also produced by the featured act. The single was released on September 30, 2008. It was later announced that the single's performance wasn't enough to ignite the album's release so the album was eventually pushed back once again to Spring 2009 and a new lead single would be chosen.

The album was released in the United States on May 5, 2009. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, with 81,000 copies sold, the album has currently sold over 250,000 copies. The album is currently Ciara's most successful album overseas.A new lead single was released shortly in preparation for the album's release. The lead single is called "Never Ever", which features Young Jeezy, and was produced by Polow da Don and co-written by Ciara and Elvis “BlacElvis” Williams. The single has already made a big impact on the radio, even before the music video was released. The single is more successful so far than "Go Girl". The single reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.The second single, also worldwide hit "Love Sex Magic", which features Justin Timberlake, was co-written and produced by its featured act. The single was impacted radio stations in March 2009. The single reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single reached the top 10 in other countries including the UK. The third single "Work" which features Missy Elliott and fourth single "Like a Surgeon" are expected to be released very soon. "Like a Surgeon" has already debuted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, at number 92. Due to the single receiving massive radio airplay, it debuted on the chart without a official release.

The album's artwork featured cover art and a comic book superhero theme, similar to the superhero she portrayed in the "Go Girl" video. She is working with DC Comics artist Bernard Chang to make the cover artwork. In 2008, Ciara was featured on many albums including rapper Nelly's album Brass Knuckles and Enrique Iglesias's greatest hits album in a upcoming single titled "Takin' Back My Love" released in ; which spawned across the charts becoming a Worldwide Hit.

In October 2008, Billboard announced that Ciara would be honored as a "Woman Of The Year" for her success in the music industry. Ciara did interviews in many magazines including "Right On", Maxim Magazine, and Vibe Magazine, which she was promoting the new album Fantasy Ride.This followed to the Vibe Magazine controversy. On the October issue, Ciara was appearing to be naked but she has stated that Vibe airbrushed her clothes off to make it appear she was completely nude. She later confirmed to MTV News that she was in fact clothed. Ciara was quoted as saying: “ I think, at this point, I'd rather just be quiet about things such as that but I definitely want to make it clear that I was going in to do something artistic, and I was upset that when I saw the photos, everything was gone. ”

In February 2009, Ciara announced in a SayNow Message, that she will be going on a promo tour in support of her upcoming third studio album, "Fantasy Ride". The tour is expected to have dates in North America and Europe. She is currently thinking of ideas for the tour, and will soon share those ideas with her fans.

In March 2009, it was also announced that Ciara will be the supporting act for Britney Spears world tour, "The Circus Starring: Britney Spears". She will serve as the opening act of her European Leg in June. In May 2009, Ciara announced that she will also be going on a 10-city summer tour with fellow rapper Jay-Z.

Charity Work

In September, Ciara, along with other female R&B artists Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, and Carrie Underwood, teamed up for the song "Just Stand Up!". The charity tune for cancer was conceived by Antonio "L.A." Reid, who produced it with longtime creative colleague Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds. All 15 singers shared the stage to perform the song live on September 5, during the "Stand Up to Cancer" television special, which aired simultaneously on ABC, NBC and CBS. The proceeds from the single were given to the fundraiser. The television special helped raise $100 million dollars for cancer research. The single is now available via digital download.

Also In November, Ciara teamed up with a foundation called "Make A Wish". In the foundation Ciara taught a mentally ill girl how to dance the 1, 2 Step, which granted her wish. The little girl is a huge fan of Ciara and was so happy that she finally got to meet her idol.