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Ciara Princess Harris (born October 25 , 1985 in Austin, Texas ), is an American R&B and Hip-hop Singer - Songwriter . EARLY LIFE During her childhood her father was in the military so she has lived in several countries, but claims Atlanta, Georgia as her hometown. She has said that it was seeing a televised performance by Destiny's Child that inspired her to pursue a career in music. In her early teens she formed the goal to become a professional singer. She joined a girl group called Hearsay, worked on her songwriting, eventually left the group, got a publishing deal, and found a "music soul mate" when she met producer Jazze Pha . {Link without Title} CAREER '']] Ciara's debut single, " Goodies ", became a hit, reaching the top of the United States Pop charts, and also charting in the United Kingdom (in January 2005, also reaching number one), Australia , Germany , Sweden , and New Zealand . With help from Pha, Garrett, and Lil Jon , Ciara released her debut album, '' Goodies '' in September 2004. It entered the Billboard 200 chart at #3, and sold over two milion copies in the USA alone. The second single, " 1, 2 Step ", featuring Missy Elliott , reached the top five in the U.S., peaking at #2 in early 2005 . The single was released in the U.K. on April 11 the same year, and reached #3, benefiting from the fact that it was the first week that downloads were incorporated into the singles chart. Ciara charted one place higher than she would have done if downloads had not been included in the chart formula; she would have instead swapped places with Elvis Presley 's re-issue of "The Wonder of You" at #4. In May 2005, Ciara's third single, ''"Oh"'' featuring Ludacris , reached #2 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the U.K. charts. In July of 2005 she released her DVD of all three of her music videos, the makings of two of them, commentaries of two of them, behind the scenes footage of her rehearsals for the 's #3 hit " Lose Control ", taken from her album the rapper's sixth album, '' The Cookbook ''. In the fall of 2005 , she was featured singing alongside past love interest, Bow Wow , on the second single from his third album ''Wanted'' entitled '' Like You ''. The duet also reached a peak of #3. In the December of 2005 Ciara went on tour with '' Gwen Stefani '''s " Harajuku Lovers Tour". In the meantime her fourth single, '' And I '', was released and peaked at #96 which was relatively poor compared to the first three singles. Ciara ended 2005 by going on tour with other teen Pop sensations like Bow Wow and Chris Brown for the "Holladay Jam" which stopped at cities like New York and Atlanta . Ciara then performed at the Orange Bowl . The performance was one of the biggest of her career because of the high television and stadium audience. Ciara particapted in a charity single written and produced by Michael Jackson . The single, entitled " I Have This Dream ", is to be released sometime in 2006. Ciara was included in an ad campaign for ''Candies'' clothing and shoe line at Kohls , along with fellow pop star Hilary Duff , actress Michelle Trachtenberg , and Samaire Armstrong in 2006. On February 8, 2006 Ciara along with Missy Elliott won the Grammy for ''Best Short Form Music Video''. It was Ciara's first Grammy award. She also performed a duet with Maroon 5 's Adam Levine during the Grammy show in tribute to the legendary R&B musician Sly Stone , entitled '' Everyday People ''. In March of 2006, Ciara ended her relationship with rapper She has finished making a MTV coming-of-age film entitled, '' All You've Got ''. The movie will premiere on MTV on May 20th. It will then be released on DVD and VHS May 23rd . Ciara is featured on Field Mob's single off of their third album, ''Light Poles and Pine Trees'', entitled " So What ". She is also working on her sophomore album which will be released in the summer of 2006 . Ciara has said that the album is much more deeper and personal. She said that she'll call it ''Goodies'' to the tenth power, referring to her growth from ''Goodies'' to the next album. {Link without Title} . DISCOGRAPHY Albums
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FILMOGRAPHY 2006: All You've Got EXTERNAL LINKS |
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