Deborah Cox, tus hu nkauj, sau nkauj, ua yeeb yam (yug Lub Xya Hli 13, 1974 hauv Toronto, Ontario). Nws yog ib qho ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam Canadian R & B thiab tau txais ntau yam khoom plig Juno thiab Grammy khoom plig.
Nws paub zoo rau nws lub suab muaj zog, siab tawv thiab sultry ballads. "Tsis Muaj Leej Twg Yuav Tsum Nyob Ntawm No", los ntawm nws qhov thib ob album, One Wish (1998), tau teeb tsa cov ntaub ntawv ntev tshaj plaws ntawm No. 1 R&B ib leeg hauv Tebchaws Meskas, nyob rau saum toj ntawm Billboard R&B Singles kab kos rau 14 lub lis piam sib law liag. .
Nws muaj rau saum 20 Billboard R&B singles thiab 12 No. 1 hits ntawm Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Nws kuj yog ib tug ua yeeb yam zoo uas tau tshwm sim hauv ntau cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab hauv Broadway. Ib tus neeg txhawb nqa ntev ntawm LGBTQ txoj cai, nws tau txais ntau yam khoom plig rau nws txoj haujlwm pab dawb thiab kev ua haujlwm.
Thaum ntxov xyoo thiab kev ua haujlwm
Cox yug hauv Toronto rau Afro-Guyanese niam txiv. Nws loj hlob hauv ib lub tsev suab paj nruag hauv Scarborough thiab pom kev nyiam ua suab paj nruag thaum ntxov. Nws cov kev cuam tshuam muaj xws li Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, thiab Whitney Houston, uas nws hu ua nws cov mlom.
Nws tau qhab nia Miles Davis nyob rau xyoo 1980s nrog pom qhov tsis sib xws ntawm nws cov suab paj nruag ua ib qho kev hloov pauv hauv nws txoj haujlwm. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 12 xyoos, nws pib hu nkauj hauv kev lag luam thiab nkag mus rau kev sib tw txuj ci. Thaum nws tseem hluas, nws pib sau nkauj thiab ua yeeb yam hauv nightclubs nyob rau hauv kev saib xyuas ntawm nws niam.
Cox tau mus kawm John XXIII Catholic Elementary School hauv Scarborough, Claude Watson School of the Arts, thiab Earl Haig High School hauv Toronto. Hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab, nws tau ntsib Lascelles Stevens, uas tom qab ntawd los ua nws tus txiv. Raws li ib tug songwriting khub, executive thiab producer.
Tom qab ua tsis tiav nrog Canadian daim ntawv lo, nws tau tsiv mus rau Los Angeles hauv xyoo 1994 nrog Stevens ntxiv nws txoj haujlwm. Tsis pub dhau rau lub hlis, nws tau los ua tus hu nkauj txhawb nqa rau Céline Dion, thiab thaum mus ncig, nws tau ntsib tus tsim suab paj nruag Clive Davis, uas tau pom zoo los tsim nws tus kheej lub npe hu ua debut album.
Deborah Cox (1995)
Deborah Cox (1995) tso tawm ib qho kev sib xyaw ntawm pop thiab R & B ntawm Davis 'Arista daim ntawv lo. Los ntawm kev koom tes nrog cov duab tseem ceeb xws li Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds thiab Daryl Simmons, nws tau lees paub platinum hauv Canada rau kev muag khoom ntau dua 100 daim ntawv thiab kub hauv Tebchaws Meskas rau kev muag khoom ntau dua 000 daim ntawv.
Lub album nthuav tawm cov nkauj hu nkauj "Sentimental" uas tau mus txog No. 4 ntawm Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart thiab "Leej twg Ua U Love" uas tau mus txog No. 1 ntawm Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart thiab No. 17 ntawm Billboard Kub 100.
Xyoo 1996, Cox yeej qhov khoom plig Juno rau Qhov Zoo Tshaj R & B / Soul Recording thiab tau raug xaiv tsa rau Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws / R & B ntawm American Music Awards. Xyoo 1997, nws tau raug xaiv tsa rau Poj Niam Vocalist ntawm Lub Xyoo ntawm Juno Awards.
Nws zaj nkauj "Tej yam tsis zoo li ntawd", tau nthuav tawm hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab Money Talks (1997), tau txais zaj nkauj zoo tshaj plaws
Ib Xav (1998)
Cox's thib ob album, One Wish (1998), ua rau nws muaj tseeb superstar. Tau sib tw nrog nws tus mlom Whitney Houston. Ib leeg "Tsis Muaj Leej Twg Yuav Tsum Nyob Ntawm No" tau dhau los ua qhov ntaus thiab tsim cov ntaub ntawv tshiab rau qhov ntev tshaj plaws No. 1 R&B Ib Leeg, nyob rau saum toj ntawm daim ntawv rau 14 lub lis piam sib law liag.
Ib leeg kuj tau ua tiav ntawm cov kab kos pop; nws tau mus txog #2 ntawm Billboard Hot 100 thiab tau lees paub platinum hauv Tebchaws Meskas. One Wish kuj tau txais ntawv pov thawj kub hauv Canada thiab platinum hauv Asmeskas. Nws kuj tau raug xaiv tsa rau NAACP Image Award rau Cov Poj Niam Zoo Tshaj Plaws.
Thaum sawv ntxov Tom qab (2002)
Nyob rau hauv 2002, Cox tso nws thib peb studio album, uas nws tsim nyob rau hauv lub npe The Morning After. Tshaj tawm ntawm J daim ntawv lo, cov nkauj tau nce siab ntawm # 7 ntawm Sab saum toj R & B / Hip-Hop Albums daim ntawv qhia thiab # 38 ntawm Billboard Hot 200 daim duab. Kho siab thiab ua si koj lub luag haujlwm tag nrho cov npe ntawm Dance Club nkauj. Yeej tsis tau raug xaiv tsa rau xyoo 2001 Juno Award for Best Dance Recording.
Nyob rau hauv 2003, Cox tso Remixed, ib phau ntawm cov nkauj los ntawm nws yav dhau los peb albums remastered rau hauv high-zog pop nkauj; thiab nyob rau hauv 2004 nws tso tawm ib tug loj tshaj hits album hu ua Ultimate Deborah Cox.
Lub hli Destination (2007)
Xyoo 2007, Cox tso tawm ib qho album rau jazz singer Deanna Washington hu ua Destination Moon. Cox tau faib txoj hauv kev nrog Clive Davis thiab Sony Cov Ntaub Ntawv thiab tso tawm cov nkauj no ntawm Decca Cov Ntaub Ntawv, ib feem ntawm Universal Music. Lub album, uas nta Cox hu nkauj nrog lub orchestra ntawm 40 daim, yog ib phau ntawm jazz qauv thiab npog los ntawm qee qhov ntawm Washington.
Cov hits saum toj kawg nkaus suav nrog 'Baby, koj tau txais yam koj xav tau' thiab 'Dab tsi yog qhov txawv ntawm hnub' tau nce siab ntawm tus lej 3 ntawm Billboard Jazz Albums daim ntawv qhia thiab tau raug xaiv tsa rau Grammy Award for Best Designed Album. Nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo 2007, Cox nthuav tawm qhov ntaus "Txhua tus neeg seev cev", uas nws tau sau rov qab rau xyoo 1978. Tab sis tam sim no nws tau tso nws ua ib qho remix, uas tau nce siab ntawm tus naj npawb 17 ntawm Hot Dance Club song chart.
Kev cog lus (2008)
Cox thiab Stevens tau tsim lawv tus kheej daim ntawv lo, Deco Recording Group, hauv 2008. Tib lub xyoo, nws tau txais koob meej nrog lub hnub qub ntawm Scarborough Taug Kev Fame.
Cox rov qab mus rau R & B nrog nws cov nkauj tom ntej, Kev Cog Lus (2008), tso tawm ntawm Deco daim ntawv lo. Nws tau koom tes nrog cov kws sau nkauj thiab cov neeg tsim khoom xws li John Legend thiab Shep Crawford.
Lub album ntaus No. 14 ntawm Billboard R & B / Hip Hop Albums Chart thiab tau raug xaiv tsa rau R & B / Soul Recording of the Year ntawm 2009 Juno Awards. Ib qho "Beautiful UR" tau mus txog No. 1 ntawm Songs Chart Dance Club Songs thiab No. 18 ntawm Billboard Canadian Top 100 thiab tau txais platinum digital download hauv Canada.
Kev sib koom tes thiab zaj yeeb yaj kiab
Xyoo 2000, Whitney Houston tau caw Cox los hu nkauj nrog nws ntawm "Same Script, Different Cast" rau Houston's album Whitney: Greatest Hits. Nws tau mus txog # 14 ntawm Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs daim duab. Tib lub xyoo ntawd, Cox thiab Stevens, nrog rau tus kws sau nkauj Keith Andes, tau raug xaiv tsa rau Genie Award for Best Original Song rau cov nkauj "29" thiab "Peb Hlub" los ntawm Clement Dev's Love Come Down, uas Cox tau ua yeeb yam hauv nws zaj yeeb yaj kiab. . debut.
Nws kuj tau muab zaj nkauj "Tsis muaj leej twg mob siab rau" rau lub suab paj nruag ntawm zaj yeeb yaj kiab Hotel Rwanda (2004) thiab zaj nkauj "Txoj Kev Hlub" rau Akeelah thiab Bee (2006). Xyoo 2008, nws tau sau zaj nkauj tshiab "Qhov Khoom Plig" no rau Tyler Perry's Lub Rooj Sib Tham Browns. Tib lub xyoo ntawd, Cox kuj muab cov nkauj uas kuv yuav tsis yws thiab sawv cev rau zaj yeeb yaj kiab Nws nyuaj rau nrhiav tus neeg zoo.
Cox ncig xyuas nrog cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag legendary thiab tsim tawm David Foster ntawm nws Foster & Cov Phooj Ywg Ncig Ncig hauv 2009; thiab nyob rau hauv 2010 nws hu nkauj peb duets nrog famed classical singer Andrea Bocelli ntawm O2 Arena hauv London.
Kev ua yeeb yam
Nyob rau hauv 2004, Cox ua nws debut Broadway li Aida. Hauv 2013, nws tau ua lub luag haujlwm ntawm Lucy Harris hauv kev txhawb siab ntawm thawj Broadway tsim ntawm Jekyll & Hyde uas ncig North America rau 25 lub lis piam thiab khiav ntawm Broadway rau 13 lub lis piam. Cox tau txais kev tshuaj xyuas zoo rau ob qho kev ua yeeb yam; Entertainment Weekly hu nws qhov kev ua yeeb yam hauv Jekyll & Hyde "zoo heev".
Hauv 2015, nws tau koom nrog hauv kev simulcast dawb ntawm 2015 Tony Awards hauv Times Square thiab yeej lub luag haujlwm ntawm Josephine Baker hauv Off-Broadway suab paj nruag Josephine, uas tau tshaj tawm xyoo 2016.
Nws kuj tau ua lub luag haujlwm ntawm Whitney Houston hauv zaj duab xis Bodyguard, raws li cov yeeb yaj kiab xyoo 1992, uas tau ua yeeb yam tawm tsam Kathleen Turner hauv Broadway ua si Koj puas yuav hlub kuv yog tias ... uas cuam tshuam nrog cov teeb meem hloov pauv.
Kev Koom Tes Sib Koom Tes
Cox tau koom nrog ntau lub koom haum pab txhawb nqa thiab tau qhia txog kev cog lus ntev ntev rau ntau yam teeb meem hauv LGBT zej zog thiab kev paub txog HIV / AIDS (nws muaj peb tus phooj ywg uas tau tuag los ntawm HIV / AIDS). Nws kuj them se rau kev ua haujlwm hnyav ntawm nws tsev neeg thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob ib puag ncig nws uas tau pab nws hauv nws txoj kev tawm tsam.
Xyoo 2007, Cox tau txais New York Senate Civil Rights Award thiab tau txais California State Senate Award rau nws txoj haujlwm hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua rau tib neeg txoj cai thiab kev sib luag hauv 2014. Cox ua yeeb yam ntawm 2014 WorldPride Festival hauv Toronto. Nws tau txais OutMusic Pillar Award thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2015 thiab tau txais khoom plig rau lub Tsib Hlis 9, 2015 ntawm Harvey Milk Foundation Gala hauv Florida.
Cox tau ua haujlwm nrog ntau lwm lub koom haum. Hauv xyoo 2010, nws tau ua yeeb yam thib peb hauv Broadway hauv South Africa, uas txhawb nqa kev kawm txuj ci rau cov hluas thiab cov menyuam yaus uas lawv lub neej cuam tshuam los ntawm HIV / AIDS.
Hauv xyoo 2011, nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm kev nrhiav nyiaj txiag hauv Florida rau Honey Shine cov ntxhais 'mentoring program, qhov twg Thawj Poj Niam Michelle Obama tau tuaj koom. Nws kuj tau tshaj tawm rau pej xeem rau Lifebeat, lub koom haum koom nrog kev lag luam suab paj nruag uas qhia tib neeg txog HIV.
