UDeborah Cox, umculi, umbhali wamaculo, umlingisi (owazalwa ngoJulayi 13, 1974 eToronto, e-Ontario). Ungomunye wabaculi abaphambili baseCanada be-R&B futhi usethole izindondo eziningi ze-Juno Awards kanye ne-Grammy.
Waziwa kakhulu ngezwi lakhe elinamandla, elinomphefumulo kanye nama-ballads amnandi. I-"Nobody's Supposed To Be Here", ephuma ku-albhamu yakhe yesibili, i-One Wish (1998), yaqopha irekhodi le-No. 1 R&B single egijima ende kunazo zonke e-United States, yahlala phezulu kumashadi e-Billboard R&B Singles amasonto angu-14 elandelana. .
Unezingoma eziyisithupha ze-Top 20 Billboard R&B kanye namahithi angu-12 No. 1 eshadini le-Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. Uphinde abe ngumlingisi ophumelele oseke wavela kumafilimu amaningi nakuBroadway. Umsekeli wesikhathi eside wamalungelo e-LGBTQ, uthole imiklomelo eminingi ngomsebenzi wakhe wokusiza umphakathi nobushoshovu.
Iminyaka yokuqala kanye nomsebenzi
UCox wazalelwa eToronto kubazali base-Afro-Guyanese. Ukhulele endlini yomculo eScarborough futhi wakhombisa intshisekelo yokuqala emculweni. Amathonya akhe okwakha ahlanganisa u-Aretha Franklin, uGladys Knight, noWhitney Houston, ambiza ngezithixo zakhe.
Ubonga uMiles Davis ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980 ngokubona ubunkimbinkimbi bomculo wakhe njengenguquko emsebenzini wakhe. Lapho eneminyaka engu-12, waqala ukucula kwezohwebo nokungenela imincintiswano yamakhono. Lapho esanda kweva eshumini nambili, waqala ukubhala izingoma nokucula kuma-nightclub ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukanina.
UCox wafunda eJohn XXIII Catholic Elementary School eScarborough, Claude Watson School of the Arts, kanye nase-Earl Haig High School eToronto. Esikoleni esiphakeme, wahlangana noLascelles Stevens, kamuva owaba umyeni wakhe. Kanye nozakwethu wokubhala izingoma, isikhulu kanye nomdidiyeli.
Ngemuva kwesivumelwano esihlulekile nelebula yaseCanada, wathuthela e-Los Angeles ngo-1994 noStevens ukuze aqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wakhe. Phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha, ube ngumculi osekela uCéline Dion, kwathi esesohambweni, wahlangana nomdidiyeli womculo owaziwayo uClive Davis, owavuma ukukhiqiza i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala azibiza ngayo.
U-Deborah Cox (1995)
U-Deborah Cox (1995) ukhiphe ingxube ye-pop ne-R&B kulebula ka-Davis ka-Arista. Ngokusebenzisana nezibalo eziphawulekayo ezifana no-Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds kanye no-Daryl Simmons, ithole isitifiketi se-platinum e-Canada ngokuthengiswa kwamakhophi angaphezu kuka-100 negolide e-United States ngokuthengiswa kwamakhophi angaphezu kuka-000.
I-albhamu inezingoma ezishisa izikhotha ezithi "Sentimental" ezifinyelele kunombolo-4 eshadini lezingoma ze-Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop kanye nethi "Who Do U Love" efinyelele kunombolo-1 eshadini lezingoma ze-Billboard Hot Dance Club kanye no-17 I-Billboard. Hot 100.
Ngo-1996, u-Cox wawina i-Juno Award ye-Best R&B/Soul Recording futhi waqokwa njenge-Best Soul/R&B kuma-American Music Awards. Ngo-1997, waqokwa kwi-Female Vocalist of the Year kumaJuno Awards.
Ingoma yakhe ethi "Izinto azinjalo nje", evezwe kwifilimu ethi Money Talks (1997), iwine Ingoma Engcono Kakhulu.
Isifiso esisodwa (1998)
I-albhamu yesibili kaCox, i-One Wish (1998), imenze isihlabani sangempela. Ngemva kokumfanisa nesithixo sakhe uWhitney Houston. Eyodwa ethi "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" ibe yingoma eshisa izikhotha futhi yaqopha irekhodi elisha lenombolo 1 ye-R&B Engashadile ende, yahlala phezulu eshadini amaviki angu-14 elandelana.
I-single iphinde yaphumelela kumashadi e-pop; ifinyelele ku-#2 ku-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yaqinisekiswa ngeplatinum e-United States. I-One Wish iphinde yathola isitifiketi segolide e-Canada kanye ne-platinum e-US. Uphinde waqokelwa indondo ye-NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist.
I-Morning After (2002)
Ngo-2002, uCox wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, ayikhiqiza ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi The Morning After. Ikhishwe kulebula ka-J, i-albhamu ifinyelele ku-#7 eshadini lama-albhamu aphezulu e-R&B/Hip-Hop kanye naku-#38 eshadini le-Billboard Hot 200. UMnu. Unesizungu futhi Dlala Indima Yakho konke kube phezulu ohlwini lwezingoma ze-Dance Club. Nakanjani akaqokwanga ku-Juno Award yango-2001 ye-Best Dance Recording.
Ngo-2003, u-Cox ukhiphe i-Remixed, iqoqo lezingoma eziphuma kuma-albhamu akhe amathathu angaphambilini aphinde abe izingoma ze-pop ezinamandla kakhulu; kwathi ngo-2004 wakhipha i-albhamu eshisa izikhotha enesihloko esithi Ultimate Deborah Cox.
Inyanga eyiwa kuyo (2007)
Ngo-2007, u-Cox ukhiphe i-albhamu eya kumculi we-jazz u-Deanna Washington ebizwa ngokuthi i-Destination Moon. U-Cox wahlukana no-Clive Davis kanye ne-Sony Records futhi wakhulula le albhamu ku-Decca Records, ingxenye ye-Universal Music. I-albhamu, ehlanganisa u-Cox ocula ne-orchestra yezingcezu ezingu-40, iqoqo lamazinga e-jazz namakhava avela kwamanye ase-Washington.
Amahithi aphambili ahlanganisa okuthi 'Baby, you got what you need' kanye nethi 'Uyini umehluko ngosuku' afinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 3 eshadini lama-albhamu e-Billboard Jazz futhi aqokelwa Indondo Ye-Grammy Ye-albhamu Eklanywe Kakhulu. Ngo-2007 ofanayo, u-Cox wethula ingoma ethi "Everybody is Dancing", ayiqopha ngo-1978. Kodwa manje useyikhiphile njenge-remix, efinyelele unombolo-17 eshadini lengoma ye-Hot Dance Club.
Isithembiso (2008)
UCox noStevens basungula ilebula yabo, iDeco Recording Group, ngo-2008. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wahlonishwa ngenkanyezi ku-Scarborough Walk of Fame.
U-Cox ubuyele ku-R&B ne-albhamu yakhe elandelayo, iThe Promise (2008), ekhishwe kulebula ye-Deco. Usebenzisane nababhali bezingoma nabadidiyeli abanjengoJohn Legend noShep Crawford.
I-albhamu yashaya u-14 eshadini lama-albhamu e-Billboard R&B/Hip Hop futhi yaqokwa njenge-R&B/Soul Recording of the Year kuma-Juno Awards ka-2009. Ingoma eyodwa ethi "Beautiful UR" ifinyelele kunombolo 1 Engomeni Yezingoma ze-Chart Dance Club futhi No. 18 kuBillboard Canadian Top 100 futhi uthole ukulandwa kwedijithali kweplatinamu e-Canada.
Ukusebenzisana nomculo wefilimu
Ngo-2000, u-Whitney Houston wamema u-Cox ukuthi acule i-duet naye ku-"Same Script, Different Cast" ye-albhamu ka-Houston ethi Whitney: Greatest Hits. Ifinyelele ku-#14 eshadini lezingoma ezishisayo ze-R&B/Hip-Hop. Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Cox noStevens, kanye nomqambi wamaculo u-Keith Andes, baqokelwa Indondo Ye-Genie Yengoma Engcono Kakhulu Yezingoma Ezithi "29" nethi "Uthando Lwethu" ku-Love Come Down kaClement Dev, lapho u-Cox adlala khona efilimini yakhe. . i-debut.
Uphinde wanikela ngeculo elithi "Nobody Cares" emculweni wefilimu i-Hotel Rwanda (2004) kanye neculo elithi "Definition of Love" lika-Akeelah kanye neThe Bee (2006). Ngo-2008, wabhala ingoma entsha ethi “Lesi Sipho” kaTyler Perry ethi The Browns Meeting. Ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Cox wanikeza nezingoma engingeke ngikhononde kanye nethi Stand for the film Kunzima ukuthola umuntu olungile.
U-Cox wavakashela nomculi odumile kanye nomdidiyeli u-David Foster ku-Foster & Friends Tour yakhe ngo-2009; kwathi ngo-2010 wacula izingoma ezintathu ezihlukene nomculi wodumo u-Andrea Bocelli e-O2 Arena eLondon.
Umsebenzi womlingisi
Ngo-2004, u-Cox wenza i-debut yakhe ye-Broadway njengo-Aida. Ngo-2013, wadlala indima kaLucy Harris ekuvuselelweni kokukhiqizwa kwe-Broadway kwasekuqaleni kwe-Jekyll & Hyde evakashele eNyakatho Melika amasonto angama-25 futhi yagijima ku-Broadway amasonto ayi-13. U-Cox uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kwakho kokubili ukusebenza; I-Entertainment Weekly ibize ukusebenza kwakhe ku-Jekyll & Hyde ngokuthi "kuyamangalisa impela".
Ngo-2015, wabamba iqhaza ekulingiseni kwamahhala kwama-Tony Awards ka-2015 e-Times Square futhi wawina indima kaJosephine Baker kumculo we-Off-Broadway uJosephine, owaqala ngo-2016.
Uphinde wadlala indawo kaWhitney Houston efilimini ethi Bodyguard, esuselwe efilimini yango-1992, eyayilingisa emelene no-Kathleen Turner emdlalweni we-Broadway othi Will you love me if... okhuluma ngezindaba ezithinta ubulili.
I-Charity Participation
U-Cox uzibandakanye nezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi ezihlukene futhi ukhombise ukuzibophezela isikhathi eside ezindabeni eziningi emphakathini we-LGBT kanye nokuqwashisa nge-HIV/AIDS (unabangane abathathu abashone ngenxa ye-HIV/AIDS). Uphinde ahloniphe ukuzikhandla komndeni wakhe kanye nabasebenzi abamzungezile abamsiza emzabalazweni wakhe.
Ngo-2007, u-Cox wathola indondo ye-New York Senate Civil Rights Award futhi wathola ne-California State Senate Award ngomsebenzi wakhe wokulwela amalungelo abantu nokulingana ngo-2014. U-Cox udlale kwifestivali ye-WorldPride ka-2014 e-Toronto. Uthole i-OutMusic Pillar Award ngoJanuwari 2015 futhi waklonyeliswa ngoMeyi 9, 2015 eHarvey Milk Foundation Gala eFlorida.
U-Cox usebenze nezinye izinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi. Ngo-2010, wacula ekhonsathini yesithathu yaminyaka yonke e-Broadway eNingizimu Afrika, eyeseka ukufundisa ngezobuciko entsheni entulayo kanye nezingane ezimpilo yazo ithintwa yi-HIV/AIDS.
Ngo-2011, wacula emkhankasweni wokuqongelela imali eFlorida wohlelo lokufundisa amantombazane i-Honey Shine, lapho u-First Lady Michelle Obama wayekhona. Useke wenza izimemezelo emphakathini we-Lifebeat, inhlangano ehlangene nemboni yomculo efundisa abantu nge-HIV.
