""""". In 2006, Cannon recorded the singles ""Dime Piece"" and ""My Wife"" for the planned album ""Stages"", which was never released. Cannon married American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey in 2008. Cannon filed for divorce in December 2014, after six years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in 2016. Cannon was born on October 8, 1980, in San Diego, California. Cannon was largely raised by his paternal grandfather, whom both he and his biological father called 'dad'. As a kid Cannon grew up in Lincoln Park's Bay Vista Housing Projects, which is a gang-ridden section in Southeast San Diego. While in"
"the ""Hip-Hop Non-Stop TV-Show"". They had a second wedding ceremony for family and friends in July 2011. On September 3, 2013, Monica gave birth to her third child, Laiyah Shannon. Monica (singer) Monica Denise Brown (née Arnold; born October 24, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, she began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir at the age of ten. Monica rose to prominence after she signed with Rowdy Records in 1993 and released her debut album ""Miss Thang"" two years later. She followed it"
"of her most favorite and revealing songs that she has written in her career thus far. Carey began working on ""Butterfly"" in January 1997. During the album's development in mid-1997 Carey separated from her husband, music executive Tommy Mottola, who had guided her career since 1988. Carey's increasing control over her own career had led to speculation in the press over the future of the couple, and they later divorced. Throughout the development of the album, in a departure from her previous style, Carey worked with various rappers and hip-hop producers, including Sean ""Puffy"" Combs, Kamaal Fareed, Missy Elliott and"
"from Instagram to YouTube. Harper is married to Tony Vick, they have three children, son Meshach Vick and son Noah Vick, born in late 2014 and daughter Savannah Vick, born in late 2016. Kalenna Harper Kalenna Lashante Harper-Vick (born August 13, 1982), mononymously known as Kalenna (pronounced ""kuh-LEE-nuh""), is an American singer-songwriter, hit TV show personality and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is perhaps best known as a member of the hip hop soul group Diddy-Dirty Money, which also included Sean ""Diddy"" Combs and fellow singer-songwriter Dawn Richard, until they disbanded in 2012. From 2014 to 2015, she was"
"2012 because of ""minor health issues"" related to lupus. Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist. She began performing with her sisters in a family group known as The Braxtons in the late 1980s, who were signed to Arista Records. Braxton attracted the attention of producers Antonio ""L.A."" Reid and Kenneth ""Babyface"" Edmonds, later recording a series of songs for them before being signed to their Arista-distributed imprint, LaFace Records. Her self-titled debut studio album (1993) reached number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart in"
"Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton (born October 7, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist. She began performing with her sisters in a family group known as The Braxtons in the late 1980s, who were signed to Arista Records. Braxton attracted the attention of producers Antonio ""L.A."" Reid and Kenneth ""Babyface"" Edmonds, later recording a series of songs for them before being signed to their Arista-distributed imprint, LaFace Records. Her self-titled debut studio album (1993) reached number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart in the United States, selling 10 million copies worldwide and"
"debut album was released on August 19, 2008 to rave reviews. It was produced by Aaron Sprinkle and Rob Hawkins for Essential Records, a Christian subsidiary of Sony BMG Records. Her music charted on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart and Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart in September 2008. She was endorsed by Fender Guitars and Taylor Guitars. In 2009, she married guitarist and longtime bandmate Billy Adams. In the summer of 2010, she headlined a national tour. In 2011-2012 she was the lead singer for the Chicago-based rock band Vialyne. She retired from music in 2012. Brooke Barrettsmith Brooke Barrettsmith (also"
"her husband, Tommy Mottola, who was a Sony CEO, separated in 1997. This resulted in a strained relationship with Sony. By the spring of 1999, Carey had begun work on her last album of her contract with Columbia Records, titled ""Rainbow"". Her relationship with Sony had affected her collaboration with writing partner Walter Afanasieff, who had worked with her throughout the first half of her career. As a result, she worked extensively with many other songwriters and producers for the album, including the duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (known for their work with Janet Jackson), with whom Carey co-wrote"
"release of ""Daydream"" and the success that followed, Carey began focusing on her personal life, which was a constant struggle at the time. Carey's relationship with Mottola began to deteriorate, due to their growing creative differences in terms of her albums, as well as his controlling nature. On May 30, 1997, the couple announced their separation, with their divorce finalized by the time Mottola remarried on December 2, 2000. Carey was in a three-year relationship with singer Luis Miguel from 1998 to 2001. Carey met actor and comedian Nick Cannon while they shot her music video for her song ""Bye"
"Annual Independent Music Awards. Cannon was married to Lari White until her death on January 23, 2018, for whom he has also written singles. They have two daughters, M'Kenzy and Kyra, and a son, Jaxon. Chuck Cannon Marion Cletus ""Chuck"" Cannon, Jr. (born in Greenville, South Carolina) is an American country music songwriter. His compositions include hit singles for Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery. Cannon has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year. He is the widower of the late singer Lari White. Cannon was"
"Shannon McNally Shannon Maureen McNally (born March 17, 1973) is an American singer and songwriter. McNally was born in Hempstead, New York, on Long Island. While studying anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College, she began singing and playing guitar in clubs. After graduating and honing her skills on the streets of Paris as a busker, she got a contract with Capitol Records in 1997. She recorded her debut album, ""Jukebox Sparrows"" (Capitol, 2002), with Jim Keltner, Greg Leisz, and James Gadson. The album was not released at the time of its recording. In the interim, McNally opened for Stevie Nicks"
"on season two of ""American Idol"", in 2003, at the Detroit auditions. Her music recording career started in 2005, with the studio album, ""My World"", that was released on August 23, 2005, independently. Her second studio album, ""Patiently Waiting"", was independently released on November 7, 2009. She released ""Loud Love"", on April 16, 2013, independently. The extended play, ""Hallelujah Christmas"", was released independently on December 1, 2013. She married Kerry Ray Beasley of Elkhart, Indiana, in a September 13, 2008 ceremony, at Silver Beach located in St. Joseph, Michigan. The couple now reside in Brentwood, Tennessee. Joanna Beasley Joanna Gloria"
"from the 1920s to 1960s. ""Sentimental Journey"" peaked at 92 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" charts, and number one in Jazz Albums. Rossum describes herself as a lyric soprano, while saying her voice is still developing. She continues to train vocally at ZajacStudio, a studio run by soprano Joann C. Zajac. Rossum married Justin Siegel on February 17, 2008, but publicly presented themselves as in a relationship but unmarried. He filed for divorce on September 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences, and the divorce was finalized on December 28, 2010. In August 2015, Rossum became engaged to writer/director Sam"
"Morgane Stapleton Morgane Stapleton (née Hayes), is an American singer-songwriter and the wife of Chris Stapleton. She performs background, harmony and duet vocals in Stapleton's band and was instrumental in the creation of his debut album ""Traveller"". A songwriter in her own right, she has written material that has been recorded by Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler and LeAnn Rimes among others and also appeared as a background session vocalist on records by Underwood, Pickler, Dierks Bentley and Joe Nichols. As a featured/guest artist As a background vocalist Morgane is married to singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, whom she met while they were"
"Courtney Love Courtney Michelle Love (; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and visual artist. A notable figure in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s, Love's career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. Love has drawn public attention for her uninhibited live performances and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Born to countercultural parents in San Francisco, Love had an itinerant childhood, but was primarily"
"Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, and dancer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the best-selling girl groups in history. Their hiatus saw Beyoncé's theatrical film debut in ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"" (2002) and the release of her first solo album, ""Dangerously in Love"" (2003). The album established her as"
"these singles were released by SSS International Records. Not long after that, out of the music industry since the late 1960s, she was working as a lounge singer in Pensacola, Florida, until she moved to California and married Robert L. Adams Sr., a Compton, California City Commissioner, in 1988, and took a hiatus from her musical career. She was then persuaded to return to the studio by singer/songwriter/producer Jimmy Lewis. With his guidance, they recorded her solo debut album, ""Help Yourself"", released on October 22, 1996. One of the Jimmy Lewis songs was a track about a woman complaining that"
"1967 album ""Breakout"" was reissued on CD by Rev-Ola in 2005. Lori Burton Lori Burton (born Dolores Diana Squeglia, September 30, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and studied music at the University of Hartford before marrying recording engineer and later record producer Roy Cicala. In the mid-1960s she adopted the stage name Lori Burton (the surname taken from that of popular actor Richard Burton), and recorded a single, ""Yeh, Yeh, Yeh (That Boy Of Mine)"" for Roulette Records, before teaming up with English-born lyricist Pam Sawyer, the wife of"
"Nataly Dawn Natalie Knutsen, who goes by the stage name Nataly Dawn (born October 29, 1986), is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She is one half of the duo Pomplamoose with her husband Jack Conte and released her first solo album, ""How I Knew Her"", on Nonesuch Records on February 12, 2013. The daughter of missionaries, Dawn spent much of her childhood in Europe, where she attended schools in France and Belgium before returning to the United States to study art and French literature at Stanford University. Jack Conte and Nataly became engaged in January 2016, and were married"
"is also known for setting the trend among women of shaving their hair, after Cassie shaved hers in 2009 influenced by punk. She has cited Kate Moss as her style influence. Cassie was in a long term relationship with Diddy from 2007 to 2018. It was reported on October 17, 2018 that Cassie and Diddy had split. Cassie Ventura Casandra Elizabeth Ventura (born August 26, 1986), known mononymously as Cassie, is an American singer, dancer, actress and model. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her career as a result of meeting record producer Ryan Leslie in late 2004, who"
"Faith Hill Audrey Faith McGraw (née Perry; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer and record producer. She is one of the most successful country artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Hill is married to American singer Tim McGraw, with whom she has recorded several duets. Hill's first two albums, ""Take Me as I Am"" (1993) and ""It Matters to Me"" (1995), were major successes and placed a combined three number ones on ""Billboard""'s country charts. She then achieved mainstream and crossover success with her next two albums,"
"Kelly Price Kelly Cherelle Price (born April 4, 1973) is a nine-time Grammy-nominated American R&B singer and songwriter. Price was born in Queens, New York, and began singing in church as a toddler. Her first professional engagement was with George Michael at Madison Square Garden in January 1992. During rehearsals for the Grammy Awards, Price was overheard singing in the rehearsal hall while everyone else was on a meal break by Mariah Carey, who was late. Price was later introduced to Carey's husband, Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola. She made a name for herself as a backing and guest"
"Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ""Barney & Friends"" as a child, she received her breakthrough role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel television film ""Camp Rock"" (2008) and its sequel """" (2010). Since signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato has released six studio albums, including ""Don't Forget"" (2008), ""Here We Go Again"" (2009), ""Unbroken"" (2011), ""Demi"" (2013), ""Confident"" (2015), and ""Tell Me You Love Me"" (2017). Lovato earned seven top 20 entries on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart: ""This"
"Janelle Monáe Janelle Monáe Robinson (; born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She is signed to her own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records. After her first unofficial studio album, ""The Audition"", she publicly debuted with a conceptual EP titled """", which peaked at number 115 on the ""Billboard"" 200 in the United States. In 2010, Monáe released her critically acclaimed first full-length studio album ""The ArchAndroid"", a concept album sequel to her first EP. It was released by Bad Boy Records and reached the number 17 spot on the ""Billboard"" 200. Monáe"
"Kunkel had a cameo as doomed drummer Eric ""Stumpy Joe"" Childs in the 1984 film ""This Is Spinal Tap"". In 2010 Kunkel joined the Troubadour Reunion Tour supporting James Taylor and Carole King. In 1968, Kunkel married singer/songwriter Leah Cohen Kunkel, sister of Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen) of The Mamas and Papas. Following Elliot's death in 1974, Leah was given custody of Cass Elliot's daughter, Owen. The couple also raised their son, Nathaniel, an Emmy Award winning sound engineer. In 1990, Kunkel married singer Nicolette Larson (""Lotta Love""), and the two were married until her death in 1997."
"La Toya Jackson La Toya Yvone Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, businesswoman and television personality. The fifth child of the Jackson family, Jackson first gained recognition on the family's variety television series, ""The Jacksons"", on CBS between 1976 and 1977. Thereafter, she saw success as a solo recording artist under multiple record labels in the 1980s and 1990s, including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA, where she released nine studio albums over the course of fifteen years. Her most successful releases in the United States were her self-titled debut album (1980) and the 1984 single"
"had become parents to their first child, a daughter. Joanna Newsom Joanna Caroline Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth, and began her musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco–based indie band The Pleased. After recording and self-releasing two EPs in 2002, Newsom was signed to the independent label Drag City. Her debut album, ""The Milk-Eyed Mender"", was released in 2004 to critical acclaim, and garnered Newsom an underground following. She would receive wider exposure with the"
"compositions by Rigby. In 2008 ""Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby"" was released. The album is described as combining various influences. The pair are touring to support the album. Amy Rigby Amy Rigby (born Amelia McMahon, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter. After playing with several New York bands she began a solo career, recording several albums which had only modest sales despite enthusiastic reviews. She settled into a career of touring while raising a daughter, then formed a duo with Wreckless Eric whom she also married. As of November 2011 they continue to tour from a base in upstate New York."
"charts in December 2008. Other artists who have recorded Nichols's material include Tracy Byrd, Alan Jackson, Patty Loveless and Lee Ann Womack. Nichols co-wrote the following singles: Tim Nichols Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, and Alan Jackson. He and songwriter Zack Turner recorded one album for BNA Entertainment (now BNA Records) in 1993 as the duo Turner Nichols, in addition to charting two singles as one half of"
"Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Dolly Parton made her album debut in 1967, with her album ""Hello, I'm Dolly"". With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s; Parton's subsequent albums in the later part of the 1990s"
"Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won many awards and has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ""Billboard"" named her the top jazz artist of the 2000–2009 decade. She has won nine Grammy Awards and was ranked 60th on ""Billboard"" magazine's artists of the 2000–2009 decade chart. In 2002, Jones launched her solo music career with the release of ""Come Away with Me"", which was a fusion of jazz with country music and pop. It was certified Diamond, selling over 27 million copies. The"
"Chesney on his album ""Cosmic Hallelujah"", Florida Georgia Line on their album ""Dig Your Roots"", Lady Antebellum on their album ""Golden"", and Thomas Rhett on his album ""Tangled Up"", among others. Nicolle Galyon currently resides in Nashville. Galyon married songwriter Rodney Clawson October 13, 2007. They have two children together, daughter Charlie Jo Clawson born May 29, 2013, and son Ford Sterling Clawson born April 14, 2015. Nicolle Galyon Nicolle Anne Galyon (born July 22, 1984) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. She has written songs for Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, and"
"and Independent Albums charts, where it peaked at Nos. 90, 1, and 10, correspondingly. She is married to Teddy Campbell, with whom she resides in Los Angeles, California together, with their five children, Cierra, Laiah Simone, Meelah Jane, Glendon Theodore, and Santana. Tina Campbell (musician) Trecina Evette ""Tina"" Campbell (""née"", Atkins; born May 1, 1974) is an American urban contemporary gospel, Christian R&B and contemporary R&B recording artist and musician. She started her music career in 1998 with her older sister, Erica Campbell, as part of the gospel music group, Mary Mary. Her solo music career began in 2014, and"