Deborah Cox, woimba, wolemba nyimbo, wojambula (wobadwa July 13, 1974 ku Toronto, Ontario). Ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri odziwika bwino a R&B ku Canada ndipo walandila Mphotho zambiri za Juno ndi Grammy Awards.
Amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha mawu ake amphamvu, amoyo komanso ma ballads amphamvu. "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here", kuchokera mu chimbale chake chachiwiri, One Wish (1998), adakhala nyimbo yayitali kwambiri yomwe adayimba No. 1 R&B ku United States, adakhala pamwamba pama chart a Billboard R&B Singles kwa masabata 14 otsatizana. .
Ali ndi nyimbo zisanu ndi imodzi za Top 20 Billboard R&B ndi 12 No. 1 zomwe zimagunda pa chartboard ya Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. Ndiwochita bwino kwambiri yemwe adawonekera m'mafilimu ambiri komanso pa Broadway. Wothandizira kwa nthawi yayitali ufulu wa LGBTQ, walandira mphoto zambiri chifukwa cha ntchito yake yachifundo komanso kuchitapo kanthu.
Zaka zoyambirira ndi ntchito
Cox adabadwira ku Toronto kwa makolo aku Afro-Guyana. Anakulira m'nyumba yoimba ku Scarborough ndipo adawonetsa chidwi choyambirira pa nyimbo. Zomwe adayambitsa zidaphatikizapo Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, ndi Whitney Houston, omwe adamutcha kuti mafano.
Amayamikira Miles Davis kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 ndikuwona zovuta za nyimbo zake monga kusintha kwa ntchito yake. Ali ndi zaka 12, anayamba kuyimba m’zotsatsa malonda komanso kulowa nawo m’mipikisano ya talente. Ali wachinyamata, adayamba kulemba nyimbo ndikuchita m'makalabu ausiku moyang'aniridwa ndi amayi ake.
Cox adapita ku John XXIII Catholic Elementary School ku Scarborough, Claude Watson School of the Arts, ndi Earl Haig High School ku Toronto. Kusukulu ya sekondale, anakumana ndi Lascelles Stevens, yemwe pambuyo pake anakhala mwamuna wake. Komanso bwenzi lolemba nyimbo, wamkulu komanso wopanga.
Atalephera kuchita bwino ndi kampani yaku Canada, adasamukira ku Los Angeles mu 1994 ndi Stevens kuti apitilize ntchito yake. M'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi, adakhala woyimba wothandizira Céline Dion, ndipo ali paulendowu, adakumana ndi wopanga nyimbo wotchuka Clive Davis, yemwe adavomera kupanga chimbale chake chodzitcha yekha.
Deborah Cox (1995)
Deborah Cox (1995) adatulutsa kusakanikirana kwa pop ndi R&B pa Davis' Arista label. Kupyolera mu mgwirizano ndi anthu otchuka monga Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds ndi Daryl Simmons, wakhala platinamu ku Canada pogulitsa makope oposa 100 ndi golide ku United States pogulitsa makope oposa 000.
Chimbalecho chinali ndi nyimbo zotchuka kwambiri za "Sentimental" zomwe zidafika pa nambala 4 pa chartboard ya Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ndi "Who Do U Love" yomwe idafika pa nambala 1 pa chart ya Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs ndi No. 17 pa. Billboard. Hot 100.
Mu 1996, Cox adapambana Mphotho ya Juno ya Best R&B/Soul Recording ndipo adasankhidwa kukhala Best Soul/R&B pa American Music Awards. Mu 1997, adasankhidwa kukhala Woimba Wopambana Wachikazi wa Chaka pa Juno Awards.
Nyimbo yake "Zinthu sizili choncho", yomwe idawonetsedwa mu kanema wa Money Talks (1997), idapambana Nyimbo Yabwino Kwambiri.
One Wish (1998)
Chimbale chachiwiri cha Cox, One Wish (1998), chinamupangitsa kukhala wopambana weniweni. Atamufananiza ndi fano lake Whitney Houston. Nyimbo imodzi "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" inakhala yotchuka kwambiri ndipo inakhazikitsa mbiri yatsopano ya No. 1 R&B Single yayitali kwambiri, kukhala pamwamba pa tchati kwa masabata 14 otsatizana.
Wosakwatiwayo adachitanso bwino pama chart a pop; idafika pa #2 pa Billboard Hot 100 ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu ku United States. Wish imodzi idatsimikiziridwanso ndi golide ku Canada ndi platinamu ku US. Adasankhidwanso kuti alandire Mphotho ya Zithunzi za NAACP ya Wojambula Wachikazi Wopambana.
M'mawa Pambuyo (2002)
Mu 2002, Cox adatulutsa chimbale chake chachitatu, chomwe adatulutsa pansi pamutu wakuti The Morning After. Yotulutsidwa pa chizindikiro cha J, chimbalecho chinafika pa #7 pa tchati cha Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ndi #38 pa chart ya Billboard Hot 200. Bambo. Kusungulumwa ndi Sewerani Udindo Wanu zonse zidakwera pamndandanda wanyimbo za Dance Club. Ayi ndithu sanasankhidwe pa Mphotho ya Juno ya 2001 ya Best Dance Recording.
Mu 2003, Cox adatulutsa Remixed, gulu la nyimbo zomwe adazilemba m'ma Albamu atatu am'mbuyomu zomwe zidasinthidwa kukhala nyimbo zopatsa mphamvu kwambiri; ndipo mu 2004 adatulutsa nyimbo yabwino kwambiri yotchedwa Ultimate Deborah Cox.
Destination Moon (2007)
Mu 2007, Cox adatulutsa chimbale kwa woimba wa jazi Deanna Washington wotchedwa Destination Moon. Cox adasiyana ndi Clive Davis ndi Sony Records ndipo adatulutsa chimbale ichi pa Decca Records, gawo la Universal Music. Chimbalecho, chomwe chili ndi Cox akuyimba ndi gulu la oimba la zidutswa 40, ndi mndandanda wa miyezo ya jazi ndi zophimba kuchokera ku Washington.
Nyimbo zotchuka kwambiri kuphatikiza 'Baby, you got what you need' ndi 'Kodi pali kusiyana kotani patsiku' zidafika pa nambala 3 pa chart ya Billboard Jazz Albums ndipo adasankhidwa kuti alandire Mphotho ya Grammy ya Album Yopangidwa Bwino Kwambiri. Mu 2007 chomwecho, Cox anapereka kugunda "Aliyense akuvina", amene analemba mu 1978. Koma tsopano watulutsa ngati remix, yomwe idakwera nambala 17 pa chart ya nyimbo ya Hot Dance Club.
The Promise (2008)
Cox ndi Stevens adayambitsa zolemba zawo, Deco Recording Group, mu 2008. Chaka chomwecho, adalemekezedwa ndi nyenyezi pa Scarborough Walk of Fame.
Cox adabwerera ku R&B ndi chimbale chake chotsatira, The Promise (2008), chomwe chidatulutsidwa palemba la Deco. Adagwirizana ndi olemba nyimbo komanso opanga monga John Legend ndi Shep Crawford.
Chimbalecho chinagunda No. 14 pa Chart ya Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums ndipo adasankhidwa kukhala R&B/Soul Recording of the Year pa Juno Awards ya 2009. Nyimboyi "Beautiful UR" inafika pa nambala 1 pa Nyimbo Chart Dance Club Songs ndi Nambala 18 pa Billboard Canadian Top 100 ndipo adalandira kutsitsa kwa digito kwa platinamu ku Canada.
Kugwirizana ndi nyimbo zamafilimu
Mu 2000, Whitney Houston adayitana Cox kuti ayimbe naye duet pa "Same Script, Different Cast" ya chimbale cha Houston Whitney: Greatest Hits. Idafika pa #14 pa chart ya Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Chaka chomwecho, Cox ndi Stevens, pamodzi ndi wolemba nyimbo Keith Andes, adasankhidwa kuti alandire Mphotho ya Genie ya Best Original Song panyimbo "29" ndi "Chikondi Chathu" kuchokera ku Love Come Down ya Clement Dev, momwe Cox adawonekera mufilimu yake. . kuwonekera koyamba kugulu.
Adaperekanso nyimbo ya "Nobody Cares" pakumveka kwa kanema wa Hotel Rwanda (2004) ndi nyimbo ya "Definition of Love" ya Akeelah ndi The Bee (2006). Mu 2008, adalemba nyimbo yatsopano "Mphatso iyi" ya Tyler Perry's The Browns Meeting. Chaka chomwecho, Cox anaperekanso nyimbo Sindidzadandaula ndi Imani filimu Ndizovuta kupeza munthu wabwino.
Cox adayendera limodzi ndi woimba komanso wopanga nyimbo David Foster paulendo wake wa Foster & Friends mu 2009; ndipo mu 2010 adayimba nyimbo zitatu ndi woyimba wotchuka wakale Andrea Bocelli ku O2 Arena ku London.
Ntchito yaukadaulo
Mu 2004, Cox adamupanga kukhala Broadway ngati Aida. Mu 2013, adasewera gawo la Lucy Harris potsitsimutsa kupanga koyambirira kwa Broadway kwa Jekyll & Hyde komwe kudayendera North America kwa milungu 25 ndikuthamanga pa Broadway kwa milungu 13. Cox adalandira ndemanga zabwino pazochita zonse ziwiri; Entertainment Weekly idatcha momwe adasewera mu Jekyll & Hyde "zodabwitsa kwambiri".
Mu 2015, adatenga nawo gawo pamasewera aulere a 2015 Tony Awards ku Times Square ndipo adapambana udindo wa Josephine Baker mu nyimbo ya Off-Broadway Josephine, yomwe idayamba mu 2016.
Adaseweranso udindo wa Whitney Houston mufilimuyo Bodyguard, kutengera filimu ya 1992, yomwe idawonekera moyang'anizana ndi Kathleen Turner mu sewero la Broadway Will you love me if... lomwe limafotokoza za transgender.
Charity Participation
Cox wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito zosiyanasiyana zachifundo ndipo wasonyeza kudzipereka kwa nthawi yaitali kuzinthu zambiri za LGBT komanso chidziwitso cha HIV / AIDS (ali ndi anzake atatu omwe amwalira ndi HIV / AIDS). Amaperekanso chiyamiko ku khama la banja lake ndi antchito omwe amamuzungulira omwe adamuthandiza pakulimbana kwake.
Mu 2007, Cox adalandira Mphotho ya New York Senate Civil Rights Award ndipo adalandira Mphotho ya Senate ya California State chifukwa cha ntchito yake yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe ndi kufanana mu 2014. Cox adachita nawo chikondwerero cha WorldPride cha 2014 ku Toronto. Adalandira Mphotho ya OutMusic Pillar mu Januware 2015 ndipo adaperekedwa pa Meyi 9, 2015 ku Harvey Milk Foundation Gala ku Florida.
Cox wagwira ntchito ndi mabungwe ena ambiri othandizira. Mu 2010, adachita nawo konsati yachitatu yapachaka pa Broadway ku South Africa, yomwe imathandizira maphunziro a zaluso kwa achinyamata ovutika komanso ana omwe miyoyo yawo imakhudzidwa ndi HIV/AIDS.
Mu 2011, adachita nawo popereka ndalama ku Florida pa pulogalamu ya upangiri wa atsikana a Honey Shine, pomwe Mayi Woyamba Michelle Obama adapezekapo. Wapanganso zilengezo zapagulu ku Lifebeat, bungwe logwirizana ndi nyimbo zomwe zimaphunzitsa anthu za HIV.
