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As a build John-Tim Rice musical Aida, re- Promise debuted and peaked at #106 on Aup towards that mag- turning to recording only to release the US Top 200 and on #14 on the US nanimous we are continuing our a dance remix of “Easy As Life” as R&B Album Chart selling 6,419 copies Features of the achievements a single. in its first week. As of September 19, of members of the Guyanese- Cox also has been involved 2009 it has sold about 38,700 copies in Canadian community who are in a number of movies and the US. making a name for themselves soundtracks. In 2000, she played In December 2011 Cox achieved her in their respective fields of en- Niko Rosen in Love Come Down. 11th number 1 with “If It Wasn’t For Love” deavor. In 2001, her hit song “Absolutely On September 7, 2012 Cox gave her Not” was featured in Dr. Dolittle inaugural performance as Lucy the Deborah Cox: Platinum Selling 2. In 2005, in the movie Blood of female lead in a revival of the musi- Music Artist a Champion she played the role cal Jekyll & Hyde starring Constantine Deborah Cox was born in Toronto to of Sharon, and again in 2005, Maroulis: after premiering in La Mirada parents of Afro-Guyanese descent, grew her voice was featured in the CA this production toured North Ameri- up in Scarborough, Toronto and at- movie Hotel Rwanda in the song can for twenty-five weeks playing at tended John XXIII Catholic Elementary “Nobody Cares”. twenty locales, then began previews for School and Earl Haig Secondary School. Between 2005 and 2006 Debo- its Broadway run April 5, 2013 officially She began singing on TV commercials rah recorded her fourth album, opening its planned limited engagement at age 12, and entered various talent called Destination Moon. It is a trib- Broadway run of thirteen weeks on shows with the help of her mother. She ute to jazz singer Dinah Washing- April 18. performed in nightclubs as a teenager, success, Cox released a non-album ton and was released on June 19, 2007. In February of this year, 2014, Fox and began to write music around the single for the soundtrack to the 1997 In early 2008, Cox & Stephens created signed a management contract with same time. Cox entered the music in- movie Money Talks, titled “Things Just the Deco Recording Group, her very Primary Wave Music, one of the largest dustry in the early 1990s, performing as Ain’t The Same”. own independent label, which is dis- independent music marketing, publish- a backup vocalist for Celine Dion for six The first single from that album, tributed through Image Entertainment. ing and talent management companies months. After receiving many rejection “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here”, Soon she started recording songs for a in the US. She is now back in the studio letters from Canadian record labels that spent fourteen weeks at #1 on the Hot new album. writing and recording music for a new claimed their “quota” had been reached, R&B charts in the USA, as well as eight Her fifth R&B studio album, The solo album that’s slated for release this Cox moved to Los Angeles in 1994 with consecutive weeks at #2 on the Bill- Promise, was released on November coming winter. Cox is also reported to producer and songwriting partner, Las- board Hot 100. The album went plati- 11, 2008. The first single “Did You Ever be providing vocals for a 2015 Whitney celles Stephens. num, becoming Cox’s biggest-selling Love Me” was released to radio on Houston biopic, directed by Angela In 1995, label executive Clive Da- album to date.