Deborah Cox, mawaƙa, mawaƙa, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo (an haife shi Yuli 13, 1974 a Toronto, Ontario). Tana ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu fasahar R&B na Kanada kuma ta sami lambobin yabo na Juno da kyaututtuka na Grammy.
An san ta sosai da ƙarfi, muryarta mai ruhi da ƙwanƙwasawa. "Babu Wanda Yake Zaton Ya Kasance Nan", daga kundinta na biyu, One Wish (1998), ta kafa tarihin zama na 1 R&B mafi dadewa a Amurka, yana zama a saman jadawalin Billboard R&B Singles na makonni 14 a jere. .
Ta na da guda shida Top 20 Billboard R&B da 12 No. 1 hits a kan Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Ita ma jaruma ce mai nasara wacce ta fito a fina-finai da dama da kuma Broadway. Ta dade tana goyon bayan haƙƙin LGBTQ, ta sami lambobin yabo da yawa don aikin taimakonta da fafutuka.
Shekarun farko da aiki
An haifi Cox a Toronto ga iyayen Afro-Guyanese. Ta girma a cikin gidan kiɗa a Scarborough kuma ta nuna sha'awar kiɗa na farko. Babban tasirinta ya haɗa da Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, da Whitney Houston, waɗanda ta kira gumakanta.
Ta yaba wa Miles Davis a ƙarshen 1980s tare da shaida ƙwararrun waƙarsa a matsayin juyi a cikin aikinta. Tana da shekaru 12, ta fara rera waka a tallace-tallace da kuma shiga gasa masu basira. Tun tana kuruciyarta, ta fara rubuta wakoki da yin wakoki a gidajen rawan dare karkashin kulawar mahaifiyarta.
Cox ya halarci Makarantar Elementary na John XXIII a Scarborough, Claude Watson School of Arts, da Earl Haig High School a Toronto. A makarantar sakandare, ta sadu da Lascelles Stevens, wanda daga baya ya zama mijinta. Hakazalika abokin aikin rubuta waƙa, zartarwa da furodusa.
Bayan rashin nasarar yarjejeniyar da tambarin Kanada, ta koma Los Angeles a cikin 1994 tare da Stevens don haɓaka aikinta. A cikin watanni shida, ta zama mawaƙin da ke goyon bayan Céline Dion, kuma yayin yawon buɗe ido, ta sadu da mashahurin mai shirya kiɗan Clive Davis, wanda ya yarda ya fitar da kundi na farko mai taken kansa.
Deborah Cox (1995)
Deborah Cox (1995) ya fito da haɗin pop da R&B akan lakabin Davis' Arista. Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da fitattun alkaluma irin su Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds da Daryl Simmons, an ba da takardar shaidar platinum a Kanada don siyar da kwafi 100 da zinare a Amurka don siyar da kwafi 000.
Kundin ya fito da wakokin da suka yi fice mai suna "Sentimental" wanda ya kai lamba 4 akan ginshikin wakokin Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop da kuma "Who Do U Love" wanda ya kai lamba 1 akan ginshikin Wakokin Billboard Hot Dance Club da kuma lamba 17 Billboard. Zafi 100.
A cikin 1996, Cox ya lashe lambar yabo ta Juno don Mafi kyawun R&B/Soul Recording kuma an zaɓi shi don Mafi kyawun Soul/R&B a Kyautar Kiɗa na Amurka. A cikin 1997, an zaɓi ta don Mawallafin Mawaƙin Mata na Shekara a Juno Awards.
Waƙarta mai suna "Abubuwa ba haka suke ba", wanda aka nuna a cikin fim ɗin Money Talks (1997), ta lashe Best Song
Fata daya (1998)
Kundin Cox na biyu, One Wish (1998), ya sanya ta zama tauraruwa ta gaske. Bayan ya dace da ita da gunkinta Whitney Houston. Waƙar "Babu wanda ake tsammani ya kasance anan" ya zama abin bugawa kuma ya kafa sabon rikodin don mafi tsayi na 1 R&B Single, yana zama a saman ginshiƙi na makonni 14 a jere.
Shi ma wanda ya yi aure ya yi nasara a kan taswirar pop; ya kai #2 akan Billboard Hot 100 kuma an ba shi takardar shaidar platinum a Amurka. An kuma sami shaidar Zinariya ɗaya a Kanada da platinum a cikin Amurka. An kuma zaba ta don lambar yabo ta Hoto na NAACP don Fitaccen Mawaƙin Mata.
Washegari (2002)
A cikin 2002, Cox ta fito da kundi na uku na studio, wanda ta samar a ƙarƙashin taken The Morning After. An sake shi akan lakabin J, kundin ya haura a #7 akan Taswirar Albums na Top R&B/Hip-Hop da #38 akan Taswirar Billboard Hot 200. Mr. Kadai da Play Your Role duk suna kan gaba a cikin jerin waƙoƙin Club Rawar. Babu shakka ba a zaɓi ba don Kyautar Juno na 2001 don Mafi kyawun Rikodin Rawa.
A cikin 2003, Cox ta fito da Remixed, tarin waƙoƙin wakoki daga kundin wakokinta guda uku da suka gabata sun sake komawa cikin waƙoƙin pop masu ƙarfi; kuma a cikin 2004 ta fito da mafi kyawun kundi mai suna Ultimate Deborah Cox.
Hanyar Wata (2007)
A cikin 2007, Cox ya fitar da wani kundi ga mawaƙin jazz Deanna Washington mai suna Destination Moon. Cox ya rabu da Clive Davis da Sony Records kuma ya fitar da wannan kundin akan Decca Records, wani ɓangare na Kiɗa na Duniya. Kundin, wanda ke fasalta waƙar Cox tare da ƙungiyar makaɗa na guda 40, tarin ma'auni ne na jazz da murfin daga wasu Washington.
Manyan hits ciki har da 'Baby, kun sami abin da kuke buƙata' da 'Mene ne bambanci a cikin rana' wanda ya kai lamba 3 akan ginshiƙi na Albums na Billboard Jazz kuma an zaɓi su don lambar yabo ta Grammy don Mafi kyawun Album. A cikin 2007, Cox ya gabatar da hit "Kowa yana rawa", wanda ta rubuta a cikin 1978. Amma a yanzu ta sake shi a matsayin remix, wanda ya kai lamba 17 akan jadawalin waƙar Hot Dance Club.
Alkawari (2008)
Cox da Stevens sun kafa lakabin nasu, Deco Recording Group, a cikin 2008. A wannan shekarar, an karrama ta da tauraro a kan Scarborough Walk of Fame.
Cox ta koma R&B tare da kundi na gaba, The Promise (2008), wanda aka saki akan alamar Deco. Ta yi aiki tare da marubutan waƙa da furodusa irin su John Legend da Shep Crawford.
Kundin ya buga No. 14 akan Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart kuma an zabi shi don R&B/Soul Recording of the Year a lambar yabo ta Juno na 2009. Waƙar "Beautiful UR" ta kai lamba 1 akan Waƙoƙi na Waƙoƙi na Waƙoƙi No. 18 akan Billboard Canadian Top 100 kuma ya karɓi zazzagewar dijital ta platinum a Kanada.
Haɗin kai da kiɗan fim
A cikin 2000, Whitney Houston ta gayyaci Cox don yin waƙa tare da ita a kan "Rubutu iri ɗaya, Cast daban-daban" don kundi na Houston Whitney: Mafi Girma Hits. Ya kai #14 akan ginshiƙi mai zafi na R&B/Hip-Hop. A wannan shekarar, an zaɓi Cox da Stevens, tare da marubucin mawaƙa Keith Andes, don Kyautar Genie don Mafi kyawun Waƙar Asali na waƙoƙin "29" da "Ƙaunarmu" daga Clement Dev's Love Come Down, wanda Cox ta taka rawa a cikin fim ɗin ta. . halarta a karon.
Ta kuma ba da gudummawar waƙar "Babu wanda ya damu" a cikin sautin fim ɗin Hotel Rwanda (2004) da waƙar "Ma'anar Soyayya" don Akeelah da Bee (2006). A cikin 2008, ta rubuta sabuwar waƙar "Wannan Kyauta" don Taron Browns na Tyler Perry. A wannan shekarar, Cox kuma ya ba da waƙoƙin da ba zan yi kuka ba kuma Na tsaya don fim ɗin Yana da wuya a sami mutumin kirki.
Cox ya zagaya tare da fitaccen mawaƙi da furodusa David Foster akan yawon shakatawa na Foster & Friends a 2009; kuma a cikin 2010 ta rera waƙoƙi uku tare da fitacciyar mawakiya Andrea Bocelli a filin wasa na O2 Arena a London.
Actor aiki
A cikin 2004, Cox ta fara fitowa Broadway a matsayin Aida. A cikin 2013, ta taka rawar Lucy Harris a cikin farfaɗo na ainihin samar da Broadway na Jekyll & Hyde wanda ya zagaya Arewacin Amurka na makonni 25 kuma ya yi gudu akan Broadway na makonni 13. Cox ya sami tabbataccen sake dubawa don ayyukan biyu; Nishaɗi Weekly ya kira wasanta a Jekyll & Hyde "abin ban mamaki sosai".
A cikin 2015, ta shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na kyauta na Tony Awards na 2015 a Times Square kuma ta sami matsayin Josephine Baker a cikin mawaƙin Off-Broadway Josephine, wanda aka fara a cikin 2016.
Ta kuma taka rawar Whitney Houston a cikin fim ɗin Bodyguard, bisa ga fim ɗin 1992, wanda tauraruwar ta yi da Kathleen Turner a cikin wasan Broadway Za ku so ni idan ... wanda ke magana da batutuwan transgender.
Halartan Sadaqa
Cox ta kasance tare da ƙungiyoyin agaji daban-daban kuma ta nuna tsayin daka kan batutuwa masu yawa a cikin al'ummar LGBT da wayar da kan HIV/AIDS (tana da abokai uku da suka mutu da cutar kanjamau). Ta kuma yaba da kwazon danginta da ma’aikatan da ke kusa da ita wadanda suka taimaka mata wajen gwagwarmayar ta.
A cikin 2007, Cox ta sami lambar yabo ta 'Yancin Bil'adama ta Majalisar Dattijai ta New York kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Majalisar Dattijai ta Jihar California saboda aikinta a cikin yaƙin 'yancin ɗan adam da daidaito a 2014. An yi Cox a bikin WorldPride na 2014 a Toronto. Ta sami lambar yabo ta OutMusic Pillar a watan Janairu 2015 kuma an ba ta a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 2015 a Harvey Milk Foundation Gala a Florida.
Cox ya yi aiki tare da sauran ƙungiyoyin agaji da yawa. A shekara ta 2010, ta yi wasan kwaikwayo na shekara-shekara na uku a Broadway a Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ke tallafawa ilimin fasaha ga matasa marasa galihu da yara waɗanda ke fama da cutar HIV/AIDS.
A shekarar 2011, ta yi wasa a wani taron bayar da tallafi a Florida don shirin baiwa 'yan mata na Honey Shine shawara, inda uwargidan shugaban kasa Michelle Obama ta halarta. Ta kuma yi sanarwar jama'a don Lifebeat, ƙungiyar da ke da alaƙa da masana'antar kiɗa da ke ilmantar da mutane game da cutar HIV.
